Government in America
Subtitle: People, Politics, and Policy
Edition: 11 edition
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: July 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 779
ISBN-13: 9780321195241
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; General; Political Science; Politics/International Relations
Table of contents: title: Tools for understanding Government in America; title: About the authors; title: Introducing government in America; title: Part 1 : Consitutional foundations.; title: The Constitution; title: Federalism; title: Civil liberties and public policy; title: Civil rights and public policy; title: Part 2 : People and politics.; title: Public opinion and political action; title: The mass media and the political agenda; title: Political parties; title: Nominations and campaigns; title: Elections and voting behavior; title: Interest groups; title: Part 3 : The policymakers.; title: Congress; title: The presidency; title: The Congress, the President, and the budget : the politics of taxing and spending; title: The federal bureaucracy; title: The federal courts; title: Part 4 : Policies.; title: Economic policymaking; title: Social welfare policymaking; title: Policymaking for health care and the environment; title: National security policymaking; title: Part 5 : State and local government.; title: The new face of state and local government; title: Appendix.; title: The Declaration of Independence; title: The Federalist no. 10; title: The Federalist no. 51; title: The Constitution of the United States of America; title: Presidents of the United States; title: Glossary; title: Key terms in Spanish