Civics
Subtitle: participating in government
By: James E. Davis, Phyllis Maxey Fernlund.
Contributors: Fernlund, Phyllis Maxey.; Close Up Foundation.; Prentice-Hall, inc.
Edition: Teacher's ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 624
Subjects: Civics.; Civics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government.; United States -- Politics and government -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Other titles: Prentice Hall civics
Notes: "In association with Close Up Foundation."
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foundations of citizenship: Portrait of Americans; American society and its values; Meaning of citizenship; title: Creating a lasting government: America's political heritage; Creating the Constitution; Bill of Rights; Our living Constitution; title: Federal government: Legislative branch; Executive branch; Judicial branch; title: State and local government: State government; Local government; title: American economic system: What is an economy; Basics of our economic system; Money and banking; Government's role in our economy; Our economy and you; title: American legal system: Laws and our society; Criminal and juvenile justice; Civil justice; title: People make a difference: Political parties in our democracy; Voting and elections; Confronting society's problems; title: United States and the world: One nation among many; American foreign policy; Making a difference in the world; title: Reference section; title: Glossary.