The Basics of American Politics, w/LP.com 2.0

Gary Wasserman (Autor)

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2003 | 11th edition
Pearson
978-0-321-19551-7 (ISBN)

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This extremely brief introduction to American government has been a long-time student favorite because of its lively, no-nonsense approach to core topics.

Using a dynamic game metaphor, the text covers four governmental “players,” as well as the constitutional “rules of the game.” It ends by examining rival theories on who wins and who loses in the American political system. Written to engage students and offer instructors great flexibility, Wasserman's text covers every needed term and topic behind the political news of the day. In 300 pages, a class learns what they need to know and likes it.

1. What Is Politics?

2. The Constitution: Rules of the Game.

3. The Executive Branch: The Presidency and the Bureaucracy.

4. The Legislative Branch: Congress.

5. The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court and the Federal Court.

6. Civil Rights and Liberties: Protecting the Players.

7. Voters and Political Parties.

8. Interest Groups and the Media.

9. Who Wins, Who Loses: Pluralism Versus Elitism.

Glossary.

Appendix. The Declaration of Independence.

Appendix. The Constitution.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.8.2003
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-321-19551-5 / 0321195515
ISBN-13	978-0-321-19551-7 / 9780321195517
Zustand	Neuware