| Preface |
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| Features of the Text and Media Package |
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| Acknowledgments |
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1 Understanding American Politics |
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Making Sense of American Government and Politics |
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4 | (2) |
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Why Do We Have a Government? |
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6 | (3) |
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9 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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How It Works: Three Key Ideas for Understanding Politics |
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11 | (2) |
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Political Process Matters |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (2) |
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Sources of Conflict in American Politics |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (2) |
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Identity Politics: Racial, Gender, and Ethnic Differences |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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Resolving Conflict: Democracy and American Political Values |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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How to Be a Critical Consumer of Politics |
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24 | (3) |
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Media Checklist for Assessing Reporting on Politics |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (3) |
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2 The Constitution and the Founding |
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The Historical Context of the Constitution |
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34 | (1) |
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The Articles of Confederation: The First Attempt at Government |
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35 | (2) |
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Political Theories of the Framers |
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37 | (3) |
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40 | (1) |
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The Politics of Compromise at the Constitutional Convention |
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40 | (1) |
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Majority Rule versus Minority Rights |
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41 | (1) |
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Small States versus Large States |
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42 | (1) |
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Legislative Power versus Executive Power |
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43 | (2) |
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National Power versus State and Local Power |
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45 | (1) |
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Slave States versus Nonslave States |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (1) |
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The Antifederalists' Concerns |
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49 | (1) |
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The Federalists' Strategies |
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50 | (1) |
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The Constitution: A Framework for Government |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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How It Works: Checks and Balances |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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Negative or Checking Powers |
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55 | (2) |
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Is the Constitution a "Living" Document? |
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57 | (1) |
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Changing the Constitution |
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57 | (2) |
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Flexibility and Interpretation |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (3) |
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66 | (32) |
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What Is Federalism and Why Does It Matter? |
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68 | (1) |
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Levels of Government and Their Degrees of Autonomy |
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69 | (3) |
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A Comparative Perspective |
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72 | (1) |
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Balancing National and State Power in the Constitution |
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72 | (1) |
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A Strong National Government |
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72 | (1) |
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State Powers and Limits on National Power |
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73 | (1) |
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Clauses that Favor Both Perspectives |
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74 | (1) |
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The Evolving Concept of Federalism |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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The Emergence of States' Rights and Dual Federalism |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (1) |
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Cooperative Federalism Lives On: Fiscal Federalism |
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81 | (1) |
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How It Works: Versions of Federalism |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (2) |
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Fighting for States' Rights: The Role of the Modern Supreme Court |
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87 | (3) |
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Assessing Federalism Today |
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90 | (4) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (38) |
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100 | (1) |
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Origins of the Bill of Rights |
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101 | (1) |
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How It Works: The First Amendment |
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102 | (3) |
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Selective Incorporation and the Fourteenth Amendment |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (1) |
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The Establishment Clause and Separation of Church and State |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (2) |
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Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and the Press |
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111 | (1) |
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Generally Protected Expression |
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111 | (7) |
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Less Protected Speech and Publications |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (2) |
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Law, Order, and the Rights of Criminal Defendants |
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122 | (1) |
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The Fourth Amendment: Unreasonable Searches and Seizures |
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122 | (4) |
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126 | (1) |
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The Sixth Amendment: The Right to Legal Counsel and a Jury Trial |
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127 | (1) |
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The Eighth Amendment: Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (3) |
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136 | (44) |
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The Context of Civil Rights |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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Differences in Voting Access |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (2) |
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Criminal Justice and Hate Crimes |
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149 | (3) |
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Key Players in the Conflict over Civil Rights |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (4) |
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156 | (6) |
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How It Works: Civil Rights |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (2) |
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Civil Rights Issues Today |
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170 | (1) |
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Affirmative Action or Reverse Discrimination |
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170 | (2) |
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Multicultural Issues and Immigration Policy |
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172 | (3) |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (3) |
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6 Public Opinion and the Media |
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180 | (38) |
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182 | (1) |
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Different Kinds of Opinion |
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183 | (1) |
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Where Do Opinions Come From? |
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184 | (1) |
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Socialization: Families, Communities, and Networks |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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Politicians and Other Political Actors |
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187 | (1) |
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Considerations: The Process of Forming Opinions |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (1) |
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How It Works: Measuring What a Nation of 330 Million Thinks: A Checklist |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (1) |
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Problems in Measuring Public Opinion |
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195 | (3) |
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What Americans Think about Politics |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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Evaluations of Government and Officeholders |
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201 | (1) |
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201 | (4) |
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Does Public Opinion Matter? |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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Media Sources in the Twenty-First Century |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (2) |
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Media Effects on Citizens and Government |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (3) |
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218 | (28) |
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What Are Political Parties and Where Did Today's Parties Come From? |
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220 | (1) |
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The Evolution of American Political Parties |
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221 | (3) |
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American Political Parties Today |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (4) |
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The Party in the Electorate |
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229 | (3) |
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The Role of Political Parties in American Politics |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (4) |
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How It Works: Nominating Presidential Candidates |
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236 | (3) |
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Cooperation in Government |
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239 | (2) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (40) |
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How Do American Elections Work? |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (5) |
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How It Works: The Electoral College |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (2) |
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Primaries and the General Election |
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263 | (3) |
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266 | (4) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (2) |
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Understanding the 2018 and 2020 Elections |
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275 | (1) |
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The Path to 2020: The 2018 Elections |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (5) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (3) |
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286 | (26) |
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What Are Interest Groups? |
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288 | (2) |
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Organizational Structures |
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290 | (1) |
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Membership: Benefits and Incentives |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (3) |
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Interest Group Strategies |
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296 | (1) |
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296 | (4) |
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How It Works: Lobbying the Federal Government: Inside and Outside Strategies |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (3) |
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How Much Power Do Interest Groups Have? |
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305 | (2) |
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What Determines When Interest Groups Succeed? |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (40) |
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315 | (1) |
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Congress and the Constitution |
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315 | (2) |
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Congress Represents the People (or Tries To) |
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317 | (4) |
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Members of Congress Want to Keep Their Jobs |
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321 | (4) |
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Redistricting Connects Representation and Elections |
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325 | (5) |
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The Responsibility-Responsiveness Dilemma |
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330 | (1) |
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The Structure of Congress |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (6) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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How It Works: Passing Legislation |
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340 | (3) |
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Deviations from the Conventional Process |
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343 | (1) |
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Key Differences between House and Senate Legislative Processes |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (2) |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (3) |
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352 | (32) |
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The Development of Presidential Power |
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354 | (1) |
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Early Years through World War I |
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355 | (1) |
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The Great Depression through the Present |
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356 | (1) |
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The President's Job Description |
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357 | (1) |
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Head of the Executive Branch |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (2) |
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How It Works: How Presidents Make Policy outside the Legislative Process |
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362 | (2) |
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364 | (1) |
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Treaty Making and Foreign Policy |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (1) |
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368 | (2) |
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The Presidency as an Institution |
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370 | (1) |
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The Executive Office of the President |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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Presidents, Unilateral Action, and Policy Making |
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375 | (1) |
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Congressional Responses to Unilateral Action |
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376 | (1) |
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Presidents as Politicians |
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377 | (1) |
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The President as Party Leader |
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378 | (2) |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (3) |
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384 | (30) |
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What Is the Federal Bureaucracy? |
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386 | (1) |
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386 | (2) |
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How It Works: Bureaucracy and Legislation |
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388 | (3) |
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Bureaucratic Expertise and Its Consequences |
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391 | (3) |
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How Has the American Bureaucracy Grown? |
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394 | (1) |
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The Beginning of America's Bureaucracy |
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394 | (1) |
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Building a New American State: The Progressive Era |
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395 | (1) |
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The New Deal, the Great Society, and the Reagan Revolution |
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395 | (2) |
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The Modern Federal Bureaucracy |
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397 | (1) |
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The Structure of the Federal Government |
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397 | (3) |
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The Size of the Federal Government |
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400 | (2) |
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The Human Face of the Bureaucracy |
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402 | (1) |
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Civil Service Regulations |
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403 | (1) |
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Political Appointees and the Senior Executive Service |
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404 | (1) |
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Limits on Political Activity |
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404 | (1) |
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Controlling the Bureaucracy |
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405 | (1) |
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405 | (2) |
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407 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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The Consequences of Control |
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409 | (1) |
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410 | (1) |
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411 | (3) |
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414 | (32) |
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The Development of an Independent and Powerful Federal Judiciary |
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416 | (1) |
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The Founders' Views of the Courts: The Weakest Branch? |
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417 | (1) |
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Judicial Review and Marbury v. Madison |
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418 | (1) |
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Judicial Review in Practice |
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419 | (1) |
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The American Legal and Judicial System |
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420 | (1) |
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420 | (2) |
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How It Works: The Court System |
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422 | (2) |
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Structure of the Court System and Federalism |
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424 | (1) |
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425 | (5) |
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Access to the Supreme Court |
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430 | (1) |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (2) |
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Hearing Cases before the Supreme Court |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (1) |
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434 | (1) |
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434 | (2) |
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Supreme Court Decision Making |
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436 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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437 | (4) |
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441 | (2) |
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443 | (3) |
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14 Economic and Social Policy |
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446 | (42) |
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449 | (1) |
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The Policy-Making Process |
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449 | (2) |
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The Key Players in Economic and Social Policy Making |
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451 | (1) |
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How It Works: The Budget Process |
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452 | (5) |
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Alternative Perspectives on the Policy-Making Process |
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457 | (1) |
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458 | (1) |
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458 | (3) |
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Tools and Theories of Economic Policy |
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461 | (10) |
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Putting It All Together: The 2008--2009 Economic Crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 Recession |
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471 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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History and Context of Social Policy |
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473 | (2) |
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475 | (7) |
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482 | (2) |
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484 | (1) |
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485 | (3) |
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488 | (3) |
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491 | (1) |
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Foreign Policy Principles and Perspectives |
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491 | (2) |
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History of American Foreign Policy |
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493 | (5) |
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498 | (1) |
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The President and the Executive Branch |
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498 | (3) |
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501 | (1) |
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501 | (1) |
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How It Works: War Powers: Who Controls the Armed Forces? |
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502 | (2) |
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Groups outside the Federal Government |
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504 | (3) |
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The Tools of Foreign Policy |
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507 | (1) |
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507 | (1) |
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Trade and Economic Policies |
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508 | (1) |
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509 | (1) |
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509 | (1) |
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510 | (1) |
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The Politics of Foreign Policy Today |
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511 | (1) |
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Managing International Trade: China |
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512 | (1) |
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513 | (2) |
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Preventing the Spread of WMDs: North Korea |
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515 | (2) |
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517 | (2) |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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1 | (2) |
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The Articles of Confederation |
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3 | (3) |
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The Constitution of the United States of America |
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6 | (5) |
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Amendments to the Constitution |
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11 | (5) |
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16 | (7) |
| Endnotes |
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23 | (24) |
| Study Guide Answer Key |
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47 | (2) |
| Credits |
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49 | (4) |
| Glossary/Index |
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