American government : stories of a nation /: stories of a nation. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Scott F. Abernathy, University of Minnesota.
• Authors: Abernathy, Scott Franklin, 1966-
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. American Political Stories: Claiming Rights, Demanding to Be Heard; American Students Claim Their Rights; People Matter! But So Do Ideas; Drafting the Declaration of Independence: Affirming and Demanding Fundamental Rights; The American Revolution: Ideals and Strategic Politics; The American Radicals: From Ideas to Strategic Action to Political Institutions; Institutions Matter, Too; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail; Conclusion: The American Experiment, Continued, and You Are Part of It; Chapter Review; 2. The Constitution of the United States: Practical Politics and a New Vision of Representative Government; James Madison’s Research Project: “The Fathers Were Practical Men”; American Government Before the Constitution: The Articles of Confederation, Problems of National Authority, and Differences between the States; The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia: “Experience Must Be Our Only Guide”; Details of the New Government; Ratification: Federalists versus Antifederalists; Conclusion: What Is the Constitution?; Chapter Review; 3. Federalism: The Changing Boundaries between the Nation and the States; Between State and Federal Law: Fighting for Access to Medical Marijuana; American Federalism and the Constitution; The Supreme Court Weighs In: Medical Marijuana and American Federalism; The Development of American Federalism; The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Nation on the Brink of Failure and Revolution in American Federalism; New Deal Expansion; Modern American Federalism: Expansion, Restriction, and State Resistance; Conclusion: American Federalism Challenged, in Progress, and Undecided; Chapter Review; 4. Civil Liberties: Building and Defending Fences; “From Russia with Love”: Edward Snowden: Traitor, Hero, or None of the Above; The Constitution and the Bill of Rights: The Foundations for the Protections for Americans’ Civil Liberties; Another Outlaw: Another Charge against the Government’s Infringements upon Civil Liberties; Selective Incorporation: Applying the Bill of Rights to State Laws and Actions; The First Amendment: “Congress Shall Make No Law”; Other First Amendment Protections: Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition; The Second Amendment: Firearms; Criminal Rights; The Last Two Amendments in the Bill of Rights: Setting the Larger Boundaries around the Power of the Federal Government; Americans Claim Their Rights to Marriage Equality; Conclusion: Fences Still under Construction; Chapter Review; 5. Civil Rights: How Equal Is Equal?; Securing Rights for Those with Disabilities: Refusing to Be Called a “Fire Hazard”; “Equal Justice Under Law”: Confronting a History of Segregation and Oppression; The NAACP’s Judicial Assault on Legal Segregation; Securing Civil Rights for American Women; Complexity and Change in Americans’ Efforts to Secure Their Civil Rights; Conclusion: Have Americans’ Civil Rights Been Secured?; Chapter Review; PART II: POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND MASS POLITICS; 6. Political Participation: Carry That Weight; Shaping the Political Agenda: Testifying on the Problem of Sexual Violence and Firearms on College Campuses; The Many Forms of Political Participation; Mobilization and Pressure: Art and Protest as Tools of Social and Political Change; Voting: Factors That Shape Electoral Participation; Acting at a Very Local Level: Preventing Campus Sexual Assaults through Education and Distraction; Young Americans: Political Participation and Nonparticipation in the Twenty-First Century; Conclusion: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?; Chapter Review; 7. Public Opinion: How Are Americans’ Voices Measured? Does It Matter?; The “Fergusons” of America: Differing Views on a Tragic Event; What Is Public Opinion?; Shaping Public Opinion: The Battle over the “Fergusons”; Measuring and Transmitting Public Opinion; The Formation of Political Attitudes: Exploring Political Socialization; Ferguson and the Effects of Public Opinion on Democratic Representation; Conclusion: The Meanings of Public Opinion; Chapter Review; 8. The Media: New Technologies, Enduring Issues; Blogging from War: Soldiers as Journalists; The Development of the American News Media; Regulating the Media: Ownership and Content; Merging News and Entertainment: Journalists as Celebrities; How the Media Shape American Politics Today: Bias, Campaign Coverage, and the Power of the Media; Conclusion: Comedians as Respected Journalists; Chapter Review; 9. Political Parties: The Insurgents versus the Establishment; Two Presidential Candidates Shake Up The Field; What Are Parties, and What Do They Do?; The Presidential Election of 2016: Bye Bye, Conventional Wisdom; The Development of American Political Parties; Conclusion: The Fallout; Chapter Review; 10. Campaigns and Elections: Candidates and Voters in an Era of Demographic Change; Latino Outreach in the 2016 Election; Elections and Democratic Representation; Competing for Latino Votes in a Presidential Campaign: Capturing an Unrealized Potential; The Politics of Presidential Elections; California’s Twenty-Fourth Congressional District: A First-Timer Runs for the House of Representatives; The Politics of Congressional Elections; Conclusion: From Candidate to Officeholder; Chapter Review; 11. Interest Groups and Social Movements: Collective Action, Power, and Representation; Blowing Bubbles with Houses: The Roots of a Financial Crisis; A Nation of Joiners: Acting Collectively in American Representative Democracy; Interest Groups Act on Their Members’ Behalf: Responding to the Financial Crisis, Part I; The Interest Group Landscape: Types and Tactics; The Origins of a Social Movement?: Responding to the Financial Crisis, Part II; Social Movements: Pinning Down their Existence, Success, and Failure; Conclusion: Organizing for Change; Chapter Review; PART III: INSTITUTIONS; 12. Congress: Representation, Organization, and Legislation; Women in Congress Today: Looking Around, Looking Back, and Looking Ahead; The Constitution and Congress; Stepping Up and Charting a Path to Congress; The Politics of Congressional Elections; The Organization of Congress; “I’m Just a Bill”: The Legislative Process; The Meanings and Challenges of Representation; Conclusion: The Complexity of Representation; Chapter Review; 13. The American Presidency: Individuals, Institutions, and Executive Power; The “Body” of Anwar Al-Awlaki: Presidential War-Making Power in the Twenty-First Century; The Constitution and the American Presidency: A Vague Description of the Most Complicated Job in the World; Testing The Limits Of Presidential Power During The American Civil War; Individuals and the Development of Presidential Power; The Modern Presidency in Context: Institutions and Informal Sources of Power; The “Body” of Yaser Hamdi: The Supreme Court Restricts Presidential Power in the War on Terror; Conclusion: The Paradox of Power; Chapter Review; 14. The Federal Bureaucracy: Putting the Nation’s Laws into Effect; Hurricane Katrina: A National Crisis Places the Federal Bureaucracy under the Microscope; Theories of Bureaucratic Organization; The Development of the American Federal Bureaucracy; The Structure of the Modern Federal Bureaucracy; Federal Bureaucrats: Organizations, Tasks, and Oversight; Handling the Bureaucracy: Control, Oversight, and Reform; Conclusion: Another Devastating Hurricane, Another Federal Response; Chapter Review; 15. The Federal Judiciary: Politics, Power, and the “Least Dangerous” Branch; The “Trial” of Sonia Sotomayor: Identity, Politics, and the Supreme Court; The Constitution and the Federal Judiciary; The “Trial” of John Marshall: The Establishment of Judicial Review; The Federal Judiciary and the American Legal System; Appointment to the Federal Judiciary; The “Trial” of Robert Bork: Politics, Confirmation, and Constitutional Interpretation; Judicial Review, Constitutional Interpretation, and Judicial Decision Making; Conclusion: The “Trial” of Merrick Garland?; Chapter Review; Appendix; Article.
• Edition: Essentials edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (696 pages)
• Subjects: 320.473; Politics and government; United States -- Politics and government -- Textbooks; United States; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483323862; 1483323862
• Related ISBNs: 9781452287300
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