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" American government : "
Cal Jillson.
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BL
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949060
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b703430
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| Main Entry
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Jillson, Calvin C.,1949-
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American government : : political change and institutional development /\ Cal Jillson.
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| Edition Statement
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4th ed.
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New York :: Routledge,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xxviii, 521 pages) :: illustrations (chiefly color)
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| ISBN
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0203941675
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: 1135901368
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: 1135901406
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: 1135901414
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: 9780203941676
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: 9781135901363
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: 9781135901400
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: 9781135901417
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0415960770
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9780415960779
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-492) and index.
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| Contents
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Chapter 1 THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN POLITICAL PRINCIPLES -- chapter 2 THE REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION -- chapter 3 FEDERALISM AND AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT -- chapter 4 POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND PUBLIC OPINION -- chapter 5 THE MASS MEDIA AND THE POLITICAL AGENDA -- chapter 6 INTEREST GROUPS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS -- chapter 7 POLITICAL PARTIES -- chapter 8 VOTING, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS -- chapter 9 CONGRESS: Lawmaking and Domestic Representation -- chapter 10 THE PRESIDENT: Governing in Uncertain Times -- chapter 11 BUREAUCRACY: Redesigning Government for the Twenty-First Century -- chapter 12 THE FEDERAL COURTS: ACTIVISM VERSUS RESTRAINT -- chapter 13 CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS: BALANCE OR CONFLICT? -- chapter 14 GOVERNMENT, THE ECONOMY, AND DOMESTIC POLICY -- chapter 15 AMERICA'S PLACE IN A DANGEROUS WORLD.
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| Abstract
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[This book] provides [an] introduction to American government that emphasizes the historical foundations of U.S. political institutions and the way they have developed in response to change. [The book] challenges students to think critically about how the American political system operates. [This] textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the 1998 mid-term elections.-Back cover.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.
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Politics and government
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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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320.973
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JK276.J55 2008eb
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