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Part I | The Constitutional System | |
Chapter 1 | Constructing the Government: The Founding and the Constitution | 3 |
1 | "The Nature of American Constitutionalism," From The Origins of the American Constitution | 3 |
2 | The Federalist, No. 15 | 12 |
3 | The Federalist, No. 51 | 17 |
Debating the Issues: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution | 22 | |
4 | From An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States | 22 |
5 | From Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis of "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution" | 28 |
Chapter 2 | Federalism | 34 |
6 | The Federalist, No. 46 | 34 |
7 | From The Price of Federalism | 39 |
8 | "The Framers' Design" | 48 |
Debating the Issues: The Future of Federalism | 52 | |
9 | Speech at James Madison University | 53 |
10 | "American Federalism: Half-Full or Half-Empty?" | 57 |
11 | "Real-Life Federalism" | 63 |
Chapter 3 | The Constitutional Framework and the Individual: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights | 67 |
12 | "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions" | 68 |
13 | "Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963" | 74 |
14 | "In Defense of Prejudice" | 82 |
Debating the Issues: Racial Profiling and Fighting Terrorism | 91 | |
15 | "Politically Incorrect Profiling: A Matter of Life or Death" | 93 |
16 | "Unfriendly Skies" | 96 |
17 | "The New Face of Racial Profiling: How Terrorism Affects the Debate" | 100 |
Part II | Institutions | |
Chapter 4 | Congress: The First Branch | 107 |
18 | From Congress: The Electoral Connection | 107 |
19 | "Reelection Tips for Legislators" | 111 |
20 | "Too Much of a Good Thing: More Representative Is Not Necessarily Better" | 116 |
Debating the Issues: Pork-Barrel Politics | 123 | |
21 | "Rolling Out the Pork Barrel" | 124 |
22 | "Roll Out the Barrel: The Case Against the Case Against Pork" | 128 |
23 | "Pork Barrel or a Kick-Start?" | 137 |
Chapter 5 | The President: From Chief Clerk to Chief Executive | 140 |
24 | "The Power to Persuade," from Presidential Power | 140 |
25 | "Perspectives on the Presidency," from The Presidency in a Separated System | 150 |
26 | "A Symbolic, but Muddled, Victory" | 157 |
Debating the Issues: Imperial Presidency or Responsible Leadership? | 161 | |
27 | "A President in Full" | 163 |
28 | "The Return of the Imperial Presidency?" | 165 |
29 | "Checking and Balancing" | 172 |
Chapter 6 | Bureaucracy in a Democratic System | 181 |
30 | "The Study of Administration" | 181 |
31 | From Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It | 190 |
32 | "A Sharper Focus" | 199 |
Debating the Issues: Privatization--The Case of Airport Security | 202 | |
33 | "Learn from Experience on Airport Security" | 203 |
34 | "Cut-Rate Security: How the Airlines Privatized the Nation's Safety" | 207 |
35 | "Airport Security as American Community" | 210 |
Chapter 7 | The Federal Judiciary | 213 |
36 | The Federalist, No. 78 | 213 |
37 | "The Court in American Life," from Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics | 220 |
38 | "Overruling the Court" | 227 |
Debating the Issues: Interpreting the Constitution: Originalism or a Living Constitution | 232 | |
39 | "Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws" | 233 |
40 | "Our Democratic Constitution" | 240 |
Part III | Political Behavior: Participation | |
Chapter 8 | Public Opinion and the Mass Media | 257 |
41 | "Polling the Public," from Public Opinion in a Democracy | 257 |
42 | From "Why Americans Hate Politics and Politicians" | 265 |
43 | "Choice Words: If You Can't Understand Our Poll Questions, Then How Can We Understand Your Answers?" | 271 |
Debating the Issues: Are the Media Biased? | 276 | |
44 | "Patriotism and Censorship: Some Journalists Are Silenced, While Others Seem Happy to Silence Themselves" | 277 |
45 | "Oligopoly: The Big Media Game Has Fewer and Fewer Players" | 282 |
46 | "Bias Basics" | 287 |
Chapter 9 | Elections and Voting | 294 |
47 | "The Voice of the People: An Echo," from The Responsible Electorate | 294 |
48 | "'Give 'em Hell' These Days Is a Figure of Speech" | 300 |
49 | "Power to the Voters" | 309 |
Debating the Issues: Electronic Voting | 318 | |
50 | "The Case for Internet Voting" | 320 |
51 | "Gauging the Risks of Internet Elections" | 328 |
52 | "Voting Alone: The Case Against Virtual Ballot Boxes" | 336 |
Chapter 10 | Political Parties | 341 |
53 | "The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics" | 341 |
54 | "Needed: A Political Theory for the New Era of Coalition Government in the United States" | 352 |
55 | "Parliamentary Government in the United States?" from The State of the Parties | 363 |
Debating the Issues: Political Parties--Strategies for the Future | 376 | |
56 | "Family Tree, Party Roots" | 377 |
57 | "Liberal Loss or Progressive Mandate?" | 386 |
58 | "Remarks at the National Press Club" | 392 |
Chapter 11 | Groups and Interests | 400 |
59 | "Political Association in the United States" from Democracy in America | 400 |
60 | "The Logic of Collective Action" from The Rise and Decline of Nations | 404 |
61 | "Associations Without Members" | 414 |
Debating the Issues: Was Madison Right? | 426 | |
62 | The Federalist, No. 10 | 427 |
63 | "The Group Basis of Politics: Notes for a Theory" | 433 |
64 | "The Hyperpluralism Trap" | 438 |
Part IV | Public Policy | |
Chapter 12 | Politics and Policy | 449 |
65 | "The Science of Muddling Through" | 449 |
66 | From "American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory" | 458 |
67 | "Why Our Democracy Doesn't Work" | 465 |
Debating the Issues: Campaign Finance--Does Money Corrupt the Policy Process? | 472 | |
68 | "Enron and the Need for Campaign Finance Reform" | 472 |
69 | "Hey, Wait a Minute: The Assumptions Behind the Case for Campaign Finance Reform," from A User's Guide to Campaign Finance Reform | 476 |
Chapter 13 | Government and the Economy | 486 |
70 | "Call for Federal Responsibility" | 486 |
71 | "Against the Proposed New Deal" | 491 |
72 | "The GDP Myth: Why 'Growth' Isn't Always a Good Thing" | 496 |
Debating the Issues: Regulating Risk: Government Intrusion or Protecting Society? | 506 | |
73 | "What Is Acceptable Risk?" | 507 |
74 | "The Case for More Regulation" | 515 |
Chapter 14 | Government and Society | 525 |
75 | "Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies" | 525 |
76 | "Health Scare: The Next Big Health Care Crisis Is Now" | 534 |
77 | "Federal and State Roles in Welfare: Is Devolution Working?" | 543 |
Debating the Issues: Social Security Reform | 551 | |
78 | "A Program For Social Security" | 553 |
79 | "Whither Social Security? Transition It, Then Retire It" | 556 |
80 | "The Trillion-Dollar Hustle: Hello Wall Street, Goodbye Social Security" | 560 |
Chapter 15 | Foreign Policy and World Politics | 571 |
81 | "The Age of Open Society" | 571 |
82 | "Reality Check" | 574 |
Debating the Issues: Foreign Policy--Missile Defense or Fighting Terrorism? | 582 | |
83 | "Terrorist Attack on America Confirms the Growing Need for Missile Defense" | 583 |
84 | "The Missile Defense Debate" | 588 |
Appendix | ||
Marbury v. Madison (1803) | 599 | |
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | 604 | |
Barron v. Baltimore (1833) | 610 | |
Roe v. Wade (1973) | 612 | |
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) | 616 | |
United States v. Nixon (1974) | 618 | |
United States v. Lopez (1995) | 623 | |
The Declaration of Independence | 631 | |
The Constitution of the United States of America | 635 | |
Amendments to the Constitution | 649 | |
Acknowledgments | 663 |
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