American government : freedom and power / Theodore J. Lowi and Benjamin Ginsberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Freedom and power : an introduction to the problem -- Constructing a government : the founding and the Constitution -- The constitutional framework : federalism and the separation of powers -- The constitutional framework and the individual : civil liberties and civil rights -- Congress : the first branch -- The president : from chief clerk to chief executive -- The executive branch : bureaucracy in a democracy -- The federal courts : least dangerous branch or imperial judiciary? -- Public opinion -- Elections -- Political parties -- Groups and interests -- The media --Government in action : public policy and the economy -- Government and society -- Foreign policy and democracy -- Can the government govern?