American Government

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Cal Jillson earned a PhD from the University of Maryland and has taught at Louisiana State University and the University of Colorado, where he chaired the Department of Political Science from 1989 to 1993. He joined the faculty of Southern Methodist University in 1995 as professor and chair of the Department of Political Science (1995-2001). He is a member of the American Political Science Association and several regional political science associations. Professor Jillson has written a number of books dealing with the origins of the American political culture and the health and performance of contemporary American politics and political institutions. His recent books include Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy, 4th ed., 2021; Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State, 9th ed., 2024; and Race, Ethnicity, and American Decline, 2024.

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How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how it's likely to change through reform-these are the themes that pervade every chapter of Cal Jillson's highly lauded American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change.

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Chapter 1 THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN POLITICAL PRINCIPLES

Chapter 2 THE REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION

Chapter 3 FEDERALISM AND AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 4 POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND PUBLIC OPINION

Chapter 5 THE MASS MEDIA AND THE POLITICAL AGENDA

Chapter 6 NTEREST GROUPS: THE POLITICS OF INFLUENCE

Chapter 7 POLITICAL PARTIES: WINNING THE RIGHT TO GOVERN

Chapter 8 VOTING, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 9 CONGRESS: PARTISANSHIP, POLARIZATION, AND GRIDLOCK

Chapter 10 THE PRESIDENT: EXECUTIVE POWER IN A SEPARATION OF POWERS REGIME

Chapter 11 BUREAUCRACY: REDESIGNING GOVERNMENT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Chapter 12 THE FEDERAL COURTS: BULWARK OF THE CONSTITUTION?

Chapter 13 CIVIL LIBERTIES: ORDERED LIBERTY IN AMERICA

Chapter 14 CIVIL RIGHTS: WHERE LIBERTY AND EQUALITY COLLIDE

Chapter 15 GOVERNMENT, THE ECONOMY, AND DOMESTIC POLICY

Chapter 16 AMERICA'S GLOBAL ROLE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS

GLOSSARY OF CASES

Appendix A THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Appendix B THE ARTICLES OF THE CONFEDERATION

Appendix C CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Appendix D FEDERALIST NUMBERS 10, 51, AND 78

Appendix E PARTISAN CONTROL OF THE PRESIDENCY, CONGRESS, AND THE SUPREME COURT

INDEX