American Government and Politics Today With Infotrac (Book with CD-ROM)

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

• ISBN13: 9780534592561
• ISBN10: 0534592562
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780534571528, 9781133602132
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-20
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY helps students experience the excitement that comes from active, informed citizenship. Schmidt, Shelley, and Bardes' landmark text is renowned nationwide for its balanced, unbiased, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes. The overriding theme of the book is the importance of informed active citizenship, and the pedagogy underscores this theme by soliciting critical thinking about political issues and encouraging students to become involved the political process. With keen awareness of its audience, American Government and Politics Today incorporates current examples, the Internet, and other media to stimulate learning and excitement about American government. This truly interactive text gives students more than reading material; it gives them tools to become good citizens.

Table of Contents

Part One The American System	1	(104)
Forces of Political Change in Today's World	3	(28)
The Constitution	31	(48)
Federalism	79	(26)
Part Two Civil Rights and Liberties	105	(96)
Civil Liberties	107	(38)
Civil Rights: Equal Protection	145	(32)
Civil Rights: Beyond Equal Protection	177	(24)
Part Three People and Politics	201	(154)
Public Opinion and Political Socialization	203	(26)
Interest Groups	229	(30)
Political Parties	259	(32)
Campaigns, Nominations, and Elections	291	(40)
The Media and Cyberpolitics	331	(24)
Part Four Political Institutions	355	(126)
The Congress	357	(34)
The Presidency	391	(30)
The Bureaucracy	421	(30)
The Judiciary	451	(30)
Part Five Public Policy	481	(66)
Domestic and Economic Policy	483	(30)
Foreign and Defense Policy	513	(34)
Part Six State and Local Politics	547	(32)
State and Local Government	549	(30)
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence	579	(2)
Appendix B How to Read Case Citations and Find Court Decisions	581	(1)
Appendix C Presidents of the United States	582	(3)
Appendix D Federalist Papers No. 10, No. 51, and No. 78	585	(10)
Appendix E Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1900	595	(4)
Appendix F Party Control of Congress since 1900	599	(2)
Appendix G Spanish Equivalents for Important Terms in American Government	601	(6)
Glossary	607	(10)
Index	617