TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peltason,J.W.
AU  - Cronin,Thomas E.
AU  - Magleby,David B.
TI  - Government by the people
SN  - 0132871602
AV  - JK274 .G66 1998
U1  - 320.473 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Local government.
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - United States
N1  - 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
ER  -