Course Content
Correlations
Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy, 12th Edition AP* Edition ©2006
George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, Robert L. Lineberry
Correlated to: AP* United States Government and Politics
SE = Student Edition
I. Constitutional Underpinnings of United States Government
Chapters 2, 3
| A. Considerations that influenced the formulation and adoption of the Constitution | SE: 26–51 |
| B. Separation of powers | SE: 45–46, 60–62 |
| C. Federalism | Chapter 3 |
| D. Theories of democratic government | SE: 14–19 |
II. Political Beliefs and Behaviors
Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9
| A. Beliefs that citizens hold about their government and its leaders | SE: 2–8 |
| B. Processes by which citizens learn about politics | SE: 179–183 |
| C. The nature, sources, and consequences of public opinion | SE: 12–14 |
| D. The ways in which citizens vote and otherwise participate in public life | SE: 195–200, 306–310 |
| E. Factors that influence citizens to differ from one another in terms of political beliefs and behaviors | SE: 192–195 |
III. Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media
Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
| A. Political parties and elections | Chapters 8, 9, 10 |
| 1. Functions | SE: 238–241 |
| 2. Organization | SE: 242–244 |
| 3. Development | SE: 247–256 |
| 4. Effects on the political process | SE: 238–241, 246 |
| 5. Electoral laws and systems | SE: 296–299, 315–316 |
| B. Interest groups, including political action committees (PACs) | Chapter 11 |
| 1. The range of interests represented | SE: 328–332 |
| 2. The activities of interest groups | SE: 333–336 |
| 3. The effects of interest groups on the political process | SE: 324–5, 333–336 |
| 4. The unique characteristics and roles of PACs in the political process | SE: 287–88, 337 |
| C. The mass media | Chapter 7 |
| 1. The functions and structures of the media | SE: 208–214 |
| 2. The impacts of media on politics | SE: 228–231 |
IV. Institutions of National Government: The Congress, the Presidency, the Bureaucracy, and the Federal Courts
Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21
| A. The major formal and informal institutional arrangements of powers | |
| Congress | SE: 363–373 |
| The Presidency | SE: 390–407 |
| The Bureaucracy | |
| Federal Courts | SE: 72–74, 504–528 |
| B. Relationships among these four institutions, and varying balances of powers | |
| C. Linkages between institutions and the following: | |
| 1. Public opinion and voters | |
| —Congress | |
| —The Presidency | |
| —The Bureaucracy | |
| —Federal Courts | |
| 2. Interest groups | |
| —Congress | |
| —The Presidency | |
| —The Bureaucracy | |
| —Federal Courts | |
| 3. Political parties | |
| —Congress | |
| —The Presidency | |
| —The Bureaucracy | |
| —Federal Courts | |
| 4. The media | |
| —Congress | |
| —The Presidency | |
| —The Bureaucracy | |
| —Federal Courts | |
| 5. Subnational governments | Chapter 21 |
V. Public Policy
Chapters 17, 18, 19, 20
| A. Policy making in a federal system | |
| B. The formation of policy agendas | |
| C. The role of institutions in the enactment of policy | |
| D. The role of the bureaucracy and the courts in policy implementation and interpretation | |
| E. Linkages between policy processes and the following: | |
| 1. Political institutions and federalism | |
| 2. Political parties | |
| 3. Interest groups | |
| 4. Public opinion | |
| 5. Elections | |
| 6. Policy networks | |
VI. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Chapters 4, 5
| A. The development of civil liberties and civil rights by judicial interpretation | SE: 94–131, 136–169, 521–523 |
| B. Knowledge of substantive rights and liberties | SE: 96–127 |
| C. The impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on the constitutional development of rights and liberties | SE: 98–99, 137–138, 141–147, 151 |
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