Preface
Unit 1 Students and the System

Chapter 1 American Government and Civic Engagement
Introduction
1.1 What is Government?
1.2 Who Governs? Elitism, Pluralism, and Tradeoffs
1.3 Engagement in a Democracy
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 2 The Constitution and Its Origins
Introduction
2.1 The Pre-Revolutionary Period and the Roots of the American Political Tradition
2.2 The Articles of Confederation
2.3 The Development of the Constitution
2.4 The Ratification of the Constitution
2.5 Constitutional Change
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 3 American Federalism
Introduction
3.1 The Division of Powers
3.2 The Evolution of American Federalism
3.3 Intergovernmental Relationships
3.4 Competitive Federalism Today
3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Federalism
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study

Unit 2 Individual Agency and Action

Chapter 4 Civil Liberties
Introduction
4.1 What Are Civil Liberties?
4.2 Securing Basic Freedoms
4.3 The Rights of Suspects
4.4 Interpreting the Bill of Rights
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 5 Civil Rights
Introduction
5.1 What Are Civil Rights and How Do We Identify Them?
5.2 The African American Struggle for Equality
5.3 The Fight for Women’s Rights
5.4 Civil Rights for Indigenous Groups: Native Americans, Alaskans, and Hawaiians
5.5 Equal Protection for Other Groups
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 6 The Politics of Public Opinion
Introduction
6.1 The Nature of Public Opinion
6.2 How Is Public Opinion Measured?
6.3 What Does the Public Think?
6.4 The Effects of Public Opinion
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 7 Voting and Elections
Introduction
7.1 Voter Registration
7.2 Voter Turnout
7.3 Elections
7.4 Campaigns and Voting
7.5 Direct Democracy
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study

Unit 3 Toward Collective Action: Mediating Institutions

Chapter 8 The Media
Introduction
8.1 What Is the Media?
8.2 The Evolution of the Media
8.3 Regulating the Media
8.4 The Impact of the Media
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 9 Political Parties
Introduction
9.1 What Are Parties and How Did They Form?
9.2 The Two-Party System
9.3 The Shape of Modern Political Parties
9.4 Divided Government and Partisan Polarization
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 10 Interest Groups and Lobbying
Introduction
10.1 Interest Groups Defined
10.2 Collective Action and Interest Group Formation
10.3 Interest Groups as Political Participation
10.4 Pathways of Interest Group Influence
10.5 Free Speech and the Regulation of Interest Groups
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study

Unit 4 Delivering Collective Action: Formal Institutions

Chapter 11 Congress
Introduction
11.1 The Institutional Design of Congress
11.2 Congressional Elections
11.3 Congressional Representation
11.4 House and Senate Organizations
11.5 The Legislative Process
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 12 The Presidency
Introduction
12.1 The Design and Evolution of the Presidency
12.2 The Presidential Election Process
12.3 Organizing to Govern
12.4 The Public Presidency
12.5 Presidential Governance: Direct Presidential Action
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 13 The Courts
Introduction
13.1 Guardians of the Constitution and Individual Rights
13.2 The Dual Court System
13.3 The Federal Court System
13.4 The Supreme Court
13.5 Judicial Decision-Making and Implementation by the Supreme Court
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 14 State and Local Government
Introduction
14.1 State Power and Delegation
14.2 State Political Culture
14.3 Governors and State Legislatures
14.4 State Legislative Term Limits
14.5 County and City Government
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study

Unit 5 The Outputs of Government

Chapter 15 The Bureaucracy
Introduction
15.1 Bureaucracy and the Evolution of Public Administration
15.2 Toward a Merit-Based Civil Service
15.3 Understanding Bureaucracies and their Types
15.4 Controlling the Bureaucracy
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 16 Domestic Policy
Introduction
16.1 What Is Public Policy?
16.2 Categorizing Public Policy
16.3 Policy Arenas
16.4 Policymakers
16.5 Budgeting and Tax Policy
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 17 Foreign Policy
Introduction
17.1 Defining Foreign Policy
17.2 Foreign Policy Instruments
17.3 Institutional Relations in Foreign Policy
17.4 Approaches to Foreign Policy
Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggestions for Further Study

Appendix A Declaration of Independence
Appendix B The Constitution of the United States
Appendix C Federalist Papers #10 and #51
Appendix D Electoral College Votes by State, 2012–2020
Appendix E Selected Supreme Court Cases
Answer Key

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17

References
Index