The Enduring Debate: Classic and Contemporary Readings in American Politics / Edition 8

by David T. Canon, John J. Coleman, Kenneth R. Mayer

Overview

A combination of classic and contemporary readings, featuring a debate-format section in each chapter.

The Enduring Debate, Eighth Edition, offers a wide range of readings, with nearly 50 percent new to this edition, on the key topics of the American government course.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393283655
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Edition description:	Eighth Edition
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

David T. Canon is professor and department chair of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, especially Congress, and racial representation. He is the author of Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the United States Congress; Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts (winner of the Richard F. Fenno Prize); The Dysfunctional Congress? (with Kenneth Mayer); and various articles and book chapters. He served a term as the Congress editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly. He is an AP consultant and has taught in the University of Wisconsin AP Summer Institute for U.S. Government and Politics since 1997. Professor Canon is the recipient of a University of Wisconsin Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award.

John J. Coleman is dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. His teaching and research interests are in the evolution of the American state and the relationship between changes in the political economy of the United States and its party structure.

Kenneth R. Mayer is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, especially Congress, the Presidency, and defense policy.

Table of Contents

Part I	The Constitutional System
Chapter 1	Constructing the Government: The Founding and the Constitution	3
1	"The Nature of American Constitutionalism," From The Origins of the American Constitution	3
2	The Federalist, No. 15	12
3	The Federalist, No. 51	17
	Debating the Issues: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution	22
4	From An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States	22
5	From Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis of "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution"	28
Chapter 2	Federalism	34
6	The Federalist, No. 46	34
7	From The Price of Federalism	39
8	"The Framers' Design"	48
	Debating the Issues: The Future of Federalism	52
9	Speech at James Madison University	53
10	"American Federalism: Half-Full or Half-Empty?"	57
11	"Real-Life Federalism"	63
Chapter 3	The Constitutional Framework and the Individual: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights	67
12	"The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions"	68
13	"Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963"	74
14	"In Defense of Prejudice"	82
	Debating the Issues: Racial Profiling and Fighting Terrorism	91
15	"Politically Incorrect Profiling: A Matter of Life or Death"	93
16	"Unfriendly Skies"	96
17	"The New Face of Racial Profiling: How Terrorism Affects the Debate"	100
Part II	Institutions
Chapter 4	Congress: The First Branch	107
18	From Congress: The Electoral Connection	107
19	"Reelection Tips for Legislators"	111
20	"Too Much of a Good Thing: More Representative Is Not Necessarily Better"	116
	Debating the Issues: Pork-Barrel Politics	123
21	"Rolling Out the Pork Barrel"	124
22	"Roll Out the Barrel: The Case Against the Case Against Pork"	128
23	"Pork Barrel or a Kick-Start?"	137
Chapter 5	The President: From Chief Clerk to Chief Executive	140
24	"The Power to Persuade," from Presidential Power	140
25	"Perspectives on the Presidency," from The Presidency in a Separated System	150
26	"A Symbolic, but Muddled, Victory"	157
	Debating the Issues: Imperial Presidency or Responsible Leadership?	161
27	"A President in Full"	163
28	"The Return of the Imperial Presidency?"	165
29	"Checking and Balancing"	172
Chapter 6	Bureaucracy in a Democratic System	181
30	"The Study of Administration"	181
31	From Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It	190
32	"A Sharper Focus"	199
	Debating the Issues: Privatization--The Case of Airport Security	202
33	"Learn from Experience on Airport Security"	203
34	"Cut-Rate Security: How the Airlines Privatized the Nation's Safety"	207
35	"Airport Security as American Community"	210
Chapter 7	The Federal Judiciary	213
36	The Federalist, No. 78	213
37	"The Court in American Life," from Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics	220
38	"Overruling the Court"	227
	Debating the Issues: Interpreting the Constitution: Originalism or a Living Constitution	232
39	"Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws"	233
40	"Our Democratic Constitution"	240
Part III	Political Behavior: Participation
Chapter 8	Public Opinion and the Mass Media	257
41	"Polling the Public," from Public Opinion in a Democracy	257
42	From "Why Americans Hate Politics and Politicians"	265
43	"Choice Words: If You Can't Understand Our Poll Questions, Then How Can We Understand Your Answers?"	271
	Debating the Issues: Are the Media Biased?	276
44	"Patriotism and Censorship: Some Journalists Are Silenced, While Others Seem Happy to Silence Themselves"	277
45	"Oligopoly: The Big Media Game Has Fewer and Fewer Players"	282
46	"Bias Basics"	287
Chapter 9	Elections and Voting	294
47	"The Voice of the People: An Echo," from The Responsible Electorate	294
48	"'Give 'em Hell' These Days Is a Figure of Speech"	300
49	"Power to the Voters"	309
	Debating the Issues: Electronic Voting	318
50	"The Case for Internet Voting"	320
51	"Gauging the Risks of Internet Elections"	328
52	"Voting Alone: The Case Against Virtual Ballot Boxes"	336
Chapter 10	Political Parties	341
53	"The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics"	341
54	"Needed: A Political Theory for the New Era of Coalition Government in the United States"	352
55	"Parliamentary Government in the United States?" from The State of the Parties	363
	Debating the Issues: Political Parties--Strategies for the Future	376
56	"Family Tree, Party Roots"	377
57	"Liberal Loss or Progressive Mandate?"	386
58	"Remarks at the National Press Club"	392
Chapter 11	Groups and Interests	400
59	"Political Association in the United States" from Democracy in America	400
60	"The Logic of Collective Action" from The Rise and Decline of Nations	404
61	"Associations Without Members"	414
	Debating the Issues: Was Madison Right?	426
62	The Federalist, No. 10	427
63	"The Group Basis of Politics: Notes for a Theory"	433
64	"The Hyperpluralism Trap"	438
Part IV	Public Policy
Chapter 12	Politics and Policy	449
65	"The Science of Muddling Through"	449
66	From "American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory"	458
67	"Why Our Democracy Doesn't Work"	465
	Debating the Issues: Campaign Finance--Does Money Corrupt the Policy Process?	472
68	"Enron and the Need for Campaign Finance Reform"	472
69	"Hey, Wait a Minute: The Assumptions Behind the Case for Campaign Finance Reform," from A User's Guide to Campaign Finance Reform	476
Chapter 13	Government and the Economy	486
70	"Call for Federal Responsibility"	486
71	"Against the Proposed New Deal"	491
72	"The GDP Myth: Why 'Growth' Isn't Always a Good Thing"	496
	Debating the Issues: Regulating Risk: Government Intrusion or Protecting Society?	506
73	"What Is Acceptable Risk?"	507
74	"The Case for More Regulation"	515
Chapter 14	Government and Society	525
75	"Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies"	525
76	"Health Scare: The Next Big Health Care Crisis Is Now"	534
77	"Federal and State Roles in Welfare: Is Devolution Working?"	543
	Debating the Issues: Social Security Reform	551
78	"A Program For Social Security"	553
79	"Whither Social Security? Transition It, Then Retire It"	556
80	"The Trillion-Dollar Hustle: Hello Wall Street, Goodbye Social Security"	560
Chapter 15	Foreign Policy and World Politics	571
81	"The Age of Open Society"	571
82	"Reality Check"	574
	Debating the Issues: Foreign Policy--Missile Defense or Fighting Terrorism?	582
83	"Terrorist Attack on America Confirms the Growing Need for Missile Defense"	583
84	"The Missile Defense Debate"	588
	Appendix
	Marbury v. Madison (1803)	599
	McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)	604
	Barron v. Baltimore (1833)	610
	Roe v. Wade (1973)	612
	Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)	616
	United States v. Nixon (1974)	618
	United States v. Lopez (1995)	623
	The Declaration of Independence	631
	The Constitution of the United States of America	635
	Amendments to the Constitution	649
	Acknowledgments	663

Editorial Reviews

The best selection yet of readings necessary for an introduction to American politics and highly appropriate for undergraduates.
—University of California, Irvine

Mark P. Petracca

This is an excellent book; presenting the issues before the "debate" from several different perspectives is a fine idea.
—Bloomsburg University

Gloria T. Cohen-Dion