The Challenge of Democracy

Kenneth Janda is the Payson S. Wild Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northwestern University. He has published extensively in comparative party politics, research methodology and early use of computer technology in political science, for which he received awards from EDUCOM and support from Apple. His American Political Science Association awards include the Samuel Eldersveld Lifetime Achievement Award for his studies of party politics (2000) and the Frank J. Goodnow Award for distinguished service to the profession and the association (2009). Dr. Janda and fellow author Dr. Jerry Goldman shared APSA technology awards in 1992 for the IDEAlog computer program and in 2005 for the IDEAlog website. His most recent books are A TALE OF TWO PARTIES; LIVING AMONGST DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SINCE 1952 (2021) and THE REPUBLICAN EVOLUTION: FROM GOVERNING PARTY TO ANTIGOVERNMENT PARTY, 1860-2020 (2022). Jeffrey M. Berry is the John Richard Skuse Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. In addition to the American Political Science Association's Samuel Eldersveld Lifetime Achievement Award (2009), Dr. Berry received APSA best book" awards for THE REBIRTH OF URBAN DEMOCRACY (1994), A VOICE FOR NONPROFITS (2004) and LOBBYING AND POLITICAL CHANGE (2009) as well as an award from the Policy Studies Organization for THE NEW LIBERALISM (1999). His most recent book is THE OUTRAGE INDUSTRY: POLITICAL OPINION MEDIA AND THE NEW INCIVILITY (with Sarah Sobieraj). Following undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, he completed his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University." Jerry Goldman is professor emeritus of political science at Northwestern University. He is the 2010 recipient of the first American Political Science Association/CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation in Political Science and has received many other awards, including the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel for increasing the public's understanding of the law, the EDUCOM Medal and the Roman & Littlefield Prize for Teaching Innovation. In 2012, Dr. Goldman made the Fastcase 50: the 50 most interesting, provocative and courageous leaders in the world of law, scholarship and legal technology". Through the Oyez multimedia Supreme Court archive project at oyez.org, he has brought the U.S. Supreme Court closer to everyone. Following undergraduate work at Brooklyn College, he completed his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University." Kevin W. Hula (Ph.D., Harvard 1994) is Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Maryland, where he teaches the introductory American Government course, as well as courses in the presidency, intelligence organizations, and interest groups. His research is in interest groups and the executive branch. He is author of Lobbying Together: Interest Group Coalitions in Legislative Politics, for which he received the Emerging Scholar Award from the APSA�s Political Organizations and Parties section.

Note: Each chapter includes a Summary and Internet Exercises.
1. Dilemmas of Democracy
The Globalization of American Government
The Purposes of Government
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Government
The American Governmental Process: Majoritarian or Pluralist?
Politics in a Changing World: Too Much Direct Democracy in California?
Democracy and Globalization
2. The Constitution
The Revolutionary Roots of the Constitution
From Revolution to Confederation
From Confederation to Constitution
The Final Product
Selling the Constitution
Constitutional Change
An Evaluation of the Constitution
Politics in a Changing World: A New Birth of Freedom: Exporting American Constitutionalism
3. Federalism
Theories and Metaphors
The Dynamics of Federalism
Ideology, Policymaking, and American Federalism
Looking to the Future: Water Wars Among the States?
Federalism and Electoral Politics
Federalism and the American Intergovernmental System
Federalism and Pluralism
4. Public Opinion, Political Socialization, and the Media
Public Opinion and the Models of Democracy
Political Socialization
Social Groups and Political Values
From Values to Ideology
The Process of Forming Political Opinions
The Media in America
Reporting and Following the News
Looking to the Future: Who Will Be Last to Read a Newspaper?
Evaluating the Media in Government
5. Participation and Voting
Democracy and Political Participation
Unconventional Participation
Conventional Participation
Participating Through Voting
Explaining Political Participation
Looking to the Future: Will the South Rise Over the North?
Participation and Freedom, Equality, and Order
Participation and the Models of Democracy
6. Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
Political Parties and Their Functions
A History of U.S. Party Politics
The American Two-Party System
Politics in a Changing World: The Changing Relationship Between Age and Party Identification
Party Ideology and Organization
The Model of Responsible Party Government
Parties and Candidates
Elections
Campaigns
Explaining Voting Choice
Campaigns, Elections, and Parties
7. Interest Groups
Interest Groups and the American Political Tradition
How Interest Groups Form
Looking to the Future: Labor Pains
Interest Group Resources
Lobbying Tactics
Is the System Biased?
8. Congress
The Origin and Powers of Congress
Electing the Congress
Politics in a Changing World: Underrepresentation in the House of Representatives
How Issues Get on the Congressional Agenda
The Dance of Legislation: An Overview
Committees: The Workhorses of Congress
Leaders and Followers in Congress
The Legislative Environment
The Dilemma of Representation: Trustees or Delegates?
Pluralism, Majoritarianism, and Democracy
9. The Presidency
The Constitutional Basis of Presidential Power
The Expansion of Presidential Power
The Executive Branch Establishment
Presidential Leadership
The President as National Leader
The President as World Leader
Politics in a Changing World: Coalition Leaders or Cowboys?
10. The Bureaucracy
Organization Matters
The Development of the Bureaucratic State
Bureaus and Bureaucrats
Looking to the Future: Downsizing the Federal Bureaucracy?
Administrative Policymaking: The Formal Processes
Administrative Policymaking: Informal Politics
Problems in Implementing Policy
Reforming the Bureaucracy: More Control or Less?
11. The Courts
National Judicial Supremacy
The Organization of Courts
The Supreme Court
Judicial Recruitment
The Consequences of Judicial Decisions
The Courts and Models of Democracy
Politics in a Changing World: No Constitutional Right to Die
12. Order and Civil Liberties
The Bill of Rights
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Expression
Looking to the Future: Free the Mouse": Mickey Remains Behind Copyright Bars
The Right to Bear Arms
Applying the Bill of Rights to the States
The Ninth Amendment and Personal Autonomy
13. Equality and Civil Rights
Two Conceptions of Equality
The Civil War Amendments
The Dismantling of School Segregation
The Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights for Other Minorities
Looking to the Future: White or Black? Try Moreno, Truigueno, or Indio
Gender and Equal Rights: The Women's Movement
Affirmative Action: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?
14. Policymaking and the Budget
Government Purposes and Public Policies
Fragmentation and Coordination
Economic Policy and the Budget
Looking to the Future: Is the Social Security Program Sustainable?
Appendix
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States of America"