AuthorBurns, James MacGregor
TitleGovernment by the people : The dynamics of American National Government / James MacGregor Burns and Jack Walter Peltason
Imprint Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1957
Edition 3rd ed
Descript xxiii, 839 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Part One 170,000,000 Americans a problem guide : Democratic government in America -- Part Two The rules and how they grew a problem guide : Birth of a nation -- The living constitution -- Dynamics of federalism -- Problems of federalism -- Part Three Civil liberties and citizenship a problem guide : The first amendment and the first freedoms -- Equality under the law -- Rights to life, liberty, and property -- Immigrants, aliens, and citizens -- Part Four The people in politics a problem guide : The dynamic role of interest groups -- Public opinion: The voices of the people -- Political behavior -- Party politics and party problems -- Appeal to the voters -- Part Five Policy makers for the people a problem guide : The houses of congress -- Congressmen at work -- The president -- The presidency: Powers and problems -- The bureaucrats -- The judges -- How can we control our leaders? -- Part Six Big government in action a problem guide : Foreign policy: Politics and problems -- Conducting foreign relations -- To provide for the common defense -- Government as regulator -- Government as promoter -- Government as manager


SUBJECT

  1. United States -- Politics and government -- Handbooks
  2. manuals
  3. etc

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Political Science Library : Stack320.473 B967G 1957 CHECK SHELVES