America's Democratic Republic (Penguin Academics Series)

by Greenberg, Edward S.; Page, Benjamin I.

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1st

ISBN13:

9780321198211

ISBN10:

0321198212

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Pub. Date:

1/1/2005

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Written in a lively, narrative style and presenting a provacative point-of-view, this book gets to the heart of Americans' frustrations with our government. Acknowledging that cynicism tends to make people withdraw from civic life, this book examines why our government can seem so unsatisfactory, identifying the heart of the American political system: strong democratic aspirations among our citizens conflicting with the republican constitutional foundations on which the country is based. DEMOCRATIC ASPIRATIONS, REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS; POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS: A HELP OR HINDRANCE TO DEMOCRACY?; GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS; WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES: PUBLIC POLICIES. Anyone interested in understanding our government and why Americans are cynical about government.

Preface

Part One Democratic Aspirations, Republican Constitutional Foundations

(140)

The American Democratic Republic

(22)

Eighteenth-Century Republicanism

(6)

Democracy

(8)

The American Democratic Republic

(3)

Key Terms

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

Internet Sources

(1)

The Constitution

(25)

The Articles of Confederation: The First Constitution

(3)

The Democratic Challenge

(2)

The Constitutional Convention

(5)

What the Framers Created

(6)

The Struggle to Ratify the Constitution

(2)

The Changing Constitution and the American Democratic Republic

(3)

Key Terms

(1)

Internet Sources

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(2)

Federalism

(31)

Federalism as a System of Government

(3)

Federalism in the Constitution

(3)

The Evolution of American Federalism

(11)

National Grants-in-Aid to the States

(5)

U.S. Federalism: Pro and Con

(3)

Federalism and the Democratic Republic

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Internet Sources

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(2)

Civil Liberties

(31)

Civil Liberties in the Constitution

(2)

Rights and Liberties in the Nineteenth Century

(2)

Nationalization of the Bill of Rights

(19)

Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism

107

(2)

Civil Liberties and the Democratic Republic

109

(1)

Key Terms

110

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

110

(1)

Internet Sources

111

(1)

Civil Rights

112

(29)

Civil Rights Before the Twentieth Century

115

(5)

The Contemporary Status of Civil Rights for Racial Minorities

120

(9)

The Contemporary Status of Civil Rights for Women

129

(4)

Broadening the Civil Rights Umbrella

133

(4)

Civil Rights in the Democratic Republic

137

(2)

Key Terms

139

(1)

Internet Sources

139

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

139

(2)

Part Two Political Institutions

141

(172)

Public Opinion and Political Learning

143

(37)

Democracy and Public Opinion

146

(1)

Finding Out What People Think

147

(3)

Learning Political Beliefs and Attitudes

150

(13)

Are the People Fit to Rule?

163

(12)

Is Government Responsive to Public Opinion?

175

(2)

Public Opinion and the Democratic Republic

177

(1)

Key Terms

178

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

179

(1)

Internet Sources

179

(1)

The News Media

180

(35)

Roles of the News Media in a Democracy

182

(3)

The Media Landscape

185

(5)

How the News Media Work

190

(7)

Interpreting the News

197

(6)

Effects of the News Media on Politics

203

(3)

Government Regulation of the Media

206

(6)

Democratic and Republican Encounters

212

(1)

Key Terms

213

(1)

Suggestions for Further

213

(1)

Internet Sources

214

(1)

Interest Groups

215

(31)

The Role of Interest Groups: Contrasting Views

217

(3)

Factors in the Formation of Interest Groups

220

(3)

Interests Represented by Groups

223

(4)

What Interest Groups Do

227

(6)

Political Inequality: Flaws in the Pluralist Heaven

233

(5)

The Special Place of Business Corporations

238

(3)

Curing the Mischief of Factions

241

(1)

Interest Groups and the Democratic Republic

242

(2)

Key Terms

244

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

244

(1)

Internet Sources

245

(1)

Political Parties

246

(27)

The Role of Political Parties in a Democratic Republic

249

(3)

History of the Two-Party System

252

(4)

Why a Two-Party System?

256

(4)

The Parties as Organizations

260

(8)

The Parties in Government and the Electorate

268

(2)

Political Parties and the Democratic Republic

270

(1)

Key Terms

271

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

272

(1)

Internet Sources

272

(1)

Elections and Citizen Participation

273

(40)

The Place of Elections in Democratic and Republican Theories

277

(5)

Political Participation

282

(7)

Patterns of Participation

289

(3)

Campaigning for Office

292

(12)

Election Outcomes

304

(6)

Elections and Participation in the Democratic Republic

310

(1)

Key Terms

311

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

311

(1)

Internet Sources

312

(1)

Part Three Government Institutions

313

(136)

Congress

315

(41)

The Republican Constitutional Foundations of Congress

319

(3)

Representation and Democracy

322

(11)

How Congress Works

333

(18)

How Effective Is Congress?

351

(1)

Congress and the Democratic Republic

352

(2)

Key Terms

354

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

354

(1)

Internet Sources

355

(1)

The Presidency

356

(34)

The Expanding Presidency

360

(5)

The Powers and Roles of the President

365

(6)

The President's Staff and Cabinet

371

(5)

The President and the Bureaucracy

376

(2)

The President and Congress: Perpetual Tug of War

378

(4)

The President and the People: An Evolving Relationship

382

(4)

The Presidency and the Democratic Republic

386

(2)

Key Terms

388

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

388

(1)

Internet Sources

389

(1)

The Federal Bureaucracy

390

(27)

The Bureaucracy in Democratic and Eighteenth-Century Republican Doctrines

393

(1)

Transformation of the Bureaucracy

394

(4)

How the Executive Branch Is Organized

398

(2)

What Do Bureaucrats Do?

400

(2)

Who Are the Bureaucrats?

402

(4)

Political and Governmental Influences on Bureaucratic Behavior

406

(5)

Reforming the Federal Bureaucracy

411

(3)

The Federal Bureaucracy and the Democratic Republic

414

(1)

Key Terms

415

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

415

(1)

Internet Sources

416

(1)

The Courts

417

(32)

Constitutional Powers

421

(3)

The Federal Court System: Organization and Jurisdiction

424

(5)

Appointment to the Federal Bench

429

(2)

The Supreme Court in Action

431

(5)

The Supreme Court as a National Policy Maker

436

(6)

Outside Influences on the Court

442

(3)

The Supreme Court and the Democratic Republic

445

(1)

Key Terms

445

(1)

Internet Sources

446

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

446

(3)

Part Four What Government Does

449

Domestic Policy

451

(29)

Why Government Is Involved in the Economy and Social Welfare

451

(4)

Economic Policy

455

(4)

The Federal Budget and Fiscal Policy

459

(5)

Regulation

464

(3)

Social Welfare

467

(9)

Domestic Policies in the Democratic Republic

476

(2)

Key Terms

478

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

478

(1)

Internet Sources

479

(1)

Foreign Policy and National Defense

480

Foreign Policy and Democracy: A Contradiction in Terms?

483

(1)

The Superpower Status of the United States

484

(7)

Problems of the Post-Cold War World

491

(10)

Who Makes Foreign Policy?

501

(7)

Foreign and Defense Policies and the Democratic Republic

508

(2)

Key Terms

510

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

510

(1)

Internet Sources

511

Appendix

(1)

The Declaration of Independence

(3)

The Constitution of the United States

(16)

The Federalist Papers, Nos. 10, 51, and 78

(11)

Presidents and Congresses, 1789-2009

(7)

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, 1789-2005

Glossary

(1)

Endnotes

(1)

Credits

(1)

Index

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