(eBook PDF) American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change 6th Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0415881579
- ISBN-13 : 978-0415881579
- Author: Cal Jillson
To gain a fuller understanding of American politics today, students need to learn how it has evolved, from its founding principles to its contemporary practices. Such a perspective is crucial for making sense of the strategic and ideological battles in twenty-first century American politics. Cal Jillson’s American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change fosters this understanding by providing insights into how institutions, avenues of participation, and policies have changed over time to produce today’s political environment in the United States. Going one step further, Jillson homes in on the critical question of how American democracy might work better, focusing in every chapter on reform and change into the future.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN POLITICAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 2 THE REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION
Chapter 3 FEDERALISM AND AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 4 POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND PUBLIC OPINION
Chapter 5 THE MASS MEDIA AND THE POLITICAL AGENDA
Chapter 6 INTEREST GROUPS: THE POLITICS OF INFLUENCE
Chapter 7 POLITICAL PARTIES: WINNING THE RIGHT TO GOVERN
Chapter 8 VOTING, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 9 CONGRESS: PARTISANSHIP, POLARIZATION, AND GRIDLOCK
Chapter 10 THE PRESIDENT: EXECUTIVE POWER IN A SEPARATION OF POWERS REGIME
Chapter 11 BUREAUCRACY: REDESIGNING GOVERNMENT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Chapter 12 THE FEDERAL COURTS: ACTIVISM VERSUS RESTRAINT
Chapter 13 CIVIL LIBERTIES: ORDERED LIBERTY IN AMERICA
Chapter 14 CIVIL RIGHTS: WHERE LIBERTY AND EQUALITY COLLIDE
Chapter 15 GOVERNMENT, THE ECONOMY, AND DOMESTIC POLICY
Chapter 16 AMERICA’S GLOBAL ROLE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS
GLOSSARY OF CASES
Appendix A THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Appendix B THE ARTICLES OF THE CONFEDERATION
Appendix C CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Appendix D FEDERALIST NUMBERS 10, 51, AND 78
Appendix E PARTISAN CONTROL OF THE PRESIDENCY, CONGRESS, AND THE SUPREME COURT
INDEX
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