Dynamics of democracy
By: Peverill Squire ... [et al.].
Contributors: Squire, Peverill.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Brown & Benchmark
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Madison, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 732
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.673-708) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Studying the dynamics of democracy, conflict, rules, and change; title: The Constitution; title: The social context of American politics; title: Civil liberties; title: Civil rights; title: Public opinion; title: Voting and participation; title: The news media; title: Political parties; title: Interest groups; title: Congress; title: The Presidency; title: The Federal bureaucracy; title: The courts; title: The Federal system and state government; title: The Federal budget; title: Domestic policy; title: Foreign policy; title: 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; title: Contract with America; title: Glossary.