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| The American System | |
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| The Study of American Government What Is Political Power? What Is Democracy? Direct Versus Representative Democracy: Which Is Best? How Is Power Distributed in a Democracy? Political Change Finding Out Who Governs | |
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| The Constitution The Problem of Liberty The Constitutional Convention The Challenge The Constitution and Democracy The Constitution and Liberty The Motives of the Framers Constitutional Reform: Modern Views | |
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| Federalism Governmental Structure The Founding The Debate on the Meaning of Federalism Federal-State Relations Federal Aid and Federal Control A Devolution Revolution? Congress and Federalism | |
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| American Political Culture Political Culture Comparing America with Other Nations The Sources of Political Culture Mistrust of Government Political Efficacy Political Tolerance | |
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| Opinions, Interests, and Organizations | |
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| Public Opinion What Is Public Opinion? The Origins of Political Attitudes Cleavages in Public Opinion Political Ideology Political Elites, Public Opinion, and Public Policy | |
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| Political Participation A Closer Look at Nonvoting 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 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? The Effects of Elections on Policy | |
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| Interest Groups Explaining Proliferation The Birth of Interest Groups Kinds of Organizations Interest Groups and Social Movements Funds for Interest Groups The Problem of Bias The Activities of Interest Groups Regulating Interest Groups | |
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| The Media Journalism in American Political History The Structure of the Media Rules Governing the Media The Effects of the Media on Politics Government and the News Interpreting Political News | |
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| Institutions of Government | |
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| Congress Congress Versus Parliament The Evolution of Congress Who Is in Congress? Do Members Represent Their Voters? Ideology and Civility in Congress The Organization of Congress: Parties and Caucuses The Organization of Congress: Committees The Organization of Congress: Staffs and Specialized Offices How a Bill Becomes Law Reducing Powers and Perks Ethics and Congress | |
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| The Presidency Presidents and Prime Ministers Divided Government The Evolution of the Presidency The Powers of the President The Office of the President Who Gets Appointed Presidential Character 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 The Growth of the Bureaucracy 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 The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Getting to Court 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 The Case of Business Regulation Perceptions, Beliefs, Interests, and Values | |
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| Economic Policy The Politics of Economic Prosperity The Politics of Taxing and Spending Economic Theories and Political Needs The Machinery of Economic Policy Making Spending Money 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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| Civil Liberties Politics, Culture, and Civil Liberties Interpreting and Applying the First Amendment What Is Speech? 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 The Campaign in Congress Racial Profiling Women and Equal Rights Affirmative Action Gays and the Supreme Court | |
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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 The Use of Military Force The Defense Budget The Structure of Defense Decision-Making Spending for the War on 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 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 The New System Consequences of Activist Government The Influence of Structure The Influence of Ideas | |
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| Appendix | |
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| The Declaration of Independence The Constitution of the United States The Federalist No. 10 The Federalist No. 51 Presidents and Congresses, 17892002 | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |
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