American Politics Classic and Contemporary

Created to supplement any main text, this comprehensive reader offers a broad selection of classic and current documents, as well as analytical essays on current political issues. Introductions at the opening of each chapter highlight critical reading and thinking skills and help students understand the material in the text. The incorporation of materials on the 2000 elections and 30% new readings engage students in the most current political topics, such as public polling, campaign finance reform, and the budget surplus. Questions for Discussion reinforce students' understanding of the controversies and key points in each selection.

Constitutional Foundations
The Constitution and Founding
A Tradition Born of Strife
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action
The Federalist, No. 51
What Were They Thinking?
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
The Federalist, No. 39
(1819)
The Devil in Devolution
American Federalism: Half-Full or Half-Empty?
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
(1931)
From the Saturday Press to the New York Times
(1965)
Why Privacy Matters
(1963)
The Assault
People and Politics
Public Opinion
Polling and the Transformation of Public Opinion
Forgiving and Forgetting: Public Support for Bill Clinton During the Lewinsky Scandal
A Question of Values
I Hear America Ringing
Participation
Finding the Lost Voters
Voting Rites: Why We Need a New Concept of Citizenship
Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital
Political Parties
Why We Still Need Real Political Parties
Of Political Parties Great and Strong
Creative Party Finances in the Information Age
Campaigns and Elections
Presidency--Disunity for All
Political Pawns
Rousing the Democratic Base
The Mass Media
Lowering the Political Hero to Our Level
Bad News, Bad Governance
Echo Chamber of Horrors
Interest Groups
The Federalist, No. 10
Lobbyists--Why the Bad Rap?
Associations Without Members
From Big Bird to Bill Gates: Organized Interests and the Emergence of Hyperpolitics
Institutions
Congress
The Changing Textbook Congress
Ten Things I Wish Political Scientists Would Teach About Congress
Going Nowhere: A Gridlocked Congress?
King of the Roads
Cracku
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