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American government : (Record no. 9132)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0321329503
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency KE-NaKCAU
Modifying agency OrLoB-B
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number JK21
Item number .A445 2006
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Woll, Peter.
9 (RLIN) 14687
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title American government :
Remainder of title readings and cases /
Statement of responsibility, etc Peter Woll.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 16th ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Pearson/Longman,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2006.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxii, 490 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references.
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Miscellaneous information Ch. 1.
Title Constitutional government --
-- Constitutional democracy : the rule of law --
-- Framing the Constitution : elitist or democratic process? --
-- Limitation of governmental power and of majority rule --
-- Interpreting the Constitution --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 2.
Title Federalism --
-- Constitutional background : national versus state power --
-- Implied powers and the supremacy of national law --
-- A perspective on federalism : present and future --
-- State politics and constitutional government --
-- National power over the states : a recurring constitutional debate --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 3.
Title Civil liberties and civil rights --
-- Constitutional background --
-- The nationalization of the Bill of Rights --
-- The Fourteenth Amendment --
-- Freedom of speech and press --
-- Expanding the boundaries of permissible criticism of government and public officials --
-- Equal protection of the laws : school desegregation --
-- The judicial sources of major political controversies over civil liberties and rights --
-- The establishment clause and the issue of school prayer --
-- School vouchers and the establishment clause --
-- The right to abortion --
-- Affirmative action --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 4.
Title Political parties and the electorate --
-- Constitutional background --
-- Constitutional protection of parties --
-- The party model of government --
-- Political parties in divided government --
-- Functions and types of elections --
-- Party decline and electoral decay --
-- Voting behavior : rational or irrational? --
-- Political campaigns and the electorate --
-- Political parties and campaign finance : constitutional issues regulating political campaigns --
-- The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 --
-- A perspective on the act --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 5.
Title Interest groups --
-- Constitutional background --
-- The nature and functions of interest groups --
-- How American government and politics enhance interest group power --
-- Money, PACs, and elections --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 6.
Title The presidency --
-- Constitutional background : single versus plural executive --
-- The nature of the presidency : power, persuasion, and paradoxes --
-- Presidential politics --
-- Presidential character and style --
-- Presidential leadership and political parties --
-- Presidential elections --
-- The constitutional presidency and emergency powers --
-- Ex Parte Quirin (1942) as a precedent for military tribunals to try suspected terrorists --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 7.
Title The bureaucracy --
-- Constitutional background --
-- The political roots and consequences of bureaucracy --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 8.
Title Congress --
-- Constitutional background : representation of popular, group, and national interests --
-- Congress and the Washington political establishment : Congress emerges as a professional body shaped by reelection and internal power incentives --
-- Committee chairmen as political entrepreneurs --
-- Congress and the electoral connection --
Miscellaneous information Ch. 9.
Title The judiciary --
-- Constitutional background : judicial independence and judicial review --
-- Powers and limitations of the Supreme Court --
-- A case study of judicial self-restraint : the Pledge of Allegiance case and the First Amendment's establishment clause --
-- The use of the standing doctrine as procedural self-restraint : a case study --
-- Judicial decision making --
-- Interpreting the Constitution --
-- The contemporary debate over constitutional interpretation --
Miscellaneous information App. 1.
Title The Declaration of Independence --
Miscellaneous information App. 2.
Title The Constitution of the United States.
520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "With an even stronger focus on the U.S. Constitution in the post 9/11 world, the sixteenth 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." "Peter Woll continues to provide a strong, balanced blend of classics that illustrate and amplify important concepts in American government, along with current readings and cases drawn from today's world."--BOOK JACKET.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element American government.
9 (RLIN) 14688
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Dates associated with a name 1933
9 (RLIN) 14689
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Numeration TOC
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Books
948 1# - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN)
Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) 20050907
b (OCLC) c
c (OCLC) rad1
d (OCLC) MPS
948 2# - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN)
Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) 20050907
b (OCLC) a
c (OCLC) rad1
d (OCLC) MPS
948 2# - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN)
Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) 20050907
b (OCLC) a
c (OCLC) rad1
d (OCLC) MPS
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