MyPoliSciLab with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Government by the People, Brief Edition

by Magleby, David B.; Light, Paul C.; Nemacheck, Christine L.

• ISBN13: 9780205057122
• ISBN10: 0205057128
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Access Card
• Copyright: 2010-12-24
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This access code card gives you access to all of MyPoliSciLabrs"s grade-boosting resources...PLUS a complete e-book of your textbook! MyPoliSciLab is a state-of-the-art interactive and instructive solution for introductory American government courses that combines multimedia simulations, video debates, research support, and practice tests to make learning fun! This is the product access code card for MyPoliSciLab and does not include the actual bound book. Updated in a new 9th edition, this book offers accessible, carefully crafted, and straightforward coverage of the foundations of American politics, as well as a consistent focus on the achievements of a government by the people. Built on decades of authoritative scholarship, this completely updated text demonstrates that politics matters by emphasizing the accomplishments of a governmentof the people,bythe people,andforthe people.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Idea of America

 

Part I: Constitutional Principles

1. Constitutional Democracy

2. American Federalism

 

Part II: The Political Process

3. Understanding the American People

4. Political Parties and Interest Groups

5.Campaigns, Voting, and Elections

6. Public Opinion and The Media

 

Part III: Policy-Making Institutions

7. Congress

8. The Presidency

9. The Federal Bureaucracy

10. The Judiciary

 

Part IV: Rights and Liberties

11. Civil Liberties

12. Civil Rights

 

Part V: The Politics of National Policy

13. Making Economic and Social Policy

14. Making Foreign and Defense Policy

 

Epilogue: Sustaining Constitutional Democracy