Government by the people / James MacGregor Burns, J.W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin, David B. Magleby

Contributor(s): Peltason, J.W [co-author] | Cronin, Thomas E [co-author] | Magleby, David B [co-author]
Language: English Publisher: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, c1998Edition: Seventeenth edition National versionDescription: xv, 591, [61] pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0132871602Subject(s): Local government | Politics and government | United States -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 320.473 LOC classification: JK274 | .G66 1998
Contents:
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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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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