Dynamics of democracy /
Peverill Squire, James M. Lindsay, Cary R. Covington, Eric R.A.N. Smith
- Second edition
- xxv, 732 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (p.673-708)
Studying the dynamics of democracy, conflict, rules, and change -- The Constitution -- The social context of American politics -- Civil liberties -- Civil rights -- Public opinion -- Voting and participation -- The news media -- Political parties -- Interest groups -- Congress -- The Presidency -- The Federal bureaucracy -- The courts -- The Federal system and state government -- The Federal budget -- Domestic policy -- Foreign policy -- Appendixes: The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union; Federalist No.10; Federalist No.51; Antifederalists and the Constitution; Letter from Birmingham jail; Race and the U.S. Constitution; The Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States; Presidential election results, 1789-1996; Party control of the Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives, 1901-1997; Twentieth-century justices of the Supreme Court; Presidential general election returns, by state, 1996; Portrait of the electorate, 1984-1996; American political parties since 1789 -- Contract with America -- Glossary.
Explores the workings of American government using two recurrent themes - that politics arises from conflict and that the rules of government help determine who wins and who loses. This text develops these twin themes using examples.
0697327523
96086062
Politics and government
United States--Politics and government.
JK274 / .D985 1997
320.473
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (p.673-708)
Studying the dynamics of democracy, conflict, rules, and change -- The Constitution -- The social context of American politics -- Civil liberties -- Civil rights -- Public opinion -- Voting and participation -- The news media -- Political parties -- Interest groups -- Congress -- The Presidency -- The Federal bureaucracy -- The courts -- The Federal system and state government -- The Federal budget -- Domestic policy -- Foreign policy -- Appendixes: The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union; Federalist No.10; Federalist No.51; Antifederalists and the Constitution; Letter from Birmingham jail; Race and the U.S. Constitution; The Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States; Presidential election results, 1789-1996; Party control of the Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives, 1901-1997; Twentieth-century justices of the Supreme Court; Presidential general election returns, by state, 1996; Portrait of the electorate, 1984-1996; American political parties since 1789 -- Contract with America -- Glossary.
Explores the workings of American government using two recurrent themes - that politics arises from conflict and that the rules of government help determine who wins and who loses. This text develops these twin themes using examples.
0697327523
96086062
Politics and government
United States--Politics and government.
JK274 / .D985 1997
320.473