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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Robert J. Mckeever. Preface. This short version of Politics USA is intended for the student or teacher who needs an introduction to the essential features of the American political system. The United States is a complex democracy. Its ...
... the political system of any country depends in part upon understanding its culture. By culture we mean the values, traditions and aspirations of a nation. These in turn are in part dependent upon the social make-up of the country, its ...
... of the principal challenges for the American political system has always been to accommodate diversity while providing for effective government at the national level. In the second half of the twentieth century, a new dimension was added by ...
... with the principles set out in that document. The US Constitution was drafted in 1787 and came into force in 1789. Yet it is no ... that achieving independence The Constitution and constitutionalism The origins of the Constitution of 1787.
Robert J. Mckeever. of the difficulty lay in the fact that achieving independence and implementing self- government were distinctly different projects, and Americans took some time to make the transition from the one to the other. It was ...
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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 |