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Foundations of American Government | |
Preface/Walkthrough | |
Acknowledgments | |
About the Authors | |
American Government: Democracy in Action | |
American Democracy and the Individual Citizen | |
The Unique Democracy of the United States | |
Themes of This Book | |
Citizen Participation in Democratic Government | |
Pathways of Action | |
Pathways of Action: Active Students and Local Air Pollution Laws | |
Pathways Profile: A. Philip Randolph | |
Diversity in American Society | |
Citizen Participation and Pathways: The Example of Abortion | |
Change and Stability in American Government | |
Sources of Stability | |
Pathways Profile: The Political Culture of Our Neighbor to the North | |
Conclusion | |
Early Governance and the Constitutional Framework | |
The Cry for Liberty, Equality, . . . and Slavery? | |
The Nature of Government and Politics | |
Types of Governments | |
Economic Systems | |
Early Governance in America | |
Pathways of Action: The Sons of Liberty | |
The American Revolution | |
Pathways Profile: Thomas Paine and the "Common Sense" of Democracy | |
The Declaration of Independence | |
The Colonial Experience and the Pathways of Change | |
Pathways Past and Present: Tiimothy McVeigh's Revolution? | |
The Articles of Confederation | |
Limitations of the Articles of Confederation | |
Shays's Rebellion: An Alternative Look | |
The Constitutional Convention | |
The Great Compromise | |
The Three-Fifths Compromise | |
The Sectional Compromise | |
The U.S. Constitution | |
The Struggle over Ratification | |
The Federalist Papers | |
The Anti-Federalists' Response | |
Other Challenges Faced by the New Nation | |
A Second Revolution Jacksonian Democracy | |
Conclusion | |
The Institutions of American Government | |
Federalism No Child Left Behind and the Ongoing Debate over Authority Why Divide Authority in the First Place? | |
The Evolution of Federalism in the United States Before the Civil War | |
Pathways Profile: John Marshall | |
Pathways of Action: The Civil War and the Failure of American Politics Federalism after the Civil War | |
Federal Power: The Supreme Court and the New Deal Recent Trends in Federalism | |
The New Deal and Cooperative Federalism | |
The Great Society and Creative Federalism | |
The Changing Nature of Federal Grants | |
Pathways of Action: Mandates to Prompt Change New Federalism | |
Pathways Past and | |
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