INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL
American
Politics Today
FIFTH FULL EDITION
Brian Fife
INDIANA UNIVERSITY — PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE
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W. W. Norton & Company 䊏 New York 䊏 London
,W. W. Norton & Company has been independent since its founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton
and Mary D. Herter Norton fi rst published lectures delivered at the People’s Institute, the adult education
division of New York City’s Cooper Union. The fi rm soon expanded its program beyond the Institute, pub-
lishing books by celebrated academics from Amer ica and abroad. By midcentury, the two major pillars of
Norton’s publishing program—trade books and college texts—were fi rmly established. In the 1950s, the
Norton family transferred control of the company to its employees, and today—with a staff of 400 and
a comparable number of trade, college, and professional titles published each year—W. W. Norton &
Company stands as the largest and oldest publishing house owned wholly by its employees.
Copyright © 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Production Manager: Ashley Horna
Media Editor: Spencer Richardson-Jones
Associate Media Editor: Michael Jaoui
Editorial Assistant: Ariel Eaton
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W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., Castle House, 75/76 Wells Street, London W1T 3QT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
, Contents
Chapter 1 Understanding American Politics 1
Chapter 2 The Constitution and the Founding 6
Chapter 3 Federalism 11
Chapter 4 Civil Liberties 15
Chapter 5 Civil Rights 20
Chapter 6 Public Opinion 24
Chapter 7 The Media 30
Chapter 8 Political Parties 34
Chapter 9 Elections 39
Chapter 10 Interest Groups 43
Chapter 11 Congress 47
Chapter 12 The Presidency 51
Chapter 13 The Bureaucracy 55
Chapter 14 The Courts 60
Chapter 15 Economic Policy 64
Chapter 16 Social Policy 68
Chapter 17 Foreign Policy 72
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American
Politics Today
FIFTH FULL EDITION
Brian Fife
INDIANA UNIVERSITY — PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE
n
B
W. W. Norton & Company 䊏 New York 䊏 London
,W. W. Norton & Company has been independent since its founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton
and Mary D. Herter Norton fi rst published lectures delivered at the People’s Institute, the adult education
division of New York City’s Cooper Union. The fi rm soon expanded its program beyond the Institute, pub-
lishing books by celebrated academics from Amer ica and abroad. By midcentury, the two major pillars of
Norton’s publishing program—trade books and college texts—were fi rmly established. In the 1950s, the
Norton family transferred control of the company to its employees, and today—with a staff of 400 and
a comparable number of trade, college, and professional titles published each year—W. W. Norton &
Company stands as the largest and oldest publishing house owned wholly by its employees.
Copyright © 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
All rights reserved
Production Manager: Ashley Horna
Media Editor: Spencer Richardson-Jones
Associate Media Editor: Michael Jaoui
Editorial Assistant: Ariel Eaton
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fift h Avenue, New York, NY 10110
www.wwnorton .com
W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., Castle House, 75/76 Wells Street, London W1T 3QT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
, Contents
Chapter 1 Understanding American Politics 1
Chapter 2 The Constitution and the Founding 6
Chapter 3 Federalism 11
Chapter 4 Civil Liberties 15
Chapter 5 Civil Rights 20
Chapter 6 Public Opinion 24
Chapter 7 The Media 30
Chapter 8 Political Parties 34
Chapter 9 Elections 39
Chapter 10 Interest Groups 43
Chapter 11 Congress 47
Chapter 12 The Presidency 51
Chapter 13 The Bureaucracy 55
Chapter 14 The Courts 60
Chapter 15 Economic Policy 64
Chapter 16 Social Policy 68
Chapter 17 Foreign Policy 72
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