American Government - Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure

This new edition offers to help American government teachers lead their students to a nuanced theoretical and practical understanding of what is happening in the politics of their Constitutional democracy today.

List of contents

1. The Revolution and The Constitution
2. Federalism and The American Constitutional Order
3. Civil Liberties: Democracy and The Expansion of Liberty's Realm
4. Civil Rights: Where Liberty and Equality Collide
5. Shaping Americans: Political Socialization, Public Opinion, and the Media
6. Factions Today: Interest Groups and Political Parties
7. Democracy's Challenge: Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
8. Congress: Partisanship, Polarization, and Gridlock
9. The Executive Branch: The President, The Bureaucracy, and Executive Power
10. The Federal Courts: Bulwark of the Constitution

About the author

Cal Jillson earned a PhD from the University of Maryland and has taught at Louisiana State University and the University of Colorado, where he chaired the Department of Political Science from 1989 to 1993. He joined the faculty of Southern Methodist University in 1995 as professor and chair of the Department of Political Science (1995-2001). He is a member of the American Political Science Association and several regional political science associations. Professor Jillson has written a number of books dealing with the origins of the American political culture and the health and performance of contemporary American politics and political institutions. His recent books include American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change, 13th ed., 2025; Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State, 9th ed., 2024; Race, Ethnicity, and American Decline, 2024; and The American Dream: In History, Politics, and Fiction, 2016.

Summary

This new edition offers to help American government teachers lead their students to a nuanced theoretical and practical understanding of what is happening in the politics of their Constitutional democracy today.

Product details

• Authors: Cal Jillson, Cal (Southern Methodist University Jillson, Jillson Cal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032899305
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289930-5
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political leaders & leadership, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Regional / International studies, Elections & referenda, Political leaders and leadership, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies