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| Myth and Reality in American Politics | |
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| Myths and American Government | |
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| The Nature of Government and Politics | |
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| Fundamental Issues of Government and Politics | |
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| Overview of This Book | |
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| Constitutional Foundations | |
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| The Setting for Constitutional Change | |
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| The Framers | |
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| The Roots of the Constitution | |
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| What the Framers Did | |
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| The Principles of American Constitutionalism | |
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| Conclusion: Living, Enduring, and Political | |
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| Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | |
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| The Evolution of American Federalism | |
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| The Actors of American Federalism | |
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| Conclusion: The Principles and Pragmatism of Federalism | |
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| The Heritage of Rights and Liberties | |
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| Applying the Bill of Rights to the States | |
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| The First Amendment Freedoms | |
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| Due Process and Crime Privacy | |
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| Equal Protection of the Laws | |
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| Conclusion: Absolutes and Qualifications | |
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| Public Opinion and Political Participation | |
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| What Is Public Opinion? | |
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| How We Develop Our Beliefs and Opinions | |
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| How Polls Work | |
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| The Paradox of Public Opinion | |
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| Group Opinion: Diversity and Uniformity | |
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| Avenues of Political Participation | |
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| Conclusion: Many Minorities, Much Activity | |
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| Political Parties | |
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| What Parties Are and What They Do Who Belongs to Major Parties and Why? | |
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| American-Style Politics: The Two-Party System | |
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| Party Structure from the Bottom Up | |
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| Conclusion: Decline or Transformation of Political Parties? | |
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| Campaigns and Elections | |
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| Nominations: The Selection Process | |
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| The Race for Office | |
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| The Media and Campaigns: Are We Brainwashed? | |
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| Campaigns and Political Parties | |
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| Voting and Elections | |
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| The Electoral College | |
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| Promises, Promises: The Link Between Campaigns and Public Policy | |
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| Conclusion: Do Elections Matter? | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| Movers and Shakers: Interest and Other Advocacy Groups | |
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| What Makes an Interest Group Powerful | |
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| Interest Group Tactics: "You Don't Lobby with Hundred-Dollar Bills and Wild Parties" | |
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| Interest Groups and Democracy | |
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| Conclusion: Corrupt or Constructive? | |
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| Media and Politics | |
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| The Rise of the Media | |
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| Making News | |
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| The Effects of the Mass Media | |
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| The Uneasy Alliance Between Government and the Media | |
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| Conclusion: The Great Manipulator? | |
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| Congress A Portrait of Congress | |
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| The Work of Congress | |
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| The Organization of Congress | |
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| How a Bill Becomes a Law | |
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| Congressional Voting | |
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| Conclusion: Is Congress the Broken Branch? | |
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| The Presidency | |
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| The Growth of the Presidency | |
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| Presidential Roles | |
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| The Institutional Presidency | |
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| The White House Office: Two Management Styles | |
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| Presidential Influence | |
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| Conclusion: The All-Powerful President? | |
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| Bureaucracy | |
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| A Profile of the Federal Bureaucracy | |
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| Growth of the American Bureaucracy | |
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| Bureaucratic Power | |
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| Bureaucratic Problems and Reforms | |
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| Conclusion: Expectations and Government Operations | |
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| Courts, Judges, and the Law | |
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| The Origins and Types of American Law | |
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| The Structure of the Court Systems | |
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| The Federal and State Court Systems | |
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| Recruiting and Removing Judges | |
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| The Supreme Court at Work | |
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| The Implementation of Court Decisions | |
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| Conclusion: The Courts Are Not What They Seem | |
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| Domestic Policy and Policymaking | |
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| Making Public Policy | |
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| Education Policy | |
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| Managing the Economy | |
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| Economic Development Policies | |
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| Regulatory Policies | |
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| Social Welfare Policies | |
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| Conclusion: The Complexity of American Public Policy | |
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| Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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| Changing Parameters of Foreign and Defense Policies | |
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| Vulnerability in Historical Perspective | |
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| Making Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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| Wielding Diplomatic Power | |
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| Military and Defense Strategies | |
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| Conclusion: The Reshaping of Foreign and Defense Policy | |