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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... Bill of Rights below). Secondly, the states were given control of the upper chamber of the Congress, the United States Senate. This was achieved in two ways. First, the states were given equal representation in the Senate: two senators ...
... bill passed by Congress, although this could be overridden by a two-thirds majority of both the House and the Senate ... bills have to be passed in identical form by both the Senate and the House before they become law. This ability to ...
... Bill of Rights that, in the main, emphasised the limits of the new federal government. Moreover, the Anti-Federalist current remained powerful in the new political system, and does so even to this day. Not for nothing do contemporary ...
... Bill of Rights The idea of a Bill of Rights had been raised at the Philadelphia Convention but had been rejected. Many believed that the structure of government, characterised by separation of powers, federalism and checks and balances ...
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Chapter 2 Federalism | 18 |
Chapter 3 Elections and the electorate | 34 |
Chapter 4 Political parties interest groups and money | 56 |
Chapter 5 The mass media and politics | 79 |
Chapter 6 The presidency and the executive branch | 93 |
Chapter 7 The Congress | 112 |
Chapter 8 The Supreme Court and judicial politics | 136 |
Chapter 9 US government and domestic policy | 158 |
Chapter 10 Foreign policy | 171 |
Index | 195 |
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A Brief Introduction to US Politics Robert J. McKeever,Philip Davies Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |