American government
By: Tim Keesee
Contributors: Bob Jones University Press
Edition: 3rd edition
Publisher: BJU Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Greenville, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781606821947
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Politics and government; Christianity and politics
Description: In the American Government Student Text, 3rd ed., your student will learn about essential features of American government, from its historical and scriptural foundations to detailed analysis of its inner workings. The course provides an overview of changes and developments in our government with an emphasis on the U.S. Constitution and current events. It is organized for use in either a one- or two-semester course. The third edition of American Government contains a new chapter on state and local governments as well as Christian worldview boxes that are designed to help students think scripturally and critically about governmental issues. - Publisher.
Table of contents: title: Features of the book; title: Pronunciation guide; title: Unit 1 : Our foundations. The only sure foundation; title: Forms of government; title: Christianity, the church, and government; title: Unit 2 : The Constitution. Constitutional beginnings; title: The constitutional cornerstone; title: Federalism; title: State and local government; title: Unit 3 : The legislative branch. The structure of Congress; title: The powers of Congress; title: Unit 4 : The executive branch. The road to the White House; title: America's highest office; title: The federal bureaucracy; title: Foreign policy; title: Unit 5 : The judicial branch. The Judiciary; title: Civil rights and responsibilities; title: Part 6 : Party politics. The party system; title: Campaigns and elections; title: Public policy and politics; title: Appendices. Party control of Congress; title: Presidential elections; title: Presidents of the United States; title: Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court; title: How to write to public officials; title: Glossary.