Preface | |
Using Atomic Dog | |
Textbooks | |
Recommended System | |
Requirements Minimum System | |
Requirements Printing Atomic Dog | |
Textbooks | |
Preface: Understanding and Using This Book | |
About the Author | |
Dedication | |
Why Should We Care about American Democracy? | |
Should We Care about Politics? | |
Introduction | |
Democracy and Everyday Life | |
Making Democracy Practical | |
Buying in to Authority | |
Inheriting Legitimacy | |
Earning Legitimacy | |
Power Surge | |
It's Not Fair! | |
Equal and Free? | |
Whose Choice? | |
SoShould I Care about Politics? | |
The Constitution and Federalism: Setting the Ground Rules for Politics | |
Introduction | |
Ground Rules for Revolution | |
Ground Rules for Independence | |
Ground Rules for Self-GovernanceFirst Attempt | |
Ground Rules for Self-GovernanceSecond Attempt | |
Ground Rules in Theory and Practice | |
"If Men Were Angels" | |
Selling the Constitution | |
Changing the Constitution | |
Federalism: Only in America | |
Who Would Create a System Like This? | |
Citizenship and Democracy | |
What Is Public Opinion, and What Does It Have to Do with Me? | |
Introduction | |
How Much Do We Know about Politics? | |
Political Attitudes: From the Heart | |
Political Beliefs: From the Head | |
Political Ideology: Beliefs That Make Sense | |
Measuring Public Opinion | |
Measuring Public Opinion in Politics | |
What Should We Make of Public Opinion? | |
Who Are We, and What Do We Do? | |
Introduction | |
Political Culture: Who Are We? | |
Political Socialization: How We Become Political Creatures | |
Political Participation: Getting Involved | |
Young and Old, Men and Women | |
Black and White, Rich and Poor | |
I Couldn't Care Less! | |
Why Vote? | |
How Can I Decide? | |
A Look Ahead: Apathy, Efficacy, and the Media | |
Connections between Citizens and Government | |
Mass Media: Influencing What We Think About | |
Gatekeeping | |
Political History of the MediaFrom Colonial Press to Global Media | |
How Do We Know If It's News? | |
Infotainment and Its Implications | |
More Choices, Fewer Options? | |
The Politics of Entertainment I: Elections | |
The Politics of Entertainment II: Governing | |
Beyond Agenda Setting | |
Media Bias? | |
Making Sense of Media Coverage | |
Political Parties: Connecting Us to the Electoral Process | |
Introduction | |
Why Two Parties? | |
Party Systems | |
The Party in Government | |
The Party in the Electorate | |
Campaigns and Elections: Vehicles for Democratic Expression | |
Introduction | |
Decisions | |
The Selection Process | |
Decisions | |
The Election Process | |
The Electoral College: Is This Any Way to Elect a President? | |
Leading or Following? | |
Interest Groups: Accessing Government through Common Membership | |
Introduction | |
Factions Again? | |
Types of Interest Groups | |
Would You Join an Interest Group? | |
Lobbyists and Lobbying | |
Who Are These Guys? | |
Competition . . . or Cooperation? | |
Triangles or Networks? | |
Does Access Equal Influence? | |
Institutions of Democracy | |
Congress | |
Introduction | |
Getting to CongressWho Wins and Why? | |
Adjusting to Congress | |
Serving in Congress: How Congress Works | |
Serving in Congress: What Congress Does | |
Leading Congress | |
Working in Congress: Washington | |
Working in Congress: Back Home | |
Staying in Congress | |
The Presidency | |
Introduction | |
Growth of the Presidency | |
Formal and Informal Sources of Presidential Power | |
The Media as a Presidential Resource | |
Chief Executive | |
Chief Legislator | |
Chief of State and Foreign Policy Leader | |
Commander-in-Chief | |
Chief of Party | |
The Institutional Presidency | |
Second In Command | |
The Ebb and Flow of Presidential Influence | |
The Federal Bureaucracy | |
Introduction | |
What's the Bureaucracy Really Like? | |
Who's in the Bureaucracy? | |
Departments, Agencies | |
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