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America - The User's Manual 3e

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