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Standard and Short Edition:
1 American Political Culture
2 The Founding and the Constitution
3 Federalism
4 Civil Liberties
5 Civil Rights
6 Public Opinion
7 The Media
8 Political Participation and Voting
9 Political Parties
10 Campaigns and Elections
11 Groups and Interests
12 Congress
13 The Presidency
14 Bureaucracy In A Democracy
15 The Federal Courts
16 Government and Economy
17 Social Policy
18 Foreign Policy and Democracy
Texas Edition:
19 The Political Culture, People, and Economy of Texas
20 The Texas Constitution
21 Parties and Elections in Texas
22 Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Lobbyists
23 The Texas Legislature
24 The Texas Executive Branch
25 The Texas Judiciary
26 Local Government in Texas
27 Public Policy in Texas

Chapter 14: Bureaucracy In A Democracy

What Government Does and Why It Matters

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President Bush created the Office of Homeland Security in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, to develop strategies to deal with the threat of terrorism inside the United States. At the end of 2002, Homeland Security was made a cabinet-level department. Visit the Department of Homeland Security Web site at www.whitehouse.gov/homeland and answer the following questions:


  1. What is the mission of the Department of Homeland Security?

  1. What action by the president created the Department of Homeland Security?

  1. How does the Department of Homeland Security differ from the Department of Justice or other Cabinet departments?

  1. What is the organizational structure of the Department of Homeland Security?

  1. How does the Department of Homeland Security interact with other federal, state, and local governmental entities?



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