TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lindsay,James M.
AU  - Covington,Cary R.
AU  - Smith,Eric R.A.N.
TI  - Dynamics of democracy
SN  - 0697327523
AV  - JK274 .D985 1997
U1  - 320.473 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Madison, Wisconsin
PB  - Brown & Benchmark
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - United States
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -