American Government : Readings and Cases
by Woll, PeterEdition: 18th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-02-12
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary
With an even stronger focus on the U.S. Constitution in the post 9/11 world,the Eighteenth Edition of this best-selling reader in American government puts students directly in touch with the great authors and political leaders who have shaped-and are shaping-American government. The bestselling American government reader for over 40 years, this anthology continues to provide a strong, balanced blend of classic selections that illustrate and amplify important concepts in American government, along with current readings and cases drawn from today's headlines.
Table of Contents
| The Setting of the American System | |
| Constitutional Government | |
| John Locke,Second Treatise, Of Civil Government | |
| The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action | |
| Framing the Constitution | |
| Federalist 47, 48, 51 | |
| How Not to Read the Constitution | |
| Federalism | |
| Federalist 16, 17 | |
| The Anti-Federalist Papers No. 17 | |
| Federalist 44 | |
| Federalist 45 | |
| Federalist 39 | |
| The Merits of the Federal System | |
| 4 Wheaton 316 (1819) | |
| United States v. Morrison 529 U.S. 59 (2000) | |
| Gonzales v. Raich, U.S. Supreme Court (2005) | |
| Up-to-Date in Kansas City: Reflections on American Federalism | |
| Civil Liberties and Civil Rights | |
| Antifederalist Paper No. 84 On the Lack of a Bill of Rights | |
| Gideon v. Wainwright 372 U.S. 335 (1963) | |
| The Need to Maintain a Free Marketplace of Ideas | |
| New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 376 U.S 254 (1964) | |
| Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 (1896) | |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 347 U.S. 483 (1954) | |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 349 U.S. 294 (1955) | |
| Gomillion v. Lightfoot 364 U.S. 339 (1960) | |
| Crawford v. Marion County Election Board United States Supreme Court (2008) | |
| Engel v. Vitale 370 U.S. 421 (1962) | |
| Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis, The Right to Privacy | |
| Griswold v. Connecticut,381 U.S. 479 (1965) | |
| Roe v. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973) | |
| University of California Board of Regents v. Bakke438 U.S. 265 (1978) | |
| Political Parties, Electoral Behavior, and Interest Groups | |
| Political Parties and the Electorate | |
| Federalist 10 | |
| Party Government | |
| Government by Discussion | |
| Report of the Committee of Political Parties, American Political Science Association,Toward More Responsible Two Party System | |
| Divided We Govern | |
| A Theory of Critical Elections | |
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