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9780073106816

Points of View : Readings in American Government and Politics

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    9780073106816

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    007310681X

  • Edition: 10th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-01-09
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

The publication of the tenth edition of Points of View: Readings in American Government and Politics marks this classic reader's 25th year anniversary. The goal of the book remains clear: to present readable, succinct, thoughtful, and diverse perspectives across a broad range of issues. This comprehensive reader features contrasting viewpoints on current political debates and traditional topics of interest in contemporary American Government courses. By providing two opposing positions for each topic, Points of View challenges students to examine and appreciate differing perspectives.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
A Note to the Instructor xv
Democracy
1(31)
How Democratic Is America?
2(12)
Howard Zinn
How Democratic Is America? A Response to Howard Zinn
14(12)
Sidney Hook
Rebuttal to Sidney Hook
26(4)
Howard Zinn
Rejoinder to Howard Zinn
30(2)
Sidney Hook
The Constitution
32(12)
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
33(5)
Charles A. Beard
Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
38(6)
Robert E. Brown
Federalism
44(14)
Unfunded Mandates
44(8)
Unfunded Mandates: Laws That Bind Us Together
45(3)
George Miller
The Federal Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: ``Lost in the Weeds''
48(4)
Lamar Alexander
Gay Marriage: A Matter for the States or the Federal Government?
52(6)
`States, Right?' Not in the Gay Marriage Debate
53(2)
Adam White
Rules of Law: Let States Decide
55(3)
John Yoo
Public Opinion
58(10)
Vox Populi in Cyberspace
59(4)
Dick Morris
The Promise and Perils of Cyberdemocracy
63(5)
Norman Ornstein
Amy Schenkenberg Mitchell
Voting
68(18)
Turnout in the 2004 Presidential Election
69(7)
Martin P. Wattenberg
Compulsory Voting Is the Best Way to Keep Democracy Strong
76(4)
Arend Lijphart
Nonvoting Is Not a Social Disease
80(6)
Austin Ranney
Campaigns and the Media
86(8)
TV Ad Wars: How to Cut Advertising Costs in Political Campaigns
87(3)
Fred Wertheimer
Damned Spots: A Defense of Thirty-Second Campaign Ads
90(4)
Stephen Bates
Edwin Diamond
Elections
94(23)
The Nominating Process
94(12)
Choosing Our Choices 2004
95(4)
Robert E. DiClerico
The National Primary: An Excellent Idea
99(3)
John Armor
The Graduated Random Presidential Primary System
102(4)
Thomas Gangale
The Electoral College
106(11)
Not the People's Choice: How to Democratize American Democracy
107(6)
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The Electoral College Didn't Do It
113(4)
Robert Weissberg
Political Parties
117(12)
Do Cultural + Security Issues = National Republican Era? An Assessment of Election 2004
118(3)
Darrell M. West
Movement Interruptus
121(8)
John B. Judis
Ruy Teixeira
Interest Groups
129(13)
Power in America: Who Has the Power?
130(8)
G. William Domhoff
The Forces That Set the Agenda
138(4)
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Congress
142(29)
Representation: Redistricting
142(6)
Redistricting, a Bipartisan Sport
143(2)
Earl Blumenauer
Jim Leach
You Can't Compete with Voters' Feet
145(3)
Bill Bishop
Representation: Legislative Role
148(12)
The Legislator as Delegate
149(4)
The Legislator as Trustee
153(3)
John F. Kennedy
The Legislator as Politico
156(4)
George B. Galloway
Legislative Process: The Filibuster
160(11)
It's Time to Change the Filibuster
161(6)
Tom Harkin
Defending the Dinosaur: The Case for Not Fixing the Filibuster
167(4)
Bill Frenzel
The Presidency
171(11)
The Return of the Imperial Presidency?
172(10)
Donald R. Wolfensberger
Bureaucracy
182(9)
Civil Service Rules: A Drag on Our National Security
183(2)
Philip K. Howard
A Strong Civil Service System Is the Cure, Not the Problem
185(6)
Gerald Pops
Courts
191(29)
The Supreme Court and Judicial Review
191(13)
A Jurisprudence of Original Intention
192(6)
Edwin Meese III
What Did the Founding Fathers Intend?
198(6)
Irving R. Kaufman
Judicial Selection
204(16)
The Senate Is Supposed to Advise and Consent, Not Obstruct and Delay
205(7)
John C. Eastman
Timothy Sandefur
Of Course Ideology Should Matter in Judicial Selection
212(8)
Erwin Chemerinsky
Civil Liberties
220(46)
Free Speech
220(10)
Mandatory Student Fees Do Not Abridge Freedom of Speech
221(6)
Mandatory Student Fees Violate Students' Right to Free Speech
227(3)
Civil Liberties and Terrorism
230(19)
America's Unpatriotic Acts
231(9)
Walter M. Brasch
Liberty and Terrorism
240(9)
Robert H. Bork
Criminal Rights
249(17)
``We're in the Fight of Our Lives''
250(4)
Bernard Gavzer
Just Make It a Fair Fight
254(12)
John C. Kilwein
Civil Rights
266(35)
Affirmative Action
266(11)
Law School Admissions: The Case for Affirmative Action
268(5)
Sandra Day O'Connor
Law School Admissions: The Case Against Affirmative Action
273(4)
Clarence Thomas
Gender Equity
277(11)
Wrestling with Title IX
278(4)
John Irving
Preserve, Not Reverse, Equity for Women in College Athletics
282(6)
Joanna Grossman
Abortion
288(13)
Abortion Politics: The Case for the Right to Privacy
289(12)
Susan R. Estrich
Kathleen M. Sullivan
Abortion on Demand Has No Constitutional or Moral Justification
301
James Bopp Jr.
Richard E. Coleson

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