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| Myth and Reality in American Politics | |
| Myths and American Government | |
| The Nature of Government and Politics | |
| Fundamental Issues of Government and Politics | |
| Overview of This Book | |
| Constitutional Foundations | |
| The Setting for Constitutional Change | |
| The Framers | |
| The Roots of the Constitution | |
| What the Framers Did The Principles of American Constitutionalism | |
| Conclusion: Living, Enduring, and Political | |
| Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | |
| The Evolution of American Federalism | |
| The Actors of American Federalism | |
| Conclusion: The Principles and Pragmatism of Federalism | |
| The Heritage of Rights and Liberties | |
| Applying the Bill of Rights to the States | |
| The First Amendment Freedoms Due Process and Crime Privacy | |
| Equal Protection of the Laws Conclusion: Absolutes and Qualifications | |
| Public Opinion and Political Participation | |
| What Is Public Opinion | |
| How We Develop Our Beliefs and Opinions | |
| How Polls Work | |
| The Paradox of Public Opinion Group Opinion | |
| Diversity and Uniformity Avenues of Political Participation | |
| Conclusion: Many Minorities, Much Activity | |
| Political Parties | |
| What Parties Are and What They Do Who Belongs to Major Parties and Why | |
| American-Style Politics: The Two-Party System | |
| Party Structure from the Bottom Up | |
| Conclusion: Decline or Transformation of Political Parties | |
| Campaigns and Elections Nominations | |
| The Selection Process | |
| The Race for Office | |
| The Media and Campaigns | |
| Are We Brainwashed | |
| Campaigns and Political Parties | |
| Voting and Elections | |
| The Electoral College Promises, Promises | |
| The Link Between Campaigns and Public Policy | |
| Conclusion: Do Elections Matter | |
| Interest Groups Movers and Shakers | |
| Interest and Other Advocacy Groups | |
| What Makes an Interest Group | |
| Powerful Interest Group | |
| Tactics: "You Don't Lobby with Hundred-Dollar Bills and Wild Parties" | |
| Interest Groups and Democracy | |
| Conclusion: Corrupt or Constructive | |
| Media And Politics | |
| The Rise of the Media Making News | |
| The Effects of the Mass Media | |
| The Uneasy Alliance Between Government and the Media | |
| Conclusion: The Great Manipulator | |
| Congress A Portrait of Congress | |
| The Work of Congress | |
| The Organization of Congress How a Bill Becomes a Law Congressional Voting | |
| Conclusion: Is Congress the Broken Branch | |
| The Presidency | |
| The Growth of the Presidency | |
| Presidential Roles | |
| The Institutional Presidency | |
| The White House Office: Two Management Styles | |
| Presidential Influence | |
| Conclusion: The All-Powerful President | |
| Bureaucracy A Profile of the Federal Bureaucracy | |
| Growth of the American Bureaucracy | |
| Bureaucratic Power | |
| Bureaucratic Problems and Reforms | |
| Conclusion: Expectations and Government Operations | |
| Courts, Judges, and the Law | |
| The Origins and Types of American Law | |
| The Structure of the Court Systems | |
| The Federal and State Court Systems | |
| Recruiting and Removing Judges | |
| The Supreme Court at Work | |
| The Implementation of Court Decisions | |
| Conclusion: The Courts Are Not What They Seem | |
| Domestic Policy and Policymaking Making | |
| Public Policy | |
| Education Policy | |
| Managing the Economy | |
| Economic Development Policies | |
| Regulatory Policies | |
| Social Welfare Policies | |
| Conclusion: The Complexity of American Public Policy | |
| Foreign and Defense Policy | |
| Changing Parameters of Foreign and Defense Policies | |
| Vulnerability in Historical Perspective | |
| Making Foreign and Defense Policy | |
| Wielding Democratic Power | |
| Military and Defense Strategies | |
| Conclusion: The Reshaping of Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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