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The enduring debate : classic and contemporary readings in American politics / edited by David T. Canon, John J. Coleman, Kenneth R. Mayer

Published:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011]
Copyright Date:
©2011
Edition:
6th ed.
Physical Description:
xiii, 745 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:
Canon, David T., Coleman, John J., 1959-, and Mayer, Kenneth R., 1960-

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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Constitutional System -- ch. 1 Political Culture -- 1.From The Liberal Tradition in America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolution / Louis Hartz -- 2.From The Creation of the American Republic 1776--1787 / Gordon S. Wood -- 3."Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in America" / Rogers M. Smith -- Debating the Issues: What Does It Mean to Be an American? -- 4."What Does It Mean to Be an American?" / Sarah Song -- 5."What Does It Mean to Be an American?" / Steven M. Warshawsky -- 6."The Three Political Cultures" / Daniel J. Elazar -- ch. 2 Constructing the Government: The Founding and the Constitution -- 7."The Nature of American Constitutionalism," from The Origins of the American Constitution / Michael Kammen -- 8.The Federalist, No. 15 / Alexander Hamilton -- 9.The Federalist, No. 51 / James Madison -- Debating the Issues: Should the Constitution Be Fundamentally Changed? -- 10."The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New Convention for Repair" / Sanford Levinson -- 11."We" / Michael Oreskes -- ch. 3 Federalism -- 12.The Federalist, No. 46 / James Madison -- 13.From The Price of Federalism / Paul Peterson -- 14."Jumping Frogs, Endangered Toads, and California's Medical-Marijuana Law" / George J. Annas -- Debating the Issues: Nullifying Health Care Reform -- 15."States of Anarchy: America's Long, Sordid Affair with Nullification" / Sean Wilentz -- 16.Arizona House Concurrent Resolution 2014: A Concurrent Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; Relating to Health Care Services -- 17."Can the States Nullify Health Care Reform?" / Timothy S. Jost -- 18."The Health Care Freedom Act: Questions & Answers" / Clint Bolick -- ch. 4 The Constitutional Framework and the Individual: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights -- 19."The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions" / Abraham Lincoln -- 20."Letter from Birmingham Jail" / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- 21."In Defense of Prejudice" / Jonathan Rauch -- Debating the Issues: Corporate and Labor Spending in Campaigns and the First Amendment -- 22."The Decision That Threatens Democracy" / Ronald Dworkin -- 23."Citizens United We Stand" / Bradley A. Smith -- pt. II Institutions -- ch. 5 Congress: The First Branch -- 24.Speech to the Electors of Bristol / Edmund Burke -- 25.From Congress: The Electoral Connection / David R. Mayhew -- 26."Too Much of a Good Thing: More Representative Is Not Necessarily Better" / Elizabeth Theiss-Morse -- Debating the Issues: Pork-Barrel Politics -- 27."Corporate Welfare and Earmarks," from Cato Handbook for Policymakers -- 28."Inhofe: Earmarks Are Good for Us" / Brian Friel -- 29."Earmarks Are a Model, Not a Menace" / Jonathan Rauch -- ch. 6 The President: From Chief Clerk to Chief Executive -- 30."The Power to Persuade," from Presidential Power / Richard Neustadt -- 31."Perspectives on the Presidency," from The Presidency in a Separated System / Charles O. Jones -- Debating the Issues: Is Obama a Transformational President? -- 32."The Honeymooners" / David Greenberg -- 33."Change Won't Come Easy" / Robert L. Borosage -- 34."An Exceptional Debate" / Ramesh Ponnuru -- ch. 7 Bureaucracy in a Democratic System -- 35."The Study of Administration" / Woodrow Wilson -- 36.From Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It / James Q. Wilson -- Debating the Issues: Policy "Czars" and Presidential Control of the Bureaucracy -- 37."Presidential Use of White House `Czars'" / James P. Pfiffner -- 38."Examining the History and Legality of Executive Branch Czars" / Matthew Spalding -- 39."Czar Wars" / Will Englund -- ch. 8 The Federal Judiciary -- 40.The Federalist, No. 78 / Alexander Hamilton -- 41."The Court and American Life," from Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics / David O'Brien -- 42."Overruling the Court" / Leon Friedman -- Debating the Issues: Interpreting the Constitution---Originalism or a Living Constitution? -- 43."Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws" / Antonin Scalia -- 44."Our Democratic Constitution" / Stephen Breyer -- pt. III Political Behavior: Participation -- ch. 9 Public Opinion and the Mass Media -- 45."Polling the Public," from Public Opinion in a Democracy / George Gallup -- 46."Choice Words: If You Can't Understand Our Poll Questions, Then How Can We Understand Your Answers?" / Richard Morin -- 47."News vs. Entertainment: How Increasing Media Choice Widens Gaps in Political Knowledge and Turnout" / Markus Prior -- Debating the Issues: The Future of Political Journalism -- 48."Future of Journalism" / Tom Price -- 49."Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption)" / Paul Starr -- 50."How to Save the News" / James Fallows -- ch. 10 Elections and Voting -- 51."The Voice of the People: An Echo," from The Responsible Electorate / V. O. Key, Jr. -- 52."Power to the Voters" / Richard D. Parker -- 53."The Unpolitical Animal: How Political Science Understands Voters" / Louis Menand -- Debating the Issues: Voter Identification -- 54."The Historical Context of Voter Photo-ID Laws" / Chandler Davidson -- 55."Requiring Identification by Voters" / Hans von Spakovsky -- 56."Is There a Middle Ground in the Voter ID Debate?" / Edward B. Foley -- ch. 11 Political Parties -- 57."The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics" / Morris P. Fiorina -- 58."Parliamentary Government in the United States?" from The State of the Parties / Gerald M. Pomper -- Debating the Issues: Red America versus Blue America---Are We Polarized? -- 59."What Culture Wars? Debunking the Myth of a Polarized America" / Morris P. Fiorina -- 60."How Divided Are We?" / James Q. Wilson -- Letter in Response to Wilson / Morris P. Fiorina -- 61."Tea Minus Zero" / John B. Judis -- ch. 12 Groups and Interests -- 62."Political Association in the United States," from Democracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville -- 63."The Logic of Collective Action," from Rise and Decline of Nations / Mancur Olson -- 64."Associations Without Members" / Theda Skocpol -- Debating the Issues: Was Madison Right? -- 65."The Alleged Mischiefs of Faction," from The Governmental Process / David B. Truman -- 66."The Scope and Bias of the Pressure System," from The Semisovereign People / E. E. Schattschneider -- 67."The Hyperpluralism Trap" / Jonathan Rauch -- pt. IV Public Policy -- ch. 13 Politics and Policy -- 68."The Science of Muddling Through" / Charles E. Lindblom -- 69."American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory" / Theodore J. Lowi -- 70."The Human Factor: Should the Government Put a Price on Your Life?" / Jim Holt -- Debating the Issues: How Should We Address Global Warming? -- 71."Climate Change" / Bill McKibben -- 72."Mr. Gore, Your Solution to Global Warming Is Wrong" / Bjørn Lomborg -- ch. 14 Government and the Economy -- 73."Call for Federal Responsibility" / Franklin Roosevelt -- 74."Against the Proposed New Deal" / Herbert Hoover -- 75."The Rise and Fall of the GDP" / Jon Gertner -- Debating the Issues: Bailing Out Wall Street -- 76."Wall Street's Bailout Hustle" / Matt Taibbi -- 77.Written Testimony before the Congressional Oversight Panel / Timothy F. Geithner -- ch. 15 Government and Society -- 78."Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies" / Gary Burtless -- 79."Objections to These Unions" / Jonathan Rauch -- 80."Providing Social Security Benefits in the Future: A Review of the Social Security System and Plans to Reform It" / David C. John -- Debating the Issues: Health Care Reform -- 81.Address to Congress on Health Care Reform / Barack Obama -- 82."Grading Health Reform: Experts Assess Whether the Bill Delivers on Its Promises" / Marilyn Werber Serafini -- 83."Repeal: Why and How Obamacare Must Be Undone" / Yuval Levin -- ch. 16 Foreign Policy and World Politics -- 84."The Age of Open Society" / George Soros -- 85."Reality Check" / Peter D. Sutherland -- Debating the Issues: The National Security Strategy of the United States -- 86.The National Security Strategy of the United States / George W. Bush -- 87.The National Security Strategy of the United States / Barack Obama -- Appendix -- Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) -- Barron v. Baltimore (1833) -- Roe v. Wade (1973) -- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) -- United States v. Nixon (1974) -- United States v. Lopez (1995) -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Federalist, No. 10 / James Madison -- The Constitution of the United States of America -- Amendments to the Constitution.
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9780393912050 (pbk.)
0393912051 (pbk.)
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