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The Enduring Debate, 5e

Contents

  • Part I: The Constitutional System
  • Chapter 1: Political Culture
  • Louis Hartz, The Liberal Tradition in America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolution
  • Rogers M. Smith, "Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in America"
  • Daniel J. Elazar, "The Three Political Cultures"
  • Debating the Issues: What Does It Mean to be an American?
  • Samuel P. Huntington, "One Nation, Out of Many"
  • Louis Menand, "Patriot Games"
  • Chapter 2: The Founding and the Constitution
  • Michael Kammen, "The Nature of American Constitutionalism"
  • Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 15.
  • James Madison, Federalist 51
  • Debating the Issues: An "Economic Interpretation of the Constitution"
  • Charles Beard, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution
  • Robert E. Brown, Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis of "An economic Interpretation of the Constitution"
  • Chapter 3: Federalism
  • James Madison, Federalist 46.
  • Paul Peterson, "The Price of Early Federalism"
  • George J Annas, "Jumping Frogs, Endangered Toads, and California's Medical–Marijuana Law"
  • Debating the Issues: Federalism and Policy
  • Paul Posner, "The Politics of Coercive Federalism in the Bush Era"
  • Barry Rabe, "Environmental Policy and the Bush Era: The Collision Between the Administrative Presidency and State Experimentation"
  • Chapter 4: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
  • Abraham Lincoln, "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions"
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963"
  • Jonathan Rauch, "In Defense of Prejudice"
  • Debating the Issues: Civil Liberties and the Fight against Terror
  • David Cole and James X. Dempsey, Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security
  • Richard A. Posner, "How Does National Security Shape Constitutional Rights?"
  • Part II: Institutions
  • Chapter 5: Congress
  • Edmund Burke, "Speech to the Electors of Bristol
  • David Mayhew, excerpts from Congress: The Electoral Connection
  • John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, "Too Much of a Good Thing: More Representative Is Not Necessarily Better"
  • Debating the Issues: "Pork Barrel Politics"
  • David Goldston, "Party of One: Over a pork barrel"
  • Jonathan Cohn, "Roll out the Barrel: The Case Against the Case Against Pork"
  • 2007 Pig Book Summary, Citizens Against Government Waste
  • Chapter 6: The Presidency
  • Richard Neustadt, excerpts from "The Power to Persuade"
  • Charles O. Jones, "Perspectives on the Presidency"
  • Debating the Issues: Politicizing the Bureaucracy
  • James Pfiffner, "The First MBA President: George Bush as Public Administrator"
  • Alexis Simendinger, "Presidency: Politics Squared"
  • Chapter 7: Bureaucracy
  • Woodrow Wilson, "The Study of Administration."
  • James Q. Wilson, excerpts from Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
  • Debating the Issues: "Reforming the National Security Bureaucracy"
  • Excerpts from "NCTC and Information Sharing; Five Years Since 9/11—a Progress Report
  • Paul Light, Homeland Security's Extreme Makeover"
  • Richard A. Posner, "The Reorganized U.S. Intelligence System after One Year"
  • Chapter 8: The Federal Judiciary
  • Hamilton, Federalist 78.
  • David O'Brien, excerpts from "The Court in American Life"
  • Leon Friedman, "Overruling the Court"
  • Debating the Issues: Interpreting the Constitution: Originalism or a Living Constitution
  • Antonin Scalia, "Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws"
  • Stephen Breyer, "Our Democratic Constitution"
  • Part III: Political Behavior: Participation
  • Chapter 9: Public Opinion and the Mass Media
  • George Gallup, "Polling the Public"
  • Richard Morin, "Choice Words: If you can't understand our poll questions, then how can we understand your answers?"
  • Dietram A. Scheufele and David Tewksbury, "Framing, Agenda Setting, and Priming: The Evolution of Three Media Effects Models"
  • Debating the Issues: The Impact of the New Media on American Politics
  • Adam Nagourney, "Internet Injects Sweeping Change into U.S. Politics"
  • David Perlmutter and Misti McDaniel, "The Ascent of Blogging"
  • Markus Prior, "News vs. Entertainment: How Increasing Media Choice Widens Gaps in Political Knowledge and Turnout"
  • Chapter 10: Elections and Voting
  • V.O. Key, "The Voice of the People: An Echo"
  • Richard Parker, "Power to the Voters"
  • Louis Menand, "The Unpolitical Animal: How Political Science Understands Voters"
  • Debating the Issues: Voter Fraud or Voter Surpression
  • Bob Williams, "Election Fraud: Remains Commonplace"
  • Phil Keisling,, "Election Fraud, American Style: The most effective voter suppression tool is the polling booth itself"
  • Meg E Cox, "Access denied"
  • Chapter 11: Political Parties
  • Morris P. Fiorina, "The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics"
  • Gerald Pomper, "Parliamentary Government in the United States?"
  • James Sundquist, "Needed: A Political Theory for the New Era of Coalition Government in the United States"
  • Debating the Issues: Red versus Blue American: Are We Polarized?
  • Morris P. Fiorina, "What Culture Wars? Debunking the Myth of a Polarized America"
  • James Q. Wilson, "How Divided Are We?" and Morris P. Fiorna' Letter in Response to Wilson
  • Chapter 12: Groups and Interests
  • Alexis de Tocqueville, "Political Association in the United States."
  • Mancur Olson, "The Logic of Collective Action"
  • Theda Skocpol, "Associations Without Members"
  • Debating the Issues: Was Madison Right?
  • James Madison, Federalist 10
  • David Truman, "The Alleged Mischiefs of Faction"
  • Jonathan Rauch, "The Hyperpluralism Trap"
  • Part IV: Public Policy
  • Chapter 13: Politics and Policy
  • Charles E. Lindblom, "The Science of Muddling Through"
  • Theodore J. Lowi, excerpt from "American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory"
  • Jim Holt, "The Human Factor: Should the Government Put a Price on Your Life?"
  • Debating the Issues: Global Warming
  • Bjorn Lomborg, "Global Warming: Are We Doing the Right Thing?"
  • Peter Teague and Jeff Navin, "Global Warming in an Age of Energy Anxiety: Why Progressives Should Shift the Emphasis from Regulation to Investment in Their Political and Policy Approach"
  • Chapter 14: Government and the Economy
  • Franklin Roosevelt, "Call for Responsibility"
  • Herbert Hoover, "Against the Proposed New Deal"
  • Jonathan Rowe and Judith Silverstein, "The GDP Myth"
  • Debating the Issues: Regulating Risk: Government Intrusion or Protecting Society?
  • Nurith C. Aizenman, "The Case for More Regulation"
  • Roger Scruton, "What is Acceptable Risk?"
  • Chapter 15: Government and Society
  • Gary Burtless, "Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies"
  • Jonathan Rauch, "Objections to These Unions"
  • David C. John, "Providing Social Security Benefits in the Future: A Review of the Social Security System and Plans to Reform it"
  • Debating the Issues: Health Care Reform
  • Paul Krugman and Robin Wells, "The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It"
  • Grace-Marie Turner, "Toward Free-Market Health Care"
  • Jacob Hacker, "Health Care for America"
  • Chapter 16: Foreign Policy and World Politics
  • George Soros, "The Age of Open Society"
  • Peter Sutherland, "Reality Check"
  • Debating the Issues: Foreign Policy: A War on Terror?
  • National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland, July 2007
  • Frank Gaffney, "Islamofascism and the War for the Free World"
  • Ian Lustick, "Are We Trapped in the War on Terror?"
  • Appendix Of Supreme Court Cases
  • The Declaration Of Independence
  • The Constitution and Amendments To the Constitution

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