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Chapter 10 — The Political Values of Political Actors Explore Additional Suggested Readings The following readings supplement those suggested in chapter 10 of the text. Brace, Paul, and Barbara Hinckley. Follow the Leader: Opinion Polls and the Modern Presidents. New York: Basic Books, 1992. Carter, Jimmy. Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.. Delli Carpini, Michael X., and Scott Keeter. What Americans Know About Politics and Why It Matters. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Eckstein, Harry, ed. Can Democracy Take Root in Post-Soviet Russia? New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998. Esposito, John L. Islam and Politics. 4th ed. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998. Flanigan, William H., and Nancy H. Zingale. Political Behavior of the American Electorate. 10th ed. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002. Ginsberg, Benjamin, and Martin Shefter. Politics by Other Means. New York: Basic Books, 2000. Kepel, Gilles. Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam. Trans. Anthony Roberts. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. Lakoff, George. Moral Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Nie, Norman H., Jane Junn, and Kenneth Stehlik-Barry. Education and Democratic Citizenship in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Nye, Joseph, Philip Zelikow, and David King, eds. Why People Don’t Trust Government. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. Stimson, James A. Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Annotated Links The following links will help you explore the themes of chapter 10 on the Web. To learn more about the principle of justice, visit Amnesty International’s Web site. Amnesty is a well-known organization that campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience, ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, abolish cruel treatment of prisoners, end political killings and disappearances, and ensure other human rights. The Amnesty International site lists its current campaigns and recommends action in the form of letter writing. The “library” for this Web site is searchable by country, region, and theme. Freedom House is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates worldwide democracy and freedom. In addition to providing news and press releases, the Freedom House Web site is an excellent source for research and publications. The site includes country ratings, global survey results, a freedom map, and online editions of the Freedom House Monitor. For over seventy years the Gallup Organization has employed public opinion polling to study human nature and behavior around the world. The organization has offices in forty countries. The Gallup site offers extensive analysis of polling data on a variety of political and public policy issues and is a valuable resource for assessing the political climate of many societies. Human Rights Watch is an important nongovernmental organization that works to expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. The HRW Web site includes a powerful collection of photo essays along with the latest news concerning human rights. In addition, the site offers a listing of current HRW campaigns worldwide. Modern global issues are identified on the site and explored with news releases, publications, commentaries, and world reports. The International
Relations and Security Network (ISN) The International Relations and Security Network is a Swiss contribution to Partnership for Peace. ISN provides information services including searchable reference databases and access to new publications. An integral part of ISN is “Security Watch,” a service from Reuters containing daily news briefs on world affairs. The Center for Responsive
Politics Opensecrets.org is the Web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a research group that tracks money in politics and money’s effect on elections and public policy. The site outlines exactly who’s giving to whose campaign in what form. The data are organized into numerous categories such as industries, PACs, and, lobbyists on the “who’s giving” side, and Congress, presidents, and political parties on the “who’s getting” side. Be sure to take note of the section that outlines the financial power of interest groups in politics.
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