LOWI, Theodore J <br/><br/>
American government :  power and purpose 

 - 9. ed 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Company,  2006 
 - 599 p. 
<br/><br/> Part 1 - Foundations  1. Five principles of politics  2. Constructing a government: the founding and the constitution  Constitution  3. The constitutional framework: federalism and the separation of powers  4. The constitutional framework and the individual: civil liberties and civil rights  Part 2 - Institutions  5. Congress: The first branch  6. The presidency as an institution  7. The executive branch: bureaucracy in a democracy  8. The federal courts: Structure and strategies  Part 3 - Politics   9. Public opinion  10. Elections  11. Political parties  12. Groups and interests  13. The media  Appendix 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393927148 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Administração Federal<br/>Forma de Estado<br/> Burocracia<br/>Democracia<br/>Opinião Pública<br/>Política Pública<br/>justiça Eleitoral<br/>Partido Político<br/>Direito Constitucional<br/>Governança<br/>Governabilidade
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Estados Unidos