Five principles of politics -- Constructing a government: the founding and the constitution -- Constitutional framework: federalism and the separation of power -- Constitutional framework and the indivisdual: civil liberties and civil rights -- Congress: the first branch -- President: from chief clerk to chief executive -- Executive branch: bureaucracy in a democracy -- Federal courts: least dangerous branch or imperial judicliary -- Public opinion -- Elections -- Political parties -- Groups and interests -- Media -- Government in action: public policy and the economy -- Government and society -- Foreign policy and democracy

1. United States -- Politics and government