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List of What Do You Think? Boxes | |
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Preface | |
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Democracy's Challenge | |
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Introduction | |
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Constitutional Democracy and Capitalism | |
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Standards of Democracy | |
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Political Change | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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American Political Economy | |
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Capitalism and Democracy | |
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Introduction | |
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The Dilemmas of Markets | |
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The System of Corporate Capitalism | |
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The Mobilization of Bias | |
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The Changing Landscape of American Capitalism | |
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Who Owns America's Private Government? | |
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The Changing Structure of Employment | |
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America's Extreme Market Capitalism | |
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Capitalist Instability and Crisis | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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The History of American Political Economy | |
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Introduction | |
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Competitive Capitalism | |
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The Rise of Corporate Capitalism | |
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A New Deal | |
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The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age | |
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The Rise of Extreme Market Capitalism, 1980-2008 | |
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The Crisis of Extreme Market Capitalism | |
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A New Foundation | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Political Participation | |
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Political Parties, Elections, and Public Opinion | |
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Introduction | |
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The Origins of the Two-Party System | |
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American Parties in Comparative Perspective | |
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Critical Elections and Party Decay | |
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Turnout and American Voters | |
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Money and Elections | |
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The Rise and Fall of the New Deal and Reagan Coalitions | |
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The 2008 Presidential Election and the Challenge to Republican Dominance | |
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Polarization and American Politics | |
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The New Media and Public Opinion | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Interest Groups and Social Movements | |
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Introduction | |
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Interest Groups | |
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David and Goliath | |
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The Changing Quality of Membership | |
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E-Media, Interest Groups, and Political Participation | |
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A Comparative Perspective on American Interest Groups | |
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Social Movements | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Political Institutions | |
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The Presidency | |
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Introduction | |
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The Historical Presidency | |
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The Imperial President | |
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The Perils of Presidential Power | |
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Directing the Executive | |
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The Exercise of Presidential Power | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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The Congress | |
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Introduction | |
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The Origin of Two Legislative Chambers | |
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Congress: Past and Present | |
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Congressional Careers and the Electoral Connection | |
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Members of Congress | |
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Realignment and Polarization | |
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The Legislative Process | |
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Seeking Influence | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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The Courts | |
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Introduction | |
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A Dual Court System | |
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The Federal Court System | |
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The Supreme Court | |
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The Modern Court: From Warren to Roberts | |
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Politics by Lawsuit | |
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The Courts in Comparative Perspective: Incarceration Nation | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Public Policy | |
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Economic Policy | |
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Introduction | |
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The Government and the Economy | |
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Fiscal Policy | |
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Taxes | |
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Spending | |
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Monetary Policy | |
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Regulation | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Social Policy | |
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Introduction | |
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The Historical Welfare State | |
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The New Deal and Beyond | |
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The New Poverty | |
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The Great Society Program | |
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From Reagan to Clinton | |
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From Bush to Obama | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Foreign Policy | |
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Introduction | |
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Making Foreign Policy | |
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American Foreign Policy before World War II | |
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American Foreign Policy after World War II | |
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A New Era of Globalization? | |
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The Military Establishment | |
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The Shift to Unilateralism | |
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The Obama Presidency: Continuity or Change? | |
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Declining Hegemony? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Critical Thinking Questions | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Democracy's Character and Future | |
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Introduction | |
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Capitalism, and Democracy Revisited | |
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American Democracy in Theory and Practice | |
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Conclusion | |
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Endnotes E-1 | |
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Glossary G-1 | |
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Credits C-1 | |
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Index I-1 | |