Chapter 1.- American Government and Politics: The Stories of Our Nation
Chapter 2.- The Constitution: A New Vision of Government
Chapter 3.- Federalism: Dividing Power between the National Government and the States
Chapter 4.- Congress: Representation, Organization, and Legislation
Chapter 5.- The American Presidency: Individuals, Institutions, and Executive Power
Chapter 6.- The Federal Judiciary: Politics, Power, and the "Least Dangerous" Branch
Chapter 7.- The Federal Bureaucracy: Putting the Nation’s Laws into Effect
Chapter 8.- Civil Liberties: Protecting Fundamental Freedoms
Chapter 9.- Civil Rights: What Is Equality?
Chapter 10.- American Political Culture: What Americans Believe
Chapter 11.- Public Opinion: Measuring Americans’ Opinions
Chapter 12.- Political Ideology
Chapter 13.- Elections and Campaigns: Candidates and Voters in an Era of Demographic Change
Chapter 14.- Political Parties: The Outsiders versus the Establishment
Chapter 15.- Interest Groups and Social Movements: Collective Action, Power and RepresentationChapter 16.- The Media: New Technologies, Enduring Issues.
Scott Abernathy
After working as an on-street counselor for homeless adolescents in
Boston, Scott received a master of curriculum and instruction and
taught fourth and seventh grades in Wisconsin public schools.
Hoping to learn more about the underlying systems that drove
educational outcomes, Scott completed an M.P.A in domestic policy
and then a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Scott is
now an associate professor of political science and a University
Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota. He
is also the author of School Choice and the Future of American
Democracy and No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools, both
from University of Michigan Press.
Karen Waples
Karen Waples has taught since 1999, and is now at Holy Family High
School in Colorado. She teaches AP® U.S. Government and Politics
and AP® Comparative Government and she also conducts AP® workshops
and institutes throughout the country. Karen was a member of the
Curriculum Redesign Committee for the AP® U.S. Government and
Politics course. Before becoming a teacher Karen was a trial
attorney from 1985–1989. She received the Colorado Governor’s Award
for Excellence in Education in 1997 and was recognized as a Cherry
Creek High School teacher of the year in 2002.
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