Cargando…
US government and politics /
The US political system is designed to ensure that freedom and opportunity will always be protected, by making it almost impossible for power to become concentrated in the hands of a few people seeking to run society for their own benefit. Have these aims been achieved?. The answer is that Americans...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2010.
|
| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Politics study guides.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction, A beacon on the hill
- Part I. The framework of US politics. Ch. 1. The constitution of the United States of America
- Ch. 2. Federalism
- Ch. 3. Race and ethnicity in US politics
- Part II. The limits on federal power-pluralism. Ch. 5. Political parties
- Ch. 6. Pressure groups
- Part III. Testing the limits of federal power
- the judiciary, the legislature nad the executive
- Ch. 7. The Judiciary
- Ch. 8. Congress
- Ch. 9. The domestic presidency
- Ch. 10. The presidency
- foreign affairs
- Conclusion, true to its founding ideals.