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Government by the people
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- Creator
- James MacGregor Burns ... [and others]
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Brief third edition
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- xv, 478 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 0130116351, 9780130116352
- OCLC
- ocm42309873
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-456) and index.
- System requirements for CD-ROM (Windows): Minimum 486/DX25; Windows 3.x (minimum 8MB RAM) or Windows 95/98 (minimum 16MB RAM); 1MB free HD space; 2X CD-ROM; SVGA monitor; thousands of colors; sound and video cards required. For Windows 3.x, video for Windows from CD.
- System requirements for CD-ROM (Macintosh): Minimum 68040/33MHz; System 7.5 or above; 12MB RAM (16MB recommended); 1MB free HD space; 2x CD-ROM; 640x480 screen resolution; color monitor (thousands of colors required). QuickTime 3.0 installed from CD.
- Constitutional democracy -- The constitution of the United States -- American federalism -- First amendment rights -- Equal justice under the law -- Political culture and ideology -- The American political landscape -- Political parties and interest groups -- Public opinion, voting, and elections -- The media and American politics -- Congress: the people's branch -- The presidency: the leadership branch -- The judiciary: the balancing branch -- The bureaucracy: the real power? -- Making economic and social policy -- Making foreign and defense policy