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5 Steps to a 5 500 AP U.S. Government and Politics Questions to Know by Test Day

Authors: William Madden and Thomas A. editor - Evangelist

Published: November 2011

eISBN: 9780071742061 0071742069 | ISBN: 9780071742054

Contents

Introduction

Part 1 Constitutional Underpinnings of the U.S. Government

Chapter 1 Influences on the Formulation and Adoption of the Constitution

Chapter 2 The Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

Chapter 3 Federalism

Chapter 4 Theories of Democratic Government

Part 2 Political Beliefs and Behaviors

Chapter 5 Beliefs That Citizens Hold About Their Government and Its Leaders

Chapter 6 Processes by Which Citizens Learn About Politics

Chapter 7 The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Public Opinion

Chapter 8 Voting Tendencies and Political Participation

Chapter 9 Factors Affecting Differences in Political Beliefs and Behaviors

Part 3 Political Parties, Interest Groups, and the Mass Media

Chapter 10 Political Parties and Elections

Chapter 11 Interest Groups, Including Political Action Committees (PACs)

Chapter 12 The Mass Media

Part 4 Institutions of Government: Congress, Presidency, Bureaucracy, and Federal Courts

Chapter 13 Formal and Informal Arrangements of Power

Chapter 14 The Relationship Among the Four Institutions and Varying Balances of Power

Chapter 15 Linkages Between Institutions and the Following: Public Opinion and Voters, Interest Groups, Political Parties, the Media, and State and Local Governments

Part 5 Public Policy

Chapter 16 Policymaking in the Federal System

Chapter 17 The Formation of Policy Agendas

Chapter 18 The Role of Institutions in Enacting Policy

Chapter 19 The Role of Bureaucracy and Courts in Policy Implementation and Interpretation

Chapter 20 Linkages Between Policy Processes and the Following: Political Institutions and Federalism, Political Parties, Interest Groups, Public Opinion, Elections, and Policy Networks

Part 6 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Chapter 21 The Development of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties by Judicial Interpretation

Chapter 22 Knowledge of Substantive Rights and Liberties

Chapter 23 The Impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on the Constitutional Development of Rights and Liberties

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