TY - BOOK AU - Berman,Larry AU - Murphy,Bruce Allen TI - Approaching democracy SN - 9780205251605 AV - JK276 .B47 2013 U1 - 320.473 22 PY - 2013///] CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson KW - Democracy KW - United States KW - Politics and government N1 - economic&political bookfair2015; Includes bibliography (p. 562-584) and index; Part I - FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 1. Approaching Democracy 2. The Founding and the Constitution The Constitution of the United States 3. Federalism PART II - INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 4. Congress 5. The Presidency 6. The Judiciary 7. The Bureaucracy PART III - PROCESSES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 8. Political Parties 9. Public Opinion 10. Participation, Voting, and Elections 11. Interest Groups 12. The Media PART IV - LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACIES 13. Civil Liberties 14. Civil Rights and Political Equality Appendix I - Introducing the Concept of Approaching DemocracyAppendix II - Presidents and Congresses, 1789-2009Appendix III - Supreme Court JusticesAppendix IV - The Declaration of Independence Appendix V - The Federalist, No. 10, James MadisonAppendix VI - The Federalist, No. 51, James Mdison ER -