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. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p.673-708)  
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0697327523 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96086062  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK274  / .D985 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.473