The Enduring Debate: Classic and Contemporary Readings in American Politics

by Canon, David T.; Coleman, John J.; Mayer, Kenneth R.; Canon, David T.; Coleman, John J.

• ISBN13: 9780393978179
• ISBN10: 0393978176
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Author Biography

David T. Canon is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison. His teaching and research interests are in American political institutions, especially Congress John J. Coleman is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison. His teaching and research interests are in the evolution of the American state and the relationship between changes in the political economy of the United States and its party structure Kenneth R. Mayer is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, defense policy, and campaign finance

Table of Contents

PART I The Constitutional System
Constructing the Government: The Founding and the Constitution	3	(31)
``The Nature of American Constitutionalism,'' From The Origins of the American Constitution	3	(9)
Michael Kammen
The Federalist, No. 15	12	(5)
Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist, No. 51	17	(5)
James Madison
Debating the Issues: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution	22	(1)
From An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States	22	(6)
Charles A. Beard
From Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis of ``An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution''	28	(6)
Robert E. Brown
Federalism	34	(33)
The Federalist, No. 46	34	(5)
James Madison
From The Price of Federalism	39	(9)
Paul Peterson
``The Framers' Design''	48	(5)
Jonathan H. Adler
Debating the Issues: The Future of Federalism	52	(1)
Speech at James Madison University	53	(4)
Justice Clarence Thomas
``American Federalism: Half-Full or Half-Empty?''	57	(6)
Martha Derthick
``Real-Life Federalism''	63	(4)
Donald F. Kettl
The Constitutional Framework and the Individual: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights	67	(40)
``The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions''	68	(6)
Abraham Lincoln
``Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963''	74	(8)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
``In Defense of Prejudice''	82	(11)
Jonathan Rauch
Debating the Issues: Racial Profiling and Fighting Terrorism	91	(2)
``Politically Incorrect Profiling: A Matter of Life or Death''	93	(3)
Stuart Taylor Jr.
``Unfriendly Skies''	96	(4)
Bruce Shapiro
``The New Face of Racial Profiling: How Terrorism Affects the Debate''	100	(7)
Sherry F. Colb
PART II Institutions
Congress: The First Branch	107	(33)
From Congress: The Electoral Connection	107	(4)
David R. Mayhew
``Reelection Tips for Legislators''	111	(5)
Ron Faucheux
``Too Much of a Good Thing: More Representative Is Not Necessarily Better''	116	(8)
John R. Hibbing
Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
Debating the Issues: Pork-Barrel Politics	123	(1)
``Rolling Out the Pork Barrel''	124	(4)
Sean Paige
``Roll Out the Barrel: The Case Against the Case Against Pork''	128	(9)
Jonathan Cohn
``Pork Barrel or a Kick-Start?''	137	(3)
Allan Sloan
Rich Thomas
Adam Bryant
The President: From Chief Clerk to Chief Executive	140	(41)
``The Power to Persuade,'' From Presidential Power	140	(10)
Richard Neustadt
``Perspectives on the Presidency,'' From The Presidency in a Separated System	150	(7)
Charles O. Jones
``A Symbolic, but Muddled, Victory''	157	(6)
John F. Harris
Debating the Issues: Imperial Presidency or Responsible Leadership?	161	(2)
``A President in Full''	163	(2)
Fred Barnes
``The Return of the Imperial Presidency?''	165	(7)
Donald R. Wolfensberger
``Checking and Balancing''	172	(9)
Richard E. Cohen
Bureaucracy in a Democratic System	181	(32)
``The Study of Administration''	181	(9)
Woodrow Wilson
From Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It	190	(9)
James Q. Wilson
``A Sharper Focus''	199	(4)
James Lindsay
Debating the Issues: Privatization---The Case of Airport Security	202	(1)
``Learn from Experience on Airport Security''	203	(4)
Robert W. Poole, Jr.
``Cut-Rate Security: How the Airlines Privatized the Nation's Safety''	207	(3)
Richard Just
``Airport Security as American Community''	210	(3)
John Rouse
The Federal Judiciary	213	(44)
The Federalist, No. 78	213	(7)
Alexander Hamilton
``The Court in American Life,'' From Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics	220	(7)
David O'Brien
``Overruling the Court''	227	(6)
Leon Friedman
Debating the Issues: Interpreting the Constitution: Originalism or a Living Constitution	232	(1)
``Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws''	233	(7)
Antonin Scalia
``Our Democratic Constitution''	240	(17)
Stephen Breyer
PART III Political Behavior: Participation
Public Opinion and the Mass Media	257	(37)
``Polling the Public,'' From Public Opinion in a Democracy	257	(8)
George Gallup
From ``Why Americans Hate Politics and Politicians''	265	(6)
Michael Nelson
``Choice Words: If You Can't Understand Our Poll Questions, Then How Can We Understand Your Answers?''	271	(6)
Richard Morin
Debating the Issues: Are the Media Biased?	276	(1)
``Patriotism and Censorship: Some Journalists Are Silenced, While Others Seem Happy to Silence Themselves''	277	(5)
Peter Hart
Seth Ackerman
``Oligopoly: The Big Media Game Has Fewer and Fewer Players''	282	(5)
Robert W. McChesney
``Bias Basics''	287	(7)
Allan Levite
Elections and Voting	294	(47)
``The Voice of the People: An Echo,'' From The Responsible Electorate	294	(6)
V. O. Key
``'Give `em Hell' These Days Is a Figure of Speech''	300	(9)
Eileen Shields West
``Power to the Voters''	309	(11)
Richard D. Parker
Debating the Issues: Electronic Voting	318	(2)
``The Case for Internet Voting''	320	(8)
Joe Mohen
Julia Glidden
``Gauging the Risks of Internet Elections''	328	(8)
Deborah M. Phillips
Hans A. Von Spakovsky
``Voting Alone: The Case Against Virtual Ballot Boxes''	336	(5)
Rick Valelly
Political Parties	341	(59)
``The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics''	341	(11)
Morris P. Fiorina
``Needed: A Political Theory for the New Era of Coalition Government in the United States''	352	(11)
James L. Sundquist
``Parliamentary Government in the United States?'' From The State of the Parties	363	(14)
Gerald M. Pomper
Debating the Issues: Political Parties---Strategies for the Future	376	(1)
``Family Tree, Party Roots''	377	(9)
Carl Cannon
James A. Barnes
Gia Fenoglio
``Liberal Loss or Progressive Mandate?''	386	(6)
Will Marshall
``Remarks at the National Press Club''	392	(8)
Ralph Nader
Groups and Interests	400	(49)
``Political Association in the United States'' From Democracy in America	400	(4)
Alexis de Tocqueville
``The Logic of Collective Action'' From The Rise and Decline of Nations	404	(10)
Mancur Olson
``Associations Without Members''	414	(13)
Theda Skocpol
Debating the Issues: Was Madison Right?	426	(1)
The Federalist, No. 10	427	(6)
James Madison
``The Group Basis of Politics: Notes for a Theory''	433	(5)
Earl Latham
``The Hyperpluralism Trap''	438	(11)
Jonathan Rauch
PART IV Public Policy
Politics and Policy	449	(37)
``The Science of Muddling Through''	449	(9)
Charles E. Lindblom
From ``American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory''	458	(7)
Theodore J. Lowi
``Why Our Democracy Doesn't Work''	465	(7)
William A. Niskanen
Debating the Issues: Campaign Finance---Does Money Corrupt the Policy Process?	472	(1)
``Enron and the Need for Campaign Finance Reform''	472	(4)
Jonathan Chait
``Hey, Wait a Minute: The Assumptions Behind the Case for Campaign Finance Reform,'' From A User's Guide to Campaign Finance Reform	476	(10)
Kenneth R. Mayer
Government and the Economy	486	(39)
``Call for Federal Responsibility''	486	(5)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
``Against the Proposed New Deal''	491	(5)
Herbert Hoover
``The GDP Myth: Why `Growth' Isn't Always a Good Thing''	496	(11)
Jonathan Rowe
Judith Silverstein
Debating the Issues: Regulating Risk: Government Intrusion or Protecting Society?	506	(1)
``What Is Acceptable Risk?''	507	(8)
Roger Scruton
``The Case for More Regulation''	515	(10)
Nurith C. Aizenman
Government and Society	525	(46)
``Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies''	525	(9)
Gary Burtless
``Health Scare: The Next Big Health Care Crisis Is Now''	534	(9)
Jonathan Cohn
``Federal and State Roles in Welfare: Is Devolution Working?''	543	(10)
Richard P. Nathan
Thomas L. Gais
Debating the Issues: Social Security Reform	551	(2)
``A Program For Social Security''	553	(3)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
``Whither Social Security? Transition It, Then Retire It''	556	(4)
William A. Niskanen
``The Trillion-Dollar Hustle: Hello Wall Street, Goodbye Social Security''	560	(11)
Thomas Frank
Foreign Policy and World Politics	571	(92)
``The Age of Open Society''	571	(3)
George Soros
``Reality Check''	574	(9)
Peter D. Sutherland
Debating the Issues: Foreign Policy---Missile Defense or Fighting Terrorism?	582	(1)
``Terrorist Attack on America Confirms the Growing Need for Missile Defense''	583	(5)
Baker Spring
``The Missile Defense Debate''	588	(11)
John Newhouse
APPENDIX
Marbury v. Madison (1803)	599	(5)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)	604	(6)
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)	610	(2)
Roe v. Wade (1973)	612	(4)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)	616	(2)
United States v. Nixon (1974)	618	(5)
United States v. Lopez (1995)	623	(8)
The Declaration of Independence	631	(4)
The Constitution of the United States of America	635	(14)
Amendments to the Constitution	649	(14)
Acknowledgments	663