American Government and Politics Today: 1999-2000

by SCHMIDT/SHELLEY/BARDES

• ISBN13: 9780534553142
• ISBN10: 0534553141
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-14
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Part One The American System	1	(111)
American Government and Politics: Stability and Change	3	(28)
The Constitution	31	(52)
Federalism	83	(28)
Part Two Civil Rights and Liberties	111	(102)
Civil Liberties	113	(36)
Civil Rights: Equal Protection	149	(36)
Civil Rights: Beyond Equal Protection	185	(28)
Part Three People and Politics	213	(162)
Public Opinion	215	(30)
Interest Groups	245	(28)
Political Parties	273	(32)
Campaigns, Candidates, and Elections	305	(42)
The Media	347	(28)
Part Four Political Institutions	375	(138)
The Congress	377	(40)
The Presidency	417	(36)
The Bureaucracy	453	(30)
The Judiciary	483	(30)
Part Five Public Policy	513	(90)
Domestic Policy	515	(32)
Economic Policy	547	(24)
Foreign and Defense Policy	571	(32)
Part Six State and Local Politics	603	(32)
State and Local Government	605	(30)
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence	635	(2)
Appendix B How to Read Case Citations and Find Court Decisions	637	(1)
Appendix C Presidents of the United States	638	(3)
Appendix D Federalist Papers Nos. 10, 51, and 78	641	(10)
Appendix E Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Twentieth Century	651	(4)
Appendix F Party Control of Congress in the Twentieth Century	655	(2)
Appendix G Spanish Equivalents for Important Terms in American Government	657	(6)
Glossary	663	(10)
Index	673