Painless American government

Book

Painless American government / Jeffrey Strausser ; illustrated by Denise Gilgannon.

Summary:

"Titles in Barron's Painless series are designed for middle school and high school students, helping them excel in subjects they might expect to be either hopelessly boring or excruciatingly difficult. The authors are all experienced teachers, adept at winning the hearts and minds of adolescents, and skillful in adding a light, humorous touch to even the heaviest and grimmest topics. This book opens with a general description of government and a comparison of democracy as practiced by the founding fathers and how it operates in today's America. The author goes on to discuss the Constitution as our basis of government, civil liberties and civil rights, the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, elections and political parties, how public policy is created and shaped, and how each citizen can become involved in the process of self-government. The book includes quizzes with answer keys"--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 0764126016
ISBN: 9780764126017
Physical Description: viii, 296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Publisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (page 264) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Chapter 1 What Is Government? 1 -- Chapter 2 Our Constitutional Foundation 15 -- Chapter 3 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 39 -- Chapter 4 The Legislative Branch 61 -- Chapter 5 The Executive Branch 117 -- Chapter 6 The Judicial Branch 163 -- Chapter 7 Elections and Political Parties 195 -- Chapter 8 Shaping Public Policy 233 -- Chapter 9 What You Can Do 259.