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Sources : notable selections in American government / edited by Mitchel Gerber

Contributor(s): Publication details: Guilford, Conn. : Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, c1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 342 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0073031852
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.973 SOU
Contents:
Preface. - Pt. 1. The Intellectual and Idealogical Context of American Government. Ch.1. American Political Culture and Ideology. - Pt. 2. The Constitutional Framework and the Federalist System. Ch. 2. The Constitutional Foundation of American Government. Ch. 3. The Evolution of American Federalism. - Pt. 3. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. Ch. 4. Civil Liberties. Ch. 5. Civil Rights. - Pt. 4. Democratic Participatory Organizations. Ch. 6. Interest Groups. Ch. 7. Political Parties. - Pt. 5. Democratic Participatory Processes. Ch. 8. Electoral Politics. Ch. 9. The Media and Public Opinion. - Pt. 6. Institutions of National Government. Ch. 10. Congress. Ch. 11. The Presidency. Ch 12. The Bureaucracy. Ch. 13. The Judiciary. - Pt. 7. Dimensions of Public Policy. Ch. 14. Domestic Public Policy Making. Ch. 15. American Foreign Policy. - Acknowledgments. - Index.
Summary: Sources : Notable Selections in American Government, 2nd edition, bring together over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value-classic articles, book excerpts, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions-that have shaped the study of American government and our contemporary understanding of it. Sources provides the opportunity for readers to encounter many of the greatest thinkers in American government at first hand. The book includes carefully edited selections from the works of the most distinguished observers of American government, past and present, from James Madison and Richard F. Fenno, Jr. to Laurence H. Tribe,Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Jane J. Mansbridge, and Aaron Wildavsky. - Back cover.
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Preface. - Pt. 1. The Intellectual and Idealogical Context of American Government. Ch.1. American Political Culture and Ideology. - Pt. 2. The Constitutional Framework and the Federalist System. Ch. 2. The Constitutional Foundation of American Government. Ch. 3. The Evolution of American Federalism. - Pt. 3. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. Ch. 4. Civil Liberties. Ch. 5. Civil Rights. - Pt. 4. Democratic Participatory Organizations. Ch. 6. Interest Groups. Ch. 7. Political Parties. - Pt. 5. Democratic Participatory Processes. Ch. 8. Electoral Politics. Ch. 9. The Media and Public Opinion. - Pt. 6. Institutions of National Government. Ch. 10. Congress. Ch. 11. The Presidency. Ch 12. The Bureaucracy. Ch. 13. The Judiciary. - Pt. 7. Dimensions of Public Policy. Ch. 14. Domestic Public Policy Making. Ch. 15. American Foreign Policy. - Acknowledgments. - Index.

Sources : Notable Selections in American Government, 2nd edition, bring together over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value-classic articles, book excerpts, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions-that have shaped the study of American government and our contemporary understanding of it. Sources provides the opportunity for readers to encounter many of the greatest thinkers in American government at first hand. The book includes carefully edited selections from the works of the most distinguished observers of American government, past and present, from James Madison and Richard F. Fenno, Jr. to Laurence H. Tribe,Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Jane J. Mansbridge, and Aaron Wildavsky. - Back cover.