A Brief Introduction to US PoliticsRoutledge, 22. 7. 2014 - Počet stran: 214 A Brief Introduction to American Politicsprovides a coherent and succinct account of how contemporary American politics blends enduring principles with the realities and demands of the present day. Beginning with a brief overview of American society today, the book introduces the constitutional framework of American politics and the fluid concept and practice of federalism. It also covers the major features of the representative process, looking at both elections and main players such as parties, interest groups, and the media. Chapters on the major institutions of the federal government - the presidency, the Congress, and the Supreme Court – examines how they are simultaneously independent and constrained by each other. Chapters on domestic and foreign policy demonstrate how government and politics work in connection with the system’s main outputs. A Brief Introduction to American Politicsis a shorter version of Politics USA and is intended for students who need an introduction to the essential features of the American political system. |
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... representative process: elections, of course, but also the main players in electoral politics, such as parties, interest groups and the media. We also analyse the challenges to democracy presented by an electoral system highly dependent ...
... Representatives, must be directly elected by the citizenry. He believed that the stability of the government would depend considerably on whether the people had faith in its ability to reflect their moods and demands. Others, like ...
... Representatives Members chosen directly by the voters in each state district The Senate Members chosen by state legislatures in any manner they wish Judicial Branch The Supreme Court Justices chosen jointly by the president and the ...
... representatives of many different interests and viewpoints could influence national policy-making, the system was highly consensual. However, the other side of that coin was that the system would prove difficult to coordinate and ...
... Representatives was designed to be distributed according to the census record of population, the integrity of state borders was protected. No congressional constituency border was allowed to cross a state border, and the states retained ...
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Elections and the electorate | |
Political parties interest groups and money | |
The mass media and politics | |
The presidency and the executive branch | |
The Congress | |
The Supreme Court and judicial politics | |
US government and domestic policy | |
Foreign policy | |
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A Brief Introduction to US Politics Robert J. McKeever,Philip Davies Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |