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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... that the United States is a very diverse country. There are 50 States with many geographical, political and cultural differences between them. The politics and culture of Texas, for example, are very different from those of New York ...
... that the United States had a considerable stake in maintaining order in the world. The increasing interconnectedness of national economies and the international dimensions of problems such as global warming, AIDS, terrorism and poverty ...
... that the people who provided the momentum for independence were not the same as those who seized the initiative to write a new constitution in 1787: not only did they have different goals, but, to some extent, different interests and ...
... that the legitimacy of government depended ultimately upon popular consent, they did not agree on how much direct involvement the people should have in government. Some, like James Madison, were convinced that the lower chamber of the ...
... that the system would prove difficult to coordinate and allowed entrenched minorities to block action that might benefit the majority. This tension between majority and minority power is a major feature of American government to this ...
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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 |