American Politics Classic and Contemporary Readings

by Cigler, Allan; Loomis, Burdett A.

• ISBN13: 9780618123070
• ISBN10: 0618123075
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-13
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Created to supplement any main text, this comprehensive reader offers a broad selection of classic and current documents, as well as analytical essays on current political issues. Introductions at the opening of each chapter highlight critical reading and thinking skills and help students understand the material in the text. The incorporation of materials on the 2000 elections and 30% new readings engage students in the most current political topics, such as public polling, campaign finance reform, and the budget surplus. Questions for Discussion reinforce students' understanding of the controversies and key points in each selection.

Table of Contents

Constitutional Foundations

The Constitution and Founding

A Tradition Born of Strife

An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action

The Federalist, No. 51

What Were They Thinking?

Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations

The Federalist, No. 39

(1819)

The Devil in Devolution

American Federalism: Half-Full or Half-Empty?

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

(1931)

From the Saturday Press to the New York Times

(1965)

Why Privacy Matters

(1963)

The Assault

People and Politics

Public Opinion

Polling and the Transformation of Public Opinion

Forgiving and Forgetting: Public Support for Bill Clinton During the Lewinsky Scandal

A Question of Values

I Hear America Ringing

Participation

Finding the Lost Voters

Voting Rites: Why We Need a New Concept of Citizenship

Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital

Political Parties

Why We Still Need Real Political Parties

Of Political Parties Great and Strong

Creative Party Finances in the Information Age

Campaigns and Elections

Presidency--Disunity for All

Political Pawns

Rousing the Democratic Base

The Mass Media

Lowering the Political Hero to Our Level

Bad News, Bad Governance

Echo Chamber of Horrors

Interest Groups

The Federalist, No. 10

Lobbyists--Why the Bad Rap?

Associations Without Members

From Big Bird to Bill Gates: Organized Interests and the Emergence of Hyperpolitics

Institutions

Congress

The Changing Textbook Congress

Ten Things I Wish Political Scientists Would Teach About Congress

Going Nowhere: A Gridlocked Congress?

King of the Roads

Cracku

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