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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... national office Limited powers and presidential personality Main elements of the federal bureaucracy Controlling the federal bureaucracy Bureaucratic political resources Bureaucracy and effective government 34 34 37 39 41 45 47 51 54 55 ...
... US government and 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 ...
... federal government – the presidency, the Congress and the Supreme Court. These embody the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, but we explain how these three institutions are simultaneously independent yet constrained ...
... national government. One of the inevitable features of a short introductory text is a relative paucity of examples and case studies. In order to counter this, we conclude the book with two chapters that show the way that government and ...
... government to be strong and effective in promoting defence, national security and protecting America's interests abroad, while simultaneously fulfilling the domestic ambitions of its people. In the first decade of the twenty-first ...
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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 |