American Government : Readings and Cases

by Woll, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780205697984
• ISBN10: 0205697984
• Edition: 18th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-12
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

With an even stronger focus on the U.S. Constitution in the post 9/11 world,the Eighteenth Edition of this best-selling reader in American government puts students directly in touch with the great authors and political leaders who have shaped-and are shaping-American government. The bestselling American government reader for over 40 years, this anthology continues to provide a strong, balanced blend of classic selections that illustrate and amplify important concepts in American government, along with current readings and cases drawn from today's headlines.

Table of Contents

The Setting of the American System

Constitutional Government

John Locke,Second Treatise, Of Civil Government

The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action

Framing the Constitution

Federalist 47, 48, 51

How Not to Read the Constitution

Federalism

Federalist 16, 17

The Anti-Federalist Papers No. 17

Federalist 44

Federalist 45

Federalist 39

The Merits of the Federal System

4 Wheaton 316 (1819)

United States v. Morrison 529 U.S. 59 (2000)

Gonzales v. Raich, U.S. Supreme Court (2005)

Up-to-Date in Kansas City: Reflections on American Federalism

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Antifederalist Paper No. 84 On the Lack of a Bill of Rights

Gideon v. Wainwright 372 U.S. 335 (1963)

The Need to Maintain a Free Marketplace of Ideas

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 376 U.S 254 (1964)

Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 349 U.S. 294 (1955)

Gomillion v. Lightfoot 364 U.S. 339 (1960)

Crawford v. Marion County Election Board United States Supreme Court (2008)

Engel v. Vitale 370 U.S. 421 (1962)

Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis, The Right to Privacy

Griswold v. Connecticut,381 U.S. 479 (1965)

Roe v. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973)

University of California Board of Regents v. Bakke438 U.S. 265 (1978)

Political Parties, Electoral Behavior, and Interest Groups

Political Parties and the Electorate

Federalist 10

Party Government

Government by Discussion

Report of the Committee of Political Parties, American Political Science Association,Toward More Responsible Two Party System

Divided We Govern

A Theory of Critical Elections

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