US government and politics:
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Edinburgh Univ. Press
2010
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| Edition: | 2. ed. |
| Series: | Politics study guides
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 404 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780748638802 0748638806 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Boxes
viii
List of Tables
ix
Introduction
χ
Part I: The Framework of US Politics
1
The Constitution of the United States of America
3
Historical background
4
The Constitutional Convention
8
Ratifying the Constitution
10
Key features of the Constitution
12
Perspectives on the Constitution
21
Conclusion
33
2
Federalism
38
The states at independence from Britain
39
The Constitutional Convention: debating Federalism
42
The development of Federalism
43
Federalism in the twenty-first century
58
Conclusion
61
3
Race and Ethnicity in US Politics
68
The Constitution and race
69
The extent of racial inequality in the twenty-first century
71
Racial inequality: the back-story
78
The rise of Affirmative Action
91
Limitations on Affirmative Action
96
The debate on Affirmative Action
98
Conclusion
113
Part
П:
The Limits on Federal Power
-
Pluralism
4
Elections
121
Historical background
122
vi US
Government
and Politics
The evolution of democracy
124
The electoral system at state and local level
127
The electoral system: Congressional elections
130
The electoral process: the presidency
133
Concerns about the electoral system: campaign
finance
153
Concerns about the electoral system: incumbency
advantage
163
Concerns about the electoral system: voter
participation
166
Perspectives on the electoral system
167
Conclusion
170
5
Political Parties
177
The role of political parties
178
The development of the main political parties
178
The modern Republican Party
186
The modern Democratic Party
199
Party supporters
205
Minor parties
208
Polarisation
211
Conclusion
214
6
Pressure Groups
218
Pressure groups and the Constitution
219
The aims and objectives of pressure groups
220
Access points: why, and how, they are exploited
221
Assessing the impact of pressure groups
236
Conclusion
243
Part
Ш:
Testing the Limits of Federal Power
-
the
Judiciary, the Legislature and the Executive
7
The Judiciary
249
The role of the judiciary
250
The Constitution and the judiciary
251
Judicial review
251
The political character of judicial review
256
Contents
vii
Judicial
philosophies
260
Judicial
appointments
280
The Roberts Court (from
2005
to
2009) 283
Conclusion
289
8
Congress
294
Congress and the Constitution
295
Congress and the presidency
297
Congress and the judiciary
307
Legislating
308
Representation: promoting the interests of constituents
317
Importance of political parties in Congress
320
Evaluating Congress
321
Conclusion
325
9
The Domestic Presidency
331
The presidency and the Constitution
332
The President as head of government
333
The President as chief legislator
350
The President as head of state
354
The President as party leader
357
The Vice President
358
Conclusion
360
10
The Presidency
-
Foreign Affairs
363
The Constitution and foreign policy
364
The instruments of foreign policy
367
The goals of foreign policy
369
Foreign policy in the twenty-first century
374
The impact of foreign policy on domestic affairs
379
Evaluating the powers of the President
384
Conclusion
387
Conclusion: True to its Founding
Ideals? 391
Index
392
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