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Contents
T
O THE
S
TUDENT
...................................................................................................................................
V
PART ONE: THE AMERICAN SYSTEM ..........................................................................................1
CHAPTER 1 - T
HE
S
TUDY OF
A
MERICAN
G
OVERNMENT
....................................................................1CHAPTER 2 - T
HE
C
ONSTITUTION
.....................................................................................................17CHAPTER 3 - F
EDERALISM
................................................................................................................41CHAPTER 4 - A
MERICAN
P
OLITICAL
C
ULTURE
................................................................................61CHAPTER 5 - C
IVIL
L
IBERTIES
..........................................................................................................80CHAPTER 6 - C
IVIL
R
IGHTS
.............................................................................................................101PART 1 - C
LASSIC
S
TATEMENT
: F
EDERALIST
N
O
. 39......................................................................121
PART II: OPINIONS, INTERESTS, AND ORGANIZATIONS....................................................125
CHAPTER 7 - P
UBLIC
O
PINION
........................................................................................................125CHAPTER 8 - P
OLITICAL
P
ARTICIPATION
........................................................................................144CHAPTER 9 - P
OLITICAL
P
ARTIES
...................................................................................................162CHAPTER 10 - E
LECTIONS AND
C
AMPAIGNS
..................................................................................185CHAPTER 11 - I
NTEREST
G
ROUPS
...................................................................................................208CHAPTER 12 - T
HE
M
EDIA
..............................................................................................................226PART 2 - C
LASSIC
S
TATEMENT
: “T
HE
O
MNIPOTENCE OF THE
M
AJORITY IN THE
U
NITED
S
TATES AND
I
TS
E
FFECTS
,”
FROM
D
EMOCRACY IN
A
MERICA
,
BY
A
LEXIS DE
T
OCQUEVILLE
..................................245
PART III: INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT..........................................................................249
CHAPTER 13 - C
ONGRESS
...............................................................................................................249CHAPTER 14 - T
HE
P
RESIDENCY
.....................................................................................................276CHAPTER 15 - T
HE
B
UREAUCRACY
................................................................................................297CHAPTER 16 - T
HE
J
UDICIARY
........................................................................................................316PART 3 - C
LASSIC
S
TATEMENT
: “B
UREAUCRACY
,”
FROM
M
AX
W
EBER
:
E
SSAYS IN
S
OCIOLOGY
....336
PART IV: THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC POLICY.........................................................................340
CHAPTER 17 - T
HE
P
OLICY
-M
AKING
P
ROCESS
..............................................................................340CHAPTER 18 - E
CONOMIC
P
OLICY
..................................................................................................357CHAPTER 19 - S
OCIAL
W
ELFARE
....................................................................................................376CHAPTER 20 - F
OREIGN
P
OLICY AND
M
ILITARY
P
OLICY
...............................................................392CHAPTER 21 - E
NVIRONMENTAL
P
OLICY
.......................................................................................418
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