American politics today
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American politics today
W.W. Norton, c2013
3rd core ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
American Politics Today helps students understand the debates and controversies that they encounter in the news by emphasizing conflict and compromise as natural parts of politics. New book features-including highly visual "How It Works" infographics-show how the American political process resolves conflicts.
Table of Contents
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1: Understanding American Politics
Chapter 2: The Constitution and the Founding
Chapter 3: Federalism
Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
PART II: POLITICS
Chapter 5: Public Opinion
Chapter 6: The Media
Chapter 7: Political Parties
Chapter 8: Elections
Chapter 9: Interest Groups
PART III: INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 10: Congress
Chapter 11: The Presidency
Chapter 12: The Bureaucracy
Chapter 13: The Courts
PART IV
Chapter 14: Civil Rights
APPENDIX
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution of the United States of America
Amendments to the Constitution
The Federalist Papers, Nos. 10, 51, and 78
Presidents and Vice Presidents
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