American Government Understanding the Deomcratic Republic

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to American Government and Politics
Introduction
The Western Political Tradition
The British and European Context of the Early American Settlement (1607–1754)
Religious and Political Discord
Colonial Freedom
Terms
Vocabulary
Endnotes

CHAPTER 2 The American Founding
Revolutionary America
Colonial America 1754–1774
The 2nd Continental Congress, Independence and the Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Northwest Ordinance
The Constitutional Convention
Conflict and Compromise
The Constitution
Article I, the Congress or Legislative Branch
Article II, the Presidency or Executive Branch
Article III, the Judicial Branch
Articles IV and VI, relations between the states and between the states and federal government
Articles V, the Amendment Article
Article VII, the Ratification Article
Constitutional Principles
The rule of law and limited government
Republicanism
Separation of Power and Checks and Balances
Federalism
The Franchise
The Fight For Ratification
The Federalists
The Anti-Federalists
Terms
Endnotes

CHAPTER 3 Federalisim
Origins
Federalism in the Constitution
Article I
Article II
Article IIII
Article IV
Article V
Article VI
Constitutional Amendments
The Era Of “Dual” Federalism
Introduction
Dual Federalism
Transition To “Cooperative” Federalism
Cooperative Federalism
Federalsim Today
Terms
Endnotes

CHAPTER 4 Civil Liberties and Rights
Democracy and Action The Patriot Act
What Are Civil Liberties and Civil Rights?
The Bill of Rights and Civil Liberties
The Bill of Rights
Selective Incorporation
Rules of Incorporation
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Third Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Sixth and Seventh Amendments
Eighth Amendment
Expanding Implied Rights
Political Will and Civil Rights
American with Disabilities
Same-Sex Marriage—A New Front in the Fight for Civil Rights
Terms

CHAPTER 5 Public Opinion
Principles: Citizenship and Political Community
Power to the People, But Not Too Much
The American Political Community
Process: How Citizens Are Linked to the Political System
Political Socialization
Measuring Public Opinion
The Methods of Citizen Participation in Politics
The Politics of Citizenship and Community
“We the People” Are Elusive Creatures
The Many Opportunities for Active Citizenship
Terms
End notes

CHAPTER 6 Media
A Brief History of the Media and American Politics
Principles: A Democratic Government Covered by a Free Press
A Democratic Republic
A Free Press
Process: The Structure and Operations of the Media
The Structure of the Media
Government Regulation of the Media
The Media at Work
The Media’s Roles in American Politics
How Technology Has Affected the Media and Its Roles
Politics in Today’s Multimedia Environment
The Media Is a Force to Be Reckoned with in American Politics
The Media Is Not Exactly the Fourth Branch of Government, But It Is a Powerful Force in Politics
The Media Is Not Just a Neutral Mirror of Politics
While It Is Not the Case That “Everything Changed” Because of the Internet, New Media Have Affected American Politics
Terms
End notes

CHAPTER 7 Interest Groups
Democracy and Action EMILY’s List
The Character of Interest Groups
Factions and the Pluralist Society
Who’s Special, Who’s Not?
Private Interest Groups
Public Interest Groups
Lobbying for Other Countries
Lobbying—Direct and Indirect Tactics
Direct Tactics: Inside Game
Indirect Tactics: Outside Game
Discrete Tactics
Grassroots Activity
Problems with Factions in a Democracy
Inequality in Power
Inequality in Resources
What Political Action Committees (PACs) Can and Can’t Do
What Political Action Committees (PACS) Can and Can’t Do
Inequality of Access to Elected Officials
Case Study: Problems with Pluralism
Placing a Check on Factions
Terms

CHAPTER 8 Political Parties
Democracy and Action Has the Religious Right taken over the Republican Party?
What Are Political Parties?
The Role of Political Parties
The History of the Two-Party System in America Alignments and Realignments
The First Party System: 1790s–1820
The Second Party System: 1820–1865
The Third Party System: 1865–1896
The Fourth Party System: 1896–1932
The Fifth Party System: 1932–1968
The Sixth Party System: 1968-Present
American Third Parties
Party Organization
History of Modern Political Parties
National Party Organizations
Similarities and Differences within the Parties
Terms

CHAPTER 9 Campaigns, Elections and Voting
Democracy and Action The Letter—Orange County, California
Elections in America
Congressional Elections
Presidential Elections
The Criteria for Winning
The Electoral College
Voting—What & Why
Civic Duty
Party Affiliation
Electability
Policies from the Booth
Issues and Voting
It’s the Economy, Stupid
Foreign Affairs
Campaigns
Who Votes?
A Brief Review
Voter Turnout—Early Days and Other Countries
Explaining Low Voter Turnout
Voter Affective Filter
Past and Future Solutions
Terms

CHAPTER 10 The Presidency
On the Presidency (1788)
Alexander Hamilton
The Power to Persuade (1990)
Richard E. Neustadt
Campaign Speech on the Presidency (1960)
John F. Kennedy
The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions (1838)
Abraham Lincoln
Youngstown Sheet and Tube co. V. Sawyer (1952)
United States V. Curtiss-Wright Export Coporation (1936)
Korematsu V. United States (1944)
On the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus (1863)
Abraham Lincoln
Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876)
Frederick Douglass
 

CHAPTER 11 The Bureaucracy
Introduction
Four Universal Properties of Bureaucracies and Understanding Bureaucratic Models
Weber’s Bureaucratic Model
Acquisitive Model
Monopolistic Model
Garbage Can Model
Growth and Organization of the Federal Bureaucracy
Bureaucratic Policy Implementation—Iron Triangles
The Relevance of the United Nations Security Council
Private Bureaucracies
Conclusion
Terms
Endnotes

CHAPTER 12 The Judiciary
The Role of the Supreme Court (1788)
Alexander Hamilton
The Problem of Judicial Review (1787)
Brutus
Against Judicial Review (1815)
Thomas Jefferson
The Authority of the Supreme Court (1857)
Abraham Lincoln
Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987)
Robert H. Bork
Exchange on the Binding of Generations (1789–1790)
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Federalist 49 (1788)
James Madison

CHAPTER 13 Policy
The Domain of Public Policy
Facets of Public Policy
Domestic, Foreign, and “Intermestic” Policy
Principles
Process
The Policy Process
Key Institutions in the Process of Making National Policy
Politics
Factors Affecting Policy Change
Political Patterns That Shape Domestic Policy
Patterns in American Foreign Policy
Terms
References
Endnotes