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We the people : an introduction to American politics / Benjamin Ginsberg, Theordore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Robert J. Spitzer.

Ginsberg, Benjamin. (Author). Lowi, Theodore J. (Added Author). Weir, Margaret, 1952- (Added Author). Tolbert, Caroline J. (Added Author). Spitzer, Robert J., 1953- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780393921106 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0393921107 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxvii, 451, 122 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Edition: 9th essentials ed.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Foundations. Introduction: the citizen and government -- The founding and the constitution -- Federalism -- Civil liberties and civil rights -- Part II. Politics. Public opinion -- The media -- Political parties, participation, and elections -- Interest groups -- Part III. Institutions. Congress -- The presidency -- Bureaucracy -- The federal courts -- Part IV. Policy. Domestic policy -- Foreign policy.