The Enduring Debate: Classic And Contemporary Readings In American Politics

by Canon, David T.

• ISBN13: 9780393926187
• ISBN10: 0393926184
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Table of Contents

PART I The Constitutional System
Political Culture	3	(34)
From The Liberal Tradition in America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolution	3	(6)
Louis Hartz
From The Creation of the American Republic, 1776--1787	9	(8)
Gordon S. Wood
``Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in America''	17	(11)
Rogers M. Smith
Debating the Issues: The Role of Religion in American Politics	27	(1)
The Third Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate	28	(3)
George W. Bush
John F. Kerry
``Faith, Hope and Clarity''	31	(3)
Robert Wright
``Religious, and Right: Faith Belongs in Politics''	34	(3)
Steven Waldman
Constructing the Government: The Founding and the Constitution	37	(31)
``The Nature of American Constitutionalism,'' from The Origins of the American Constitution	37	(9)
Michael Kammen
The Federalist, No. 15	46	(5)
Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist, No. 51	51	(5)
James Madison
Debating the Issues: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution	56	(1)
From An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States	56	(6)
Charles A. Beard
From Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis of ``An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution''	62	(6)
Robert E. Brown
Federalism	68	(33)
The Federalist, No. 46	68	(5)
James Madison
From The Price of Federalism	73	(9)
Paul Peterson
``The Framers' Design''	82	(5)
Jonathan H. Adler
Debating the Issues: The Future of Federalism	86	(1)
Speech at James Madison University	87	(4)
Clarence Thomas
``American Federalism: Half-Full or Half-Empty?''	91	(6)
Martha Derthick
``Real-Life Federalism''	97	(4)
Donald F. Kettl
The Constitutional Framework and the Individual: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights	101	(40)
``The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions''	102	(6)
Abraham Lincoln
``Letter from Birmingham Jail''	108	(8)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
``In Defense of Prejudice''	116	(10)
Jonathan Rauch
Debating the Issues: Civil Liberties and the Fight Against Terror	125	(1)
``Rights in an Insecure World: Why National Security and Civil Liberty Are Complements''	126	(5)
Deborah Pearlstein
``The PATRIOT Act Without Tears: Understanding a Mythologized Law''	131	(10)
Andrew C. McCarthy
PART II Institutions
Congress: The First Branch	141	(34)
From Congress: The Electoral Connection	141	(5)
David R. Mayhew
``Reelection Tips for Legislators''	146	(5)
Ron Faucheux
``Too Much of a Good Thing: More Representative Is Not Necessarily Better''	151	(8)
John R. Hibbing
Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
Debating the Issues: Pork Barrel Politics	158	(1)
From The Pig Book---Citizens Against Government Waste	159	(2)
``Rolling Out the Pork Barrel''	161	(4)
Sean Paige
``Roll Out the Barrel: The Case Against the Case Against Pork''	165	(10)
Jonathan Cohn
The President: From Chief Clerk to Chief Executive	175	(31)
``The Power to Persuade,'' from Presidential Power	175	(10)
Richard Neustadt
``Perspectives on the Presidency,'' from The Presidency in a Separated System	185	(8)
Charles O. Jones
Debating the Issues: Presidential Mandates	192	(1)
``Why Bush Won: A Look at the Numbers, What They Really Mean and What Happens Next''	193	(7)
Jann S. Wenner
``Popular Fiction''	200	(3)
Jacob S. Hacker
Paul Pierson
``Misunderestimated''	203	(3)
William Kristol
Bureaucracy in a Democratic System	206	(42)
``The Study of Administration''	206	(9)
Woodrow Wilson
From Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It	215	(11)
James Q. Wilson
Debating the Issues: Reforming the National Security Bureaucracy	225	(1)
From The 9/11 Commission Report---National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States	226	(7)
``Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations''	233	(3)
Joe Pappalardo
``Worlds Apart''	236	(12)
Siobhan Gorman
The Federal Judiciary	248	(45)
The Federalist, No. 78	248	(7)
Alexander Hamilton
``The Court in American Life,'' from Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics	255	(8)
David O'Brien
``Overruling the Court''	263	(6)
Leon Friedman
Debating the Issues: Interpreting the Constitution: Originalism or a Living Constitution?	268	(1)
``Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws''	269	(7)
Antonin Scalia
``Our Democratic Constitution''	276	(17)
Stephen Breyer
PART III Political Behavior: Participation
Public Opinion and the Mass Media	293	(37)
``Polling the Public,'' from Public Opinion in a Democracy	293	(8)
George Gallup
``Choice Words: If You Can't Understand Our Poll Questions, Then How Can We Understand Your Answers?''	301	(5)
Richard Morin
``The Not-So-Swift Mainstream Media''	306	(6)
Jonathan V. Last
Debating the Issues: Is Objectivity in Media Desirable or Possible?	311	(1)
``Media Bias and the Culture Wars''	312	(2)
Robert J. Bresler
``The Search for Objectivity in Journalism''	314	(6)
Howard A. Myrick
``Rethinking Objective Journalism''	320	(10)
Brent Cunningham
Elections and Voting	330	(44)
``The Voice of the People: An Echo,'' from The Responsible Electorate	330	(6)
V. O. Key, Jr.
``Power to the Voters''	336	(9)
Richard D. Parker
``The Unpolitical Animal: How Political Science Understands Voters''	345	(10)
Louis Menand
Debating the Issues: Voter Fraud or Voter Supression?	354	(1)
``Run-up to Election Exposes Widespread Barriers to Voting''---People for the American Way	355	(12)
``Make Way for Election Month: The Floridafication of Our Political Waters Continues Unabated''	367	(7)
John H. Fund
Political Parties	374	(46)
``The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics''	374	(11)
Morris P. Fiorina
``Parliamentary Government in the United States?'' from The State of the Parties	385	(13)
Gerald M. Pomper
``Needed: A Political Theory for the New Era of Coalition Government in the United States''	398	(12)
James L. Sundquist
Debating the Issues: Red America, Blue America: Myth or Reality?	409	(1)
``Inside Red-and-Blue America''	410	(5)
Liz Marlantes
``What Culture Wars? Debunking the Myth of a Polarized America''	415	(5)
Morris P. Fiorina
Groups and Interests	420	(49)
``Political Association in the United States,'' from Democracy in America	420	(4)
Alexis De Tocqueville
``The Logic of Collective Action,'' from The Rise and Decline of Nations	424	(10)
Mancur Olson
``Associations Without Members''	434	(13)
Theda Skocpol
Debating the Issues: Was Madison Right?	446	(1)
The Federalist, No. 10	447	(7)
James Madison
``The Group Basis of Politics: Notes for a Theory''	454	(5)
Earl Latham
``The Hyperpluralism Trap''	459	(10)
Jonathan Rauch
PART IV Public Policy
Politics and Policy	469	(38)
``The Science of Muddling Through''	469	(9)
Charles E. Lindblom
``American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory''	478	(7)
Theodore J. Lowi
``The Human Factor: Should the Government Put a Price on Your Life?''	485	(4)
Jim Holt
Debating the Issues: Regulating Risk: Government Intrusion or Protecting Society?	488	(1)
``What Is Acceptable Risk?''	489	(8)
Roger Scruton
``The Case for More Regulation''	497	(10)
Nurith C. Aizenman
Government and the Economy	507	(36)
``Call for Federal Responsibility''	507	(5)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
``Against the Proposed New Deal''	512	(5)
Herbert Hoover
``The GDP Myth: Why `Growth' Isn't Always a Good Thing''	517	(10)
Jonathan Rowe
Judith Silverstein
Debating the Issues: How to Reduce the Federal Budget Deficit	526	(1)
``How to Balance the Budget''	527	(8)
Alice M. Rivlin
Isabel V. Sawhill
``Restrain Runaway Spending with a Federal Taxpayers' Bill of Rights''	535	(8)
Brian M. Riedl
Government and Society	543	(55)
``Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies''	543	(9)
Gary Burtless
``Objections to These Unions''	552	(9)
Jonathan Rauch
``Providing Social Security Benefits in the Future: A Review of the Social Security System and Plans to Reform It''	561	(15)
David C. John
Debating the Issues: Health Care Reform	575	(1)
``The Necessity of Free-Market Prices for Medical Care''	576	(5)
Robert P. Gervais
``Bringing True Competitiveness to Health Care''	581	(4)
Nina Owcharenko
``Now Can We Talk About Health Care? The Crisis That Never Went Away Has Become Only More Complicated''	585	(13)
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Foreign Policy and World Politics	598	(79)
``The Age of Open Society''	598	(3)
George Soros
``Reality Check''	601	(9)
Peter D. Sutherland
Debating the Issues: Foreign Policy: The War in Iraq	609	(1)
``The Holocaust Shrug: Why Is There So Much Indifference to the Liberation of Iraq?''	610	(4)
David Gelernter
``What Went Wrong? The Miscalculations and Missteps That Led to the Current Situation in Iraq''	614	(14)
Richard Lowry
``Baghdad Year Zero: Pillaging Iraq in Pursuit of a Neocon Utopia''	628	(13)
Naomi Klein
APPENDIX
Marbury v. Madison (1803)	641	(5)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)	646	(5)
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)	651	(2)
Roe v. Wade (1973)	653	(5)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)	658	(2)
United States v. Nixon (1974)	660	(5)
United States v. Lopez (1995)	665	(8)
The Declaration of Independence	673	(4)
The Constitution of the United States of America	677	(14)
Amendments to the Constitution	691	(14)
Acknowledgments	705