Government by the people / James MacGregor Burns, J.W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin, David B. Magleby - Seventeenth edition National version - xv, 591, [61] pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm.

Colored maps of the United States, a political map and Washington, centers of decision and landmarks on endpapers. Includes index

Includes bibliographical references

Constitutional democracy --
The living constitution : The Constitution of the United States --
American federalism --
First amendment rights --
Equal rights under the law --
Rights to life, liberty, and property --
Political culture and ideology --
The American political landscape --
Interest groups : the politics of influence --
Political parties : essential to democracy --
Public opinion, participation, and voting --
Campaigns and elections : democracy in action --
The media and American politics --
Congress : the people's branch --
The presidency : the leadership branch --
The judiciary : the balancing branch --
The bureaucracy : the real power? --
Making economic policy --
Making regulatory policy --
Making social policy --
Making foreign and defense policy --
State and local politics : who governs? --
State constitutions : charters or straitjackets? --
Parties and elections in the states --
State legislatures --
State governors --
Judges and justice in the states --
Local governments and metropolitics --
Making state and local policy --
Staffing and financing state and local governments --
Epilogue : the democratic faith.

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Local government.
Politics and government


United States--Politics and government.

JK274 / .G66 1998

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