INTRODUCTION

THE CONSTITUTION

WRITING THE CONSTITUTION
ANTIFEDERALISTS - ARGUMENTS AGAINST RATIFICATION
SLAVERY WAS IGNORED
KEY ARTICLES

THE PRESIDENCY

GENERAL
THE MODERN PRESIDENCY
PRESIDENTIAL POWERS: CONSTITUTIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL, POLITICAL

THE CONGRESS

ENTITLEMENTS
ELECTORAL POLITICS
KEY ELEMENTS IN CONGRESSIONAL POWERS SINCE 1970S
REAPPORTIONMENT, REDISTRICTING, AND GERRYMANDERING

FEDERALISM

OVERVIEW
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
CARROTS AND STICKS

THE JUDICIARY

OVERVIEW
VOCABULARY
NUMBERS
APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
THE SUPREME COURT
REVIEW JUDICIAL POLICY MAKING -- COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
OPINIONS
THE 2002-2003 TERM
HOW THE SUPREME COURT WORKS
POLITICAL CHECKS ON THE COURTS

THE BUREAUCRACY

EARLY YEARS
WHO ARE THE BUREAUCRATS?
ORGANIZATION
IMPLEMENTATION
ACCOUNTABILITY

PARTICIPATION AND VOTING

BEHAVIOR
PARTICIPATION THROUGH VOTING
WHO VOTES AND HOW

MASS MEDIA

NEWSPAPERS
TELEVISION NEWS
MEDIA THAT MATTER
QUESTION OF BIAS
MEDIA'S PUBLIC INFLUENCE
HOW POLITICIANS USE THE MEDIA
CHANGING AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA

PUBLIC OPINION

CHARACTERISTICS
POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
SOCIAL GROUPS AND POLITICAL VALUES