Classic Readings in American Politics

by Nivola, Pietro S.; Rosenbloom, David H.

• ISBN13: 9780312020149
• ISBN10: 0312020147
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-05-01
• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

Summary

Now in its Third Edition, this collection gathers together nearly four dozen classic and contemporary readings that provide essential insights into the workings of the American political and governmental processes.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword to the Third Edition

Foreword to the Second Edition

Foreword to the First Edition

Political Culture and Traditions

Equality of Condition

The Concept of a Liberal Society

The Constitution as an Economic Document

The American Science of Politics

Federalist 10

Federalism

The National Idea in American Politics

The Federal System

The Enduring Features of American Federalism

Federalist 27 and 28

Federalist 39

Political Power

The Structure of Power in American Society

On the Species Homo Politicus

Two Faces of Power

Political Parties and Elections

An Economic Theory of Democracy

Spatial Models of Party Competition

The Decline of Collective Responsibility in America Politics

Elections as Collective Decisions

Interest Groups and Lobbying

Collective Action: The Logic

Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias

Issue Networks and the Executive Establishment

The Scope and Bias of the Pressure System

The Congress

Federalist 51

Constituency Influence in Congress

Divided We Govern

The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives

Congressmen in Committees

The Presidency

Federalist 69

The Two Presidencies

The Power to Persuade

Separating to Govern: The American Way

Lyndon Johnson and the America Dream

The Bureaucracy

The Bureaucracy Problem

Red Tape

The Judiciary

The "Higher Law" Background of American Constitutional Law

Federalist 78

Marshalling the Court

The Presidency and the Federal Courts

The Policy Process

Agenda Setting

The Science of "Muddling Through"

Influence and the Public Interest

Distribution, Regulation, Redistribution: The Functions of Government

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