American Government & Politics Today, 2001-2002 w/ cd

by Schmidt, Steffen W.; Shelley, Mack C.; Bardes, Barbara A.

• ISBN13: 9780534570873
• ISBN10: 0534570879
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-08
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Part One The American System	1	(112)
Forces of Change in the Twenty-First Century	3	(28)
The Constitution	31	(52)
Federalism	83	(30)
Part Two Civil Rights and Liberties	113	(102)
Civil Liberties	115	(36)
Civil Rights: Equal Protection	151	(36)
Civil Rights: Beyond Equal Protection	187	(28)
Part Three People and Politics	215	(158)
Public Opinion and Political Socialization	217	(30)
Interest Groups	247	(28)
Political Parties	275	(32)
Campaigns, Nominations, and Elections	307	(40)
The Media and Cyberpolitics	347	(26)
Part Four Political Institutions	373	(136)
The Congress	375	(36)
The Presidency	411	(36)
The Bureaucracy	447	(30)
The Judiciary	477	(32)
Part Five Public Policy	509	(66)
Domestic and Economic Policy	511	(32)
Foreign and Defense Policy	543	(32)
Part Six State and Local Politics	575	(32)
State and Local Government	577	(30)
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence	607	(2)
Appendix B How to Read Case Citations and Find Court Decisions	609	(1)
Appendix C Presidents of the United States	610	(3)
Appendix D Federalist Papers No. 10, No. 51, and No. 78	613	(10)
Appendix E Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1900	623	(4)
Appendix F Party Control of Congress since 1900	627	(2)
Appendix G Spanish Equivalents for Important Terms in American Government	629	(6)
Glossary	635	(10)
Index	645