American Government and Politics: A Concise IntroductionSAGE, 14. nov. 2002 - 342 sider American Government and Politics is a completely new introductory textbook designed and written for all students of politics coming to the subject for the first time. It provides a lively and accessible introduction and guide to all the main features and characteristics of one of the most distinctive and complex contemporary political systems in the world. From the impeachment of Bill Clinton, to the controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election, and the Bush administration′s responses to September 11, students will gain a balanced and critical understanding of all the key issues and debates in contemporary American government and politics today. A number of key underlying themes include: - the nature of American values and identity - the influence of the constitution on political development - the ways in which key governing institutions function to produce domestic and foreign policy. Key features include: - comprehensive glossary of key terms - discussion and summary boxes - web links and guides to further reading Robert Singh is a lecturer in politics at Birkbeck College, London.
American Government and Politics: A Concise Introduction is the foundation companion text to Contemporary American Politics: Issues and Controversies also published by SAGE. `Rob Singh has written a finely organized and informative textbook that combines to an unusually high degree analytical clarity, accessibility of style and form, and an enlightened scepticism about received wisdom. This is an admirable book′ - Nigel Bowles, St Anne′s College, Oxford `Full of topical information and written with sparkling clarity, this book is a short-cut to excellence for the discriminating student′ - Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Professor of American History, University of Edinburgh `In American Government and Politics Robert Singh provides an excellent introduction to the subject. His approach is wide ranging, his examples well selected and his style is accessible. It will make an ideal book for introductory and more advanced university courses on US government. I strongly recommend the book to teachers and students′ - Desmond King, Mellon Professor of American Government, University of Oxford `This is a well written and lively book that is an important addition to the ranks of textbooks on American politics. One of its many virtues is its recognition that the textbook today is useful to a student only if it links to the world of web-based resources. Highly recommended′ - Alan Ware, Worcester College, Oxford |
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... source of political stability. Despite attempts by some scholars to depict America as a loose collection of ethnic groups and hyphenatedAmericans, the common values that unite the people of the United States mark the nation as ...
... source of immense pride and patriotism to Americans (in 1996, for example, ABC News asked a sample of Americans whether or not they agreed with the statement that 'Whatever its faults, the United States still has the best system of ...
... 65 41 56 60 <$20,000 67 40 66 66 Protestant 72 45 65 71 Catholic 77 47 51 51 Source: Golay and Rollyson (1996: 190) Exhibit 1.2 The Declaration of Independence (1776) The Declaration of. 6 American Government and Politics.
... source of employment in America is the Department of Defense, or 'Pentagon'), a national postage service and old age pensions. Moreover, while America has known almost nothing comparable to the European experience of state ownership of ...
... Source: Lowi (1995: 37). received in excess of $240 billion per annum during the 1990s – approximately 15 per cent powerful endorsements of state action conceivable. Approximately two million of the total federal budget. Thirty-eight ...
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Chapter 4 Elections and Voting Behaviour | 74 |
Chapter 5 Presidential Selection | 103 |
Chapter 6 The Presidency | 127 |
Chapter 7 Congress | 153 |
Chapter 8 The Supreme Court | 177 |
Chapter 10 The Federal Bureaucracy | 219 |
Chapter 11 Domestic Policy | 237 |
Chapter 12 Foreign Policy | 262 |
Chapter 13 Conclusion | 285 |
Glossary | 288 |
The Constitution of the United States of America | 312 |
Bibliography | 329 |
Index | 333 |