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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Robert J. Mckeever. state of nature prior to the formation of society, all men are created equal by God. At the same time, Jefferson and some others were clearly aware that slavery was wrong and could do untold harm to America at some point ...
Robert J. Mckeever. later reinforced by the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution (see Bill of Rights below). Secondly, the states were given control of the upper chamber of the Congress, the United States Senate. This was achieved in two ...
... with each other. Besides other impediments, may be remarked that, where there is a consciousness of unjust or it dishonorable purposes, communication is always checked by ... of Rights that, in the main, emphasised the limits of the new.
... with an indeterminate number of ' implied powers ' . The outcome today is that there is hardly any subject on which Congress may not legislate if it wishes to ... for it will be found that the power retained by individual states, small as.
... and intelligence. Some clauses of the Constitution were quietly dropped. Thus President Washington at first applied literally the requirement that treaties be ratified with the 'advice and consent' of the Senate. The development of the ...
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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 |