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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... democracy. Its structural roots date from the eighteenth century, as do its founding concepts of popular sovereignty and republicanism. Yet in the two centuries and more since the Constitution of 1787 was created, the United States has ...
... democracy in America , it did inspire a strengthening of democratic elements in the new constitutions . For example , while no state formally abolished property qualifications for the franchise , states such as New Hampshire ...
... democracy, which was equated with 'mob rule'. Yet practical considerations pushed Americans into republicanism, including the impossibility of finding an American royal family to replace the British one. Embracing a republic, however ...
... democracy and his ideas came to be embraced by most Americans. Whatever the nuances of political theory and the clash of interests and factions, there remains a common core to American politics in the period 1776–87. The most important ...
... democracy. In short, while the War of Independence was not fought to create a democracy and while the Constitution did not produce one, both contained seeds of democracy that were to germinate and flourish in time. The. Articles. of.
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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 |