Living Democracy, Texas Edition

Part One: Foundations of American Government

1 American Government: Democracy in Action

2 Early Governance and the Constitutional Framework

3 Federalism

4 Civil Liberties

5 Civil Rights



Part Two: The Institutions of American Government

6 Congress

7 The Presidency

8 Bureaucracy

9 The Judiciary



Part Three: The American Public and the Democratic Process

10 Political Socialization and Public Opinion

11 The Politics of the Media

12 Civic and Political Engagement

13 Interest Groups

14 Elections and Participation in America

15 Political Parties



Part Four: Public Policy

16 Public Policy in the United States

17 Making Economic Policy

18 Foreign and National Security Policy



Part Five: Texas

19 The Social and Economic Forces of Texas Politics

20 The Texas Constitution

21 Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Elections in Texas

22 The Texas Legislature

23 The Texas Executive and Bureaucracy

24 The Texas Judiciary

25 Local Government in Texas



Appendices

1 Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies (annotated)

2 The Constitution of the United States (annotated)

3 The Federalist, No. 10, James Madison

4 The Federalist, No. 51, James Madison

5 Anti-Federalist, To the Citizens of the State of New York, October 18, 1787

6 The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln

7 I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King

8 Presidents and Congresses

9 Supreme Court Justices