Saffell, David C.

Civics : responsibilities and citizenship / David C. Saffell - New York : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, c1996 - xx, 620 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes index

Foundations of American citizenship: what is civics?; roots of American democracy -- Blueprint for a new nation: Constitution; Bill of Rights -- Citizenship rights and responsibilities: citizen and the community; parties and politics; voting and elections; public opinion and interest groups -- National government: Congress; presidency; executive branch; judicial branch -- State and local government: state government; local governments; community issues -- Law and the individual: legal rights and responsibilites; civil and criminal law -- Free enterprise system: American economic system; government and the economy; financing our governments; economy and the individual -- United States and the world: comparative government; international relations; interdependent world

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Civics--Study and teaching (Secondary)
Citizenship--Study and teaching (Secondary)


United States--Politics and government

320.473 / S128C 1996