American politics and society
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American politics and society
Blackwell, c1993
3rd ed
- hard
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Completely revised and updated to take full account of the 1992 Presidential Election which swept Bill Clinton to the Oval office, this new edition of "American Politics and Society" provides an introduction to US politics for all students of political science. It explains, analyzes and interprets the processes of US government - and, appraises them from a non-US perspective. McKay fills in the social background to American political and economic life, preparing the ground for the central discussion of the book: the institutions of the US state. Congress, the Supreme Court and the Constitution, the federal government, the Presidency, the party bandwagons and electoral circuses - all are carefully analyzed in turn. Their significance for the way America is governed is evaluated. McKay guides the reader through the jungle of the federal bureaucracy, and assesses the power of interest groups. He discusses in detail how US policy is formulated in the critical areas of urban policy, economic management and foreign affairs. Throughout, he provides an up-to-date survey of the views and criticisms of leading political commentators on the American scene.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Society, Economy and Political Beliefs 3. Constitutional Government 4. 80,000 Governments: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations 5. American Political Parties in Transition 6. Political Participation and Electoral Behaviour 7. US Legislators and their Constituents 8. Congress as Policy Maker 9. Presidential Power 10. The Federal Bureaucracy 11. Organized Interests: the Real Power? 12. The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics 13. The Style and Substance of Policy Making Appendix: The Constitution of the United States Index.
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