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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... the 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. The.
... the president (executive) was to be chosen by the Congress (legislative), would this not undermine the separation of powers by allowing the control of one office by another? In the end, the Convention came up with selection systems that ...
... the president through its control of finances, the power of the purse. Each chamber of Congress checked the other, because all bills have to be passed in identical form by both the Senate and the House before they become law. This ...
... President Roosevelt's New Deal and only saved its independence when it finally recognised the need to adapt to a new ... the President (Twenty-second). Still others have extended the right to vote to women (Nineteenth) and 18-year-olds ...
... the president of the United States, were also to be appointed in a manner chosen by the state legislatures, and the members were only to meet in their separate state capitals. The number of electoral college members allocated to each ...
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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 |