American government
Subtitle: your voice, your future
By: Matthew R. Kerbel
Contributors: Laube, Edgar, editor
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: Textbook Media Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781930789494
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Textbooks; Politics and government
Other titles: Your voice, your future
Notes: Version 4.1.
Table of contents: title: Why should we care about American Democracy?; title: Should we care about politics? --; title: The Constitution and federalism: setting the ground rules for politics -- -- Citizenship and democracy.; title: Public opinion: what is it, and what does it have to do with me? --; title: Political culture, socialization, and participation -- -- Connections between citizens and government.; title: Mass media: influencing what we think about --; title: Political parties: connecting us to the electoral process --; title: Campaigns and elections: vehicles for democratic expression --; title: Interest groups: accessing government through common membership -- -- Institutions of democracy.; title: Congress --; title: The presidency --; title: The federal bureaucracy --; title: The judiciary -- -- What government does and how well it works.; title: Establishing civil rights --; title: Protecting civil liberties --; title: Domestic policy and policy making --; title: Foreign and defense policies --; title: Glossary -- -- Appendices.; title: The Declaration of Independence --; title: Constitution of the United States --; title: Federalist 10 --; title: Federalist 51 --; title: Anti-Federalists and the Constitution --; title: Race and the Constitution --; title: Presidents and Vice Presidents --; title: Presidential election results, 1789-2008 --; title: Party control of Congress, 1901-2011 --; title: Justices of the Supreme Court since 1900.