Dynamics of democracy / Peverill Squire, James M. Lindsay, Cary R. Covington, Eric R.A.N. Smith

Contributor(s): Lindsay, James M [co-author] | Covington, Cary R [co-author] | Smith, Eric R.A.N [co-author]
Language: English Publisher: Madison, Wisconsin : Brown & Benchmark, c1997Edition: Second editionDescription: xxv, 732 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0697327523Subject(s): Politics and government | United States -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 320.473 LOC classification: JK274 | .D985 1997
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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