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050 0 0 _aJK274
_b.D985 1997
082 0 0 _a320.473
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245 0 0 _aDynamics of democracy /
_cPeverill Squire, James M. Lindsay, Cary R. Covington, Eric R.A.N. Smith
250 _aSecond edition
264 1 _aMadison, Wisconsin :
_bBrown & Benchmark,
_cc1997.
300 _axxv, 732 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c28 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p.673-708)
505 0 _aStudying 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.
520 _aExplores 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.
650 0 _aPolitics and government
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government.
700 1 _aLindsay, James M.
_eco-author
700 1 _aCovington, Cary R.
_eco-author
700 1 _aSmith, Eric R.A.N.
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