Correlations

Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy, 10th Edition ©2002

George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, Robert L. Lineberry

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: 28–33, 33–36, 36–39, 39–58
   2. Separation of powers
      ST: 39, 45, 46, 47, 59–60
   3. Federalism
      ST: 46, 65–66, 68, 70–76, 77–80, 84–88, 88–90, 678
   4. Theories of democratic government
      ST: 9, 23, 52, 492–497
   
   
2. Political Beliefs and Behaviors
   1. Beliefs that citizens hold about their government and its leaders
      ST: 79, 191–192, 201–202, 413–414, 422–427, 574
   2. Processes by which citizens learn about politics
      ST: 180–182, 182–184, 184–187
   3. The nature, sources, and consequences of public opinion
      ST: 196–198, 198–201, 202
   4. The ways in which citizens vote and otherwise participate in political life
      ST: 4, 9, 187–189, 196–197, 303, 304–307, 308, 690
   5. Factors that influence citizens to differ from one another in terms of political beliefs and behaviors
      ST: 180–184, 192–196
   
   
3. Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media
   1. Political parties and elections
      1. Functions
         ST: 236–241, 245–247, 260–261, 317
      2. Organization
         ST: 241–245, 260–261
      3. Development
         ST: 245–247, 247–254, 260–261
      4. Effects on the political process
         ST: 254–256, 260–261
      5. Election laws and systems
         ST: 256–260, 260–261
   2. Interest groups, including political action committees (PACs)
      1. The range of interests represented
         ST: 18, 284–286, 339–346
      2. The activities of interest groups
         ST: 284–286, 332, 346–348
      3. The effects of interest groups on the political process
         ST: 333–339, 346–348, 349
      4. The unique characteristics and roles of PACs in the political process
         ST: 18, 284–286, 332, 336–337, 346–347, 363–364
   3. The mass media
      1. The functions and structures of the media
         ST: 208–210, 211–216, 216–223
      2. The impact of media on politics
         ST: 211–216, 223–226, 227–229
   
   
4. Institutions of National Government: The Congress, the Presidency, the Bureaucracy, and the Federal Courts
   1. The major formal and informal institutional arrangements of powers
      ST: 354–364, 365–368, 368–375
   2. Relationships among these four institutions, and varying balances of powers
      ST: 39, 45–47, 59–60, 400, 431
   3. Linkages between institutions and the following:
      1. Public opinion and voters
         ST: 304–307, 308, 461
      2. Interest groups
         ST: 83–84, 381–383, 478, 610–611
      3. Political parties
         ST: 85, 256–258, 378–380
      4. The media
         ST: 57, 358, 661, 690
      5. Subnational governments
         ST: 53, 656, 670–672
   
   
5. Public Policy
   1. Policy making in a federal system
      ST: 11–13, 67, 237
   2. The formation of policy agendas
      ST: 10, 11, 15, 225–227, 416–417, 526–530
   3. The role of institutions in the enactment of policy
      ST: 10, 11–12, 352–388, 672–675
   4. The role of the bureaucracy and the courts in policy implementation and interpretation
      ST: 475–480, 520–523, 526–530
   5. Linkages between policy processes and the following:
      1. Political institutions and federalism
         ST: 364–375
      2. Political parties
         ST: 235, 378–380, 660–661
      3. Interest groups
         ST: 84–85, 260, 346–347, 478, 595
      4. Public opinion
         ST: 79, 191–192, 201–202, 422–427
      5. Elections
         ST: 4, 317, 358–364, 659–666
      6. Policy networks
         ST: 354–357, 364–375
   
   
6. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
   1. The development of civil liberties and civil rights by judicial interpretation
      ST: 95–103, 104–126, 126–132
   2. Knowledge of substantive rights and liberties
      ST: 95–132, 141–151, 151–159
   3. The impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on the constitutional development of rights and liberties
      ST: 56, 60, 71–72, 124, 139–141, 143, 166, 534