US Government and Politics / / William Storey.
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748638802);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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics Study Guides : PSG
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Boxes
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- Part I: The Framework of US Politics
- 1 The Constitution of the United States of America
- 2 Federalism
- 3 Race and Ethnicity in US Politics
- Part II: The Limits on Federal Power – Pluralism
- 4 Elections
- 5 Political Parties
- 6 Pressure Groups
- Part III: Testing the Limits of Federal Power – the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Executive
- 7 The Judiciary
- 8 Congress
- 9 The Domestic Presidency
- 10 The Presidency – Foreign Affairs
- Conclusion: True to its Founding Ideals?
- Index