What If the American Political System Were Different?.

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levine, Herbert M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor and Francis, 2015.
Temas:
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • 1 What If There Were No Written Constitution and Bill of Rights?
  • What is a constitution?
  • A brief tour of the United States Constitution
  • What if we had no written constitution?
  • Conclusion
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 2 What If There Were a Unitary Rather Than a Federal System?
  • Federal and unitary systems
  • The American federal system
  • Truly United States: An American Unitary System
  • Summary and conclusionSources and suggested readings
  • 3 What If There Were Three Major Parties?
  • Political parties in America
  • Constraints on third parties
  • A third-party breakthrough
  • Alternative views
  • Notes
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 4 What If There Were No Television?
  • Political behavior
  • Governmental institutions
  • Public policy
  • Conclusion
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 5 What If There Were a Parliamentary System?
  • The Westminster model
  • The political process
  • Public policy
  • Conclusion Notes
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 6 What If There Were No Judicial Review?
  • The idea of a written constitution
  • Who decides what the Constitution means?
  • What if there were no judicial review?
  • Conclusion
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 7 What If There Had Been No Slavery?
  • The condition of African-Americans
  • A brief history of race relations
  • The legacy of slavery
  • An alternative scenario
  • America without slavery
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 8 What If the 1787 Constitution Had Provided for Equal Rights?The civic order
  • Government
  • The private sector
  • State laws
  • Conclusion
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 9 What If There Were No Welfare State?
  • Social consequences
  • Political consequences
  • For better or for worse?
  • Notes
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • 10 What If There Had Been No Cold War?
  • Soviet-U.S. relations, 1917-1945
  • The cold war
  • The impact of the cold war
  • Conclusion
  • Sources and suggested readings
  • Index

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