Readings for American Government: Power and Purpose,Seventh Edition Book

	Preface
1	Freedom and Power: An Introduction to the Problem	3
2	Constructing a Government: The Founding and the Constitution	27
3	The Constitutional Framework: Federalism and the Separation of Powers	63
4	The Constitutional Framework and the Individual: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights	109
5	Congress: The First Branch	159
6	The President: From Chief Clerk to Chief Executive	215
7	The Executive Branch: Bureaucracy in a Democracy	273
8	The Federal Courts: Least Dangerous Branch or Imperial Judiciary?	321
9	Public Opinion	371
10	Elections	415
11	Political Parties	469
12	Groups and Interests	515
13	The Media	555
14	Government and the Economy: An Introduction to Public Policy	591
15	Government and Society	631
16	Foreign Policy and Democracy	677
17	Can the Government Govern?	723
	The Declaration of Independence
	The Articles of Confederation
	The Constitution of the United States of America
	Amendments to the Constitution
	Federalist Papers, Nos. 10, 51
	Glossary of Terms
	Glossary of Court Cases
	Acknowledgments
	Index