Test Bank for American Government:

Institutions and Policies, 14th

Edition, James Q. Wilson, John J.
DiIulio, Jr., Meena Bose
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Acclaimed for the scholarship of its prominent authors
and the clarity of its narrative, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT:
INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES sets the standard for public
policy coverage while maintaining focus on three
fundamental topics: the importance of institutions of
American government; the historical development of
governmental procedures, actors, and policies; and who
governs in the United States and to what ends. Student
involvement in the material is bolstered by proven
pedagogical features such as learning objectives framing
each chapter, ""Constitutional Connections"" relating
current issues to founding principles, and ""How Things
Work"" boxes that illustrate important concepts.

1. Brief Contents
2. Contents
3. Preface
4. Acknowledgments
5. About the Authors
6. Part 1: The American System
7. Ch 1: The Study of American Government
8. Issues and Politics
9. Power, Authority, and Legitimacy
10. What is Democracy?
11. Political Power in America: Five Views
12. Who Governs-And to What Ends?
13. Expanding the Political Agenda
14. The Politics of Different Issues
15. Four Types of Politics
16. Understanding Politics
17. To Learn More
18. Ch 2: The Constitution
19. The Problem of Liberty
20. The Constitutional Convention
21. The Challenge
22. The Constitution and Democracy
23. The Constitution and Liberty
24. The Motives of the Framers
25. Constitutional Reform: Modern Views
26. To Learn More
27. Ch 3: Federalism
28. Why Federalism Matters
29. The Founding
30. The Debate on the Meaning of Federalism
31. Governmental Structure
32. Federal-State Relations
33. Federal Aid and Federal Control
34. A Devolution Revolution?
35. Congress and Federalism
36. To Learn More
37. Ch 4: American Political Culture
38. Political Culture
39. How We Compare: Comparing America with Other Nations
40. The Sources of Political Culture
41. Mistrust of Government
42. Political Tolerance
43. To Learn More
44. Ch 5: Civil Liberties
45. Culture and Civil Liberties
46. Interpreting and Applying the First Amendment
47. What is Speech?
48. Commercial and Youthful Speech
49. Church and State
50. Crime and Due Process
51. To Learn More
52. Ch 6: Civil Rights
53. Race and Civil Rights
54. The Campaign in the Courts
55. The Campaign in Congress
56. Women and Equal Rights
57. Affirmative Action
58. Gay Rights
59. Looking Back-And Ahead
60. To Learn More
61. Part 2: Opinions, Interests, and Organizations
62. Ch 7: Public Opinion
63. Public Opinion and Democracy
64. What is Public Opinion?
65. Political Socialization
66. Cleavages in Public Opinion
67. Political Ideology
68. Political Elites, Public Opinion, and Public Policy
69. To Learn More
70. Ch 8: Political Participation
71. A Close Look at Nonvoting
72. The Rise of the American Electorate
73. Who Participates in Politics?
74. To Learn More
75. Ch 9: Political Parties
76. Parties-Here and Abroad
77. The Rise and Decline of the Political Party
78. The National Party Structure Today
79. State and Local Parties
80. The Two-Party System
81. Minor Parties
82. Nominating a President
83. Parties versus Voters
84. To Learn More
85. Ch 10: Elections and Campaigns
86. Campaigns Today
87. Presidential versus Congressional Campaigns
88. Primary versus General Campaigns
89. Money
90. What Decides the Election?
91. The Effects of Elections on Policy
92. To Learn More
93. Ch 11: Interest Groups
94. The Rise of Interest Groups
95. Kinds of Organizations
96. Interest Groups and Social Movements
97. The Activities of Interest Groups
98. Regulating Interest Groups
99. Lobbying
100. To Learn More
101. Ch 12: The Media
102. The Media and Politics
103. Journalism in American Political History
104. The Structure of the Media
105. Rules Governing the Media
106. Are the National Media Biased?
107. Government and the News
108. To Learn More
109. Part 3: Institutions of Government
110. Ch 13: Congress
111. Congress versus Parliament
112. The Evolution of Congress
113. Who is in Congress?
114. Representation and Polarization
115. The Organization of Congress: Parties and Interests
116. The Organization of Congress: Committees
117. The Organization of Congress: Staffs and Specialized Offices
118. How a Bill Becomes Law
119. To Learn More
120. Ch 14: The Presidency
121. Presidents and Prime Ministers
122. Divided Government
123. The Powers of the President
124. The Evolution of the Presidency
125. The Power to Persuade
126. The Power to Say No
127. Presidential Character
128. The Office of the President
129. Who Gets Appointed
130. The President's Program
131. Presidential Transition
132. How Powerful is the President?
133. To Learn More
134. Ch 15: The Bureaucracy
135. Distinctiveness of the American Bureaucracy
136. Proxy Government
137. The Growth of the Bureaucracy
138. The Federal Bureaucracy Today
139. Why So Many Constraints?
140. Congressional Oversight
141. Bureaucratic "Pathologies"
142. Reforming the Bureaucracy
143. To Learn More
144. Ch 16: The Judiciary
145. Judicial Review
146. The Development of the Federal Courts
147. The Structure of the Federal Courts
148. The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts
149. Getting to Court
150. The Supreme Court in Action
151. The Power of the Federal Courts
152. Checks on Judicial Power
153. To Learn More
154. Part 4: Public Policy and American Democracy
155. Ch 17: Domestic Policy
156. Policymaking Politics Revisited
157. Social Welfare Policy
158. Business Regulation Policy
159. Environmental Policy
160. Beyond Domestic Policy
161. To Learn More
162. Ch 18: Economic Policy
163. The Politics of Economic Prosperity
164. The Politics of Taxing and Spending
165. Economic Theories and Political Needs
166. The Machinery of Economic Policymaking
167. Spending Money
168. The Budget
169. Reducing Spending
170. Levying Taxes
171. To Learn More
172. Ch 19: Foreign and Military Policy
173. Kinds of Foreign Policy
174. The Constitutional and Legal Context
175. The Machinery of Foreign Policy
176. Foreign Policy and Public Opinion
177. Cleavages among Foreign Policy Elites
178. The Use of Military Force
179. The Defense Budget
180. The Structure of Defense Decision Making
181. The New Problem of Terrorism
182. To Learn More
183. Ch 20: American Democracy, Then and Now
184. THEN: Restraints on the Growth of Government
185. NOW: Relaxing the Restraints
 186. The Old System
187. The New System
188. Consequences of Government Growth
189. The Influence of Structure
190. The Influence of Ideas
191. American Democracy-Then, Now, and Next
192. Appendixes
193. The Declaration of Independence
194. The Constitution of the United States
195. A Brief Guide to Reading the Federalist Papers
196. The Federalist No. 10
197. The Federalist No. 51
198. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Speech: "I Have a Dream"
199. Presidents and Congresses, 1789-2009
200. Glossary
201. Notes
202. Index

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