Essentials of American Politics

ISBN-13: 9780367098414 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 448 str.

David McKay

Opis

An undergraduate text, this work takes as its central theme the increasing tension in American politics between a general philosophy of limited government and particular public demands for more and better government programmes and services.

Spis treści

* Limited Government in the Age of High Expectations * Society, Economy and Communications * Beliefs and Values * Constitutional Government * Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations * American Political Parties in Transition * Political Participation and Electoral Behavior * U.S. Legislators and Their Constituents * Congress as Policy Maker * Presidential Power * The Federal Bureaucracy * Organized Interests: The Real Power? * The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics * Social Policy in America: Self Reliance and State Dependence * Managing Economic Change * The American World Role * The American Political System at Centurys End

O autorze

David McKay is Professor of Government at the University of Essex and Visiting Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous books and articles on American and comparative politics, including, most recently, Federalism and European Union: A Political Economy Perspective (OUP, 1999).