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9780205292912

The New American Democracy: Alternate

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  • ISBN13:

    9780205292912

  • ISBN10:

    0205292917

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-06-01
  • Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

With an emphasis on elections and their importance in our political system, Morris Fiorina and Paul Peterson' s groundbreaking text offers a stimulating, analytical approach to American government that engages students as it gives them a unique understanding of their political system as it exists and functions today.

Table of Contents

I The Foundations of the New American Democracy
The New American Democracy
2(32)
Establishing A Constitutional Democracy
34(34)
Federal, State, and Local Government
68(28)
Americans: Who they are and what they Believe
96(36)
II The Ingredients of the New American Democracy
Public Opinion
132(34)
Citizen Participation
166(32)
Interest Group Participation in American Democracy
198(32)
Political Parties
230(32)
The Media
262(38)
Choosing the President
300(40)
Choosing the Congress
340(36)
III Government in the New American Democracy
The Congress in Operation
376(60)
The Presidency: Powers and Practice
436(12)
The Bureaucracy
448(34)
The Courts
482(33)
IV Civil Liberties and Civil Rights in the New American Democracy
Civil Liberties
515(33)
Civil Rights
548

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