Correlations

American Government: Continuity and Change, 6th Edition ©2002

Karen O'Connor and Larry J. Sabato

Correlated with AP* Government and Politics—United States, May 2002, May 2003

ST = Student textbook pages

1. Constitutional Underpinnings of United States Government
   1. Considerations that influenced the formulation and adoption of the Constitution
      ST: 36–42, 42–49, 54–58
   2. Separation of powers
      ST: 50–52, 73, 74–75, 75–77
   3. Federalism
      ST: 73, 81–86, 86–89, 91–97
   4. Theories of democratic government
      ST: 8, 9–10, 12–15
   
   
2. Political Beliefs and Behaviors
   1. Beliefs that citizens hold about their government and its leaders
      ST: 22–23, 24–27, 28–31
   2. Processes by which citizens learn about politics
      ST: 28–29, 30–31, 32, 400–402
   3. The nature, sources, and consequences of public opinion
      ST: 3–4, 26, 30, 384–385, 390–402
   4. The ways in which citizens vote and otherwise participate in political life
      ST: 28, 496–499, 502, 503–505
   5. Factors that influence citizens to differ from one another in terms of political beliefs and behaviors
      ST: 15–20, 22–23, 612
   
   
3. Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media
   1. Political parties and elections
      1. Functions
         ST: 418, 419–425, 466–471
      2. Organization
         ST: 426–428, 430–434, 435–438
      3. Development
         ST: 419–425, 475, 477, 480–485
      4. Effects on the political process
         ST: 440–445, 473–474
      5. Election laws and systems
         ST: 471–472, 473–474, 488–496
   2. Interest groups, including political action committees (PACs)
      1. The range of interests represented
         ST: 588, 589–590, 590–592
      2. The activities of interest groups
         ST: 600–601, 602–610
      3. The effects of interest groups on the political process
         ST: 14, 251, 587, 600–601, 604, 612–615
      4. The unique characteristics and roles of PACs in the political process
         ST: 251, 526–527, 531–533, 611
   3. The mass media
      1. The functions and structures of the media
         ST: 556–559, 560, 562–563, 564–568
      2. The impact of media on politics
         ST: 573–574, 580, 581–582
   
   
4. Institutions of National Government: The Congress, the Presidency, the Bureaucracy, and the Federal Courts
   1. The major format and informal institutional arrangements of powers
      ST: 217–219, 252–256, 265–270, 271–276, 314–319
   2. Relationships among these four institutions, and varying balances of powers
      ST: 50–52, 73, 74–75, 75–77, 252–253
   3. Linkages between institutions and the following:
      1. Public opinion and voters
         ST: 12–13, 26, 216, 223, 296–298, 304, 393, 411
      2. Interest groups
         ST: 589–592, 594–599
      3. Political parties
         ST: 234–237, 249–250, 440–442, 445–447
      4. The media
         ST: 566–568, 630, 634, 732
      5. Subnational governments
         ST: 104–107, 109–119, 122–129, 132
   
   
5. Public Policy
   1. Policy making in a federal system
      ST: 319–321, 626–628, 629–634
   2. The formation of policy agendas
      ST: 629, 630–631
   3. The role of institutions in the enactment of policy
      ST: 319–321, 373–374, 724–745
   4. The role of the bureaucracy and the courts in policy implementation and interpretation
      ST: 319–321, 373–374, 634–636
   5. Linkages between policy processes and the following:
      1. Political institutions and federalism
         ST: 724–729
      2. Political parties
         ST: 289–290, 428–429, 445, 446–447
      3. Interest groups
         ST: 589, 590, 600–601, 604
      4. Public opinion
         ST: 216, 623, 384–385
      5. Elections
         ST: 29, 482, 639, 654
      6. Policy networks
         ST: 319–321
   
   
6. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
   1. The development of civil liberties and civil rights by judicial interpretation
      ST: 138–141, 179–180, 181–183
   2. Knowledge of substantive rights and liberties
      ST: 136–139, 142–146, 147–154, 155, 157–170
   3. The impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on the constitutional development of rights and liberties
      ST: 62, 77, 80, 105, 140, 178, 182, 184, 189–190, 191, 196, 197–202, 206–207, 604, 653