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Table of Contents:
Preface   Chapter 1. Politics in States and Communities  A Political Approach to States and Communities  The Comparative Study of States and Communities  Rankings of the States: Population Size and Projected Growth Rate, 2010—2030  Rankings of the States: Income and Education  Race and Ethnicity  People in Politics: Barack Obama, From Southside Chicago to the White House Rankings of the States: Hispanic and African-American Populations  The Politics of Immigration  Up Close: Arizona Passes Its Own Immigration Law  Liberalism and Conservatism in the States  Rankings of the States: How Religious is Your State?  Up Close: Religion and Politics: The Culture Wars Intensify  Policy Responsibilities of States and Communities   “States,” “Districts,” and “Territories” Did You Know?  How the American States Got Their Names  Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 2. Democracy and Constitutionalism in the States  Constitutional Government in the States  State Constitutions: An Overview  Up Close: State Constitutions and the Right to Bear Arms  Constitutional Change in the States  Democracy in the States  Direct Versus Representative Democracy  What Do You Think?  Citizen-Proposed Amendments: Good, Bad or Just Crazy Ideas? The Politics of State Initiatives Initiative Campaigns  What Do You Think? Are Term Limits a Good Idea? Did You Know? Nicknames of the States  Rankings of the States: Gun law severity and Gun Death Rate per 100,000 Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 3. States, Communities, and American Federalism  What Is Federalism?  Why Federalism?  Federalism’s Faults  Up Close: The Gulf Coast Oil Spill Blame Game: Federalism Falters The Structure of American Federalism  Up Close: Federalizing Crime  Battles in the States over Constitutional Amendments  How Money Shifted Power to Washington  Up Close: Historic Landmarks in the Development of American Federalism  Up Close: Federalism and the Drinking Age: Why 21 and Not 18? Rankings of the States: Reliance on Federal Aid Up Close: Which Government Does the Best Job?  Federalism: Variations on the Theme  What Do You Think? Identity Crisis? Federalism and the Real ID Act Congress and Devolution  The Supreme Court and the Revival of Federalism  What Do You Think? The States Take on “ObamaCare” Interstate Relations, Horizontal Federalism  Did You Know? What States Rank Highest on the Gallup-Healthways “Well-Being” Index?  Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 4. Participation in State Politics  The Nature of Political Participation  Explaining Voter Turnout  Up Close: Getting into Politics  Rankings of the States: Voter Turnout Rate  Race, Ethnicity, and Political Participation  Securing the Right to Vote  Minorities in State Politics  Women in State Politics  People in Politics: Corporate Women CEOs Enter the Political Fray: Is It a Trend? Young and Old in State Politics  Interest Groups in State Politics  Functions and Tactics of Interest Groups  Comparing Interest Group Power in the States  Protest as Political Participation  Up Close: The TEA Party Movement Rises Up Out of Anger With Government Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 5. Parties and Campaigns in the States  American Political Parties: In Disarray or Experiencing a Rebirth?  Parties and Primaries  Rankings of the States: Presidential Candidate Visits (Total & After the Primary) What Do You Think?  California’s Top Two Primaries Act: Will It Spark More Bipartisanship? Up Close: The Amazing Race: Obama v. Hillary in 2008: Caucuses v. Primaries State Party Organizations and Activists  Republican and Democratic Party Fortunes in the States  Divided Party Government in the States  Party Competition & Policy Differences Within the States Professional Media Campaigns People in Politics:  Image & Body Language Campaign Consultants: A Gender Double Standard?  Money in State Politics State Campaign Finance Reform Did You Know? Today’s “High-Tech” Campaigns Have a Vocabulary All Their Own  Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 6. Legislators in State Politics  Functions of State Legislatures  The Making of a State Legislator  Minorities and Women in State Legislatures  Rankings of the States: African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans and Women in State Legislatures  Getting to the State Capitol  The Great Incumbency Machine  Legislative Apportionment and Districting  Up Close: The Original Gerrymander  Legislative Organization and Procedure  Up Close: Informal Rules of the Game  Legislative Institutionalization  People in Politics: Young Staffers Bring Professionalism to the Statehouse Legislative Committees  Leadership and Role-Playing in Legislatures  Party Politics in State Legislatures  The Growing Role of the Media in the Legislative Process  Lobbying in State Legislatures  State Legislatures: A Critical Assessment  Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 7. Governors in State Politics  The Many Roles of a Governor  The Making of a Governor  People in Politics: The Carolinas Make History: Elect Women Governors Gubernatorial Politics  Executive Power in State Government  The Governor’s Legislative Powers  Divided Government: Governor versus the Legislature Impeachments, Investigations, and Recalls Up Close: Three Scandal-Ridden Governors Embarrass Their States  The Governor as Political Leader  Putting It All Together: Where Are Governors the Most Powerful?  Rankings of the States: Combined Powers: Formal (Institutional) + Informal (Personal) Powers  Other Executive Offices  Did You Know? How Many Governors Later Became President?  Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 8. Bureaucratic Politics in States and Communities  Government and Bureaucracy  Sources of Bureaucratic Power  The Growth of Bureaucratic Power  State Bureaucracies  What Do You Think? Dealing With Cybersecurity: Transparency v. Protection of Individual Privacy Rights Rankings of the States: Government Spending and Employment  Bureaucracy, Democracy, Representativeness, and Responsiveness  Up Close: Firing a Public Employee  The Power of Public Employee Unions  State Regulatory Policy  Reform, Privatization, and “Reinventing Government” Did You Know? Bureaucrats Challenged to “Write It Simple!” The Budgetary Process  Up Close: How to Win at the Budget Game  The Politics of Budgeting  Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 9. Courts, Crime, and Correctional Policy  Politics and the Judicial Process  The Lawyering of America  Judicial Federalism  The Structure of Court Systems  The Making of a Judge  People in Politics: Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince The Judicial Selection Controversy  Judicial Decision Making  Crime in the States  Rankings of the States: Crime and Law Enforcement  Police Protection in the States  Police and Law Enforcement  The Politics of Prosecution  State Prisons and Correctional Policies  The Death Penalty  Up Close: Can Punishment Deter Crime?  Did You Know? America’s Most Crime-Ridden Big Cities  Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 10. Governing America’s Communities  So Many Local Governments, So Much Confusion Eighty-Eight Thousand Governments  County Governments: Rural and Urban  Rankings of the States: Local Governments: General Purpose & Special Purpose Cities as “Municipal Corporations”  Forms of City Government  People in Politics: Michael Bloomberg, Strong Mayor for the Big Apple Nonpartisan Elections  Local Election Systems: At-Large, District, and Combination  Special Purpose Local Governments: School Districts & Special Districts Did You Know? Performance of Local Officials Affects the Likelihood Voters Will Push for Structural Changes Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 11. Participation in Community Politics  Citizen Participation  Up Close: Broadcast Television and Newspaper Coverage of Local Government Is Limited  Parties in Big-City Politics  Old-Style Machine Politics  Reformers and Do-Gooders  Rankings of the States: Volunteer Rates People in Politics: The Daleys of Chicago  New Connections with Citizens  Up Close: Exposing Political Corruption  Recruiting City Council Members  Council Members: Responsible Policymakers?  City Managers in Municipal Politics  Mayors in City Politics  Minorities and Women in Local Politics  People in Politics: Against All Odds: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  Interest Groups in Community Politics  Did You Know? Americans Serve Their Communities by Volunteering Chapter Highlights On The Web    Chapter 12. Metropolitics: Conflict in the Metropolis  The Metropolis: Setting for Conflict  Rankings of the States: Metropolitanization in the States  Cities versus Suburbs  Suburban “Sprawl” Consolidation or Fragmentation?  The Case for Metropolitan Consolidation  The Case for “Fragmented” Government  Metropolitan Government as Marketplace  Managing Metropolitan Areas  Did You Know? America’s 10 Most Livable Metropolitan Areas  Chapter Highlights  On the Web    Chapter 13. Community Power, Land Use, & The Environment  Land Use, Economics, and Community Politics Intertwined  Models of Community Power  Elitism in American Communities  Economic Elites in Communities  Political Elites in Communities  Planning and Zoning  Innovative Planning Practices: More Discretionary  Constitutional Concerns–The Takings Clause  What Do You Think? Homeowners Associations: “Buddies” or “Bullies” Housing Policy  Community Development and Revitalization Policy  Transportation Policy Rankings of the States: Road Mileage and Gasoline Taxes What Do You Think? Red Light Cameras: For the Public’s Safety or the Government’s Revenues? Environmental Protection Policy Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 14. The Politics of Taxation and Finance  An Overview of Government Finances  Types of Taxes and Tax Politics  Explaining State Tax Systems  Rankings of the States: Tax Revenue and Tax Burdens  Revolting Against Taxing and Spending  Explaining Tax Revolts  When Spending Cuts Are Necessary: Cutback Management  Rankings of the States: Spending and Borrowing  When Ends Don’t Meet: State and Local Debt  Up Close: California Faces Fiscal Crisis  When a City Goes Bust  Did You Know? Three Sure Roads to Financial Disaster Chapter Highlights  On the Web    Chapter 15. Politics and Civil Rights  From Protest to Power  The Struggle Against Segregation  State Resistance to Desegregation  Racial Balancing in Schools  The Civil Rights Act of 1964  People in Politics: Martin Luther King, Jr.  Affirmative Action Battles  Up Close: “Diversity” in Universities  Hispanics in America  Hispanic Politics  Native Americans and Tribal Government  Americans with Disabilities  Rankings of the States: Disability Rates Gender Equality  Up Close: Sexual Harassment  Battles over Abortion  Politics and Sexual Orientation Did You Know? Same-Sex Marriage in the States Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 16. The Politics of Education  Goals in Educational Policy  Educational Performance Measurement  Rankings of the States: Educational Performance  Educational Reform  The Debate over School Vouchers  The Federal Role in Education  No Child Left Behind  Obama’s Educational Agenda Organizing Public Education in the States  Rankings of the States: Financing Public Schools  Battles over School Finances  Up Close: The Texas Textbook Controversy Governing Local Schools  The School District Superintendents  School Boards: Responsible Policymakers?  The Politics of Higher Education  Reading, Writing, and Religion  Did You Know? The “Best-Educated” States: College v. High School Grads Chapter Highlights On the Web    Chapter 17. The Politics of Poverty, Welfare, and Health Poverty in America Who are the Poor? Rankings of the States: Poverty Rates Inequality in America An Overview of Welfare Policy Welfare Reform Rankings of the States: Welfare & Medicaid What Do You Think? Is Welfare Reform a Success Health Care Stimulus to Health Care Reform ObamaCare: Healthcare Transformation Controversies Over Healthcare Reform Chapter Highlights On the Web   Glossary Photo Credits  Index   


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  • ISBN-13: 9780205245802
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0205245803
  • Publisher Date: 28 May 2013
  • Binding: LB


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