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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... nothing do contemporary candidates for national office campaign 'against Washington' and promise to make the federal government hear the voice of the 'ordinary folks' back home. Box 1.5 The Federalists v . The Anti - Federalists.
... Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison who honoured the terms of the Constitution while implementing it with flexibility and intelligence. Some clauses of the Constitution were quietly dropped. Thus President Washington at first ...
... Washington lost patience. Thereafter, he and other presidents simply sent agreed treaties to the Senate for approval ... Washington (1789–97). Based on the Federalist/Anti- Federalist debate, President Washington found it preferable to ...
... Washington, DC. The various governments of the individual states, their position in the system also guaranteed by the US Constitution, meet in each of the capital cities of America's fifty states. The US Constitution embeds history into ...
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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 |