Annual Editions: American Government 10/11

by Stinebrickner, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780078050572
• ISBN10: 007805057X
• Edition: 40th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

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Table of Contents

Preface

Correlation Guide

Topic Guide

Internet References

Foundations of American Politics

Unit Overview

Basic Documents

The Declaration of Independence

The History of The Constitution of the United States, The Constitution of the U.S., 1787

The Size and Variety of the Union as a Check on Faction: Federalist No. 10

Checks and Balances: Federalist No. 51

Contemporary Views and Values

Can America Fail?

The Right Bite

Progressivism Goes Mainstream

The Hazard of Moral Hazard

Not So Popular Where It Counts

Constitutional and Legal Matters

It Is Time to Repair the Constitution’s Flaws

Pursuit of Habeas

Is Judicial Review Obsolete?

Two Takes: Pulpit Politics Is Free Speech/Campaigns Can Split Churches

Structures of American Politics

Unit Overview

The Presidency

Misremembering Reagan

Small Ball after All?

The Founders’ Great Mistake

Happy Together?

Veto This!

A Political Odyssey

The Shuffle President

Congress

When Congress Stops Wars: Partisan Politics and Presidential Power

The Case for Congress

The Case for Busting the Filibuster

A Bit of Advice, Madam Speaker

The Judiciary

Remote Control

Court Approval

Bureaucracy

Marking Time: Why Government Is Too Slow

Worse than You Think

Teaching a Hippo to Dance

Process of American Politics

Unit Overview

Political Parties and Voters

Obama’s America

The ‘Enduring Majority’-Again

Dr. Dean Regrets Nothing

Direction, Anyone?

The Conduct of Elections and Nominations

America Observed

Can Money Be a Force for Good?

Vote or Else

The American Presidential Nominating Process: The Beginnings of a New Era

Interest Groups

Still the Chosen One?

Don’t Call Them Lobbyists

Born Fighting

Why They Lobby

Media

The Revolution Will Not Be Published

Build the Wall

A See-Through Society

Products of American Politics

Unit Overview

Domestic Policy

The Tax-Cut Con

The Realities of Immigration

The Health of Nations

The Real Infrastructure Crisis

Speculators, Politicians, and Financial Disasters

A Flimsy Trust: Why Social Security Needs Some Major Repairs

National and Homeland Security

How Globalization Went Bad

Are Failed States a Threat to America?

Worth Fighting-or Not

The Abandonment of Democracy

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