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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... government. It was logical, then, to replace it with government close to the people and that meant government at the state level. As a result, the Articles provided only for the very weakest of national governments. There was no national ...
... national government system. Political principle was combined with pragmatism to produce a unique document. At the heart of the new Constitution lay a number of key features that embodied both pragmatism and principle. Federalism. It was ...
... federal government. Popular. consent. and. representation. While all the Founding Fathers agreed that the legitimacy of government depended ultimately upon popular consent, they did not agree on how much direct involvement the people should ...
... government had both negative and positive aspects to the exercise of federal power. As already noted, it made it difficult for any branch to become dominant to the point of tyranny. Moreover, because representatives of many different ...
... federal government would acquire increasing powers at the expense of the states. The Anti-Federalists feared a centralised and distant government. They cherished the independent powers of the states and believed that the new ...
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Elections and the electorate | |
Political parties interest groups and money | |
The mass media and politics | |
The presidency and the executive branch | |
The Congress | |
The Supreme Court and judicial politics | |
US government and domestic policy | |
Foreign policy | |
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A Brief Introduction to US Politics Robert J. McKeever,Philip Davies Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |