Chapter 1: Study of American Government

Political Ideology Definitions:
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/ideology.htm

World's Smallest Political Quiz:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

The Political Typology:
http://typology.people-press.org/

Political Theory:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/pstheory.html

John Locke (1632-1704):
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/locke.htm

Chapter 2: The Constitution

The Constitution of the United States:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

Text of the Constitution of the United States:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm

United States Constitution with Annotations on Court Cases:
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/constitution/

The Articles of Confederation
http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html

National Constitution Center:
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

 Chapter 3: Federalism

The Federalism Project:
http://www.federalismproject.org

Close Up Materials on Federalism
http://www.closeup.org/federal.htm

The Journal of Federalism:
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~publius

State-Federal Relations
http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/statefed.htm

Reflections of the Fourth Stage of Federalism:
http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=405057

 

Chapter 4: American Political Culture
 

American Political Development:
http://www.americanpoliticaldevelopment.org

The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour: Exploring Democracy in America:
http://www.tocqueville.org/

Smithsonian: History and Culture:
http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture

The PEW Research Center
http://people-press.org/

This I Believe:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538138

Survey of American Political Culture:
http://www.virginia.edu/iasc/surveys.htmlf

Chapter 5: Civil Liberties

The Free Expression Network:
http://www.freeexpression.org/

United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs:
http://curiae.law.yale.edu/

Center for Voting and Democracy
http://www.fairvote.org/?page=262

Find Law:
http://www.caselaw.findlaw.com

American Civil Liberties Union Forum:
http://forums.aclu.org/

U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia:
http://www.oyez.org

Chapter 6: Civil Rights

Student Press Law Center:
http://www.splc.org

The Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century:
http://www.civilrights.org .

Human Rights Campaign: Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights:
http://www.hrc.org

The Civil Rights Project:
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund:
http://www.dredf.org

Chapter 7: Public Opinion

Polling Report:
http://www.pollingreport.com

National Election Studies:
http://www.umich.edu/~nes

Public Agenda:
http://www.publicagenda.org

National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago:
http://www.aapor.org


Chapter 8: Political Participation

The Center for Voting and Democracy:
http://www.fairvote.org

Vanishing Voter: A Project to Study and Invigorate the American Electoral Process:
http://www.vanishingvoter.org

National Voting Rights Museum and Institute:
http://www.voterights.org

Voter Rights at Truthout.org
http://www.truthout.org/voters.rights.htm

Right to Vote: Campaign to End Felony Disenfranchisement:
http://www.righttovote.org

Chapter 9: Political Parties

The American Presidency Project:
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php

College Democrats of America:
http://www.collegedems.com

GOPAC:
http://www.gopac.com

Green Party of the United States:
http://www.gp.org

The Libertarian Party:
http://www.lp.org

Chapter 10: Elections

Money in Politics Databases:
http://www.tray.com/fecinfo

United States Election Assistance Commission:
http://www.eac.gov

U.S. Electoral College:
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html

Election Reform:
http://www.electionreform.org

Democracy 21:
http://www.democracy21.org


Chapter 11: Interest Groups

Lobbyists Database:
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp

Judicial Watch:
http://www.judicialwatch.org

Moveon.org PAC:
http://www.moveon.org

Anti-Defamation League:
http://www.adl.org

American Association of Retired Persons:
http://www.aarp.org


Chapter 12: The Media

Media Research Center: America's Media Watchdog:
http://www.mediaresearch.org

MIT Comparative Media Studies:
http://web.mit.edu/cms

The Big Ten Media Conglomerates:
http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html

Media Channel: The Global Network for Democratic Media:
http://www.mediachannel.org

Milestones in the History of Media and Politics:
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/mediahistory.html


Chapter 13: The Legislature

Congress.org:
http://www.congress.org

Federal Network, Inc.:
http://www.fednet.net

CAPWEB:
http://www.capweb.net

U.S. House of Representatives:
http://www.house.gov

U.S. Senate:
http://www.senate.gov


Chapter 14: The Presidency

American Presidents: Life Portraits:
http://www.americanpresidents.org

The President:
http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president

Center for the Study of the Presidency:
http://www.thepresidency.org

Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections:
http://www.uselectionatlas.org

The First Lady:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady

Chapter 15: The Bureaucracy

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies:
http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml

Statistics on Federal Agencies:
http://www.fedstats.gov

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA):
http://www.cia.gov

The White House Cabinet:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html

The Department of Homeland Security:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic


Chapter 16: The Judiciary

The Federal Judiciary:
http://www.uscourts.gov

Federal Judicial Center:
http://www.fjc.gov

Supreme Court Watch:
http://www.supremecourtwatch.org

U.S. Judiciary: The Federal Court System and Decisions:
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usjudic.html

The American Judicature Society:
http://www.ajs.org


Chapter 17: The Policy-Making Process

National Center for Policy Analysis:
http://www.ncpa.org/newdpd/index.php

The Pacific Research Institute:
http://www.pacificresearch.org

The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research:
http://www.manhattan-institute.org

Reason Foundation:
http://www.reason.org

The Independence Institute:
http://www.independent.org


Chapter 18: Economic Policy

Economic Policy Institute:
http://epinet.org

Bureau of Economic Analysis:
http://www.bea.gov

Outline of the U.S. Economy:
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/

U.S. Economic History:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/us/us_economic.html

Center for Economic and Policy Research:
http://www.cepr.net


Chapter 19: Social Welfare Policy

The Office of Family Assistance:
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa

The Welfare Law Center:
http://www.welfarelaw.org

Food & Nutrition Service: Food Stamp Program:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp

Social Security Choice:
http://www.socialsecuritychoice.org

Students for Saving Social Security:
http://www.secureourfuture.org


Chapter 20: Foreign Policy

U.S. Department of State:
http://www.state.gov/

U.S. Department of Defense:
http://www.defenselink.mil

The World Factbook:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

Council on Foreign Relations:
http://www.cfr.org

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs:
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu

 

Chapter 21: Environmental Policy

Council on Environmental Quality :
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq

GeoSpatial Data and Climate Services (GDCS) group:
http://www.eis.noaa.gov

The National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC):
http://nigec.ucdavis.edu/

The Sierra Club:
http://sierraclub.org/

U.S. Department of Energy:
http://www.energy.gov

 

Chapter 22: Who Governs? To What Ends?

New Deal Network:
http://newdeal.feri.org/

The "Return" of Activist Government?:
http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=5013

Beyond Red vs. Blue:
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=948

The Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov/general.htm

Torments of Liberalism:
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=5573

The Social Divide: Political Parties and the Future of Activist Government:
http://brookings.nap.edu/books/0815792875/html/