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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... Influence of interest groups and PACs Access or votes? Interest groups and the public good Chapter summary Discussion points Further reading Websites References The mass media and politics The American press Television The media and ...
... influence of the United States on a global scale. To say that the United States is the only country that has the capacity to provide leadership to the world does not mean that it can easily achieve its foreign policy goals. There are ...
... influence national policy-making, the system was highly consensual. However, the other side of that coin was that the system would prove difficult to coordinate and allowed entrenched minorities to block action that might benefit the ...
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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 |