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Chapter 11 — National Politics: Culture, Constitutions, Citizens Explore Additional Suggested Readings The following readings supplement those suggested in chapter 11 of the text. Aldrich, John H. Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Cohen, Jeffrey, Richard Fleisher, and Paul Kantor, eds. American Political Parties: Decline or Resurgence? Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001. Cook, Timothy E. Governing the News: The News Media as a Political Institution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Gitlin, Todd. The Whole World Is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. Graber, Doris, Denis McQuail, and Pippa Norris, eds. The Politics of News: The News of Politics. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 1998. Hachten, William A., and James Frances Scotton. The World News Prism: Changing Media of International Communication. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1999. Herrnson, Paul, Ronald Shaiko, and Clyde Wilcox. The Interest Group Connection. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House Publishing, 1998. Lipow, Arthur. Political Parties and Democracy. London: Pluto Press, 1996. Miller, Warren, and J. Merrill Shanks. The New American Voter. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. Page, Benjamin I. Who Deliberates? Mass Media in Modern Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Sabato, Larry. Divided States of America: The Slash and Burn Politics of the 2004 Presidential Elections. New York: Longman, 2005. Weatherby, Joseph, Randal L. Cruikshanks, and Emmit B. Evans. The Other World: Issues and Politics of the Developing World. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1999. Annotated Links The following links will help you explore the themes of chapter 11 on the Web. The Brookings Institution is a Washington, D.C.-based research center that was founded as the Institute for Government Research in 1916. The Brookings Web site is an incredibly rich resource. Of particular value on the site are the Brookings Policy Briefs, which cover a wide range of government and economic issues, not only in the United States but in other countries as well. The
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) AEI is a moderate-to-conservative think tank dedicated to the principles of “….limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense.” AEI research areas tend focus on the United States, but the AEI Web site does include a special section devoted to issues in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Russia and the former Soviet republics. The Federal Election
Commission (FEC) The Federal Election Commission is a regulatory agency that oversees the financial aspects of political campaigns. This official FEC Web site explains the Federal Election Campaign Act and offers election guides for citizens, candidates, and the media. These guides provide the national voter registration form, statistics on previous elections, news releases, and information related to election regulations. The Institute for Public
Policy Research (IPPR) Founded in 1988, the IPPR is a public policy research institute that focuses on political and economic issues in the United Kingdom and in Europe. International
Constitutional Law This is a marvelously rich site for the comparative study of constitutions around the world. For each of the more than 140 countries listed on this site, there is a brief summary of its constitutional background and links to additional information about government structure and process. Discover Indian political culture by perusing this informative site maintained by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of India. India Image acts as a gateway for information on the government of India. Links within this site connect to the Web sites of other official ministries, departments, and organizations. The site offers news, weather information, official documents, and other materials regarding the basic structure of the Indian government. The Labour Party, based on the ideology of democratic socialism, is currently Great Britain’s leading political party. The Labour Party’s Web site outlines the major policies supported by the party, both locally and nationally. Like the Web site of most political parties, the mission of this one is to mobilize support and inform constituents of upcoming elections. Super Political Links There is no way to provide a comprehensive list of Web sites dealing with political values, political parties, governance, and interest groups, but the following links offer access to thorough directories of political/economic think tanks and more general sources on politics. National Institute
for Research Advancement (NIRA) The National Institute for Research Advancement is located in Tokyo, Japan, and it sponsors its own research program. Of particular value on the NIRA Web site is a comprehensive listing of political/economic research centers around the world. Richard
Kimber's Political Science Resources This is a United Kingdom-based private Web site that serves as a gateway to a wealth of Web resources relevant to area studies, British politics, constitutions, data archives, elections, government, international relations, political parities, political platforms, political theory, and political thought. This is a rich directory of United States lobbyists covering forty-two areas of concern, including abortion, civil rights, education, gun control, health, immigration, media, peace and war, religion, tax reform, voting and elections, the homeless and poor, public interest law, water resources, animal rights, and children.
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