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How do you get your students intellectually engaged in politics?
Designed to model the perspectives and methods of political scientists, built on the latest research, the features in Government by the People help students develop a balanced, but critical perspective of the phenomenon of our political culture.
NEW! Government's Greatest Endeavors. Illustrating the government in a positive light, this narrative-rich and data-rich feature examines the intentional and unintentional consequences of government programs design to solve big problems such as poverty among the elderly, discrimination, and nuclear arms control.
NEW! Agents of Change.Featuring younger Americans who have changed their communities, country, and world through social action. Agents of Change demonstrates to students that they have a stake in our political culture and can even effect change.
History Makers. Reinforcing the importance of being an active participant in-and contributor to-political change by profiling influential political figures, some of historical importance as well as some contemporary figures, People and Politics features active people representing divergent parties, ideologies, and agendas-but sharing the common trait of engagement in the political process. Many focus on the positive contributions of America's public servants and ordinary citizens, including Joan Blades and Wes Boyd of MoveOn, Stephen Moore and the Club for Growth, Blaise Hazelwood, Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, and Steve Rosenthal of America Coming Together.
The Changing Face of American Politics. Exemplifying the ever-increasing level of diversity in the American political landscape, including how race and gender are changing the way the American government works, these unique boxes are designed to reflect the concerns and experiences of ethnic and minority groups in American politics..
How Other Nations Govern. Data-rich, filled with groundbreaking maps, How Other Countries Govern helps students learn more about foreign political structures and processes, and how these similar and/or differing approaches can affect-and be affected by-American politics.
How do you incorporate media and other student resources into your course?
Government by the People leads the industry in providing creative, innovative electronic solutions for your classroom. Whether in the form of tools that enable more effective communication or by providing dynamic presentation of content via the World Wide Web, Prentice Hall continues to anticipate your needs.
NEW! MyPoliSciLab, also available in Blackboard and WebCT platforms. MyPoliSciLab is an easy-to-use online resource that allows instructors to assess student progress and adapt course material to meet the specific needs of the class. MyPoliSciLab enables students to diagnose their progress by completing an online self-assessment test. Based on the results of this test, each student is provided with a customized study plan, including a variety of tools to help them fully master the material. MyPoliSciLab then reports the self-assessment results to the instructor, as individual student grades as well as an aggregate report of class progress. Based on these reports, the instructor can adapt course material to suit the needs of individual students or the class as a whole. Additionally, MyPoliSciLab offers the major resources for Government by the People—including Faculty Resource PowerPoint presentations, Make It Real online resources, and ABC News video clips—in one convenient location.
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ABC News Video DVDs Fully integrated into Government by the People. Students are raised in a media-rich world, but until now their American Government books have not provided the means, the methods or vocabulary for understanding the information about government that nightly fills their television screens. Featuring the latest news clips from ABC News programs and a rich set of critical thinking questions, ABC News will get your students excited and informed about our political culture.
NEW! Make it Real 2.0 is a comprehensive website that contains dynamic simulations developed by Prentice Hall exclusively for American Government. In addition to simulations, Make it Real also contains activities on civic participation, interactive timelines and maps, quizzes, primary source documents, Census data, and exercises in visual literacy. Students will use information such as real election results, real demographics, maps and voting score cards. Self-study quizzes are available for the student to take to make sure they understand the concepts used in completing the simulations and other activities.
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Government by the People Transparencies. This set of over 150 full-color transparency acetates reproduces illustrations, charts, and maps from the text.
Practice Tests. Each chapter includes a list of Learning Outcomes for the chapter, practice tests with questions in multiple-choice and fill-in formats designed to reinforce information in the text and help students develop a greater understanding of American government and politics, and the answers to all questions.
How do you prepare interesting classroom lectures and challenging tests and assignments?
Government by the People features a robust line of instructor preparation and presentation resources that anticipate your needs as an instructor.
Faculty Resource CD-ROM with Power Point Presentations. For classroom use, this CD-ROM contains the following PowerPoint presentations for each chapter in Government by the People: a Lecture Presentation that covers all of the material in the chapter; a Special Topics Presentation that expands on one of the more important topics discussed in each chapter; and a Graphics Presentation that collects all of the graphs, charts, illustrations, and photos that appear in the chapter. To allow for optimum organization, we have also included the Instructor’s Resource Manual and Test Item File in MS Word format to allow you to customize resources depending on how you organize your course. The Faculty Resource CD-ROM allows you maximum flexibility as you prepare your lectures and manage your class.
Test Item File. The Test Item File for Government by the People presents the highest level of quality and accuracy, with over 2000 questions and a variety of question types with cross-references to pages in the text where the answers are discussed. These questions are designed to test both factual and conceptual knowledge and reflect varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from easy to moderate to challenging. There are also 2 Quick Quizzes for each chapter that allow you to assess students’ understanding of the material throughout the course. Each chapter in the Test Item File opens with a Total Assessment Guide that allows you to see the distribution of questions in the chapter. This feature breaks the questions down according to question format (i.e., multiple choice, essay, etc.) as well as question type (i.e., factual or conceptual), enabling you to plan each exam easily and accurately. An electronic version is also included on the Faculty Resource CD-ROM.
Prentice Hall TestGen. This computerized test bank contains the questions from the Test Item File. The program allows for full editing of these questions and the addition of instructor-generated questions. Suitable for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Instructor’s Resource Manual. For each chapter, this booklet offers an overview, a list of learning objectives for the chapter, lecture outline, classroom discussion topics, classroom exercises, and a bibliography of books and articles on the topics discussed in the chapter. An electronic version is also included on the Faculty Resource CD-ROM.
New to this Edition:
NEW! Government's Greatest Endeavors. Illustrating the government in a positive light, this feature shows how government has attempted to solve big problems such as poverty among the elderly, discrimination, and nuclear arms control.
NEW! Agents of Change.This feature features younger Americans who are trying to change their communities, country, and even world through social action. This demonstrates to students how they can spark changes in the government.
NEW! Make it Real 2.0 is a comprehensive website that contains dynamic simulations developed by Prentice Hall exclusively for American Government. In addition to simulations, Make it Real also contains activities on civic participation, interactive timelines and maps, quizzes, primary source documents, Census data, and exercises in visual literacy. Students will use information such as real election results, real demographics, maps and voting score cards. Self-study quizzes are available for the student to take to make sure they understand the concepts used in completing the simulations and other activities.
URL: www.prenhall.com/makeitreal2
NEW! MyPoliSciLab: MyPoliSciLab is an easy-to-use online resource that allows instructors to assess student progress and adapt course material to meet the specific needs of the class. MyPoliSciLab enables students to diagnose their progress by completing an online self-assessment test. Based on the results of this test, each student is provided with a customized study plan, including a variety of tools to help them fully master the material. MyPoliSciLab then reports the self-assessment results to the instructor, as individual student grades as well as an aggregate report of class progress. Based on these reports, the instructor can adapt course material to suit the needs of individual students or the class as a whole. Additionally, MyPoliSciLab offers the major resources for Government by the People—including Faculty Resource PowerPoint presentations, Make It Real online resources, and ABC News video clips—in one convenient location.
URL: www.mypoliscilab.com
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PART I
CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 1 Constitutional Democracy
American Government and Politicians in Context
Defining Democracy
The Constitutional Roots of the American Experiment
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
To Adopt or Not to Adopt?
Chapter 2 The Living Constitution
Views of the Constitution
Checking Power with Power
Judicial Review and the “Guardians of the Constitution”
The Constitution as an Instrument of Government
Changing the Letter of the Constitution
The Constitution of the United States
Chapter 3 American Federalism
Defining Federalism
The Constitutional Structure of American Federalism
The Role of the Federal Courts: Umpires of Federalism
Regulatory Federalism: Grants, Mandates, and New Techniques of Control
The Politics of Federalism
The Future of Federalism
PART II
THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Chapter 4 Political Culture and Ideology
The American Political Culture
Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Government
Political Ideology and the American People
Ideology and Tolerance
Chapter 5 The American Political Landscape
A Land of Diversity
Where We Live
Who We Are
Unity in a Land of Diversity
Chapter 6 Interest Groups: The Politics of Influence
Interest Groups Past and Present: The “Mischiefs of Faction”
Types of Interest Groups
Characteristics and Power of Interest Groups
The Influence of Lobbyists
Money and Politics
The Effectiveness of Interest Group Activity in Elections
Curing the Mischiefs of Faction–Two Centuries Later
Chapter 7 Political Parties: Essential to Democracy
What Parties Do for Democracy
A Brief History of American Political Parties
American Parties Today
Financing the Parties
Are the Political Parties Dying?
Chapter 8 Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting
Public Opinion
Participation: Translating Opinions into Action
Counting Votes
Voting Choices
Chapter 9 Campaigns and Elections: Democracy in Action
Elections: The Rules of the Game
Running for Congress
Running for President
Money in U.S. Elections
Improving Elections
Chapter 10 The Media and American Politics
The Influence of the Media on Politics
The Changing Role of the American News Media
Mediated Politics
The Media and Elections
The Media and Governance
Part III
Policy-Making Institutions
Chapter 11 Congress: The People’s Branch
Congressional Elections
The Structure and Powers of Congress
Congressional Leadership and Rules
The Job of the Legislator
The Legislative Obstacle Course
An Assessment of Congress
Chapter 12 The Presidency: The Leadership Branch
The Structure and Powers of the Presidency
Controversies in Presidential Power
Evolution of the Presidency
Managing the Presidency
The President’s Job
Congress and the Presidency
Judging Presidents
Chapter 13 The Federal Bureaucracy: Executing the Laws
Understanding the Federal Administrative System
Working for Government
The Job of the Federal Administrative System
Holding the federal Administrative System Accountable
Government’s Greatest Achievements
Chapter 14 The Judiciary: The Balancing Branch
Understanding the Federal Judiciary
The Three Kinds of Federal Courts
The Politics of Appointing Federal Judges
Limits on Judicial Action
The Supreme Court and How It Operates
Judicial Power in a Constitutional Democracy
Part IV
Rights and Liberties
Chapter 15 First Amendment Freedoms
Rights in the Original Constitution
The Bill of Rights and the States
Freedom of Religion
Free Speech and Free People
Nonprotected and Protected Speech
Freedom of the Press
Other Media and Communications
Freedom of Assembly
Chapter 16 Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property
Citizenship Rights
Property Rights
Due Process Rights
Privacy Rights
Rights of Persons Accused of Crimes
How Just Is Our System of Justice?
The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties
Chapter 17 Equal Rights under the Law
Equality and Equal Rights
The Quest for Equal Justice
Equal Protection of the Laws: What Does It Mean?
Voting Rights
Education Rights
Rights of Association, Accommodations, Jobs, and Homes
The Affirmative Action Controversy
Equal Rights Today
Part V
The Politics of National Policy
Chapter 18 Making Economic and Regulatory Policy
A Brief Introduction to Making Public Policy
Economic Policy
Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy
Promoting the Economy
Regulating the Economy
The Deregulation Movement
Chapter 19 Making Social Policy
The Role of Government in Social Policy
The Early History of Social Policy in the United States
Types of Social Policy
The Expansion of Social Policy in the Twentieth Century
Social Policy Challenges for the Future: Health, Education, and Safety
The Politics of Social Policy
Chapter 20 Making Foreign and Defense Policy
Understanding Foreign and Defense Policy
Foreign and Defense Policy Priorities
The Foreign and Defense Policy Administrative System
Participants in Foreign and Defense Policy
Foreign and Defense Policy Options
Special Problems in Defense Policy
Prospects for the Future
Part VI
State and Local Government
Chapter 21 State and Local Politics: Who Governs?
Who Has the Power?
The Stakes in the Political Struggle
Participation Patterns in Small and Medium-Sized Cities
Challenges for State and Local Governments
Chapter 22 State Constitutions: Charters or Straitjackets?
The Roots of State Constitutions
Amending State Constitutions
The Politics of Constitutional Revision
Chapter 23 Parties and Elections in the States
Electoral Politics in the States and Localities
The Role of Political Parties
Party Balance and Imbalance
Elections at the State and Local Levels
The Future of Grassroots Democracy
Chapter 24 State Legislatures
The Legislative Branch
Modernization and Reform
The Politics of Drawing Legislative District Lines
Direct Legislation: Policy Making by the People?
The Debate over Direct Democracy
Chapter 25 State Governors
Rising Expectations for Governors
Becoming and Remaining Governor
A Governor’s Formal Powers
Managing the State
Other Statewide Elected Officials
The Rewards of Being a Governor
Chapter 26 Judges and Justice in the States
The Structure of State Courts
How Judges Are Chosen
The Judicial Reform Movement
The Justice System
Courts in Crisis
Chapter 27 Local Governments and Metropolitics
The Nature of State and Local Relations
Counties in the United States
Towns and Suburbs
City Government Today
The Role of the Mayor
Who Influences Local Policy Making?
The Central City and Its Politics
Meeting the Challenges of Growth and Economic Development
The Politics of Metropolitan Reorganization
Chapter 28 Making State and Local Policy
Public Education
Higher Education
Social Services
Law Enforcement
Planning the Urban Community
Regulation
The Importance of State and Local Policy
Chapter 29 Staffing and Financing State and Local Governments
The Role of Public Employees
Paying for State and Local Government
Intergovernmental Competition
Assessing State and Local Performance
Sustaining Constitutional Democracy
The Case for Government by the People
Participation and Representation
Reconciling Democracy and Leadership
The Democratic Faith
APPENDIX
The Declaration of Independence
The Federalist, No. 10
The Federalist, No. 51
The Federalist, No. 78
Presidential Election Results, 1789-2000
Presidents and Vice Presidents
Glossary
Notes
Photo Credits
Index