Government by the People : Web Interactive Edition

by Burns, James MacGregor; Peltason, Jack; Magleby, David B.; Cronin, Thomas E.

• ISBN13: 9780130307224
• ISBN10: 013030722X
• Edition: 18th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

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Table of Contents

A Message from the Authors	vii
A Message from the Publisher	ix
PART ONE: CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES
Constitutional Democracy	1	(20)
Defining Democracy	3	(6)
The Constitutional Roots of the American Experiment	9	(3)
The Constitutional Convention, 1787	12	(5)
To Adopt or Not to Adopt?	17	(4)
Exercises	20	(1)
The Living Constitution	21	(32)
Checking Power with Power	22	(4)
Judicial Review and the ``Guardians of the Constitution''	26	(4)
The Constitution as an Instrument of Government	30	(4)
Changing the Letter of the Constitution	34	(19)
Exercises	38	(1)
The Constitution of the United States	39	(14)
American Federalism	53	(22)
Defining Federalism	54	(3)
The Constitutional Structure of American Federalism	57	(5)
The Role of the Federal Courts; Umpires of Federalism	62	(5)
Regulatory Federalism, Federal Grants, and Federal Mandates	67	(3)
The Politics of Federalism	70	(2)
The Future of Federalism	72	(3)
Exercises	74	(1)
PART TWO: RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
First Amendment Rights	75	(24)
The Bill of Rights and the States	76	(2)
Freedom of Religion	78	(4)
Free Speech and Free People	82	(4)
Freedom of the Press	86	(3)
Other Media and Other Messages	89	(3)
Nonprotected Speech	92	(3)
Freedom of Assembly	95	(4)
Exercises	98	(1)
Equal Rights Under the Law	99	(26)
Equality and Equal Rights	100	(7)
Equal Protection of the Laws: What Does It Mean?	107	(3)
Voting Rights	110	(3)
Education Rights	113	(2)
Rights to Public Accommodations, Jobs, and Homes	115	(3)
Affirmative Action: Is It Constitutional?	118	(3)
Equal Rights Today	121	(4)
Exercises	124	(1)
Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property	125	(27)
Rights in the Original Constitution	125	(2)
Citizenship Rights	127	(5)
Property Rights	132	(4)
Privacy Rights	136	(1)
Rights of Persons Accused of Crimes	137	(6)
The Short and Not Too Happy Life of John Crook	143	(4)
How Just Is Our System of Justice?	147	(3)
The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties	150	(2)
Exercises	150	(2)
PART THREE: THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Political Culture and Ideology	152	(18)
The American Political Culture	153	(6)
Ideology and Attitudes About the Role of Government	159	(7)
Ideology and the American People	166	(1)
Ideology and Tolerance	167	(3)
Exercises	169	(1)
The American Political Landscape	170	(21)
A Land of Diversity	171	(6)
Who We Are	177	(5)
Family Structure	182	(6)
Unity in a Land of Diversity	188	(3)
Exercises	190	(1)
Interest Groups: The Politics of Influence	191	(22)
Interest Groups Past and Present---The Mischiefs of Faction	192	(1)
Types of Interest Groups	193	(5)
Characteristics and Power of Interest Groups	198	(5)
The Influence of Lobbyists	203	(2)
Money and Politics	205	(2)
Curing the Mischiefs of Faction---Two Hundred Years Later	207	(4)
Is Reform Possible?	211	(2)
Exercises	212	(1)
Political Parties: Essential to Democracy	213	(24)
What Parties Do for Democracy	214	(5)
A Brief History of American Political Parties	219	(4)
American Parties Today	223	(10)
Are the Political Parties Dying?	233	(4)
Exercises	236	(1)
Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting	237	(20)
Public Opinion	238	(7)
Participation: Translating Opinions into Action	245	(6)
Voting Choices	251	(6)
Exercises	256	(1)
Campaigns and Elections: Democracy in Action	257	(24)
Elections: The Rules of the Game	258	(4)
Running for Congress	262	(3)
Running for President	265	(6)
Money in American Elections	271	(5)
Improving Elections	276	(5)
Exercises	280	(1)
The Media and American Politics	281	(20)
The Influence of the Media on Politics	282	(3)
The Changing Role of American News Media	285	(3)
The New Mediator in American Politics	288	(5)
The Media and Elections	293	(4)
The Media and Governance	297	(4)
Exercises	300	(1)
PART FOUR: POLICY-MAKING INSTITUTIONS
Congress: The People's Branch	301	(27)
Congressional Elections	302	(1)
The Structure and Powers of Congress	303	(9)
The Job of the Legislator	312	(5)
The Legislative Obstacle Course	317	(1)
Committees: The Little Legislatures	318	(5)
Congress: An Assessment and a View on Reform	323	(5)
Exercises	327	(1)
The Presidency: The Leadership Branch	328	(25)
The Politics of Shared Powers	329	(2)
What We Yearn for in Presidents (and Sometimes Don't Get)	331	(2)
The Many Jobs of the President	333	(8)
Working with Congress	341	(5)
Constraints on Presidents	346	(3)
The Vice-Presidency	349	(1)
Presidential Leadership in a Constitutional Democracy	350	(3)
Exercises	352	(1)
The Judiciary: The Balancing Branch	353	(23)
The Scope of Judicial Power	353	(2)
Federal Justice	355	(3)
Prosecution and Defense	358	(2)
The Politics of Judicial Selection	360	(6)
How the Supreme Court Operates	366	(5)
Judicial Power in a Constitutional Democracy	371	(5)
Exercises	375	(1)
The Bureaucracy: The Real Power?	376	(24)
Reinventing Government in the 1990s	377	(1)
The Federal Bureaucracy	378	(6)
The Bureaucracy in Action	384	(7)
Bureaucratic Responsiveness	391	(2)
Bureaucratic Accountability	393	(3)
What the Public Thinks of Bureaucrats and the Bureaucracy	396	(4)
Exercises	399	(1)
PART FIVE: THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL POLICY
Making Economic and Regulatory Policy	400	(30)
Public Policy	400	(2)
Economic Policy	402	(7)
Monetary Policy	409	(5)
Trade Policy	414	(3)
Regulatory Policy	417	(4)
Regulating Business	421	(1)
Regulating Labor and Management	422	(2)
Environmental Protection	424	(1)
The Deregulation Debate	425	(5)
Exercises	429	(1)
Making Social Policy	430	(24)
The Role of Government in Social Policy	431	(1)
A Brief History of Social Policy in the United States	432	(5)
Welfare	437	(2)
Health Care	439	(8)
Education	447	(3)
Crime	450	(2)
The Politics of Social Policy	452	(2)
Exercises	453	(1)
Making Foreign and Defense Policy	454	(26)
Vital Interests in the Post-Cold War World	455	(4)
Key Players in Foreign Policy	459	(4)
The Politics of Making Foreign and Defense Policy	463	(4)
Foreign and Defense Policy Options	467	(3)
The United Nations	470	(2)
National Security and Defense	472	(3)
The Politics of Defense Spending	475	(5)
Exercises	479	(1)
The Democratic Faith	480	(8)
The Case for Government by the People	481	(1)
Participation and Representation	482	(2)
The Role of the Politician	484	(1)
Leadership for a Constitutional Democracy	484	(1)
Reconciling Democracy and Leadership	485	(1)
The Democratic Faith	486	(2)
Notes	488	(30)
Index	518