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| Preface | |
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| Using Atomic Dog | |
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| Textbooks | |
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| Recommended System | |
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| Requirements Minimum System | |
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| Requirements Printing Atomic Dog | |
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| Textbooks | |
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| Preface: Understanding and Using This Book | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Dedication | |
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| Why Should We Care about American Democracy? | |
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| Should We Care about Politics? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Democracy and Everyday Life | |
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| Making Democracy Practical | |
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| Buying in to Authority | |
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| Inheriting Legitimacy | |
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| Earning Legitimacy | |
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| Power Surge | |
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| It's Not Fair! | |
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| Equal and Free? | |
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| Whose Choice? | |
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| SoShould I Care about Politics? | |
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| The Constitution and Federalism: Setting the Ground Rules for Politics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ground Rules for Revolution | |
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| Ground Rules for Independence | |
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| Ground Rules for Self-GovernanceFirst Attempt | |
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| Ground Rules for Self-GovernanceSecond Attempt | |
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| Ground Rules in Theory and Practice | |
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| "If Men Were Angels" | |
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| Selling the Constitution | |
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| Changing the Constitution | |
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| Federalism: Only in America | |
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| Who Would Create a System Like This? | |
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| Citizenship and Democracy | |
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| What Is Public Opinion, and What Does It Have to Do with Me? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How Much Do We Know about Politics? | |
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| Political Attitudes: From the Heart | |
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| Political Beliefs: From the Head | |
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| Political Ideology: Beliefs That Make Sense | |
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| Measuring Public Opinion | |
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| Measuring Public Opinion in Politics | |
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| What Should We Make of Public Opinion? | |
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| Who Are We, and What Do We Do? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Political Culture: Who Are We? | |
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| Political Socialization: How We Become Political Creatures | |
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| Political Participation: Getting Involved | |
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| Young and Old, Men and Women | |
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| Black and White, Rich and Poor | |
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| I Couldn't Care Less! | |
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| Why Vote? | |
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| How Can I Decide? | |
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| A Look Ahead: Apathy, Efficacy, and the Media | |
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| Connections between Citizens and Government | |
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| Mass Media: Influencing What We Think About | |
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| Gatekeeping | |
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| Political History of the MediaFrom Colonial Press to Global Media | |
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| How Do We Know If It's News? | |
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| Infotainment and Its Implications | |
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| More Choices, Fewer Options? | |
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| The Politics of Entertainment I: Elections | |
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| The Politics of Entertainment II: Governing | |
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| Beyond Agenda Setting | |
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| Media Bias? | |
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| Making Sense of Media Coverage | |
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| Political Parties: Connecting Us to the Electoral Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Two Parties? | |
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| Party Systems | |
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| The Party in Government | |
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| The Party in the Electorate | |
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| Campaigns and Elections: Vehicles for Democratic Expression | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Decisions | |
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| The Selection Process | |
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| Decisions | |
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| The Election Process | |
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| The Electoral College: Is This Any Way to Elect a President? | |
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| Leading or Following? | |
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| Interest Groups: Accessing Government through Common Membership | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Factions Again? | |
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| Types of Interest Groups | |
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| Would You Join an Interest Group? | |
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| Lobbyists and Lobbying | |
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| Who Are These Guys? | |
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| Competition . . . or Cooperation? | |
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| Triangles or Networks? | |
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| Does Access Equal Influence? | |
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| Institutions of Democracy | |
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| Congress | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Getting to CongressWho Wins and Why? | |
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| Adjusting to Congress | |
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| Serving in Congress: How Congress Works | |
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| Serving in Congress: What Congress Does | |
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| Leading Congress | |
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| Working in Congress: Washington | |
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| Working in Congress: Back Home | |
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| Staying in Congress | |
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| The Presidency | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Growth of the Presidency | |
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| Formal and Informal Sources of Presidential Power | |
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| The Media as a Presidential Resource | |
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| Chief Executive | |
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| Chief Legislator | |
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| Chief of State and Foreign Policy Leader | |
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| Commander-in-Chief | |
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| Chief of Party | |
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| The Institutional Presidency | |
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| Second In Command | |
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| The Ebb and Flow of Presidential Influence | |
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| The Federal Bureaucracy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What's the Bureaucracy Really Like? | |
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| Who's in the Bureaucracy? | |
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| Departments, Agencies | |