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| The American System | |
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| The Study of American Government What Is Political Power? | |
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| What Is Democracy? | |
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| Is Representative Democracy Best? How Is Political Power Distributed? | |
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| Is Democracy Driven by Self-Interest? | |
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| What Explains Political Change? | |
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| The Nature of Politics | |
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| The Constitution The Problem of Liberty The Constitutional Convention | |
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| The Challenge The Constitution and Democracy | |
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| The Constitution and Liberty | |
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| The Motives of the Framers Constitutional Reform: Modern Views | |
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| Federalism Governmental Structure The Founding | |
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| The Debate on the Meaning of Federalism Federal-State Relations Federal Aid and Federal Control A Devolution Revolution? | |
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| Congress and Federalism | |
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| American Political Culture Political Culture Comparing America with Other Nations | |
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| The Sources of Political Culture Mistrust of Government Political Efficacy Political Tolerance | |
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| Civil Liberties Culture and Civil Liberties Interpreting and Applying the First Amendment What Is Speech? | |
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| Who Is a Person? Church and State Crime and Due Process | |
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| Civil Rights The Black Predicament The Campaign in the Courts | |
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| The Campaign in Congress Women and Equal Rights Affirmative Action Gays and the Constitution | |
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| Opinions, Interests, and Organizations\ | |
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| Public Opinion What Is Public Opinion? Political Socialization: The Family Cleavages in Public Opinion Political Ideology Political Elites, Public Opinion, and Public Policy | |
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| Political Participation A Closer Look at Nonvoting | |
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| The Rise of the American Electorate Who Participates in Politics? | |
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| Political Parties Parties--Here and Abroad The Rise and Decline of the Political Party | |
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| The National Party Structure Today State and Local Parties The Two-Party System Minor Parties Nominating a President Parties Versus Voters | |
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| Elections and Campaigns Presidential Versus Congressional Campaigns Primary Versus General Campaigns Money What Decides the Election? | |
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| The Effects of Elections on Policy 11. Interest Groups Explaining Proliferation | |
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| The Birth of Interest Groups Kinds of Organizations Interest Groups and Social Movements Funds for Interest Groups | |
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| The Problem of Bias The Activities of Interest Groups Regulating Interest Groups | |
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| The Media Journalism in American Political History | |
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| The Structure of the Media Rules Governing the Media Are the National Media Biased? Government and the News | |
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| Institutions of Government 13. Congress Congress Versus Parliament | |
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| The Evolution of Congress Who Is in Congress? Do Members Represent Their Voters? | |
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| Ideology and Civility in Congress The Organization of Congress: Parties and Caucuses The Organization of Congress: Committees | |
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| The Organization of Congress: Staffs and Specialized Offices How a Bill Becomes Law Reducing Powers and Perks The Post-9/11 Congress | |
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| The Presidency Presidents and Prime Ministers Divided Government The Evolution of the Presidency The Powers of the President | |
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| The Office of the President Who Gets Appointed Presidential Character | |
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| The Power to Persuade The Power to Say No The President's Program Presidential Transition How Powerful Is the President? | |
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| The Bureaucracy Distinctiveness of the American Bureaucracy | |
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| The Growth of the Bureaucracy | |
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| The Federal Bureaucracy Today Congressional Oversight Bureaucratic "Pathologies" Reforming the Bureaucracy | |
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| The Judiciary The Development of the Federal Courts The Structure of the Federal Courts | |
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| The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Getting to Court | |
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| The Supreme Court in Action The Power of the Federal Courts Checks on Judicial Power | |
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| The Politics of Public Policy | |
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| The Policy-Making Process Setting the Agenda Making a Decision Majoritarian Politics: Distributed Benefits, Distributed Costs Interest Group Politics: Concentrated Benefits, Concentrated Costs Client Politics: Concentrated Benefits, Distributed Costs Entrepreneurial Politics: Distributed Benefits, Concentrated Costs | |
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| The Case of Business Regulation Perceptions, Beliefs, Interests, and Values | |
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| Economic Policy The Politics of Economic Prosperity | |
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| The Politics of Taxing and Spending Economic Theories and Political Needs The Machinery of Economic Policy-Making Spending Money | |
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| The Budget Reducing Spending Levying Taxes | |
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| Social Welfare Social Welfare in the United States Two Kinds of Welfare Politics | |
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| Foreign and Military Policy Kinds of Foreign Policy The Constitutional and Legal Context The Machinery of Foreign Policy Foreign Policy and Public Opinion Cleavages Among Foreign Policy Elites | |
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| The Use of Military Force The Defense Budget | |
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| The Structure of Defense Decision-Making The New Problem of Terrorism | |
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| Environmental Policy The American Context Entrepreneurial Politics: Global Warming Majoritarian Politics: Pollution from Automobiles Interest Group Politics: Acid Rain Client Politics: Agricultural Pesticides | |
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| The Environmental Uncertainties The Results | |
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| The Nature of American Democracy | |
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| Who Governs? To What Ends? Restraints on the Growth of Government Relaxing the Restraints | |
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| The Old System The New System Consequences of Activist Government The Influence of Structure | |
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| The Influence of Ideas Appendix The Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Constitution of the United States The Federalist No. 10 The Federalist No. 51 Presidents and Congresses, 17892006 | |