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OpenStax K-12: American Government Student Edition + 1 Year License
Author(s): OpenStax
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 896
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American Government guides students from the foundational principles of the nation’s founding through political participation and the structures that shape American government today. Through historical examples, current events, primary sources, and perspectives from diverse communities, students gain a deeper understanding of how government impacts everyday life. The program’s balanced and comprehensive approach helps students not only understand key concepts, but also apply them as informed learners, future professionals, and engaged citizens.
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Chapter 1 American Government and Civic Engagement
- 1.1 What Is Government?
- 1.2 Who Governs? Elitism, Pluralism, and Tradeoffs
- 1.3 Engagement in a Democracy
Chapter 2 The Constitution and Its Origins
- 2.1 The Pre-Revolutionary Period and the Roots of the American
- Political Tradition
- 2.2 The Articles of Confederation
- 2.3 The Development of the Constitution
- 2.4 The Ratification of the Constitution
- 2.5 Constitutional Change
Chapter 3 American Federalism
- 3.1 The Division of Powers
- 3.2 The Evolution of American Federalism
- 3.3 Intergovernmental Relationships
- 3.4 Competitive Federalism Today
- 3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Federalism
Chapter 4 Civil Liberties
- 4.1 What Are Civil Liberties?
- 4.2 Securing Basic Freedoms
- 4.3 The Rights of Suspects
- 4.4 Interpreting the Bill of Rights
Chapter 5 Civil Rights
- 5.1 What Are Civil Rights and How Do We Identify Them?
- 5.2 The African American Struggle for Equality
- 5.3 The Fight for Women’s Rights
- 5.4 Civil Rights for Indigenous Groups: Native Americans, Alaskans, and Hawaiians
- 5.5 Equal Protection for Other Groups
Chapter 6 The Politics of Public Opinion
- 6.1 The Nature of Public Opinion
- 6.2 How Is Public Opinion Measured?
- 6.3 What Does the Public Think?
- 6.4 The Effects of Public Opinion
Chapter 7 Voting and Elections
- 7.1 Voter Registration
- 7.2 Voter Turnout
- 7.3 Elections
- 7.4 Campaigns and Voting
- 7.5 Direct Democracy
Chapter 8 The Media 371
- 8.1 What Is the Media?
- 8.2 The Evolution of the Media
- 8.3 Regulating the Media
- 8.4 The Impact of the Media
Chapter 9 Political Parties
- 9.1 What Are Parties and How Did They Form?
- 9.2 The Two-Party System
- 9.3 The Shape of Modern Political Parties
- 9.4 Divided Government and Partisan Polarization
Chapter 10 Interest Groups and Lobbying
- 10.1 Interest Groups Defined
- 10.2 Collective Action and Interest Group Formation
- 10.3 Interest Groups as Political Participation
- 10.4 Pathways of Interest Group Influence
- 10.5 Free Speech and the Regulation of Interest Groups
Chapter 11 Congress
- 11.1 The Institutional Design of Congress
- 11.2 Congressional Elections
- 11.3 Congressional Representation
- 11.4 House and Senate Organizations
- 11.5 The Legislative Process
Chapter 12 The Presidency
- 12.1 The Design and Evolution of the Presidency
- 12.2 The Presidential Election Process
- 12.3 Organizing to Govern
- 12.4 The Public Presidency
- 12.5 Presidential Governance: Direct Presidential Action
Chapter 13 The Courts
- 13.1 Guardians of the Constitution and Individual Rights
- 13.2 The Dual Court System
- 13.3 The Federal Court System
- 13.4 The Supreme Court
- 13.5 Judicial Decision-Making and Implementation by the Supreme Court
Chapter 14 State and Local Government
- 14.1 State Power and Delegation
- 14.2 State Political Culture
- 14.3 Governors and State Legislatures
- 14.4 State Legislative Term Limits
- 14.5 County and City Government
Chapter 15 The Bureaucracy
- 15.1 Bureaucracy and the Evolution of Public Administration
- 15.2 Toward a Merit-Based Civil Service
- 15.3 Understanding Bureaucracies and Their Types
- 15.4 Controlling the Bureaucracy
Chapter 16 Domestic Policy
- 16.1 What Is Public Policy?
- 16.2 Categorizing Public Policy
- 16.3 Policy Arenas
- 16.4 Policymakers
- 16.5 Budgeting and Tax Policy
Chapter 17 Foreign Policy
- 17.1 Defining Foreign Policy
- 17.2 Foreign Policy Instruments
- 17.3 Institutional Relations in Foreign Policy
- 17.4 Approaches to Foreign Policy
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