American Government: Updated Election Edition (Election Reprint)

by Volkomer, Walter E.

• ISBN13: 9780130936035
• ISBN10: 0130936030
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Table of Contents

I. THE FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT.

1. Politics, Democracy, and the American People.
2. From Colonialism to Constitutionalism.
3. The Federal System.

II. POLITICS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

4. Public Opinion and the Mass Media.
5. Political Parties and Interest Groups.
6. Nominations and Elections.

III. THE INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT.

7. Congress.
8. The Chief Executive.
9. The Federal Bureaucracy.
10. The Judiciary.

IV. THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

11. Civil Liberties.
12. Civil Rights.

V. PUBLIC POLICY.

13. Public Policy—What Government Does.
14. Foreign Policy.

APPENDICES.

Appendix A: The Declaration of Independence.
Appendix B: The Articles of Confederation.
Appendix C: The Antifederalists.
Appendix D: The Federalist.
Appendix E: The Constitution of the United States of America.
Appendix F: Amendments to the Constitution.
Appendix G: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States.
Glossary.
Index.