Annual Editions : American Government 08/09

by Stinebrickner, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780073397658
• ISBN10: 0073397652
• Edition: 38th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-22
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This Thirty-Eighth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, ISBN 0073301906 is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Contents UNIT 1. Foundations of American Politics Part A. Basic Documents 1. 269 The Declaration of Independence, 1776, Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence This document formally announces that 13 former British colonies have become the free and independent United States of America. It eloquently identifies certain historic principles on which their claim to independence rests. 2. 329 The Constitution of the United States, 1787, The Constitution of the U.S. The Constitution provides an organizational blueprint for the national government and for the federal relationship between the national government and the states. In addition, the first 10 amendments, commonly known as the Bill of Rights , spell out limits on what the government can do. A commentary accompanying the actual document provides a brief account of the writing of the Constitution and also notes some of its significant features. 3. 457 The Size and Variety of the Union as a Check on Faction, James Madison, The Federalist Papers , 1787 James Madison argues in support of the union of the 13 states under the new Constitution . According to Madison, a system of representative democracy governing a large territory and many people will help control the undesirable effects of " faction ." 4. 452 Checks and Balances, James Madison, The Federalist Papers , 1787 According to James Madison, both the separation of powers among three branches of government and the division of powers between the states and the central government will help preserve representative democracy under the new Constitution . Part B. Contemporary Views and Values 5. 45701 America the Untethered, David Rieff, The New York Times Magazine , July 2, 2006 David Rieff reports the ways in which Americans' attitudes differ from people's attitudes in other countries. He also discusses the implications of American exceptionalism for the role of the United States in world affairs. 6. 47272 The Changing Face of Poverty, William E. Spriggs, The American Prospect , May 2007 William Spriggs reports the extent of poverty among children, women, and racial minorities in the United States, and argues that government policies that treat a variety of groups differently are responsible for many of the income and wealth disparities. 7. 42156 The Government Point, Jonah Goldberg, National Review , September 26, 2005 Jonah Goldberg discusses the problem of Big Government . He argues that just because it is desirable that government provide basic services such as fire protection there is no reason to expand the reach of government unnecessarily. 8. 47273 The Ethical Case Against Withdrawal from Iraq, Jason Lee Steorts, National Review , July 9, 2007 Jason Steorts argues that, strategic considerations aside, the United States

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