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