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America - The User's Manual 4e

This is a free textbook written for introductory undergraduate courses in American politics. It may also be suitable for precocious high school students, as well as for non-students who want to learn how American government works.

Political Science and Civics Social Sciences

Tác giả: Benjamin R. Kantack
Nhà xuất bản: Lycoming College
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Giấy phép: CC BY-NC
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Khoa học cơ bản

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01: Introduction
1.01: Introduction
1.02: What Is a User's Manual
1.03: Who Is the User
1.04: Why a User's Manual
1.05: Warranty Information
02: Politics
2.01: Introduction
2.02: Politics and Power
2.03: Why Do We Need Politics
2.04: Democratic Government
2.05: Goods
2.06: Collective Action Problems
2.07: The Political Machine
03: The Constitution
3.01: Introduction
3.02: The Declaration of Independence
3.03: The Articles of Confederation
3.04: The Constitutional Convention
3.05: A New Constitution
3.06: Principles of the Constitution
3.07: Ratification
3.08: A Practical Constitution
04: Federalism
4.01: Introduction
4.02: Systems of Government
4.03: Federalism in America
4.04: Limits to Federalism
4.05: Evolving Federalism
4.06: Federalism Today
4.07: E Pluribus Unum
05: Civil Liberties
5.01: Introduction
5.02: The Bill of Rights
5.03: Incorporation
5.04: Religion
5.05: Speech
5.06: Arms
5.07: Due Process
5.08: The Paradox of Liberal Democracy
06: Civil Rights
6.01: Introduction
6.02: Race
6.03: Sex
6.04: Sexual Orientation
6.05: Modern Civil Rights Challenges
6.06: The Promise of Equality
07: Public Opinion
7.01: Introduction
7.02: Attitudes and Opinions
7.03: Opinion Dynamics
7.04: Sources of Public Opinion
7.05: Measuring Public Opinion
7.06: Problems in Public Opinion Measurement
7.07: Vox Populi Vox Dei
08: Interest Groups
8.01: Introduction
8.02: Strength in Numbers
8.03: Types of Interest Groups
8.04: Interest Group Tactics
8.05: Influencing Elections
8.06: Interest Groups and Collective Action
8.07: Interest Groups and Democracy
8.08: Group Politics
09: Parties
9.01: Introduction
9.02: Parties and Ideologies
9.03: Party Structure
9.04: The Origins of America's Parties
9.05: The Two-Party System
9.06: Partisanship
9.07: Indispensible Parties
10: Elections
10.01: Introduction
10.02: Direct and Indirect Democracy
10.03: The Rules of American Elections
10.04: Presidential Primaries
10.05: The Electoral College
10.06: Voter Behavior
10.07: Our Democratic Faith
11: Congress
11.01: Introduction
11.02: Bicameralism
11.03: Congressional Leadership
11.04: The Legislative Process
11.05: Legislator Behavior
11.06: The Antimajoritarian Congress
11.07: The Broken Branch
12: The Presidency
12.01: Introduction
12.02: Presidential Roles
12.03: The Executive Branch
12.04: Presidential Powers
12.05: The President versus Congress
12.06: The Imperial Presidency
12.07: Calibrating the Presidency
13: The Bureaucracy
13.01: Introduction
13.02: Traits of Bureaucracies
13.03: America's Evolving Bureaucracy
13.04: Divisions of the Bureaucracy
13.05: Making Rules
13.06: Principal-Agent Problems
13.07: Big Government
14: The Courts
14.01: Introduction
14.02: The American Federal Judiciary
14.03: Federal and State Court Jurisdiction
14.04: Judicial Review
14.05: Supreme Court Decision-Making
14.06: Judicial Appointments
14.07: The Politicized Court
15: Media
15.01: Introduction
15.02: Mass Media
15.03: The Evolution of News
15.04: Media Effects
15.05: The Adversarial Press
15.06: Media Bias
15.07: Politics Filtered
16: Appendices
16.01: Appendix A - Declaration of Independence
16.02: Appendix B - U.S. Constitution