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| Preface | |
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| What Is Politics? | |
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| The First Day of Class | |
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| Politics and Power | |
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| Elites | |
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| Authority: Legitimate Power | |
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| The Need for Government | |
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| What is Government? | |
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| Making and Supporting Decisions | |
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| The Study of Politics | |
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| Political Science and Microsoft | |
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| Why Give a Damn About Politics? | |
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| What Is This Book About? | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| The Constitution: Rules of the Game | |
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| The Second Day of Class | |
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| Background to the Constitution | |
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| The Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) | |
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| The Constitutional Convention | |
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| The Framers | |
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| Motives Behind the Constitution | |
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| Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists | |
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| Ratification and the Bill of Rights | |
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| Four Major Constitutional Principles | |
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| Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances | |
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| Federalism | |
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| The Debate over Modern Federalism | |
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| Limited Government | |
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| Judicial Review | |
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| How Is the Constitution Changed? | |
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| Amendments | |
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| Judicial Interpretation | |
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| Legislation | |
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| Custom | |
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| Why Has the Constitution Survived? | |
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| Case Study: Federalism Caught in a Storm: The Katrina Disaster | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| The Executive Branch: The Presidency and Bureaucracy | |
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| The President and die Constitution | |
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| The Electoral College | |
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| Vice President | |
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| History of the Presidency | |
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| Types of Presidents | |
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| Modern Presidents | |
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| The Obama Presidency | |
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| Presidential Hats | |
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| Chief of State | |
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| Chief Executive | |
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| Chief Diplomat | |
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| Commander-in-Chief | |
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| Chief Legislator | |
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| Party Leader | |
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| The Public Presidency | |
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| The Federal Bureaucracy | |
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| Executive Office of the President | |
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| The Cabinet Departments | |
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| The Executive Agencies | |
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| The Regulatory Commissions | |
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| Problems of Bureaucracy | |
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| Rise of the Civil Service | |
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| Bureaucrats as Policymakers | |
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| The President and the Bureaucracy | |
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| Case Study: 9/11: A President's Trial By Fire | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| The Legislative Branch: Congress | |
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| Makeup of the Senate and House | |
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| Role of the Legislator | |
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| Who Are the Legislators? | |
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| Malapportionment and Reapportionment | |
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| Organization of the House of Representatives | |
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| Organization of the Senate | |
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| How Congress Works | |
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| The Committee System | |
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| How Committees Work | |
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| Committee Chairs and the Seniority System | |
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| Specialization and Reciprocity | |
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| Major Committees in the House | |
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| Major Committees in the Senate | |
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| On the Floor, and Beyond | |
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| Filibuster | |
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| Presidential Veto | |
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| The Budget Process | |
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| Other Powers of Congress | |
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| Case Study: Controlling Global Warming-The House Climate Bill | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court and the Federal Court System | |
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| Federal Court System | |
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| U.S. District Courts | |
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| Courts of Appeals | |
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| Special Federal Courts | |
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| The Judges | |
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| Jurisdiction | |
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| U.S. Supreme Court | |
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| The Final Authority? | |
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| Early Years of the Court | |
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| Judicial Review and National Supremacy | |
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| The Court after the Civil War | |
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| Modern Courts | |
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| The Rehnquist Court (1986-2005) | |
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| The Roberts Court (2005-) | |
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| "The Least Dangerous Branch of Government?" | |
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| Internal Limits on the Court | |
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| External Limits on the Court | |
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| Strengths of the Court | |
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| The Court as a Political Player | |
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| Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint | |
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| Case Study: Separate but Equal? | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Civil Rights and Liberties: Protecting the Players | |
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| What Are Civil Liberties and Rights? | |
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| Expanding the Bill of Rights | |
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| Civil Liberties: Protecting People from Government | |
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| Freedom of Speech | |
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| Freedom of Religion | |
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| Right of Privacy | |
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| Due Process Rights | |
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| Civil Rights: Protecting People from People | |
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| Which People Need Protection? Suspect Classifications | |
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| Race as a Suspect Classification | |
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| Is Sex Suspect? | |
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| The Politics of Civil Liberties and Rights | |
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| Judges | |
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| The Justice Department | |
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| "Private Attorneys General" | |
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| Legal Strategies | |
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| Obeying the Courts | |
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| Public Opinion and Civil Liberties | |
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| Case Study: Fighting Terror, Guarding Liberties | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Voters and Political Parties | |
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| Voters | |
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| Who Votes? | |
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| Political Socialization | |
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| Class and Voting | |
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| Who Doesn't Vote? | |
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| Explanations | |
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| Political Parties | |
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| Party Functions | |
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| The Rise of Today's Parties | |
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| Maintaining, Deviating, and Realigning Elections | |
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| 2004 and 2008: Whose Realignment? | |
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| Polarizing the Parties: The Growth of Partisans | |
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| View from the Inside: Party Organizations | |
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| Machines-Old and New | |
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| American Party Structure | |
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| National Party Organization | |
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| Fundraising | |
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| The National Convention | |
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| View from the Outside: The Two-Party System | |
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| Causes of the Two-Party System | |
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| But do the Two Parties Have a Future? | |
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| Case Study: Triple O-Obarm's Online Operation | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested. Readings | |
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| Interest Groups and the Media | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| Types of Interest Groups | |
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| Lobbying | |
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| Campaign Contributions | |
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| Do Group Interests Overwhelm the Public Interest? | |
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| Media | |
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| What Are the Media? | |
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| What Do the Media Do? | |
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| Media and the Marketplace of Ideas | |
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| Media and Government | |
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| Media and the Public | |
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| Case Study: The Candidate: A Day in the Life... | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Who Wins, Who Loses: Pluralism versus Elitism | |
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| Pluralism | |
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| Examples of Pluralism | |
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| Criticisms of Pluralist Theory | |
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| Elite | |
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| Elite Examples | |
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| Criticisms of the Elite View | |
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| The Debate | |
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| Newer Views | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Thought Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Appendix | |
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| The Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Constitution of the United States | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |