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Preface
1. What is Government?
2. Introduction
3. The Pre-Revolutionary Period and The Roots of the American Political Tradition
4. The Articles of Confederation
5. The Development of the Constitution
6. The Ratification of the Constitution
7. Constitutional Change
8. Introduction
9. The Division of Powers
10. The Evolution of American Federalism
11. Intergovernmental Relationships
12. Competitive Federalism Today
13. Advantages and Disadvantages of Federalism
14. Introduction
15. What are Civil Liberties
16. Securing Basic Freedoms
17. The Rights of Suspects
18. Interpreting the Bill of Rights
19. Introduction
20. What are Civil Rights and How Do We Identify Them?
21. Introduction
22. The Nature of Public Opinion
23. How Is Public Opinion Measured?
24. What Does the Public Think?
25. The Effects of Public Opinion
26. Introduction
27. Voter Registration
28. Voter Turnout
29. Elections
30. Campaigns and Voting
31. Direct Democracy
32. Introduction
33. What is the Media?
34. The Evolution of Media
35. Regulating the Media
36. The Impact of the Media
37. Introduction
38. What Are Parties and How Did They Form?
39. The Two-Party System
40. The Shape of Modern Political Parties
41. Divided Government and Partisan Polarization
42. Introduction
43. Interest Groups Defined
44. Collective Action and Interest Group Formation
45. Interest Groups as Political Participation
46. Pathways of Interest Group Influence
47. Free Speech and the Regulation of Interest Groups
48. Introduction
49. The Institutional Design of Congress
50. Congressional Elections
51. Congressional Representation
52. House and Senate Organizations
53. The Legislative Process
54. Introduction
55. The Design and Evolution of the Presidency
56. The Presidential Election Process
57. Organizing to Govern
58. The Public Presidency
59. Presidential Governance: Direct Presidential Action
60. Introduction
61. Guardians of the Constitution and Individual Rights
62. The Dual Court System
63. The Federal Court System
64. The Supreme Court
65. Judicial Decision-Making and Implementation by the Supreme Court
66. Introduction
67. Bureaucracy and the Evolution of Public Administration
68. Toward a Merit-Based Civil Service
69. Understanding Bureaucracies the Their Types
70. Controlling the Bureaucracy
71. Introduction
72. What is Public Policy?
73. Categorizing Public Policy
74. Policy Arenas
75. Policymakers
76. Introduction
77. Defining Foreign Policy
78. Foreign Policy Instruments
79. Institutional Relations in Foreign Policy
80. Approaches to Foreign Policy
Appendix
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