American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure

ISBN-13: 9780367465292 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 384 str.

Cal Jillson

Opis

The new edition of the briefest and most affordable American Government text on the market updates data through the 2018 Midterm elections, looks ahead to 2020, and puts events of the Trump Administration in context with principles of Constitutional democracy.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Revolution and The Constitution  Chapter 2 Federalism and The American Constitutional Order  Chapter 3 Civil Liberties: Democracy and The Expansion of Liberty’s Realm   Chapter 4 Civil Rights: Where Liberty and Equality Collide  Chapter 5 Shaping Americans: Political Socialization, Public Opinion, And the Media  Chapter 6 Factions Today: Interest Groups and Political Parties  Chapter 7 Democracy’s Moment: Voting, Campaigns, and Elections  Chapter 8 Congress: Partisanship, Polarization, and Gridlock  Chapter 9 The Executive Branch: The President, The Bureaucracy, and Executive Power  Chapter 10 The Federal Courts: Originalism Versus Living Constitutionalism  Appendix A The Declaration Of Independence  Appendix B Constitution of The United States  Appendix C Federalist Numbers 10, 51, and 78

O autorze

Cal Jillson earned a PhD from the University of Maryland and has taught at Louisiana State University and the University of Colorado, where he chaired the Department of Political Science from 1989 to 1993. He joined the faculty of Southern Methodist University in 1995 as professor and chair of the Department of Political Science (1995–2001). He is a member of the American Political Science Association and several regional political science associations. Professor Jillson has written a number of books dealing with the origins of the American political culture and the health and performance of contemporary American politics and political institutions. His recent books were American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change, 10th ed., 2019; Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy, 3rd ed., 2018; Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State, 7th ed., 2019; and The American Dream in History, Politics, and Fiction, 2017.