American government : constitutional democracy under pressure
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American government : constitutional democracy under pressure
Routledge, 2018
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure highlights the necessary tension between our constitutional principles and institutions and the populist heat that sometimes roils our national politics, especially at the current political moment. Our constitutional democracy has been under pressure for some time, but few would deny that fears for its fate have deepened in just the past few years. We assume that our political institutions will limit and contain contemporary populism, just as the Founders intended and as they have in the past, but will they? An increasingly polarized electorate, urging their representatives to fight and never to compromise, may be stressing Constitutional limits. This new, compact core text offers to help American government teachers lead their students to a nuanced theoretical and practical understanding of what is happening in the politics of their Constitutional democracy today.
A new, brief edition of Jillson's American Government text that is compact yet comprehensive.
The "Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure" theme is timely and provocative.
Puts contemporary trends toward polarization and populism in context.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 THE REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION
Chapter 2 FEDERALISM AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER
Chapter 3 CIVIL LIBERTIES: DEMOCRACY AND THE EXPANSION OF LIBERTY'S REALM
Chapter 4 CIVIL RIGHTS: WHERE LIBERTY AND EQUALITY COLLIDE
Chapter 5 SHAPING AMERICANS: POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION, PUBLIC OPINION, AND THE MEDIA
Chapter 6 FACTIONS TODAY: INTEREST GROUPS AND POLITICAL PARTIES
Chapter 7 DEMOCRACY'S MOMENT: VOTING, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 8 CONGRESS: PARTISANSHIP, POLARIZATION, AND GRIDLOCK
Chapter 9 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH: THE PRESIDENT, THE BUREAUCRACY, AND EXECUTIVE POWER
Chapter 10 THE FEDERAL COURTS: ORIGINALISM VERSUS LIVING CONSTITUTIONALISM
Appendix A THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Appendix B CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Appendix C FEDERALIST NUMBERS 10, 51, AND 78
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