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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... common core to American politics in the period 1776–87. The most important was a commitment to republicanism and a government based on popular consent. This embraced political ideas and rhetoric that facilitated, over.
... 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 have in government ...
... popular governments never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate , as when he contemplates their propensity to this dangerous vice . He will not fail , therefore , to set a due value on any plan which , without ...
... popular proposed amendments. As a result, the difficulty of amending the Constitution serves the legitimate purpose of ensuring that the founding principles of American government cannot easily be altered. Only measures acceptable to ...
... Popular consent and popular control , 1776-1789 ' , in Graham , G. J. and Graham , S. G. Founding Principles of American Government ( Bloomington : Indiana University Press ) , p . 61 . Chapter 2 Federalism DOI: 10.4324/9781315837260-3 ...
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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 |