Synopses & Reviews
Updated in a new 6th edition, America’s New Democracy provides an engaging, analytical approach to American Government that stresses the importance of elections in contemporary American politics. Written in a strong narrative voice it provides a focused and stimulating treatment of politics in the United States. The book challenges the pessimistic view that government seldom listens to ordinary people by illustrating popular influence across the political system in defense of a central theme—-that elections matter more in America’s political system today than they have in the past or do in other democracies.
Table of Contents
I. FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA’S NEW DEMOCRACY
1. Democracy in the United States
2. The U.S. Constitution
3. Federalism
II. CHANNELS OF INFLUENCE IN AMERICA’S NEW DEMOCRACY
4. American Political Culture
5. Public Opinion
6. The Media
7. Individual Participation
8. National Elections
9. Political Parties and Interest Groups
III. THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICA’S NEW DEMOCRACY
10. The Congress
11. The Presidency
12. The Bureaucracy
13. The Judiciary
IV. OUTPUTS FROM AMERICA’S NEW DEMOCRACY
14. Civil Liberties
15. Civil Rights
16. Public Policy