Governing America: The Politics of a Divided Democracy Book

	Detailed contents
	List of figures
	List of boxes
	List of tables
	About the contributors
	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	The historical and theoretical context
1	America and the world	13
2	The United States as a divided democracy	32
Pt. 2	Governing institutions
3	The US Constitution	53
4	Federalism	75
5	Political parties and the party system	94
6	Elections	109
7	The mass media	130
8	The federal judiciary	147
9	The presidency	169
10	Congress	189
11	The federal bureaucracy	215
12	Interest groups	229
Pt. 3	Three Public policy
13	Economic policy	249
14	Foreign policy	267
15	Foreign economic policy	286
16	Environmental policy	302
17	Social policy	321
Pt. 4	Issues and controversies
18	Abortion	341
19	Gun control	359
20	Capital punishment	375
21	Gender	391
22	Religion	410
23	Gay rights	428
24	Race and multiculturalism	449
25	American power before and after September 11	467
	References	480
App	The Constitution of the United States of America	495
	Index	505