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Studying the Dynamics of Democracy: Conflict, Rules, and Change | |
Politics and Conflict | |
Government as Rule Maker | |
Putting It All Together: Context, Participants, Institutions, and Processes | |
Summary | |
Readings for Further Study | |
Key Terms | |
The Constitution | |
The Constitution as a Reflection of Political Conflict | |
The Constitution as a Reflection of the Founder's Philosophy | |
The Core Provisions of the Constitution | |
Three Consequences of the Constitution | |
Federalism: The Vertical Dimension to the Constitution | |
Readings for Further Study | |
The Constitution of the United States | |
The Social Context of American Politics | |
Who Are Americans? | |
Social and Economic Characteristics | |
Diversity and Social Harmony Political | |
Power in the United States | |
Civil Liberties Interpreting the Constitution | |
The Bill of Rights and State Government | |
The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech, Assembly, Press, and Religion | |
The Second Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms? | |
Government and the Rights of Criminal Suspects Privacy as a Constitutional Right | |
Civil Rights Civil Liberties and Civil Rights | |
Discrimination Against African Americans | |
Discrimination Against Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and Others | |
Discrimination Against Women Extending Civil Rights | |
Affirmative Action: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcomes? | |
Public Opinion | |
The People's Limited Knowledge of Politics | |
The Nature and Acquisition of Opinions and Values Ideologies | |
Public Opinion on the Issues | |
Voting and Participation Who Votes? | |
Political Activists | |
How Voters Make Choices | |
The News Media Do the News Media Matter? | |
The Changing Face of the News | |
Media Freedom of the Press | |
Reporting the News | |
Evaluating the News Media | |
The News Media and Democracy | |
Political Parties | |
What Is a Political Party? | |
Characteristics of the U.S. Political Party | |
The History of U.S. Parties and Elections Modern Party Organization | |
Interest Groups Defining Interest Groups | |
The Growth of Interest Groups | |
The Diversity of Organized Interests | |
Interest Group Formation and Maintenance | |
Interest Group Strategies | |
Interest Group Influence | |
The Balance Sheet on Interest Groups | |
Congress The Structure of Congress | |
The Evolution of Congress Getting | |
There and Staying | |
There-Congressional Elections | |
Serving in Congress Congress as an Organization | |
The Business of Congress Congress and the Idea of Representation | |
The Presidency | |
The Development of the Presidency | |
Selecting a President | |
The Presidency as an Institution | |
The Presidency in American Politics | |
The Federal Bureaucracy | |
What Is Bureaucracy? | |
The Structure and Tasks of the Federal Bureaucracy | |
Development of the Federal Bureaucracy | |
The Politics of the Federal Bureaucracy | |
Reinventing the Federal Bureaucracy | |
The Courts | |
The Federal Courts | |
The Federal Courts as Policy Makers | |
The Supreme Court as a Political Institution | |
Decision Making at the Supreme Court | |
The Lower Federal Courts State Courts | |
The Federal System and State Government | |
Relations Between Federal, State, and Local Government | |
State Government and Politics State Budgets Local Government Who Delivers? | |
Public Opinion and Level of Government | |
The Federal Budget Budgets, Deficit Spending, and the National Debt | |
Where Does Government Revenue Come From? | |
Where Does Government Spending Go? | |
Why Do Budget Deficits Persist? | |
The Budgetary Process Is the Budget Process Irrational? | |
Domestic Policy | |
Managing the Economy Regulating Business | |
Promoting Social Welfare | |
Foreign Policy | |
A Brief History of U.S. Foreign Policy | |
Foreign Policy | |
Versus Domestic Policy | |
Who Makes U.S. Foreign Policy? Challe | |
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