Understanding the US Government

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Call Number: DVD 973 Vi Oversize
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Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on 4 discs.
Course guide book including lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes and bibliography (pages 232-245).
"Course No. 50030."
Disc 1: Why have government? -- The framework of US federalism -- Civil liberties: freedoms from government -- Civil rights: fairness under government -- How a bill becomes a law -- Why Congress is such a puzzle -- Disc 2: How Congressional elections work -- The powers of presidency -- How presidential elections work -- A road map of the federal bureaucracy -- How the judicial branch works -- Where the Supreme Court meets politics -- Disc 3: The challenges of polling public opinion -- How political parties organize democracy -- How Americans became so polarized -- The fundamentals of elections and voting -- How does American democracy work? -- The ins and outs of campaign finance -- Disc 4: The pros and cons of organized interests -- Politics and the media -- How government affects the economy -- How the US social safety net works -- The major shifts in AMerican foreign policy -- The changing state of American democracy.
Lecturer: Professor Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Schar School of Policy and government, George Mason University.
DVD, NTSC.

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