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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James MacGregor Burns; et al |
| ISBN: | 0131842269 9780131842267 |
| OCLC Number: | 51983240 |
| Description: | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), map ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents: | Part I: Constitutional principles -- Consitutional democracy -- The Constitution of the United States -- American federalism -- Part II: The political process -- Political culture and ideology -- The American political landscape -- Political parties and interest groups -- Public opinion, voting, and elections -- The media and American politics -- Part III: Policy-making institutions -- Congress: the people's branch -- The Presidency: the leadership branch -- Congress and the President -- The federal bureaucracy: the real power? -- The judiciary: the balancing branch -- Part IV: Rights and liberties -- First Amendment freedoms -- Equal justice under the law -- Part V: The politics of national policy -- Making economic and social policy -- Making foreign and defense policy -- Appendix: The Declaration of Independence; The Federalist, no. 10; The Federalist, no. 51; The Federalist, no. 78; Presidential election results 1789-2000; Presidents and Vice Presidents. |
| Responsibility: | James MacGregor Burns ... [et al.]. |
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