Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-492) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1 THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN POLITICAL PRINCIPLES -- chapter 2 THE REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION -- chapter 3 FEDERALISM AND AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT -- chapter 4 POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND PUBLIC OPINION -- chapter 5 THE MASS MEDIA AND THE POLITICAL AGENDA -- chapter 6 INTEREST GROUPS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS -- chapter 7 POLITICAL PARTIES -- chapter 8 VOTING, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS -- chapter 9 CONGRESS: Lawmaking and Domestic Representation -- chapter 10 THE PRESIDENT: Governing in Uncertain Times -- chapter 11 BUREAUCRACY: Redesigning Government for the Twenty-First Century -- chapter 12 THE FEDERAL COURTS: ACTIVISM VERSUS RESTRAINT -- chapter 13 CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS: BALANCE OR CONFLICT? -- chapter 14 GOVERNMENT, THE ECONOMY, AND DOMESTIC POLICY -- chapter 15 AMERICA'S PLACE IN A DANGEROUS WORLD.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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[This book] provides [an] introduction to American government that emphasizes the historical foundations of U.S. political institutions and the way they have developed in response to change. [The book] challenges students to think critically about how the American political system operates. [This] textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the 1998 mid-term elections.-Back cover.
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Title
American government.
International Standard Book Number
0415960770
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.
Politics and government
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Politics and government, Textbooks.