Government in America : People, Politics and Policy, Election Update

, by Edwards, George C.; Wattenberg, Martin P.; Lineberry, Robert L.

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This highly lauded text with a public policy approach and "politics matters" theme has been updated to include important coverage of current topics, such as the 2004 Election and American foreign policy in the Middle East. Framing its content within a "politics matters" theme, the authors of Government in America illustrate the impact government has on the daily lives of each and every American, motivating students to become active participants in all aspects of political culture. In this latest Eleventh Edition Update, all material has been completely updated throughout the text.

Preface

Tools for Understanding Government in America

xxiii

About the Authors

xxxi

Introducing Government in America

(25)

Issues of the Times: How to Get Students More Involved With Politics

(2)

Government

(2)

Politics

(1)

The Policymaking System

(3)

People Shape Policy

(1)

Policies Impact People

(1)

Democracy

(6)

Defining Democracy

(1)

Traditional Democratic Theory

(1)

Three Contemporary Theories of American Democracy

(2)

Challenges to Democracy

(1)

Preview Questions about Democracy

(1)

The Scope of Government in America

(6)

How Active Is American Government?

(2)

A Comparative Perspective

(1)

American Individualism

(1)

Preview Questions about the Scope of Government

(3)

Summary

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Part 1 Constitutional Foundations

The Constitution

(38)

The Origins of the Constitution

(5)

The Road to Revolution

(1)

Declaring Independence

(1)

The English Heritage: The Power of Ideas

(1)

Jefferson's Handiwork: The American Creed

(1)

Winning Independence

(2)

The ``Conservative'' Revolution

(1)

The Government That Failed: 1776--1787

(3)

The Articles of Confederation

(1)

Changes in the States

(1)

Economic Turmoil

(1)

Shays' Rebellion

(1)

The Aborted Annapolis Meeting

(1)

Making a Constitution: The Philadelphia Convention

(3)

Gentlemen in Philadelphia

(1)

Philosophy into Action

(3)

The Agenda in Philadelphia

(5)

The Equality Issues

(2)

The Economic Issues

(2)

The Individual Rights Issues

(1)

The Madisonian Model

(1)

Thwarting Tyranny of the Majority

(1)

Making a Difference: James Madison

(3)

The Constitutional Republic

(1)

The End of the Beginning

(1)

Ratifying the Constitution

(3)

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

(3)

Ratification

(1)

Constitutional Change

(1)

The Formal Amending Process

(1)

America in Perspective: Democracy Without a Constitution

(2)

The Informal Process of Constitutional Change

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: How Frequently Should We Amend the Constitution?

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Amending the Constitution

(1)

Issues of the Times: How Can We Make History Come Alive?

(3)

The Importance of Flexibility

(1)

Understanding the Constitution

(5)

The Constitution and Democracy

(1)

The Constitution and the Scope of Government

(4)

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Federalism

(30)

Defining Federalism

(1)

What Is Federalism?

(1)

America in Perspective: Why Federalism?

(2)

Why Is Federalism So Important?

(1)

Making a Difference: Candy Lightner

(1)

The Constitutional Basis of Federalism

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Drinking Age Laws

(6)

The Division of Power

(2)

Establishing National Supremacy

(2)

States Obligations to Each Other

(2)

Intergovernmental Relations Today

(8)

From Dual to Cooperative Federalism

(3)

Fiscal Federalism

(5)

Issues of the Times: The Complex Web of Federalism

(2)

Understanding Federalism

(1)

Federalism and Democracy

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Should Whether You Live Depend on Where You Live?

(7)

Federalism and the Scope of the National Government

(5)

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Civil Liberties and Public Policy

(40)

The Bill of Rights--Then and Now

(2)

The Bill of Rights and the States

(1)

Freedom of Religion

(5)

The Establishment Clause

(4)

The Free Exercise Clause

102

(1)

Freedom of Expression

103

(1)

Issues of the Times: Should Universities Regulate Hate Speech?

104

(2)

Prior Restraint

106

(1)

You Are the Judge: The Case of Animal Sacrifices

106

(2)

Free Speech and Public Order

107

(1)

You Are the Judge: The Case of the Purloined Pentagon Papers

108

(1)

America in Perspective: Civil Liberties in Britain

109

(4)

Free Press and Fair Trials

109

(2)

Obscenity

111

(2)

You Are the Judge: The Case of the Drive-in Theater

113

(4)

Libel and Slander

114

(1)

Symbolic Speech

114

(1)

Commercial Speech

115

(1)

Regulation of the Public Airwaves

115

(1)

Freedom of Assembly

116

(1)

You Are the Judge: The Case of the Nazis' March in Skokie

117

(1)

Defendants' Rights

118

(2)

Interpreting Defendants' Rights

118

(1)

Searches and Seizures

119

(1)

You Are the Judge: The Case of Ms. Montoya

120

(3)

Self-incrimination

121

(1)

The Right to Counsel

122

(1)

You Are the Judge: The Case of the Dirty Old Man

123

(1)

Trial by Jury

123

(1)

Making a Difference: Clarence Gideon

124

(1)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

124

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Internet Privacy

125

(1)

You Are the Judge: The Case of the First Offender

126

(1)

The Right to Privacy

126

(3)

Is There a Right to Privacy?

127

(1)

Controversy over Abortion

127

(2)

Understanding Civil Liberties

129

(5)

Civil Liberties and Democracy

129

(2)

Civil Liberties and the Scope of Government

131

(3)

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Civil Rights and Public Policy

134

(38)

Racial Equality: Two Centuries of Struggle

136

(3)

Conceptions of Equality

136

(1)

Early American Views of Equality

137

(1)

The Constitution and Inequality

137

(2)

Race, the Constitution, and Public Policy

139

(10)

The Era of Slavery

139

(1)

The Era of Reconstruction and Resegregation

140

(1)

The Era of Civil Rights

141

(4)

Getting and Using the Right To Vote

145

(1)

Other Minority Groups

146

(3)

Women, the Constitution, and Public Policy

149

(2)

The Battle for the Vote

150

(1)

The ``Doldrums'': 1920--1960

150

(1)

Making a Difference: Sally Reed

151

(4)

The Second Feminist Wave

151

(2)

Women in the Workplace

153

(1)

Wage Discrimination and Comparable Worth

154

(1)

Women in the Military

154

(1)

You Are the Judge: Is Male-Only Draft Registration Gender Discrimination?

155

(2)

Sexual Harassment

156

(1)

America in Perspective: Mrs. In-the-Back-of-the-House Goes to Parliament

157

(1)

Newly Active Groups under the Civil Rights Umbrella

157

(3)

Civil Rights and the Graying of America

157

(1)

Civil Rights and People With Disabilities

158

(1)

Gay and Lesbian Rights

159

(1)

Affirmative Action

160

(2)

Issues of the Times: Affirmative Action

162

(2)

How You Can Make a Difference: Influencing Affirmative Action

164

(1)

You Are the Judge: The Case of the Santa Clara Dispatcher

165

(1)

Understanding Civil Rights and Public Policy

166

(6)

Civil Rights and Democracy

166

(1)

Civil Rights and the Scope of Government

167

(5)

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Part 2 People and Politics

Public Opinion and Political Action

172

(34)

The American People

174

(4)

The Immigrant Society

174

(1)

The American Melting Pot

175

(3)

You Are the Policymaker: Should Illegal Immigrants Receive Benefits from Government Programs?

178

(1)

The Regional Shift

179

(1)

The Graying of America

179

(1)

How Americans Learn about Politics: Political Socialization

179

(4)

The Process of Political Socialization

181

(2)

Political Learning over a Lifetime

183

(1)

Measuring Public Opinion and Political Information

183

(5)

How Polls Are Conducted

184

(1)

The Role of Polls in American Democracy

185

(2)

What Polls Reveal about Americans' Political Information

187

(1)

Issues of the Times: Does Conducting Surveys by Telephone Still Make Sense

188

(3)

The Decline of Trust in Government

190

(1)

America in Perspective: Citizens Show Little Knowledge of Geography

191

(1)

What Americans Value: Political Ideologies

192

(3)

Who Are the Liberals and Conservatives?

192

(3)

Do People Think in Ideological Terms?

195

(1)

How Americans Participate in Politics

195

(3)

Conventional Participation

196

(1)

Protest as Participation

197

(1)

Making a Difference: Granny D and Her Walk for Campaign Finance Reform

198

(2)

Class, Inequality, and Participation

199

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Getting Involved

200

(1)

Understanding Public Opinion and Political Action

201

(5)

Public Attitudes Toward the Scope of Government

201

(1)

Democracy, Public Opinion, and Political Action

202

(4)

Summary

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The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

206

(30)

The Mass Media Today

208

(1)

America in Perspective: How Campaign Advertising Compares across Five Nations

209

(1)

The Development of Media Politics

210

(6)

The Print Media

213

(1)

The Broadcast Media

214

(2)

Issues of the Times: Will Young People Go for a Different Kind of Newspaper?

216

(3)

Government Regulation of the Broadcast Media

218

(1)

Narrowcasting: Cable TV and the Internet

218

(1)

Private Control of the Media

219

(1)

Making a Difference: Matt Drudge

219

(1)

Reporting the News

220

(1)

Finding the News

221

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: The Internet and Political Action

221

(4)

Presenting the News

223

(3)

Bias in the News

226

You Are the Policymaker: Should the Networks Have To Provide Free Air Time to Presidential Candidates?

225

(3)

The News and Public Opinion

228

(2)

The Media's Agenda-Setting Function

230

(1)

Understanding the Mass Media

231

(5)

The Media and the Scope of Government

231

(1)

Individualism and the Media

231

(2)

Democracy and the Media

233

(3)

Summary

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Political Parties

236

(30)

The Meaning of Party

238

(3)

Tasks of the Parties

239

(1)

Parties, Voters, and Policy: The Downs Model

239

(2)

The Party in the Electorate

241

(1)

The Party Organizations: From the Grass Roots to Washington

242

(3)

Local Parties

243

(1)

The 50 State Party Systems

244

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Was the Blanket Primary a Good Idea?

245

(1)

The National Party Organizations

246

(1)

The Party in Government: Promises and Policy

246

(1)

Party Eras in American History

247

(3)

1796--1824: The First Party System

249

(1)

1828--1856: Jackson and the Democrats versus the Whigs

249

(1)

Issues of the Times: Is This Any Way to Run a Political Party?

250

(6)

1860--1928: The Two Republican Eras

252

(1)

1932--1964: The New Deal Coalition

253

(1)

1968--Present: The Era of Divided Party Government

254

(2)

Third Parties: Their Impact on American Politics

256

(2)

Making a Difference: Jesse ``The Body'' Ventura

258

(1)

Understanding Political Parties

258

(1)

America in Perspective: Multiparty Systems in Other Countries

259

(1)

Democracy and Responsible Party Government

259

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Minor Political Parties

260

(6)

Individualism and Gridlock

261

(1)

American Political Parties and of Government

261

(1)

Is the Party Over?

262

(4)

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Nominations and Campaigns

266

(30)

The Nomination Game

268

(7)

Deciding To Run

268

(1)

Competing for Delegates

268

(6)

The Convention Send-off

274

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: National and Regional Presidential Primary Proposals

275

(3)

The Campaign Game

278

(3)

The High-Tech Media Campaign

278

(2)

Organizing the Campaign

280

(1)

Making a Difference: Lee Atwater and the Politics of Slash and Burn

281

(1)

Money and Campaigning

281

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Volunteering for Political Campaigns

282

(2)

The Maze of Campaign Finance Reforms

282

(2)

Issue of the Times: Can the Web Be Effectively Used by Campaigns?

284

(5)

The Proliferation of PACs

287

(2)

Are Campaigns Too Expensive?

289

(1)

The Impact of Campaigns

289

(1)

America in Perspective: Arlene McCarthy's Election to the European Parliament

290

(1)

Understanding Nominations and Campaigns

291

(5)

Are Nominations and Campaigns Too Democratic?

291

(1)

Do Big Campaigns Lead to an Increased Scope of Government?

292

(4)

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Elections and Voting Behavior

296

(26)

How American Elections Work

298

(1)

A Tale of Three Elections

299

(1)

1800: The First Electoral Transfer of Power

299

(1)

Issues of the Times: How Voters Send Mixed Messages on Election Day Deciding

300

(2)

Making a Difference: Barbara Anderson and the Politics of Tax Relief in Massachusetts

302

(4)

1896: A Bitter Fight over Economic Interests

302

(1)

2004: The Ratification of a Polarizing Presidency

303

(3)

Whether To Vote: A Citizen's First Choice

306

(3)

Deciding Wheather To Vote

306

(1)

Registering To Vote

307

(1)

Who Votes?

308

(1)

America in Perspective: Why Turnout in the United States Is So Low Compared to Other Countries

309

(1)

How Americans Vote: Explaining Citizens' Decisions

310

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Voter Registration and Voting

311

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Registering and Voting by E-mail?

312

(3)

Party Identification

312

(2)

Candidate Evaluations: How Americans See the Candidates

314

(1)

Policy Voting

314

(1)

The Last Battle: The Electoral College

315

(1)

Understanding Elections and Voting Behavior

316

(6)

Democracy and Elections

317

(1)

Elections and the Scope of Government

318

(4)

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Interest Groups

322

(30)

The Role and Reputation of Interest Groups

324

(1)

Theories of Interest Group Politics

325

(1)

America in Perspective: Interest Groups as Parties in Other Democracies

326

(2)

Pluralism and Group Theory

326

(1)

Elites and the Denial of Pluralism

326

(1)

Hyperpluralism and Interest Group Liberalism

327

(1)

What Makes an Interest Group Successful?

328

(4)

The Surprising Ineffectiveness of Large Groups

329

(1)

Intensity

330

(2)

Financial Resources

332

(1)

The Interest Group Explosion

332

(1)

How Groups Try To Shape Policy

333

(4)

Lobbying

333

(2)

Electioneering

335

(1)

Litigation

336

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Should PACs Be Eliminated?

337

(1)

Going Public

337

(1)

Types of Interest Groups

338

(2)

Economic Interests

339

(1)

Issues of the Times: Who Is Likely To Get What Now that the Republicans Control Congress

340

(3)

Environmental Interests

343

(1)

Making a Difference: Danny Seo

343

(3)

Equality Interests

344

(1)

Consumers and Public Interest Lobbies

345

(1)

Understanding Interest Groups

346

(1)

Interest Groups and Democracy

346

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Interest Groups

347

(1)

Interest Groups and the Scope of Government

348

(4)

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Part 3 The Policymakers

Congress

352

(38)

The Representatives and Senators

354

(4)

The Job

354

(1)

The Members

355

(3)

Congressional Elections

358

(5)

Who Wins Elections?

358

(2)

The Advantages of Incumbents

360

(2)

The Role of Party Identification

362

(1)

Defeating Incumbents

363

(1)

Open Seats

363

(1)

Stability and Change

363

(1)

How Congress Is Organized To Make Policy

363

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Should We Impose Term Limits on Members of Congress?

364

(10)

American Bicameralism

364

(2)

Congressional Leadership

366

(2)

The Committees and Subcommittees

368

(4)

Caucuses: The Informal Organization of Congress

372

(1)

Congressional Staff

373

(1)

Making a Difference: Tony Battista

374

(1)

The Congressional Process

375

(3)

Presidents and Congress: Partners and Protagonists

375

(2)

Party, Constituency, and Ideology

377

(1)

Issues of the Times: Polarized Politics in Congress

378

(5)

Lobbyists and Interest Groups

381

(2)

How You Can Make a Difference: Gun Control

383

(1)

Understanding Congress

383

(1)

Congress and Democracy

383

(1)

America in Perspective: The Russian Duma

384

(6)

Reforming Congress

384

(2)

Congress and the Scope of Government

386

(4)

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The Presidency

390

(44)

The Presidents

392

(5)

Great Expectations

392

(1)

Who They Are

392

(2)

How They Got There

394

(3)

You Are the Policymaker: Should President Clinton Have Been Convicted?

397

(1)

Presidential Powers

397

(1)

America in Perspective: President or Prime Minister?

398

(2)

Constitutional Powers

398

(1)

The Expansion of Power

399

(1)

Perspectives on Presidential Power

399

(1)

Running the Government: The Chief Executive

400

(7)

The Vice President

401

(1)

The Cabinet

401

(1)

The Executive Office

402

(2)

The White House Staff

404

(2)

The First Lady

406

(1)

Presidential Leadership of Congress: The Politics of Shared Powers

407

(8)

Chief Legislator

407

(1)

Party Leadership

408

(3)

Public Support

411

(1)

Legislative Skills

412

(3)

The President and National Security Policy

415

(5)

Chief Diplomat

415

(1)

Commander in Chief

416

(1)

War Powers

416

(2)

Crisis Manager

418

(1)

Working With Congress

418

(2)

Power from the People: The Public Presidency

420

(5)

Going Public

420

(1)

Presidential Approval

421

(2)

Policy Support

423

(1)

Mobilizing the Public

424

(1)

The President and the Press

425

(1)

Issues of the Times: Who Controls White House News?

426

(3)

Making a Difference: Helen Thomas

429

(1)

Understanding the American Presidency

429

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: The Fast Track to the White House

430

(4)

The Presidency and Democracy

430

(1)

The Presidency and the Scope of Government

431

(3)

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The Congress, the President, and the Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending

434

(32)

Sources of Federal Revenue

436

(2)

Income Tax

436

(1)

Social Insurance Taxes

437

(1)

Issues of the Times: Who Should Bear the Burden of Taxes?

438

(6)

Borrowing

440

(2)

Taxes and Public Policy

442

(2)

America in Perspective: How Much Is Too Much?

444

(1)

Federal Expenditures

445

(2)

Big Governments, Big Budgets

445

(2)

America in Perspective: How Big Is Too Big?

447

(1)

The Rise and Decline of the National Security State

447

(1)

Making a Difference: Robert McIntyre

448

(5)

The Rise of the Social Service State

448

(3)

Incrementalism

451

(1)

``Uncontrollable'' Expenditures

452

(1)

The Budgetary Process

453

(6)

Budgetary Politics

453

(1)

The President's Budget

454

(1)

Congress and the Budget

455

(4)

You Are the Policymaker: Spending the Budget Surplus

459

(1)

Understanding Budgeting

459

(2)

Democracy and Budgeting

460

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: The Federal Government and Student Loans

461

(5)

The Budget and the Scope of Government

461

(5)

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The Federal Bureaucracy

466

(38)

The Bureaucrats

468

(6)

Some Bureaucratic Myths and Realities

468

(2)

Who They Are and How They Got There

470

(3)

The Other Route to Federal Jobs: Recruiting from the Plum Book

473

(1)

How Bureaucracies Are Organized

474

(5)

The Cabinet Departments

474

(2)

The Regulatory Agencies

476

(2)

The Government Corporations

478

(1)

The Independent Executive Agencies

478

(1)

Bureaucracies As Implementors

479

(4)

What Implementation Means

479

(1)

Why the Best-Laid Plans Sometimes Flunk the Implementation Test

479

(4)

Making a Difference: Harry Carey and Sara Pratt

483

(4)

How You Can Make a Difference: NASA

487

(1)

A Case Study: The Voting Rights Act of 1965

487

(1)

Bureaucracies as Regulators

488

(4)

Regulation in the Economy and in Everyday Life

489

(1)

Regulation: How It Grew, How It Works

490

(1)

Toward Deregulation

491

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: How Should We Regulate?

492

(1)

Understanding Bureaucracies

493

(1)

Bureaucracy and Democracy

493

(1)

America in Perspective: Influencing Independent Agencies

494

(2)

Issues of the Times: Managing the Federal Bureaucracy

496

(8)

Bureaucracy and the Scope of Government

501

(3)

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The Federal Courts

504

(38)

The Nature of the Judicial System

506

(2)

Participants in the Judicial System

506

(2)

Making a Difference: Thurgood Marshall

508

(1)

The Structure of the Federal Judicial System

509

(5)

District Courts

510

(1)

Courts of Appeal

511

(1)

The Supreme Court

512

(2)

The Politics of Judicial Selection

514

(3)

The Lower Courts

514

(1)

The Supreme Court

515

(2)

The Backgrounds of Judges and Justices

517

(4)

The Courts as Policymakers

521

(5)

Accepting Cases

522

(1)

Making Decisions

523

(3)

You Are the Policymaker: The Debate over Original Intentions

526

(2)

Implementing Court Decisions

526

(2)

The Courts and the Policy Agenda

528

(1)

A Historical Review

528

(4)

Understanding the Courts

532

(1)

The Courts and Democracy

532

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Teen Court

533

(1)

What Courts Should Do: The Scope of Judicial Power

533

(1)

America in Perspective: Courts and Culture

534

(2)

Issues of the Times: How Should the Courts Interpret the Law?

536

(6)

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Part 4 Policies

Economic Policymaking

542

(22)

Government and the Economy

544

(3)

``It's the Economy Stupid'': Voters, Politicians, and Economic Policy

544

(1)

Two Major Worries: Unemployment and Inflation

545

(2)

Instruments for Controlling the Economy

547

(1)

Monetary Policy and ``The Fed''

547

(1)

Making a Difference: Alan Greenspan

548

(1)

Fiscal Policy: Keynesian Versus Supply-Side Economics

548

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Fair Lending Practices

549

(1)

Obstacles to Controlling the Economy

549

(1)

Issues of the Times: Will Cutting Taxes Help Boost the Economy? And for Whom?

550

(3)

Arenas of Economic Policymaking

553

Business and Public Policy: Regulation and Subsidies

553

You Are the Policymaker: Should Government Make You Buy a New TV?

552

(6)

Consumer Policy: The Rise of the Consumer Lobby

556

(1)

Labor and Government

557

(1)

New Economy, New Policy Issues

558

(1)

Understanding Economic Policymaking

559

(1)

America in Perspective: The Soviet Economic Morass

560

(4)

Democracy and Economic Policymaking

559

(1)

Economic Policymaking and the Scope of Government

559

(5)

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Social Welfare Policymaking

564

(24)

What Is Social Policy and Why Is It So Controversial?

566

(1)

Income, Poverty, and Public Policy

567

(3)

Who's Getting What?

567

(1)

Who's Poor in America?

568

(2)

Making a Difference: Mollie Orshansky and the Origins of the Poverty Threshold

570

(3)

What Part Does Government Play?

572

(1)

Helping the Poor? Social Policy and Poverty

573

(2)

Welfare as We Know It

573

(2)

You Are the Judge: Should a Deadbeat Dad be Permitted to Procreate?

575

(2)

Ending Welfare as We Know It: Welfare Reforms of 1996

576

(1)

Living on Borrowed Time: Social Security

577

(1)

Issues of the Times: The Parties Confront Social Security

578

(4)

The New Deal, the Elderly, and the Growth of Social Security

577

(4)

The Future of Social Security

581

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Social Security Reform

582

(1)

Social Welfare Policy Elsewhere

583

(1)

America in Perspective: Family Policies Here and in Western Europe

584

(1)

Understanding Social Welfare Policy

584

(4)

Democracy and Social Welfare

584

(4)

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Policymaking for Health Care and the Environment

588

(28)

Health Care Policy

590

(2)

Issues of the Times: Health Care in America

592

The Health of Americans

590

(1)

The Cost of Health Care

590

(1)

America in Perspective: Health Care Spending, Life Expectancy, and Infant Mortality Rates

591

(10)

Uneven Coverage, Uneven Care

591

(5)

The Role of Government in Health Care

596

(1)

Policymaking for Health Care

597

(4)

Environmental Policy

601

(2)

Environmental Policies in America

601

(2)

Making a Difference: Joe Lovett Takes on the Car Industry and the Corp of Engineers

603

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Health Care

604

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Should We Save All Endangered Species? Owls, Salamanders, and Economic Growth

605

(1)

Energy Policy

606

(3)

Energy Sources and Energy Politics

606

(2)

The Global Warming Debate Heats Up

608

(1)

Groups, Energy, and the Environment

609

(2)

Understanding Health Care and Environmental Policy

611

(5)

Democracy, Health Care, and Environmental Policy

611

(1)

The Scope of Government and Health Care and Environmental Policy

612

(4)

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National Security Policymaking

616

(40)

American Foreign Policy: Instruments, Actors, and Policymakers

618

(3)

Instruments of Foreign Policy

618

(1)

Actors on the World Stage

619

(2)

Making a Difference: Jody Williams

621

(3)

The Policymakers

622

(2)

Issues of the Times: Managing Crises

624

(4)

American Foreign Policy: An Overview

628

(6)

The Cold War

628

(3)

The Era of Detente

631

(1)

The Reagan Rearmament

632

(1)

The Final Thaw in the Cold War

633

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Defending Human Rights

634

(2)

The War on Terrorism

635

(1)

The Politics of Defense Policy

636

(5)

Defense Spending

637

(1)

Personnel

638

(2)

Weapons

640

(1)

Reforming Defense Policy

641

(1)

The New Global Agenda

641

(8)

The Decreasing Role of Military Power

642

(1)

Nuclear Proliferation

643

(2)

The International Economy

645

(4)

America in Perspective: Ranking Largess

649

(1)

Understanding National Security Policymaking

650

(1)

National Security Policymaking and Democracy

650

(1)

National Security Policymaking and the Scope of Government

651

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Getting Involved in the Foreign Policy Process

651

(5)

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Part 5 State and Local Government

The New Face of State and Local Government

656

(42)

State Constitutions

659

(2)

Amending State Constitutions

660

(1)

State Elections

661

(7)

Gubernatorial Elections

661

(1)

State Legislative Elections

662

(4)

The Changing Face of State Elected Officials

666

(2)

Making a Difference: Charlene Marshall

668

Governors and the Executive Branch

667

(5)

The Job of Governor

668

(3)

Other Executive Officers

671

(1)

State Legislatures

672

(2)

State Court Systems

674

(2)

State Court Organization

674

(2)

Selecting Judges

676

(1)

Direct Democracy

676

(3)

State and Local Government Relations

679

(1)

How You Can Make a Difference: Direct Democracy

680

(1)

Local Governments

680

(5)

Types of Local Government

680

(4)

Fragmentation, Cooperation, and Competition

684

(1)

America in Perspective: Urban Planning in Western Europe and the United States

685

(2)

State and Local Finance Policy

687

(1)

Issues of the Times: Fiscal Crisis in the States

688

(3)

Understanding State and Local Governments

691

(1)

Democracy at the Subnational Level

691

(1)

You Are the Policymaker: Should Your State Take a Chance on Gambling?

692

(6)

The Scope of Subnational Government

693

(5)

Summary

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Appendix

698

(22)

Glossary

720

(18)

Notes

738

(16)

Key Terms in Spanish

754

(4)

Acknowledgments

758

(3)

Index

761

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