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The Great Concepts

System

Culture

Comparison

Power

Organization

Section One: Foundations

Chapter 1	theory	elitism, pluralism and democracy	participatory democracy		irony of democracy
Chapter 2	Articles of Confederation	The Enlightenment	republicanism	judicial review	federalism
	separation of powers	individualism	checks and balances	aristocracy	laissez-faire
Chapter 3	necessary and proper clause	McCulloch v. Maryland	noblesse oblige	social darwinism	American ethos
	Dred Scott v. Sandford	natural aristocracy	The Great Depression	Alexander Hamilton	John Marshall
Chapter 4	interlocking directorates	the liberal establishment	institutional wealth	Bank of Augusta v. Earle	hyperpluralism

Section Two: Interest Articulation

Chapter 5	interest articulation	incentives	hierarchy of political involvement	efficacy	civic duty
	public opinion	opinions	attitudes	values	beliefs
Chapter 6	socialization	agenda setting	selective perception	television malaise	conglomeratization
Chapter 7	party identification	realignment	dealignment	"responsible party" model	party typology
Chapter 8	first-past-the-post (plurality)	single transferrable vote	unit rule	regularity	Am. Party characteristics
Chapter 9	lobbying	interest group gridlock	"iron law of oligarchy"	PACs	stratarchy

Section Three: Institutions and Policies

Chapter 10	presidential power equation	president vs. presidency	war powers	constitutional and supraconstitutional roles
	the inner ring	presidential character	the pendulum of power	the pulse of politics
Chapter 12	Unwritten Rules of the Game	Representation vs. Lawmaking	apportionment vs. gerrymandering	seniority
Chapter 13	"law"	"court packing"	literal meaning vs. intent of the framers vs. need	the culture of American law