Government in Action A Study of Problems in American DemogracyPDF电子书下载

UNIT ONE The Nature and Purpose of Government 1

1．How GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS MULTIPLY 3

2．WHAT GOVERNMENT IS 33

UNIT TWO Four Cornerstones of American Government 55

3．REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY 57

4．CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT 75

5．OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM 105

6．STATE AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT 127

UNIT THREE Securing the Consent of the Governed 153

7．HOW POLITICAL PARTIES WORK 155

8．CHOOSING OUR OFFICIALS 182

9．MAKING OUR DEMOCRACY MORE DEMOCRATIC 207

UNIT FOUR How Governmental Policies Are Made and Carried Out 235

10．DETERMINING NATIONAL AND STATE POLICIES 237

11．HOW PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT HELP TO DETERMINE GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES 268

12．CARRYING STATE AND NATIONAL POLICIES INTO EFFECT 294

13．HOW OUR COURTS MAKE AND ENFORCE LAW 324

14．REFORMING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 352

15．HOW OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAKE AND CARRY OUT POLICIES 375

16．HOW OUR AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT WORK TOGETHER 414

UNIT FIVE How Our Governments Promote the General Welfare 439

17．CONSERVING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES 441

18．CONSERVING OUR HUMAN RESOURCES 471

19．AIDING THE UNDERPRIVILEGED 512

20．AIDING AND REGULATING BUSINESS 545

21．HOW OUR GOVERNMENTS CONDUCT BUSINESS 577

UNIT SIX The United States in the Family of Nations 605

22．THE UNITED STATES AS A GREAT POWER 607

23．INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION 633

24．WAR AND PEACE 651

UNIT SEVEN Financing Our Governments 675

25．HOW PUBLIC FUNDS ARE SPENT 677

26．HOW PUBLIC FUNDS ARE OBTAINED 699

UNIT EIGHT The Citizen＇s Relation to His Government 731

27．GOVERNMENT AS A VOCATION AND AS AN AVOCATION 733

28．THE MEANING OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP 761

29．THE CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY 777

APPENDIX:THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 803

INDEX 831