The Struggle for Democracy

The Struggle for Democracy

Edward S. Greenberg, Benjamin I. Page

Language: English

Pages: 566

ISBN: 0321097017

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


This exciting introduction to American government asks students to critically evaluate the quality of democracy in America today and to consider how underlying structural factors-such as the economy, society, and cultural values-affect and are affected by our political system. The Sixth Edition of this bestselling text has been completely updated through September 11, 2001, the war on terrorism, and the 2002 midterm elections. Continuing to offer a lively, critical thinking approach to the course, The Struggle for Democracy is organized around two themes: "Using the Democracy Standard" and "Using the Framework." The first theme, woven throughout the narrative, asks students to evaluate the health and vitality of American democracy today against a carefully defined democratic ideal. The text's second theme, "Using the Framework," asks students to look at the structures underlying our political system-the economy, society, cultural values, technology-and examine how these structures affect, and are affected by, our political system.

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The majority) should not be the ultimate determinant of what government does. This is a serious charge and bears a great deal of attention, something we shall do in various places in this book. In Chapter 5, for example, we will see that much of the evidence about individual opinions often has been misinterpreted and that the American public taken collectively is more informed, sophisticated, and stable in its views than it is generally given credit for. The American public's views on how much.

Experts who are on it. So try to pay attention to who is on the panel. Both Freedom House and The Economist post the names and some information about their experts. Check that the experts have either academic credentials or extensive field experience in the countries and regions they are asked to rate. Equally as important, check to see that the experts are not drawn from a single part of the world, say western Europe or the United States, but come from a large pool of qualified people from a.

Rights of Those Accused of a Crime 474 Becoming More Businesslike 418 Protecting Against Bureaucratic Abuses of Power 419 Increasing Presidential Control 419 Chapter The Courts Does t h e b u r e a u c r a c y 419 422 The Battle for the Courts 423 Thinking Critically About This Chapter 424 The Foundations of Judicial Power 4 2 4 Constitutional Powers 424 The Power of Judicial Review 425 The U.S. Court System: Organization and Jurisdiction 427 Constitutional Provisions 427 Federal District.

CHAPTER 4 The Structural Foundations of American Government and Politics 95 2004, but generated a great deal of sympathetic support as well, with the publication of his book Who We Are, which suggested that Hispanic immigration was damaging the Anglo-Protestant society that is, he claimed, the foundation for American economic and political About the same time, angry anti-immigration activists founded the Minuteman Project to organize citizens to patrol the desert areas of the Mexican border in.

Percent among the less committed. Taking all denominations together, to look at another example of how relative religious commitment matters, the "churched" are far more likely to vote Republican than those who are less "churched" or who don't go to church (or synagogue or mosque) at all (see Table 5.1). The gap between the religiously committed and other particularly those who say they never or almost never go to • TABLE 5.1 Church Attendance and Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election McCain.

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