The Dorsey Dictionary of American Government and Politics

Jay M. Shafritz

Dorsey Press, 1988 - Political Science - 661 pages

This book should be of interest to undergraduate students taking courses in American politics.

Contents

• The Brownlow Committee Report: 65
• Edmund Burke on the Role of a Representative: 75
• Means of Capital Punishment in States with the Death Penalty: 83
• The Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: 91
• The City Manager Form of City Government Organization: 98
• The Commission Form of City Government Organization: 112
• The Congressional Budget Process: 124
• List of Boxes: 128
• Cozy Triangles: 149
• James Madison Denounces Pure Democracy: 163
• The Dwight D Eisenhower Administration: 185
• The Executive Office of the President: 204
• The Opinion of Chief Justice John Marshall in Fletcher v Peck: 226
• GerrymanderingOld and New: 245
• John F Kennedy on Guerrilla Warfare: 258
• I: 270
• Chronological Record of the Incorporation of the Bill of Rights: 278
• States That Allow for Constitutional Initiatives: 284
• Characteristics of Issue Networks: 295
• The Lyndon B Johnson Administration: 301
• The Labor Movement in Action: 314
• Informal Organizations in the U S Congress 1984: 323
• Mark Twain on Loyalty: 334
• The Case of Marbury v Madison: 341
• President Theodore Roosevelt First Puts the Muckrake into the Hands: 358
• The StarSpangled Banner: 361
• Contrasting Approaches to National Security: 371
• The Richard M Nixon Administration: 379
• Party Identification: 397
• James Madison Provides a Political Justification for Pluralism: 407
• Factors Affecting Political Behavior: 419
• Disgruntled Postal Worker Resigns: 426
• Presidents of the United States: 433
• Line of Succession to the Presidency of the United States: 439
• Public Employees: 453
• The Ronald Reagan Administration: 464
• Two Theories of Representative Government: 473
• The Franklin D Roosevelt Administration: 483
• The Secretaries General of the United Nations: 493
• The SunbeltSnowbelt Shift in Congressional Seats after the 1980 Census: 524
• Norbert Wieners Model of an Organization as an Adaptive System: 530
• Major Third Parties in Presidential Elections: 543
• Basic Steps in a Trial: 551
• The Persistent TwoParty System in America: 557
• Presidential Vetoes and Congressional Overrides of Vetoes 19611985: 569
• Percentage or Popular Vote of Winners in Presidential Elections: 576
• The Warsaw Pact: 583
• The White House Office 1986: 590
• Appendix A The Constitution of the United States: 601
• Appendix B A Guide to Federal Government Documents: 622
• A Guide to OnLine Data Bases on American: 636
• List of Credits: 659

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Dorsey Dictionary of American Government and Politics
• Author: Jay M. Shafritz
• Compiled by: Jay M. Shafritz
• Publisher: Dorsey Press, 1988
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Dec 27, 2006
• ISBN: 0256056390, 9780256056396
• Length: 661 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Reference