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Use the material below to guide your study of the text material. The same key points highlighted in the lecture notes will be used in the construction of the assignments.


Unit
Chapters
I
 
The Origins of American Political Principles (Chapter 1)

The Revolution and the Constitution (Chapter 2)

Federalism and American Political Development (Chapter 3)

II
 
Interest Groups and Social Movements (Chapter 6)

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: Balance or Conflict? (Chapter 13)

III
 
Political Socialization and Public Opinion (Chapter 4)

The Mass Media and the Political Agenda (Chapter 5)

Political Parties (Chapter 7)

Voting, Campaigns, and Elections (Chapter 8)

IV
 
Congress: Law Making and Domestic Representation (Chapter 9)

The President: Governing with more Responsibility than Power (Chapter 10)

Bureaucracy: Service Delivery under Conditions of Scarcity (Chapter 11)

The Federal Courts: Activism Versus Restraint (Chapter 12)

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