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The College American Government Textbook
In contrast to the standard textbook’s overly long chapters, this textbook provides comprehensive coverage with a series of shorter, more focused chapters. To provide a free text I have avoided images that are mere eye-
1. Foundations: Politics, Government, and the American Political System
1.1 Chimpanzee Politics and Legitimate Violence: A Brief Introduction to Politics and States
1.2. Liberal Democracy as a means of Controlling State Violence?
1.3 The Politics of Constitution Building: An Overview of the American Political System
2. Foundational Institutional Structures
2.1 American Federalism in Practice
2.2 Checks and Balances: Internal Constraints on Government Power
3. The Legislative Branch: Congress
4. The Executive Branch: The Presidency and the Federal Agencies
The Presidency
4.1 The Presidency in International Affairs
4.2 The Presidency in Domestic Affairs
5. The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court and the Inferior Federal Courts
5.1 The Judicial Branch
6. Elections
6.1 American Electoral Politics
7. Political Parties and Ideology
7.1 Parties and Ideology I -