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" By the people : "
James A. Morone, Brown University, Rogan Kersh, Wake Forest University.
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873137
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Morone, James A.,1951-
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By the people : : debating American government /\ James A. Morone, Brown University, Rogan Kersh, Wake Forest University.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2016.
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1 volume (various pagings) :: illustrations (some color), maps ;; 28 cm ++ 1 color foldout
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019021614X
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: 0190216735
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: 9780190216146
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: 9780190216733
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. Ideas and rights -- 1. Ideas that shape American politics -- American ideals -- The spirit of American politics -- Liberty -- Self-rule -- Democracy -- A republic -- Limited government -- Individualism -- Golden opportunity -- Social conflict -- The American dream -- Equality -- Religion -- How do ideas affect politics? -- Culture and institutions -- 2. The Constitution -- The Colonial roots of the Constitution -- Why the colonists revolted -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Articles of Confederation -- Annapolis Convention -- The Constitutional Convention -- The Virginia Plan -- The New Jersey Plan -- The Connecticut Compromise -- The President : Committee or individual? -- The Electoral College -- Separation of powers -- The Three-fifths Compromise -- The slave trade -- Fugitive slaves -- An overview of the Constitution -- Preamble -- Article 1 : Congress -- Article 2 : the President -- Article 3 : the Courts -- Article 4 : relations between the states -- Article 5 : amendments -- Article 6 : the Law of the land -- Article 7 : ratification -- The missing articles -- Ratification -- The Anti-Federalists -- The Federalists -- The Bill of Rights -- The Seventeen Amendments -- 3. Federalism and Nationalism -- Advantages of state-level policy -- Advantages of national policy -- How Federalism works -- Dual Federalism (1789-1933) -- Cooperative Federalism (1933-1981) -- New Federalism -- Federalism and the Parties -- Intergovernmental lobbying, American style -- Federalism in the Courts -- Nationalism, American style -- 4. Civil liberties -- Civil rights and civil liberties -- Privacy -- Penumbras and emanations -- roe v. Wade -- Sexuality between consenting adults -- Freedom of religion -- The Establishment Clause -- Free exercise of religion -- Freedom of speech -- David's Law -- Political speech -- Symbolic speech -- Limits to free speech : fighting words -- Limited protections : student speech -- Freedom of the press -- Prior restraint -- Obscenity -- Libel -- The right to bear arms -- The rights of the accused -- The 4th Amendment : search and seizure -- The 5th Amendment : rights at trials -- The 6th Amendment : the right to counsel -- The 8th Amendment : the death penalty -- Fighting terrorism and protecting liberty -- Surveillance -- 5. The struggle for civil rights -- Winning rights : the political process -- Seven steps to political equality -- How the Courts review cases -- Race and civil rights : revolt against slavery -- Abolition -- Economics -- Politics -- Dred Scott v. Sandford -- The fight for racial equality -- Civil Rights Movement -- Congress and the Civil Rights Act -- Affirmative Action in the workplace -- Affirmative Action in education -- Higher education and Affirmative Action -- Gender -- Suffrage -- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Reproductive politics -- Hispanics -- Politics of immigration -- Controversy over language -- Political mobilization -- Asian Americans -- Asian stereotypes -- Native Americans -- Indians and the Federal Government -- Social problems and politics -- Groups without special protection -- People with disabilities -- Sexual orientation
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pt. II. Political behavior -- 6. Public opinion and political participation -- Sources of public opinion -- Self-interest -- Demography : race, gender, age, and more -- Party -- elite influence -- Wars and other focusing events -- Measuring public opinion -- Polling -- Public opinion in a democracy -- Civic voluntarism -- Political voice -- Individual participation -- Background : age, wealth, and education -- Friends, family, and social capital -- Political mobilization -- Government beneficiaries -- Alienation -- Institutional barriers -- Complacency -- Shifting mobilization patterns -- The Internet, social media, and Gen Y participation -- 7. The media -- Traditional formats are declining -- Newspaper decline -- Radio holds steady -- Television : from news to infotainment -- The rise of cable -- Rise of the new media -- Biased media? -- Sex and scandal -- First Amendment protects print media from regulation -- Regulating broadcasters -- Protecting competition -- How media shapes politics -- Framing the issue -- The media's electoral connection -- Candidate profiles -- 8. Campaigns and elections -- Frequent and fixed elections -- Financing campaigns -- Election spending in context -- Presidential campaigns and elections -- Winning the nomination -- Iowa and New Hampshire -- The Convention -- The general election -- Winning presidential elections -- Congressional campaigns and elections -- Candidates -- The power of incumbency -- Congressional election results -- Gerrymander -- Nonpartisan districting and minority representation -- 9. Interest groups and political parties -- Interest groups and lobbying -- Lobbying the Federal branches of government -- Rise of the Issue Network -- Intergovernmental and reverse lobbying -- Lobbying the Courts -- Lobbying on judicial confirmations -- Filing Amicus Curiae ("friend of the court") briefs -- Sponsoring litigation -- Interest groups and power -- Political parties and U.S. Government -- Two-party America -- Third parties in American politics -- First party system (1789-1828) -- Second party system (ca.1828-1860) -- War and reconstruction : third party system (1860-1896) -- Business and reform : fourth party system (1896-1932) -- Depression and New Deal : fifth party system (1933-1968) -- The sixth party system : the parties at equal strength (1972-present) -- Party identification -- Personality and party -- Party competition and partisanship
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pt. III. Political institutions -- 10. Congress -- House and Senate -- Congressional representation -- Trustees and delegates -- Elections -- Congress at work -- Congressional leadership -- House leadership -- Senate leadership -- Committees -- Leadership and assignments -- Legislative policymaking -- Drafting a bill -- Submitting the bill -- Committee action -- Conference committee -- Presidential action : separated powers -- Partisan polarization in Congress -- Divided government -- 11. The Presidency -- Commander in chief -- Top diplomat -- The first legislator -- State of the Union -- Veto -- Chief bureaucrat -- Economist in chief -- The Head of State -- Party leader -- The Bully pulpit : introducing ideas -- Presidential leadership : success and failure in the Oval Office -- Managing the public -- Approval ratings -- Presidential greatness -- The President's team : a tour of the White House -- Presidential appointments -- The Vice President -- The Cabinet -- The Executive Office of the President -- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- The Council of Economic Advisers -- The National Security Council (NSC) -- The Offices in the Executive Office of the President -- The White House Office -- Presidential aides -- The First Spouse -- 12. Bureaucracy -- Before bureaucracy -- War -- Morality -- Economics -- Geography -- Race -- The bureaucratic model -- Hierarchy -- Division of labor -- Fixed routines -- Equal rules for all -- What bureaucracies do -- Rule making -- Implementation -- How the bureaucracy is organized -- The cabinet departments -- Executive agencies -- Independent regulatory commissions -- Private contractors -- Who controls the Federal Bureaucracy? -- The people -- the President -- Congress -- INterest groups -- Bureaucratic autonomy -- 13. The Judicial Branch -- A nation of laws and lawyers -- Courts in American culture -- State and local courts -- Judicial selection -- Federal courts -- specialized Courts -- Diversity in the Federal Judiciary -- Identity on the bench -- The Court's role -- Judicial review -- Activism versus restraint -- The Supreme Court and how it operates -- Supreme Court clerks -- Confirmation battles -- Judicial decision making and reform -- The role of law -- Ideology and partisanship --Collegiality and peer pressure -- Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) -- Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) -- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -- Santa Clara Co. v. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886) -- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -- Lochner v. New York (1905) -- Muller v. Oregon (1908) -- Schenck v. United States (1919) -- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937) -- Korematsu v. United States (1944) -- Brown v. Board of Education (1954) -- Mapp v. Ohio (1961) -- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) -- Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) -- Roe v. Wade (1973) -- United States v. Nixon (1974) -- Bush v. Gore (2000) -- National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012) -- The power of the Court
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pt. IV. Policymaking -- 14. Domestic and foreign policy -- Public policymaking -- Agenda setting -- Framing -- Policy formation -- Policy implementation -- Policy evaluation and feedback -- U.S. Social Policy -- Social Security -- Unemployment benefits -- Medicare/Medicaid -- Economic policymaking I : fiscal and monetary policy -- Economic policymaking II : the Federal budget process -- American Foreign Policy goals -- Security -- The military -- Soft power -- Downsizing the military -- Foreign Aid and National Security -- Prosperity -- Free trade -- energy -- Economic weapons -- Spreading American ideals -- Who makes foreign policy? -- Congress -- The President -- The State Department -- The Department of Defense -- Intelligence -- The National Security Council -- World War I and isolationalism (1918-1939) -- World War II, the cold War, and multilateralism (1942-1989) -- The New World Order (1989-2003) -- The War on Terror (began 2001) -- War in Afghanistan -- War in Iraq -- Terrorist threats today -- Terrorists and the rule of law -- Appendix I. The Declaration of Independence -- Appendix II. The Constitution of the United States of America -- Appendix III. The Federalist Papers 1, 10, and 51 -- Appendix IV. Presidential elections, Congressional control, 1789-2012.
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| Abstract
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"Approximately 20% shorter and less expensive than its parent text--fourteen chapters instead of eighteen--this full-color Brief Second Edition of By the People features a more streamlined narrative and is enhanced by its own unique full supplements package"--Page 4 of cover.
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United States., Constitution.
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Politics and government
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Constitution (United States)
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United States, Politics and government, Textbooks.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.473
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JK276.M67 2016
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