Part I: Foundations -- American Political Culture -- The Founding and the Constitution -- Federalism -- Civil Liberties -- Civil Rights -- Part II: Politics -- Public Opinion -- The Media -- Political Participation and Voting -- Political Parties -- Campaigns and Elections -- Groups and Interests -- Part III: Institutions -- Congress -- The Presidency -- Bureaucracy in a Democracy -- The Federal Courts -- Part IV: Policy -- Government and the Economy -- Social Policy -- Foreign Policy and Democracy.