The democratic debate American politics in an age of change - Miroff, Bruce; Seidelman, Raymond; Swanstrom, Todd; De Luca, Tom 1946- (Stamford, CT, USA Cengage Learning, 2015)
Introduction: the democratic debate. - The revolution and the constitution: origins of the democratic debate. - The dilemma of American federalism. - The American political economy. - Public opinion and the political culture: can the people be fooled?. - Democracy and voting. - Campaigns: organized money versus organized people. - U.S. parties: who has a voice?. - The media: who sets the political agenda. - Interest group politics: popular pressure versus elite bias. - Mass movement politics: the great equalizer. - Congress: a vehicle for popular democracy?. - Presidential leadership and elite democracy. - Bureaucracy: myth and reality. - The judiciary and the democratic debate. - Civil liberties and civil rights. - Economic and social policy: the democratic connections. - Foreign policy in the national security state.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-468) and index.
Keywords: Democracy -- United States; United States -- Politics and government