Essentials of American government. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David McKay.
• Authors: McKay, David
• Contents: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Limited Government in the Age of High Expectations -- 2 Beliefs, Values, and American Society -- The Nature of American Beliefs and Values -- Values and American Society -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 3 Constitutional Government -- Origins -- The American Constitution -- Ratification -- The Adaptive Constitution -- Assessing the Constitution -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 4 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations -- Federalism in Theory and Practice -- The Evolution of American Federalism -- Fiscal Federalism: The Rise and Fall of the Federal Role -- A Changing Court Role? -- The Pressure for National Standards -- American Federalism and Public Expectations -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 5 American Political Parties in Transition -- The Functions of Parties -- Crisis and Change in the American Party System -- Party Decline? -- Explaining Party Change -- Toward the Millennium: A New Role for Political Parties -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 6 Political Participation and Electoral Behavior -- Patterns of American Electoral Behavior -- Dealignment, Realignment, and the Modern American Voter -- Nonelectoral Political Participation -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 7 U.S. Legislators and Their Constituents -- Representation and Congress -- Congressional Elections -- Legislators as Rational Actors -- The Work of Members of Congress -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 8 Congress as Policymaker -- Functions of Congress -- Structure of Power in Congress -- Congress Under Fire -- Reform and Change in Congress -- Conclusion: Can Congress Lead? -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 9 Presidential Power -- Formal Sources of Power -- Informal Powers -- The Presidency in Crisis -- Presidential Abuse of Power and the Congressional Response. Presidential Resources -- Assessing Presidential Power at Century's End -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 10 The Federal Bureaucracy -- The Federal Bureaucracy: Organization and Function -- The Bureaucracy: How Uncontrollable? -- Bureaucratic Critiques in Perspective -- Reform Attempts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 11 Organized Interests: The Real Power? -- Interest Groups and Lobbyists -- Economic Groups -- Professional Groups -- Promotional Groups -- Political Action Committees -- The Washington Lobby -- Interest Groups: For and Against -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 12 The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics -- The American Legal System -- The Supreme Court's Decisionmaking -- The Court and Political Power -- The Court, the Public, and Politics -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 13 Regulating Morality-Civil Rights, Liberties, and the Conscience Issues -- Overview of Morality Issues -- Civil Liberties -- Equality and Civil Rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 14 Social Policy in America-Self-Reliance and State Dependence -- Federalism -- Social Security, Medicare, and the Electoral Connection -- Philosophy of Self-Reliance -- Health Care Reforms -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 15 Managing Economic Change -- State and Economy in the United States -- Ideology and Economic Policy -- Institutions and Economic Policy -- Economic Policy and Public Expectations -- Further Reading -- 16 The American World Role -- The Institutional Context -- American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- 17 The American Political System at Century's End -- Assessing the American Polity -- Reform and Renewal -- Notes -- Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 425 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 320.473; United States-Politics and government; United States -- Politics and government; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429980381; 0429980388
• Related ISBNs: 9780813367552
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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