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Chapter 1: Study of American Government Chapter 2: The Constitution Chapter 3: Federalism Chapter 4: American Political Culture Chapter 5: Civil Liberties Chapter 6: Civil Rights Chapter 7: Public Opinion Chapter 8: Political Participation Chapter 9: Political Parties Chapter 10: Elections Chapter 11: Interest Groups Chapter 12: The Media Chapter 13: The Legislature Chapter 14: The Presidency Chapter 15: The Bureaucracy Chapter 16: The Judiciary Chapter 17: The Policy-Making Process Chapter 18: Economic Policy Chapter 19: Social Welfare Policy Chapter 20: Foreign Policy Chapter 21: Environmental Policy Chapter 22: Who Governs? To What Ends? Chapter 1: Study of American Government Political Ideology Definitions: http://www.balancedpolitics.org/ideology.htm World's Smallest Political Quiz: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html The Political Typology: http://typology.people-press.org/ Political Theory: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/pstheory.html John Locke (1632-1704): http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/locke.htm
Top Chapter 2: The Constitution The Constitution of the United States: http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html Text of the Constitution of the United States: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm United States Constitution with Annotations on Court Cases: http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/constitution/
The Articles of Confederation http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html
National Constitution Center: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/
The PEW Research Center http://people-press.org/ This I Believe: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538138 Survey of American Political Culture: http://www.virginia.edu/iasc/surveys.htmlf
Top Chapter 5: Civil Liberties The Free Expression Network: http://www.freeexpression.org/ United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs: http://curiae.law.yale.edu/
Center for Voting and Democracy http://www.fairvote.org/?page=262 Find Law: http://www.caselaw.findlaw.com American Civil Liberties Union Forum: http://forums.aclu.org/ U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia: http://www.oyez.org
Top Chapter 6: Civil Rights Student Press Law Center: http://www.splc.org The Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century: http://www.civilrights.org . Human Rights Campaign: Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights: http://www.hrc.org The Civil Rights Project: http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund: http://www.dredf.org
Top Chapter 7: Public Opinion Polling Report: http://www.pollingreport.com National Election Studies: http://www.umich.edu/~nes Public Agenda: http://www.publicagenda.org National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago: http://www.aapor.org Top Chapter 8: Political Participation The Center for Voting and Democracy: http://www.fairvote.org Vanishing Voter: A Project to Study and Invigorate the American Electoral Process: http://www.vanishingvoter.org National Voting Rights Museum and Institute: http://www.voterights.org Voter Rights at Truthout.org http://www.truthout.org/voters.rights.htm Right to Vote: Campaign to End Felony Disenfranchisement: http://www.righttovote.org
Top Chapter 9: Political Parties The American Presidency Project: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php
College Democrats of America: http://www.collegedems.com GOPAC: http://www.gopac.com Green Party of the United States: http://www.gp.org The Libertarian Party: http://www.lp.org Top Chapter 10: Elections Money in Politics Databases: http://www.tray.com/fecinfo United States Election Assistance Commission: http://www.eac.gov U.S. Electoral College: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html Election Reform: http://www.electionreform.org Democracy 21: http://www.democracy21.org Top Chapter 11: Interest Groups Lobbyists Database: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp Judicial Watch: http://www.judicialwatch.org Moveon.org PAC: http://www.moveon.org Anti-Defamation League: http://www.adl.org American Association of Retired Persons: http://www.aarp.org Top Chapter 12: The Media Media Research Center: America's Media Watchdog: http://www.mediaresearch.org MIT Comparative Media Studies: http://web.mit.edu/cms The Big Ten Media Conglomerates: http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html
Media Channel: The Global Network for Democratic Media: http://www.mediachannel.org Milestones in the History of Media and Politics: http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/mediahistory.html Top Chapter 13: The Legislature Congress.org: http://www.congress.org Federal Network, Inc.: http://www.fednet.net CAPWEB: http://www.capweb.net U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov U.S. Senate: http://www.senate.gov Top Chapter 14: The Presidency American Presidents: Life Portraits: http://www.americanpresidents.org The President: http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president Center for the Study of the Presidency: http://www.thepresidency.org Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections: http://www.uselectionatlas.org The First Lady: http://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady Top Chapter 15: The Bureaucracy A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies: http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml Statistics on Federal Agencies: http://www.fedstats.gov Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): http://www.cia.gov The White House Cabinet: http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html The Department of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic Top Chapter 16: The Judiciary The Federal Judiciary: http://www.uscourts.gov Federal Judicial Center: http://www.fjc.gov Supreme Court Watch: http://www.supremecourtwatch.org U.S. Judiciary: The Federal Court System and Decisions: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usjudic.html The American Judicature Society: http://www.ajs.org Top Chapter 17: The Policy-Making Process National Center for Policy Analysis: http://www.ncpa.org/newdpd/index.php The Pacific Research Institute: http://www.pacificresearch.org The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: http://www.manhattan-institute.org Reason Foundation: http://www.reason.org The Independence Institute: http://www.independent.org Top Chapter 18: Economic Policy Economic Policy Institute: http://epinet.org Bureau of Economic Analysis: http://www.bea.gov Outline of the U.S. Economy: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/ U.S. Economic History: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/us/us_economic.html Center for Economic and Policy Research: http://www.cepr.net Top Chapter 19: Social Welfare Policy The Office of Family Assistance: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa The Welfare Law Center: http://www.welfarelaw.org Food & Nutrition Service: Food Stamp Program: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp Social Security Choice: http://www.socialsecuritychoice.org Students for Saving Social Security: http://www.secureourfuture.org Top Chapter 20: Foreign Policy U.S. Department of State: http://www.state.gov/ U.S. Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil The World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook Council on Foreign Relations: http://www.cfr.org Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu Top Chapter 21: Environmental Policy Council on Environmental Quality : http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq GeoSpatial Data and Climate Services (GDCS) group: http://www.eis.noaa.gov The National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC): http://nigec.ucdavis.edu/ The Sierra Club: http://sierraclub.org/ U.S. Department of Energy: http://www.energy.gov Top Chapter 22: Who Governs? To What Ends? New Deal Network: http://newdeal.feri.org/ The "Return" of Activist Government?: http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=5013 Beyond Red vs. Blue: http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=948 The Federal Reserve Board http://www.federalreserve.gov/general.htm Torments of Liberalism: http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=5573 The Social Divide: Political Parties and the Future of Activist Government: http://brookings.nap.edu/books/0815792875/html/ Top
