A Brief Introduction to US PoliticsA 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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Chapter summary Discussion points Further reading Websites References Chapter 8 The Supreme Court andjudicial politics Judicial review Stages of judicialreview Judicial reasoning and politics Judicial activism andjudicial self-restraint ...
the presidency, the Congress andthe Supreme Court.These embody the constitutional principle ofthe separation of powers,but weexplain how these three institutions are simultaneously independent yetconstrained by each other.
... counted becausethe voting machine had not punched clean through the ballot papers. A lengthy judicial wrangle followed, and in the end the United States Supreme Court stepped in andineffect awarded the state¥and the presidency ...
... Massachusetts had convinced him that the people were often misinformed and too easily misled by. adesigning. men«. However, with the people shut out of the selection of the president, the senators and the justices of the Supreme Court,
president, the senators and the justices of the Supreme Court, the more democratically-minded delegates carried the day on the House of Representatives. This was to be the major democratic element in the new Constitution.
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Bureaucracy | |
Elections and theelectorate The constitutional frameworkof elections | |
The voters | |
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The mass | |
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The Congress | |
The Supreme | |
References Chapter 10 Foreign policy Ideology andselfinterest 17761945 The Cold | |
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Political partiesinterest groupsand money | |
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| Název | A Brief Introduction to US Politics |
| Autor | Robert J. Mckeever |
| Vydavatel | Routledge, 2014 |
| ISBN | 1317873343, 9781317873341 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 214 |
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