- ISBN: 9780205884032 | 0205884032
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/21/2012
Explore how government works Politics in Americaviews politics through the lens of competition for resources--who gets what, when, and how. Through this framework, the book examines the foundations, institutions, behaviors, and policies of the American political system. The accessible narrative provides straightforward coverage of American politics and government. The authors encourage students to talk about and think about controversial issues and public affairs surrounding their daily lives. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experiencefor you and your students. Here's how: Personalize Learning-MyPoliSciLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Now compatible with BlackBoard. Engage Students-Presents balanced arguments on highly sensitive issues affecting students today to inspire debate and analysis of current events. Improve Critical Thinking- "What Do You Think" features in each chapter ask students to take sides on controversial issues. Learning Objectives open each chapter, giving students a clear learning path through the material. Support Instructors-A full set of supplements, including an Instructor's Manual, Test Bank, Computerized Test Bank, PowerPoint presentation, and MyPoliSciLab provide instructors with the support they need to teach effectively and efficiently. Note:MyPoliSciLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyPoliSciLab, please visit:www.mypoliscilab.comor you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MyPoliSciLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205950108/ ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205950102.
Thomas R. Dye, Emeritus McKenzie Professor of Government at Florida State University, regularly taught large introductory classes in American politics and has served as president of the Southern Political Science Association, president of the Policy Studies Organization, and secretary of the American Political Science Association. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Georgia, and served as a visiting scholar at Bar-Ilan University, Israel; the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.; and elsewhere.
Ronald Keith Gaddie is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, where he regularly teaches the American Federal Government course. He is former president of the Southwestern Political Science Association; he has also been retained by corporations, trade associations, state and local governments and by plaintiffs and defendants in election law and voting rights litigation. Keith is also an award-winning radio broadcaster at NPR radio station KGOU (Norman, OK).
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. Brief Table of Contents
PART I: POLITICS
Chapter 1: Politics: Who Gets What, When, and How
Chapter 2: Political Culture: Ideas in Conflict
PART II: CONSTITUTION
Chapter 3: The Constitution: Limiting Governmental Power
Chapter 4: Federalism: Dividing Governmental Power
PART III: PARTICIPANTS
Chapter 5: Opinion and Participation: Thinking and Acting in Politics
Chapter 6: Mass Media: Setting the Political Agenda?
Chapter 7: Political Parties: Organizing Politics
Chapter 8: Campaigns and Elections: Deciding Who Governs
Chapter 9: Interest Groups: Getting Their Share and More
PART IV: INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 10: Congress: Politics on Capitol Hill
Chapter 11: The President: White House Politics
Chapter 12: The Bureaucracy: Bureaucratic Politics
Chapter 13: Courts: Judicial Politics
PART V: OUTCOMES
Chapter 14: Politics and Personal Liberty
Chapter 15: Politics and Civil Rights
Chapter 16: Politics and the Economy
Chapter 17: Politics and Social Welfare
Chapter 18: Politics and National Security
2. Full Table of Contents
PART I: POLITICS
1. Who Gets What, When, and How
Politics and Political Science
Politics and Government
What Do You Think? Can You Trust the Government?
The Purposes of Government
Who’s Getting What? Is Government Getting Too Big?
A Conflicting View: Sometimes It’s Right to Disobey the Law
The Meaning of Democracy
Compared to What? Political Freedom or Economic Freedom
The Paradox of Democracy
Direct Versus Representative Democracy
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Confidence in American Institutions
Who Really Governs?
Democracy in America
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2. Political Culture: Ideas in Conflict
Political Culture
Individual Liberty
Dilemmas of Equality
A Conflicting View: American Exceptionalism
Income Inequality and Social Mobility
Who’s Getting What? Spreading the Wealth Around
Compared to What? Income and Inequality
Who’s Getting What? Getting Ahead in America
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
What Do You Think? One American Identity or an America of Identities? The Smithsonian
What Do You Think? Does Immigration Help or Hurt America?
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Could You Pass the Citizenship Test?
Religion and Secularism in Politics
Ideologies: Liberalism and Conservatism
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Pundit Versus Pundit: Hannity & Maddow
Dissent in the United States
What Do You Think? Got Grid? Conceiving of Culture
A Constitutional Note: Natural Born Versus Naturalized Citizenship
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PART II: CONSTITUTION
3. The Constitution: Limiting Governmental Power
Constitutional Government in America
Troubles Confronting a New Nation
Consensus and Conflict in Philadelphia
The Game, the Rules, the Players: John Locke & Edmond Burke, British Advocates for Liberty
The Game, the Rules, the Players: George Washington, Founder of a Nation
The Economy and National Security
A Conflicting View: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution
The Structure of the Government
A Conflicting View: The Supremacy Clause at Work in the Curious Case of Cannabis
Who’s Getting What? Should We Call a New Constitutional Convention?
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Who’s Getting What? Can You Have Too Much Constitutional Democracy? Fixing the “California Crackup”
Conflict over Ratification
The Game, the Rules, the Players: James Madison and the Control of ‘Faction”
Amending the Constitution
What Do You Think? Are There Still Anti-federalists?
A Constitutional Note: How Democratic Was The Constitution Of 1787?
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4. Federalism: Dividing Governmental Power
Why Federalism? The Argument for a “Compound Republic”
Compared to What? The European Union
A Conflicting View: The Dark Side of Federalism
The Game, the Rules, the Players: The State of Sequoyah
The Original Design of Federalism
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Failed States’ Rights Doctrines
The Evolution of American Federalism
What Do You Think? What Level of Government Does the Best Job?
Other Political Science Theories of Federalism
Federalism Revived?
Federalism and Direct Democracy
Money and Power Flow to Washington
Coercive Federalism: Preemptions and Mandates
What Do You Think? Can a State Pass Its Own Immigration Laws?
A Constitutional Note: How Is National and State Power Divided?
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PART III: PARTICIPANTS
5. Opinion and Participation: Thinking and Acting in Politics
Politics and Public Opinion
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Can We Believe the Polls?
Socialization: The Origins of Political Opinions
A Conflicting View: College Students’ Opinions
Ideology, Gender, Race, and Opinion
Policy and Opinion
Individual Participation in Politics
Securing the Right to Vote
Voting and Nonvoting
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Is There a War On Voter Fraud? Or a War on Voting?
Compared to What? Voter Turnout in Western Democracies
Protest as Political Participation
A Constitutional Note: Who Can Vote?
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6. Mass Media: Setting the Political Agenda?
The Power of the Media
Sources of Media Power
The Business of the Media
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Jon Stewart
Who’s Getting What? Do We Still Need to Fund Public Broadcasting?
The Politics of the Media
What Do You Think? The Media Are Biased!
What Do You Think? Fair and Balanced...Versus Lean Forward’
Mediated Elections
Freedom Versus Fairness
Politics and the Internet
Media Effects: Shaping Political Life
A Constitutional Note: Can The FCC Ban Profanity From Airwaves?
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7. Political Parties: Organizing Politics
The Power of Organization
Party Voters
American Parties: A Historical Perspective
What Do You Think? The Appeal of The Republican and Democratic Parties
Political Parties and Democratic Government
What Do You Think? Democratic And Republican Platforms: Can You Tell the Difference?
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Chairs of the DNC
Who’s Getting What? Is There a Sex Bias in Who the Parties Nominate?
A Conflicting View: Thinking Reform: Instant Runoff Elections
Where’s the Party?
Who’s Getting What? Coopting a Major Party: The Tea Party
National Party Conventions
The Game, the Rules, the Players: The Republican Nomination Fight, 2012: Romney Versus The Anti-Romneys
Third Parties in the U.S. System
Why the Two-Party System Persists
Compared to What? Proportional Representation: Iraq
A Constitutional Note: Political Parties and the Constitution
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> MyPoliSciLab Explorer: Which Party Governs Better?
8. Campaigns and Elections: Deciding Who Governs
Elections in a Democracy
Power and Ambition
The Advantages of Incumbency
Campaign Strategies
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Just Folks
What Do You Think? Dirty Politics
Campaign Finance
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Stephen Colbert, Superpacman
The Presidential Campaign
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Nominee
A Conflicting View: Should We Scrap the Electoral College?
The Voter Decides
A Constitutional Note: Corporations Are Made From People
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9. Interest Groups: Getting Their Share and More
Interest-Group Power
Who’s Getting What? The Rent Seeking Society
The Organized Interests in Washington
Leaders and Followers
The Washington Lobbyists
The Game, the Rules, the Players: The King of K Street
The Game, the Rules, the Players AARP: The Nation’s Most Powerful Interest Group
PAC Power
Who’s Getting What? Emily’s List
Lobbying the Bureaucracy and the Courts
Politics as Interest-Group Conflict
Compared to What? Lobbying In Japan and Germany
A Constitutional Note: Controlling the Effects of Interest Groups
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PART IV: INSTITUTIONS
10. Congress: Politics on Capitol Hill
The Powers of Congress
Congressional Apportionment and Redistricting
Life on Capitol Hill
The Game, the Rules, the Players: “Who Is Paul Ryan?”
What Do You Think? The Big Sort
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Leader Versus Leader
Party Fortunes in Congress
What Do You Think? Why Do Voters Reelect Members of an Unpopular Congress?
In Committee
On the Floor
What Do You Think? Should Senate Actions Be Thwarted By Filibusters?
Decision Making in Congress
Congressional Customs, Norms, and Ethics
A Conflicting View: Taunting in Congress
A Conflicting View: Congress Can Act Responsibly on Occasion
Who’s Getting What? The Supercommittee
Compared to What? The Parliamentary System
A Constitutional Note: Congress as the First Branch
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11. The President: White House Politics
Presidential Power
What Do You Think? How Would You Rate the Presidents?”
Constitutional Powers of the President
What Do You Think? The 25th Amendment in Popular Culture
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Sex, Lies, Politics, and Impeachment
A Conflicting View: Watergate: The Limits of the Imperial Presidency?
Political Resources of the President
What Do You Think? Are There Keys to the Presidency?
Who’s Getting What? Big Government and Some “Change” on the Side?
Chief Executive
Chief Legislator and Lobbyist
Global Leader
Compared to What? Parliaments, Ministers, and No Confidence
Commander-in-Chief
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Does Congress Really Rally Around the Flag?
The Vice-Presidential Waiting Game
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Scranton Joe
A Constitutional Note: How Broad Is the “Executive Power”?
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12. The Bureaucracy: Bureaucratic Politics
Bureaucratic Power
What Do You Think? How Would You Rate These Federal Agencies?
The Federal Bureaucracy
Compared to What? The Size of Government in Other Nations
What Do You Think? Environment or Economy?
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Ben Bernanke–Managing the Nation’s Money
Bureaucracy and Democracy
A Conflicting View: Do We Need a Government Postal Service?
Bureaucratic Politics
The Budget
Who’s Getting What? How Much Money Does the Government Waste?
A Conflicting View: Bureaucratic Regulations Are Suffocating America
Congressional Constraints on the Bureaucracy
Interest Groups and Bureaucratic Decision Making
Judicial Constraints on the Bureaucracy
A Constitutional Note: Congress and the Budget
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13. Courts: Judicial Politics
Judicial Power
The Game, The Rules, The Players: John Marshall and Early Supreme Court Politics
Activism Versus Self-Restraint
Structure and Jurisdiction of Federal Courts
A Conflicting View: Tort Reform: America Is Drowning Itself in a Sea of Lawsuits
The Special Rules of Judicial Decision Making
The Politics of Selecting Judges
What Do You Think? Should Supreme Court Nominees Reveal Their Views on Key Cases Before The Senate Votes To Confirm Them?
What Do You Think? How Old Is Too Old to Judge?
Supreme Court Decision Making
A Conflicting View: No Class at the Wal-Mart
Politics and the Supreme Court
The Game, the Rules, the Players: John Roberts, Chief Justice
Checking Court Power
A Constitutional Note: The Power of Judicial Review
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PART V: OUTCOMES
14. Politics and Personal Liberty
Power and Individual Liberty
Freedom of Religion
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Are We One Nation “Under God”?
Freedom of Speech and the Press
Who’s Getting What? Political Correctness Versus Free Speech on Campus
Privacy, Abortion, and the Constitution
Freedom of Assembly and Petition
Protecting Property Rights
Who’s Getting What? What Gets Took in a Taking?
The Right to Bear Arms
What Do You Think? Guns on Campus
Rights of Criminal Defendants
The Game, the Rules, the Players: When Is Your Privacy Not Yours?
The Game, the Rules, the Players: The Trial of Osama Bin Laden
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Litigators for the Powerless at the ACLU
Compared To What? The Death Penalty around the World
A Constitutional Note : The Origins of the Bill of Rights
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15. Politics and Civil Rights
The Irony of Equality
The Game, the Rules, the Players: African American Politics in Historical Perspective
Equal Protection of the Laws
The Civil Rights Acts
Equality: Opportunity Versus Results
Who’s Getting What? The Stonewall Riots
What Do You Think? Affirmative Action
Compared to What? Outsourcing Diversity
A Conflicting View: The Constitution Should Be Color-Blind
Hispanics in America
The Game, The Rules, The Players: Cesar Chavez, Mobilizing Latino Farmworkers
American Indians: Trail of Tears
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Governing ‘Domestic Dependent Nations’
The Rights of Disabled Americans
Gender Equality and the Politics of Sexual Orientation
A Constitutional Note: The 14th Amendment
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16. Politics and the Economy
Politics and Economics
The Game, The Rules, The Players: How Washington Dealt with the Financial Crisis
Economic Decision Making
Measuring the Performance of the American Economy
The Game, the Rules, the Players: “It’s the Economy, Stupid”
Government Spending, Deficits, and Debt
What Do You Think? How Can We Bring Deficits Down?
The Tax Burden
Compared to What? Tax Burdens in Advanced Democracies
Tax Politics
A Conflicting View: We Should Enact a Flat Tax
Who's Getting What? Who Pays the Income Tax?
A Constitutional Note: The Constitution and Private Property
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17. Politics and Social Welfare
Power and Social Welfare
Poverty in the United States
Who’s Getting What? Who Are the Poor?
Social Welfare Policy
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Making Policy at the Street Level
Who’s Getting What? Are You Eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit?
Senior Power
Politics and Welfare Reform
What Do You Think? Is Welfare Reform Working?
Health Care in America
Compared to What? Health and Health Care Costs in Advanced Democracies
Obama’s Health Care Transformation
Challenges to PPACA
A Constitutional Note: Rights Versus Entitlements
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18. Politics and National Security
Power Among Nations
The Legacy of the Cold War
Nuclear Threats
A Conflicting View: We Should Defend Ourselves against a Ballistic Missile Attack
The War on Terrorism
What Do You Think? When Should The United States Use Military Force?
The War in Iraq
The Game, the Rules, the Players: Operation Desert Storm
The War in Afghanistan
A Constitutional Note: Congress Versus the Commander-In-Chief
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