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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... domestic policy The twenty-first century policy debate America's public support policies Items from a twenty-first century agenda The context and the future Chapter summary Discussion points Further reading References 108 110 110 111 ...
... domestic and foreign policies. Readers are thus able to gain knowledge of the main policy issues that constitute the American political agenda today, but are also able to evaluate the way in which the system as a whole works. Finally ...
... domestic factors, including public opinion and the claims on the public purse of domestic programmes such as Social Security and Medicare. Indeed, most Americans are usually far more concerned with domestic priorities than with foreign ...
... domestic front the people are divided and half of them reluctant to be led by President George W. Bush. The foreign policy agenda is fraught with difficulty, as are some of the main domestic policy issues. The obvious question that ...
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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 |