Critical Thinking and American Government : Exercises and Applications

Brudney, Kent M./ Weber, Mark E.

Pearson College Div（2011/11発売）

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製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 324 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9780205212804
DDC分類 320.473

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Critical Thinking and American Government contains 41 critical thinking exercises that use a wide variety sources to actively engage students in understanding and thinking critically about American government and politics. These sources include court decisions, the Federalist Papers, legislation, public opinion polls, elections results, apportionment and population tables, data on topics such as African-American representation in Congress, among many others.The critical thinking exercises require students to interpret and analyze data, discover basic relationships among variables, read critically, summarize information accurately, and formulate generalizations and hypotheses. The exercises are based on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Each exercises contains clear and discrete student learning objectives which facilitate the measurement and assessment of student outcomes and learning.

IntroductionChapter 1 - Governing Principles and Ideologies1.1 Reading the Constitution 1.2 The Framers of the Constitution and Republicanism 1.3 Contemporary American Political Ideologies 1.4 Direct Democracy via the Web Chapter 2 - Federalism 2.1 Creating Federalism 2.2 Reforming K-12 Education: The Disputed Role of the Federal Government 2.3 The Amendment Process 2.4 Is the Federal Government or Are the States in Charge of the Minimum Drinking Age? Chapter 3 - Public Opinion and the Mass Media 3.1 Public Confidence in U.S. Institutions 3.2 Bias and Accuracy in the News Media: The Case of CBS News and George W. Bush's Military Record 3.3 Are the News Media Doing Their Job? Hard and Soft News 3.4 Distinguishing Fact from Opinion in the Internet AgeChapter 4 - Political Parties and Elections 4.1 Presidential Elections: Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?4.2 Gerrymandering 4.3 To Vote or Not to Vote? 4.4 Alternative Voting Systems Chapter 5 - Interest Groups 5.1 AARP Versus Generations X and Y: Mismatched Interest Group Power5.2 Earmarks and Pork: Can We Live Without Them?5.3 Whither Campaign Finance Reform? Chapter 6 - Congress 6.1 What Is the Role of a Congressional Representative? 6.2 Why We Hate Congress but Love Our Member of Congress 6.3 Blacks in Congress 6.4 Legislative Apportionment Chapter 7 - The Presidency 7.1 The Electoral College 7.2 Evaluating Presidential Performance 7.3 The Power of the Sword Chapter 8 - Bureaucracy and the Regulatory Process 8.1 The Fourth Branch 8.2 The National Security State 8.3 How Much Regulation Is Enough? How Much Is Too Much? A Case Study of Gene Therapy ProtocolsChapter 9 - The Judiciary 9.1 Establishing Judicial Review 9.2 Judicial Activism Versus Judicial Restraint: The Supreme Court and the Juvenile Death Penalty9.3 What Role Should the Senate Play in Judicial Appointments? 9.4 Beating the Odds on Judicial Appointments Chapter 10 - Civil Rights 10.1 Mandating Racial Segregation by State Law 10.2 Same-Sex Marriage: The New Civil Right? 10.3 The Gender Wage Gap 10.4 The End of Affirmative Action? Chapter 11 - Civil Liberties 11.1 The Tension Between Civil Liberties Advocates and Civil Rights Advocates: Campus Hate Speech Codes 11.2 Sexual Intimacy and the Right to Privacy 11.3 Random Drug Testing in Public Schools 11.4 Offensive Speech: Jerry Falwell, Hustler, and Funeral Protestors Appendix 1 For Instructors: A Guide to Using This TextbookAppendix 2 The United States Constitution