Description
Table of Contents
PART I. CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS
1. Introducing Government in America
2. The Constitution
3. Federalism
4. Civil Liberties and Public Policy
5. Civil Rights and Public Policy
PART II. PEOPLE AND POLITICS
6. Public Opinion and Political Action
7. The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
8. Political Parties
9. Campaigns and Voting Behavior
10. Interest Groups
PART III. THE POLICYMAKERS
11. Congress
12. The Presidency
13. The Budget. The Politics of Taxing and Spending
14. The Federal Bureaucracy
15. The Federal Courts
PART IV. POLICIES
16. Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking
17. Policymaking for Health Care, the Environment, and Energy
18. National Security Policymaking
