Government and Politics of the United States

2. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-333-69486-2
Verlag: Macmillan Education

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 743 g

Reihe: Comparative Government and Politics

Revised and updated with a new chapter on urban politics and full coverage of the Clinton administration, Government and Politics of the United States provides a broad-ranging, systematic and sophisticated introduction to the contemporary institutions and processes of government in the USA set in a clear historical context.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowles, Nigel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Second Edition.- Introduction.- Political Parties.- Elections and the Politics of Participation.- The Presidency and the Politics of Leadership.- Congress and the Politics of Legislative Competition.- The Supreme Court and the Politics of Adjudication.- Interest Groups.- Bureaucracy: The Fourth Branch of Government.- Federalism and Intergovernmental Policy-Making.- The Politics of Cities and Suburbs.- Domestic Economic Policy.- Foreign and Defence Policy.- Conclusion.- Appendix 1: The Constitution of the United States.- Appendix 2: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.- Appendix 3:.- Constitutional Allocation of Powers over Foreign and Defence Policy.- Further Reading.

Über Autor(innen)

NIGEL BOWLES is Fellow and Tutor in Politics, St Anne's College, and University Lecturer in Politics, University of Oxford