Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Brief Contents

Contents

Boxed Features

Preface

Part Ⅰ DILEMMAS OF DEMOCRACY

1 Freedom,Order,or Equality?

2 Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy?

Part Ⅱ FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

3 The Constitution

4 Federalism

Part Ⅲ LINKING PEOPLE WITH GOVERNMENT

5 Public Opinion and Political Socialization

6 The Media

7 Participation and Voting

8 Political Parties

9 Nominations,Elections,and Campaigns

10 Interest Groups

Part Ⅳ INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT

11 Congress

12 The Presidency

13 The Bureaucracy

14 The Courts

Part Ⅴ CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS

15 Order and Civil Liberties

16 Equality and Civil Rights

Part Ⅵ MAKING PUBLIC POLICY

17 Economic Policy

18 Policymaking and Domestic Policy

19 Global Policy

Appendix

Glossary

Notes

Index