Readership: General readers and students with an interest in US politics; US politics survey courses; AP US Government & Politics courses, AP US History courses
Richard M. Valelly, Claude C. Smith '14 Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College, US
Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College; author, Radicalism in the States: The Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and the American Political Economy (1989), and The Two Reconstructions: The Struggle for Black Enfranchisement (2004)
List of illustrations Preface Chapter 1: Elements of American democracy Chapter 2: The presidency Chapter 3: Congress and its bicameralism Chapter 4: The legislative-executive process Chapter 5: The Supreme Court Chapter 6: Bureaucracy Chapter 7: Public opinion Chapter 8: Political parties and democratic choices Chapter 9: The partisan revival Chapter 10: Political economy References Further reading Index