Foundations of American Government | |
Preface/Walkthrough | |
Acknowledgments | |
About the Authors | |
American Government: Democracy in Action | |
American Democracy and the Individual Citizen | |
The Unique Democracy of the United States | |
Themes of This Book | |
Citizen Participation in Democratic Government | |
Pathways of Action á | |
Pathways of Action: Active Students and Local Air Pollution Laws á | |
Pathways Profile: A. Philip Randolph Diversity in American Society Citizen | |
Participation and Pathways: The Example of Abortion Change and Stability in American Government Sources of Stability á | |
Pathways Profile: The Political Culture of Our Neighbor to the North | |
Conclusion | |
Early Governance and the Constitutional Framework | |
The Cry for Liberty, Equality, . . . and Slavery? | |
The Nature of Government and Politics | |
Types of Governments | |
Economic Systems | |
Early Governance in America á | |
Pathways of Action: The Sons of Liberty | |
The American Revolution á | |
Pathways Profile: Thomas Paine and the ldquo;Common Senserdquo; of Democracy | |
The Declaration of Independence | |
The Colonial Experience and the Pathways of Change á | |
Pathways Past and Present: Tiimothy McVeighrsquo;s Revolution? | |
The Articles of Confederation Limitations of the Articles of Confederation | |
Shaysrsquo;s Rebellion: An Alternative Look | |
The Constitutional Convention | |
The Great Compromise | |
The Three-Fifths Compromise | |
The Sectional Compromise | |
The U.S. Constitution | |
The Struggle over Ratification | |
The Federalist Papers | |
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