Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy Book

	List of Selected Features
	Preface
	About the Authors
1	Introducing Government in America	1
2	The Constitution	22
3	Federalism	54
4	Civil Liberties and Public Policy	77
5	Civil Rights and Public Policy	111
6	Public Opinion and Political Action	140
7	The Mass Media and the Political Agenda	166
8	Political Parties	187
9	Nominations and Campaigns	216
10	Elections and Voting Behavior	238
11	Interest Groups	257
12	Congress	284
13	The Presidency	317
14	The Congress, the President, and the Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending	353
15	The Federal Bureaucracy	378
16	The Federal Courts	408
17	Economic Policymaking	440
18	Social Welfare Policymaking	458
19	Policymaking for Health, Energy, and the Environment	476
20	Foreign and Defense Policymaking	498
21	The New Importance of State and Local Government	526
	The Declaration of Independence	557
	The Federalist No. 10	559
	The Federalist No. 51	563
	The Constitution of the United States of America	566
	Presidents of the United States	577
	Party Control of the Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives in the Twentieth Century	580
	Supreme Court Justices Serving in the Twentienth Century	581
	Glossary	583
	Acknowledgments	605
	Index	609