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9780138129514

Approaching Democracy, National Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780138129514

  • ISBN10:

    0138129517

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-01-01
  • Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

Approaching Democracy is the American Government book with a clear and compelling central theme, designed to elevate student interest. Approaching Democracy addresses the evolving nature of the American experiment in democratic government. It teaches students the theory and the basics of American political science, the political history of this nation, and provides the critical thinking skills needed to analyze these evolving relationships. The title and theme for this book come from Vaclav Havel, a former dissident Czech playwright once imprisoned by the his countryrs"s Communist government and later elected president. Addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress on February 1, 1990, Havel noted that with the collapse of the Soviet Union, millions of people from Eastern Europe were involved in a historically irreversible process: beginning their quest for freedom and democracy. And it was the United Stated of America that provided the model for these newly freed peoples. But Havel put his own spin on the notion of American democracy as a model. "As long as people are people," Havel explained, "democracy, in the full sense of the word, will always be no more than an ideal. In this sense, you too are merely approaching democracy. But you have one great advantage: you have been approaching democracy uninterruptedly for more than two hundred years, and your journey toward the horizon has never been disrupted by a totalitarian system." Larry Berman and Bruce Allen Murphy, long-time teachers of the introductory American Political science course in both large and small public and private universities, set out to write a book that offers a clear theme - a theme that is just as relevant, if not more so today than when it was first presented - in a highly readable, easy-to-understand format. Both authors enjoy teaching and are actively engaged in new methods of engaging students and empowering them to participate in political discourse.

Table of Contents

Foundations of American Democracy
Approaching Democracy
The Founding and the Constitution The Constitution of the United States
Federalism
Institutions of American Democracy
Congress
The Presidency
The Judiciary
The Bureaucracy
Processes of American Democracy
Public Opinion
Political Parties
Participation, Voting, and Elections
Interest Groups
The Media
Liberties and Rights in American Democracy
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights and Political Equality
Domestic and Economic Policy
Foreign Policy
Introducing the Concept of Approaching Democracy
Presidents and Congresses, 1789 2006
Supreme Court Justices
The Declaration of Independence
The Federalist, No. 10, James Madison
The Federalist, No. 51, James Madison
Student Guide: ABC News /Prentice Hall Videos in American Government
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