Texts and Materials

Recommended books:

• The Challenge of Democracy. K. Janda, J. Berry, J. Goldman, K. Hula. 12th Edition (you can read this text online or download the textbook)

Recommended textbooks, documents and websites:

• Federalism in the Constitution
• PoliTxts
• State and Local Governments: Library of Congress Resource page
• National Association of Counties
• Governing: The Magazine of States and Localities
• Initiative and Referendum Institute
• Stateline
• Party Platforms
• The Democratic National Committee
• Republican National Committee
• American Presidency Project
• Skeleton Closet: Scandals on All Presidential Election Candidates
• Electoral College-National Archives
• Commission on Presidential Debates
• Congress via Thomas
• Congress via GovTrack
• CongressLink
• U.S. Senate History
• U.S. Court System
• Supreme Court
• Oyez Project: Oral Arguments before the Supreme Court
• VoteSmart: Interest Group Ratings of Members of Congress
• Center for Responsive Politics
• eDemocracy
• Vote Smart Web
• Future of E-Democracy
• Public Strategies for the Online World
• Pew Internet and American Life
• National Archives and Records Administration
• American Foreign Policy Council
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Foreign Policy Magazine
• The U.S. Constitution Online
• Bill of Rights
• The White House
• U.S. State Department - Policy
• GAO Reports on Terrorism
• Homeland Security Actions
• GOA report on Cost of Sept. 11 (pdf)
• Congressional Legislation Related to the September 11 Attack
• Annotated Bibliography
• Department of Treasury: Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
• Global Terrorism, Domestic Order, and the United States