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050 0 0 _aJK274
_b.G66 1998
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245 1 0 _aGovernment by the people /
_cJames MacGregor Burns, J.W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin, David B. Magleby
250 _aSeventeenth edition
_bNational version
264 1 _aUpper Saddle River, New Jersey :
_bPrentice Hall,
_cc1998.
300 _axv, 591, [61] pages :
_billustrations (some color), color maps ;
_c28 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aColored maps of the United States, a political map and Washington, centers of decision and landmarks on endpapers.
500 _aIncludes index
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references
505 _aConstitutional 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.
650 0 _aLocal government.
650 0 _aPolitics and government
651 0 _aUnited States
_zPolitics and government.
700 1 _aPeltason, J.W.
_eco-author
700 1 _aCronin, Thomas E.
_eco-author
700 1 _aMagleby, David B.
_eco-author
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