We the People: An Introduction to American Politics (Ninth Essentials Edition)

We the People: An Introduction to American Politics (Ninth Essentials Edition)

Benjamin Ginsberg, Robert J. Spitzer

Language: English

Pages: 608

ISBN: 0393921107

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


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We the People is the best text for showing students that politics is relevant to their lives and that political participation matters―especially in the digital age. Based on the full-length text, this low-priced, very brief text offers authoritative coverage of the core topics in American politics. New coauthor Caroline Tolbert brings expertise in political behavior to deep revisions of key chapters, and new Digital Citizens boxes highlight the role of new media in politics.

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Fourteenth Amendment. Almost exactly a year later, the Court responded to those questions in one of the most important decisions in its history. In deciding the Brown case, the Court, to the surprise of many, basically rejected as inconclusive all the learned arguments about the intent and the history of the Fourteenth Amendment and committed itself instead to considering only the consequences of segregation: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though

Constitution attempted to improve America’s governance (pages 43–49)  Outline the major institutions and rules established by the Constitution (pages 49–56)  Present the controversies involved in the struggle for ratification (pages 56–62)  Trace how the Constitution has changed over time through the amendment process (pages 62–66) 38 CHAPTER 2 THE FOUNDING AND THE CONSTITUTION  The First Founding: Interests and Conflicts Competing ideals and principles often reflect competing interests,

liberty and place limits on government. They also believed that a powerful government required a broad popular base. However, they debated how best to protect liberty and how to balance democracy with other concerns. Great Compromise the agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population, but linked representation in the House of Representatives to population new government if representation were to be

AND THE CHANGING CONSTITUTION 65 The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is an example of an amendment that almost succeeded. The proposed amendment guaranteed equality under the law for women and made gender discrimination illegal. The ERA was ratifi ed by 35 state legislatures but failed to get the 38 necessary to equaly threefourths of the states. religion and many forms of religious exercise in public institutions, such as schools. By doing this, the Court was saying that the framers of the First

fact they often expand the federal government and limit state autonomy. During the presidency of George W. Bush, the growth of government, the activist, free-spending Republican Congress, and a series of Supreme Court rulings supporting federal power over the states made it clear that conservatives do not always support small government; nor do they always favor returning power to the states. Once in power, many conservatives discovered not only that they needed a strong federal government to

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