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.