Constitutional principles: Constitutional democracy ; Living constitution ; American federalism -- The political process: Political culture and ideology ; American poltical landscape ; Interest groups: the politics of influence ; Political parties: essential to democracy ; Public opinion, participation, and voting ; Campaigns and elections: democracy in action ; Media and American politics -- Policy-making institutions: Congress: the people's branch ; The presidency: the leadership branch ; Congressional-presidential relations ; The judiciary: the balancing branch ; The bureacracy: the real power? -- Rights and liberties: First amendment freedoms ; Rights to life, liberty, and property ; Equal rights under the law -- The politics of national policy: Making economic and regulatory policy ; Making social policy ; Making foreign and defense policy -- State and local government: State and local politics: who governs? ; State constitutions: charters or straitjackets? ; Parties and elections in the states ; State legislatures ; State governors ; Judges and justice in the states ; Local governments and metropolitics ; Making state and local policy ; Staffing and financing state and local governments ; The democratic faith

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