Government in America: People, Politics and Policy with LP.com access card

by Edwards, George C.; Wattenberg, Martin P.; Lineberry, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780321101310
• ISBN10: 0321101316
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson (Manual)

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Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	vii
Preface	xv
A Student Guide to Reading Charts and Graphs	xxiii
About the Authors	xxvi
Introducing Government in America	1	(25)
Part 1 Constitutional Foundations
The Constitution	26	(38)
Federalism	64	(30)
Civil Liberties and Public Policy	94	(42)
Civil Rights and Public Policy	136	(36)
Part 2 People and Politics
Public Opinion and Political Action	172	(34)
The Mass Media and the Political Agenda	206	(28)
Political Parties	234	(30)
Nominations and Campaigns	264	(30)
Elections and Voting Behavior	294	(26)
Interest Groups	320	(32)
Part 3 The Policymakers
Congress	352	(40)
The Presidency	392	(44)
The Congress, The President, and the Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending	436	(30)
The Federal Bureaucracy	466	(36)
The Federal Courts	502	(38)
Part 4 Policies
Economic Policymaking	540	(22)
Social Welfare Policymaking	562	(24)
Policymaking for Health Care and the Environment	586	(30)
Foreign and Defense Policymaking	616	(38)
Part 5 State and Local Government
The New Face of State and Local Government	654	(42)
Appendix	696	(22)
Glossary	718	(18)
Key Terms in Spanish	736	(3)
Acknowledgments	739	(2)
Index	741