American democracy Lewis Lipsitz, David M. Speak.
Detalles de publicación: New York St. Martin's Press c1989.Edición: 2nd edDescripción: xvii, 647 p. ill. (some col.) 27 cmISBN:- 0312066635
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- JK274 .L5755 1989
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
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- 1 Democracy: The Real and the Ideal
- I Foundations
- 2 American Political Culture: Liberty and Its Tensions
- 3 Revolution and Constitution: The American Way
- 4 American Federalism: Can Democracy Be Divided Fifty Ways?
- 5 Civil Liberties: Are Liberties Effectively Protected?
- 6 Civil Rights: The Meanings of Equality
- 7 The American Political Economy: Inequality and Democratic Politics
- II Politics
- 8 Political Socialization, Public Sentiment, and Electoral Trends: Is There a Real Majority?
- 9 Political Parties: Do They Offer a Choice?
- 10 Campaigns, Money, and the Media: Behind the Glitter and the Mud
- 11 Interest Group Politics: Democracy to the Highest Bidder?
- 12 Mass Politics and Protest: A Threat or a Necessity?
- III Institutions
- 13 The Congress: The Heart of Democracy?
- 14 The American President: Unique, Necessary, and Dangerous
- 15 The Bureaucracy: How Much Service and What Kind?
- 16 The American Judiciary: Non-elected Defenders of Democracy?
- IV Public Policy
- 17 Public Policy: Processes and Outcomes
- 18 Management of the Economy: Competing Interests
- 19 The Welfare State: Benefiting the Poor and the Nonpoor
- 20 Building Community: Values and Limits
- 21 Foreign and Defense Policies: A Place in the World
- 22 Energy and Environment: Preserving or Depleting the American Dream?
- Epilogue: On Improving American Democracy
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Index