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020 _a9780073403908 (alk. paper)
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_b.P59 2009
082 0 0 _a320.973
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245 0 0 _aPoints of view :
_breadings in American government and politics /
_cedited by Robert DiClerico, Allan Hammock.
250 _aEleventh edition
264 1 _aBoston :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_c[2009].
264 4 _cc2009.
300 _axii, 324 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _a To the Instructor -- Chapter 1. Democracy -- How Democratic Is America? / Howard Zinn -- How Democratic Is America? A Response to Howard Zinn / Sidney Hook -- Rebuttal to Sidney Hook / Howard Zinn -- Rejoinder to Howard Zinn / Sidney Hook -- Chapter 2. Constitution -- Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States / Charles A. Beard -- Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis / Robert E. Brown -- Chapter 3. Federalism -- Unfunded Mandates -- Unfunded Mandates: Laws That Bind Us Together / George Miller -- Federal Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: "Lost in the Weeds" / Lamar Alexander -- Gay Marriage: A Matter for the States or the Federal Government? -- "States, Right?" Not in the Gay Marriage Debate / Adam White -- Hands Off Constitutions: This Isn't the Way to Ban Same-Sex Marriage / J. Harvie Wilkinson III -- Chapter 4. Public Opinion -- Polling Matters / Frank Newport -- Leaders Should Not Follow Opinion Polls / Robert Weissberg -- Chapter 5. Voting -- Turnout in the 2004 Presidential Election / Martin P. Wattenberg -- Compulsory Voting Is the Best Way to Keep Democracy Strong / Arend Lijphart -- Nonvoting Is Not a Social Disease / Austin Ranney -- Chapter 6. Campaigns and the Media -- TV Ad Wars: How to Cut Advertising Costs in Political Campaigns / Fred Wertheimer -- Damned Spots: A Defense of Thirty-Second Campaign Ads / Stephen Bates and Edwin Diamond -- Chapter 7. Elections -- Nominations -- Choosing Our Choices 2004 / Robert E. DiClerico -- National Primary: An Excellent Idea / John Armor -- Regional Lottery Plan: America's Missing Constitutional Link / Larry J. Sabato -- Electoral College -- State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote / John R. Koza -- Arnold: Terminate This Gimmick / Robert Weissberg -- Chapter 8. Political Parties -- It's His Party: Bush Republicanism Is Here to Stay / Ross Douthat -- Back to the Future: The Re-emergence of the Emerging Democratic Majority / John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira -- Chapter 9. Interest Groups -- Power in America: Who Has the Power? / G. William Domhoff -- Forces That Set the Agenda / Jeffrey H. Birnbaum -- Chapter 10. Congress -- Representation: Redistricting -- Redistricting: A Bipartisan Sport / Earl Blumenauer and Jim Leach -- You Can't Compete with Voters' Feet / Bill Bishop -- Representation: Legislative Role -- Legislator as Delegate / General Assembly of Virginia -- Legislator as Trustee / John F. Kennedy -- Legislator as Politico / George B. Galloway -- Legislative Process: The Filibuster -- It's Time to Change the Filibuster / Tom Harkin -- Defending the Dinosaur: The Case for Not Fixing the Filibuster / Bill Frenzel -- Chapter 11. Presidency -- How the Presidency Regained Its Balance / John Yoo -- You Go Too Far, Mr. President: The Founders Would Disapprove / Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. and Aziz Huq -- All Hail ... King George? / Eric A. Posner -- Chapter 12. Bureaucracy -- Downsizing the Federal Government / Chris Edwards -- Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy / Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich -- Chapter 13. Courts -- Supreme Court and Judicial Review -- Jurisprudence of Original Intention / Edwin Meese III -- What Did the Founding Fathers Intend? / Irving R. Kaufman -- Judicial Selection -- Senate Is Supposed to Advise and Consent, Not Obstruct and Delay / John C. Eastman and Timothy Sandefur -- Of Course Ideology Should Matter in Judicial Selection / Erwin Chemerinsky -- Chapter 14. Civil Liberties -- Free Speech -- Mandatory Student Fees Do Not Abridge Freedom of Speech / American Council on Education -- Mandatory Student Fees Violate Students' Right to Free Speech / Pacific Legal Foundation -- Freedom of Religion -- Keep "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance / George Allen et al. -- Remove "Under God" from the Pledge / Margaret Crosby / ACLU of Northern California -- Criminal Rights -- "We're in the Fight of Our Lives" / Bernard Gavzer -- Just Make It a Fair Fight / John C. Kilwein -- Chapter 15. Civil Rights -- Affirmative Action -- Law School Admissions: The Case for Affirmative Action / Sandra Day O'Connor -- Law School Admissions: The Case Against Affirmative Action / Clarence Thomas -- Gender Equity -- Wrestling with Title IX / John Irving -- We Must Preserve Equity for Women in College Athletics / Joanna Grossman -- Abortion -- Abortion Politics: The Case for the Right to Privacy / Susan R. Estrich and Kathleen M. Sullivan -- Abortion on Demand Has No Constitutional or Moral Justification / James Bopp Jr. and Richard E. Coleson.
650 0 _aPolitics and government.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government.
700 1 _aDiClerico, Robert E.
_eEditor
700 1 _aHammock, Allan S.,
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_eEditor
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007041207-d.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007041207-t.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007041207-b.html
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