PART 1: FOUNDATIONS  

1. Five Principles of Politics    

2. Constructing a Government: The Founding and the Constitution    

3. Federalism and the Separation of Powers    

4. Civil Liberties    

5. Civil Rights    

    

PART 2: INSTITUTIONS   

6. Congress: The First Branch    

7. The Presidency as an Institution    

8. The Executive Branch    

9. The Federal Courts    

    

PART 3: DEMOCRATIC POLITICS   

10. Public Opinion     

11. Elections    

12. Political Parties    

13. Groups and Interests    

14. The Media    

    

PART 4: POLICY 

15. Economic Policy    

16. Social Policy    

17. Foreign Policy