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1.1 Communication, Information, and the Media
1.2 News
1.3 Opinion and Commentary
1.4 New Media
1.5 Recommended Reading
1.6 Recommended Viewing
2.1 The First American Political System
2.2 Creating and Ratifying the Constitution
2.3 Constitutional Principles and Provisions
2.4 The Constitution in the Information Age
2.5 Recommended Reading
2.6 Recommended Viewing
3.1 Federalism as a Structure for Power
3.2 The Meanings of Federalism
3.3 Why Federalism Works (More or Less)
3.4 Federalism in the Information Age
3.5 Recommended Reading
3.6 Recommended Viewing
4.1 The Bill of Rights
4.2 Religion, Speech, the Press, Assembly, and Petition
4.3 Arms, Search and Seizure, Accusation, Punishment, Property, and Privacy
4.4 Civil Liberties in the Information Age
4.5 Recommended Reading
4.6 Recommended Viewing
5.4 Recommended Reading
5.5 Recommended Viewing
5.3 Civil Rights in the Information Age
5.2 Other Minorities, Women, Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Disabled
5.1 Civil War Amendments and African Americans
6.1 Political Culture
6.2 Political Socialization
6.3 Political Culture and Socialization in the Information Age
6.4 Recommended Reading
6.5 Recommended Viewing
7.1 What Is Public Opinion?
7.2 Democracy and Public Opinion
7.3 Polling the Public
7.4 Public Opinion in the Information Age
7.5 Recommended Reading
7.6 Recommended Viewing
8.1 What Is Political Participation?
8.2 Why People Participate
8.3 Who Participates and Who Does Not
8.4 Social Movements
8.5 Participation, Voting, and Social Movements in the Information Age
8.6 Recommended Reading
8.7 Recommended Viewing
9.1 The Interest Group System
9.2 Lobbying: The Art of Influence
9.3 Interest Groups and the Political System
9.4 Interest Groups in the Information Age
9.5 Recommended Reading
9.6 Recommended Viewing
10.3 Party Organization
10.4 Party in Government
10.5 Party Identification
10.6 Minor Parties
10.7 Political Parties in the Information Age
10.8 Recommended Reading
10.9 Recommended Viewing
10.2 Political Parties Today
10.1 History of American Political Parties
11.8 Recommended Reading
11.7 Campaigns and Elections in the Information Age
11.9 Recommended Viewing
11.6 Congressional and Other Elections
11.1 Election Campaigns
11.2 Media and Election Campaigns
11.3 Presidential Elections
11.4 George W. Bush Reelected in 2004
11.5 Barack Obama Elected in 2008
12.10 Recommended Reading
12.11 Recommended Viewing
12.9 Congress in the Information Age
12.8 Members of Congress
12.1 The Powers of Congress
12.2 A Bicameral Legislative Branch
12.3 Parties in Congress
12.4 House Leadership
12.5 Senate Leadership
12.6 Committees
12.7 The Legislative Process
13.1 The Powers of the Presidency
13.2 How Presidents Get Things Done
13.3 The Presidency in the Information Age
13.4 Recommended Reading
13.5 Recommended Viewing
14.1 What Is Bureaucracy?
14.2 Policymaking, Power, and Accountability in the Bureaucracy
14.3 The Federal Bureaucracy in the Information Age
14.4 Recommended Reading
14.5 Recommended Viewing
15.1 The US Legal System
15.2 Power of the US Supreme Court
15.3 Selecting Federal Judges
15.4 The Courts in the Information Age
15.5 Recommended Reading
15.6 Recommended Viewing
16.6 Recommended Viewing
16.2 Making Public Policies
16.5 Recommended Reading
16.4 Policymaking and Domestic Policies in the Information Age
16.1 The US Economy
16.3 Major Domestic Policies
17.1 The Executive Branch Makes Foreign and Military Policies
17.2 Influence from Congress and Outside Government
17.3 The Major Foreign and National Security Policies
17.4 The George W. Bush Administration
17.5 Foreign and National Security Policies in the Information Age
17.6 Recommended Reading
17.7 Recommended Viewing