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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... campaigns Congressional elections Voting behaviour The voters Chapter summary Discussion points Further reading Websites References Political parties, interest groups and money Origins and history of American political parties Party ...
... campaign challenged the fact that some votes had not been counted because the voting machine had not punched clean through the ballot papers. A lengthy judicial wrangle followed, and in the end the United States Supreme Court stepped in ...
... campaign. Even then they had to promise to enact a 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 ...
... campaigns, Federalists were forced to concede on this point and promised to begin enactment of the Bill of Rights as soon as Congress met. They were duly enacted and ratified in 1791. Many of the rights protected in the first ten ...
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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 |