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Show students how they can shape the future by becoming involved in the political processUnited States Government: Democracy in Action reflects the most current information on the United States government, focusing on the changes that have occurred in the last three to four years.
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Table of Contents
UNIT 1 FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Chapter 1 People and Government
Chapter 2 Origins of American Government
Chapter 3 The Constitution
Chapter 4 The Federal System
UNIT 2 THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 5 The Organization of Congress
Chapter 6 Development of Congressional Powers
Chapter 7 Congress at Work
UNIT 3 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 8 The Presidency
Chapter 9 Presidential Leadership
Chapter 10 The Federal Bureaucracy
UNIT 4 THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 11 The Federal Court System
Chapter 12 Supreme Court Decision Making
UNIT 5 LIBERTY and JUSTICE FOR ALL
Chapter 13 Constitutional Freedoms
Chapter 14 Citizenship and Equal Justice
Chapter 15 Law in America
UNIT 6 PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT
Chapter 16 Political Parties
Chapter 17 Elections and Voting
Chapter 18 Interest Groups and Public Opinion
Chapter 19 The Mass Media
UNIT 7 PUBLIC POLICIES and POLICY
Chapter 20 Taxing and Spending
Chapter 21 Social and Domestic Policy
Chapter 22 Foreign Policy and Defense
UNIT 8 STATE and LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 23 Structure and Function of State Government
Chapter 24 Structure and Function of Local Government
UNIT 9 POLITICAL and ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Chapter 25 Political Systems in Today's World
Chapter 26 Development of Economic Systems
Reference Handbook
Glossary
Index
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