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Stephen J. Rockwell and Peter Woll

American Government: Competition and Compromise

 



Chapter 1, The Media

Chapter 2, Interest Groups

Chapter 3, Political Parties

Chapter 4, Elections, Campaigns, and Voting

Chapter 5, The Constitution

Chapter 6, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Chapter 7, The Bureaucracy

Chapter 8, The Presidency

Chapter 9, Congress

Chapter 10, The Judiciary


TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART ONE

AMERICANS AND POLITICS


 

CHAPTER 1

THE MEDIA 3

COMPETING FOR CONTROL OF INFORMATION:

WHOSE NEWS? 5

"The Lifeblood of Politics"

Competing to Control the Message:The Media and Government

COMPETING ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS: WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM THE NEWS MEDIA? 11

Surveillance: Can Journalists Just Report the Facts?

Interpreting Events: Can Journalists Provide Us with "The Truth"?

What Do We Expect from Digging Deep? The Watchdog Role and Investigative Journalism

What Should We Expect?

THE DEMANDS OF A COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE: QUALITY NEWS VERSUS GOOD PROFITS? 16

Consolidation and Cost Cutting

Hazards for the News

PRACTICAL COMPROMISES IN THE MEDIA: PROFITS

AND PROFESSIONALISM 22

Attracting Audiences

IS THE CURRENT COMPROMISE GOOD ENOUGH? THE DEBATE OVER PUBLIC JOURNALISM 27

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long- Term Integrated Assignment

Researching the Media?

Endnotes

CHAPTER 2

INTEREST GROUPS 34

WHO IS THIS NEW MAN, THIS

EVIL SPECIAL INTEREST MAN? 35

What Are We Talking About ?

Types of Interest Groups

Why Bother? Interest Group Benefits

and Activities

INTEREST GROUP COMPETITION:

ACCESS, CREDIBILITY, AND

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY 42

The Variety of Resources

Hitting the Best Shots Possible:

The Dynamics of Different Resources

FAST FRIENDS AND POLITICAL

COMPROMISES: INTEREST GROUP

.POLITICS 50

In It for the Long Haul: Lobbying Never Stops

Fast Friends and Coalition Building: Issue Networks

Fast Friends but Slow Challenge:Incrementalism

IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL

SOMEONE LOSES AN EYE: THE

RISKS OF INTEREST GROUP

COMPETITION 57

Is Competition All There Is?

Incoherence and the Absence of

Values in Government

What If Groups Represent Some

Interests Better Than Others?

The Limits of Interest Groups

as Representative Organizations

And What If the Best-Represented Have

Too Much Influence?

GUARDING THE GOALS AND

POLICING THE PLAYING FIELD:

ADDRESSING THE RISKS OF

INTEREST GROUP POLITICS 60

Avoiding Valueless Government and Incoherence

Addressing Undue Influence

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long-Term Integrated Assignment

Researching Interest Groups

Endnotes

CHAPTER 3

POLITICAL PARTIES 67

PARTY COMPETITION IN THE UNITED STATES: THEM AND THEM OTHERS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE 68

Go One on One: Two Party Dominance in the United States

Why Two Parties?

Why Can't We Play Too? Third Parties and Independents in America

EVERYBODY'S INVITED: PARTY COMPROMISES

AND WEAKNESS IN THE ELECTORATE 76

Complex Roles and Party Compromises

Party Weakness in the Electorate

PARTIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS: COMPETITION

AND PARTY WEAKNESS IN GOVERNMENT 85

This Party's Weak: American Parties and Policymaking

FINDING A DESIGNATED DRIVER:

ARE AMERICAN PARTIES RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH? 89

Recent Party Adaptation and Revival

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long-Term Integrated Assignment

Researching Political Parties?

Endnotes

CHAPTER 4

ELECTIONS, CAMPAIGNS, AND VOTING 96

DON'T BLAME ME, I VOTED FOR

[LOSER]: THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS 97

The Heart of Competition: Campaigns for Congress and the White House

If You Were Already in Congress, You'd Be Home by Now:

Congressional Campaigns and the Incumbency Effect

Running the Long Road to the White House: Presidential Campaigns

COMPETING FOR COINS AND COVERAGE: CAMPAIGNS,

MONEY, AND THE MEDIA 106

The Money Chase and Campaign Finance

The Money Chase and the Media

VOTES AND VOTERS: THE COMPETITION'S PRIZES 120

Voting Rights

Voter Turnout

Voter Choices

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long-Term Integrated Assignment

Researching Elections, Campaigns, and Voting?

Endnotes


PART TWO

COMPETITION BY DESIGN


 

CHAPTER 5

THE CONSTITUTION 133

MANAGED COMPETITION:

THE IDEALS AND PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTION 135

Getting from There to Here: John Locke, Natural Rights, and Higher Law

Optimism and Wariness: The Madisonian Model of Government.

YOU SCRATCH MY BACK, I'LL SCRATCH YOURS: PRACTICAL

COMPROMISES AT THE FRAMING 140

Framing the Constitution

Convention Disputes

Convention Compromises

Accepting the Constitution

BALANCE IN WONDERLAND:

THE CONSTITUTION'S COMPETITIVE DESIGN 150

I will Call Him "Mini-Me": The Separation and Sharing of Powers

BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF LIT(IGATION): COMPETING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND POLITICS BY OTHER MEANS 157

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long-Term Integrated Assignment

Researching the Constitution?

Endnotes

CHAPTER 6

CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS 164

IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY?

THE CREATION OF THE AMERICAN BILL OF RIGHTS 166

To List or Not to List? Competing Views on the Need for a Bill of Rights

NO COMPETITION AT ALL: THE SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS AS ISSUES IN NATIONAL POLITICS 168

The Fourteenth Amendment

VOICES CARRY:

COMPETING INTERESTS AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT 173

The "Clear and Present Danger" Test

Freedom of Religion

WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU?

COMPETING INTERESTS AND DUE PROCESS 179

Substantive Due Process

DO THE RIGHT THING: COMPETING VIEWS AND CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING EQUAL PROTECTlON 183

Separate but Equal

The End of "Separate but Equal"

Equal Protection and Affirmative Action

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment


PART III

INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNING


 

CHAPTER 7

THE BUREAUCRACY 197

GOVERNMENT IN A SERIES OF BRAVE, NEW WORLDS: THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY 199

ONE-STOP SHOPPING: THE CONCENTRATED POWER OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENIES 202

Delegated Powers and Agency Activities

COMPETING FOR CONTROL

OF THE BUREAUCRCY: OUTSIDE PRESSURES AND AGENCY DEFENSES 207

Competition for Influence over the Bureaucracy

Agency Defenses

YOU THINK YOU'RE STRESSED: AGENCIES IN A COMPETITIVE SYSTEM 214

Agencies and the Separation

of Powers

Legalistic Agencies

Gun-Shy Agencies

COMPETING DEMANDS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: WHY RUNNING A GOVERNMENT IS TOUGHER THAN RUNNING A BUSINESS 219

Equity

Accountability

Responsiveness

Efficiency

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long-Term Integrated Assignment

Researching the Bureaucracy?

Endnotes 000

CHAPTER 8

THE PRESIDENCY 225

ANOTHER CREATIVE COMPROMISE: THE

CONSITUTIONAL PRESIDENCY 226

It Might Look Simple, But It's Not:

Selecting the President

Checks and Balances

WHITE HOUSE, LEADERSHIP: PRESIDENTIAL STRENGTHS

IN A COMPETITIVE SYSTEM 231

The Development of the Presidency I: Institutions

The Development of the Presidency II: Personal Leadership

HAVEN'T WE MET BEFORE? SOME FAMILIAR COMPETITION

IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM 239

President, Congress, and the Courts

Competition for Control of the Bureaucracy

C'mon, It'll Be Good for You: The Power to Persuade

ONE FOR ALL AND ONE FOR OME: THE COMPETING ROLES

AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRESIDENT 246

It Might Look Simple, But It's not (Reprise): Being the President

Politics, Expectations, and the Presidency

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long-Term Integrated Assignment

Researching the Presidency?

Endnotes

CHAPTER 9

CONGRESS 254

COMPETITION ALL OVER THE PLACE: BICAMERALISM AND REPRESENTATION IN AMERICA 256

The Bicameral Framework: Institutional Competition within the Legislative Branch

Wrestling or the Symphony Tonight, Dear? The Different Characters of the House

and Senate

I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU: REELECTION AND THE CONSTITUENCY 261

I Try to Walk Away and I Stumble: The Evolution of Congress as a Career Path

Say Anything....: How Legislators Get Reelected

MANY KINGS OF THE HILL, MANY ROUND TABLES:COMPETIT1VENESS INSIDE THE CONGRESS 271

Get a Grip: Organizing the Congress

The Grip Slips: Committees and Individualism in a Decentralized Congress

MILES TO GO BEFORE THEY SLEEP: CONGRESS IN A COMPETITIVE SYSTEM 278

There Oughta Be a Law: Competition and Compromise in the Legislative Process Behind the Music: Staff and Other Help for Congress

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long- Term Integrated Assignment

Researching Congress?

Endnotes

CHAPTER10

THE JUDICIARY 291

BUILDING A STURDY BENCH: THE STRUCTURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COURTS 293

The Federal Judiciary at the Founding

The Federal Judiciary Today

Judicial Review

NIBBLES AROUND THE

EDGES: THE COURTS IN

A COMPETITIVE SYSTEM 300

Political Involvement in Court Activities

The Problem of Implementation

CALLING 'EM AS THEY SEE 'EM:

COMPETING INTERESTS AND

NEGOTIATED COMPROMISES IN

JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING 308

No Harm, No Foul: Getting and Selecting Justiciable Cases

Supreme Court Independence and Political Questions

Judges in a Competitive Environment: Making Decisions

WHY THE COURTS? COMPETITIVE POLITICS BY

OTHER MEANS 315

How You Doin'? The Attractiveness of the Courts

From the Marshall Era through the Civil War: Federalism and National Power

Competition in the Courts: Judicial Activism in the Lochner Era and the New Deal

Since the New Deal: The Supreme Court and Competing Interests

Conclusion

Overnight Assignment

Long- Term Integrated Assignment

Researching the Judiciary?

Endnotes