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Classic Readings in American Politics

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ISBN-10: 0312084196

ISBN-13: 9780312084196

Edition: 3rd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Pietro S. Nivola, David Rosenbloom

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Now in its Third Edition, this collection gathers together nearly four dozen classic and contemporary readings that provide essential insights into the workings of the American political and governmental processes.
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Book details

List price: $149.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 12/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 582
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Preface
Foreword to the Third Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Political Culture and Traditions
Equality of Condition
The Concept of a Liberal Society
The Constitution as an Economic Document
The American Science of Politics
Federalist 10
Federalism
The National Idea in American Politics
The Federal System
The Enduring Features of American Federalism
Federalist 27 and 28
Federalist 39
Political Power
The Structure of Power in American Society
On the Species Homo Politicus
Two Faces of Power
Political Parties and Elections
An Economic Theory of Democracy
Spatial Models of Party Competition
The Decline of Collective Responsibility in America Politics
Elections as Collective Decisions
Interest Groups and Lobbying
Collective Action: The Logic
Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias
Issue Networks and the Executive Establishment
The Scope and Bias of the Pressure System
The Congress
Federalist 51
Constituency Influence in Congress
Divided We Govern
The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives
Congressmen in Committees
The Presidency
Federalist 69
The Two Presidencies
The Power to Persuade
Separating to Govern: The American Way
Lyndon Johnson and the America Dream
The Bureaucracy
The Bureaucracy Problem
Red Tape
The Judiciary
The "Higher Law" Background of American Constitutional Law
Federalist 78
Marshalling the Court
The Presidency and the Federal Courts
The Policy Process
Agenda Setting
The Science of "Muddling Through"
Influence and the Public Interest
Distribution, Regulation, Redistribution: The Functions of Government