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Product Description: Surveying the American governmental system, this revised text covers topics such as the constitution, federalism, civil liberties, political behaviour and public policy. Using historical and comparative perspectives, it focuses on real issues or incidents such as the 1994 and 1996 elections...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book covers all topics such as the Constitution, federalism, civil rights, civil liberties, political behavior, and public policy in a way that is rich in historical and comparative perspectives.Explores issues that the original Framers of the Constitution could never have envisioned and shows how the basic institutions of our government have responded to these new demands...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)