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American politics and society [[electronic resource] /] / David McKay
| American politics and society [[electronic resource] /] / David McKay |
| Autore | McKay David |
| Edizione | [8th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.473 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-26190-9
1-118-26176-3 1-299-15941-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Government and the people in a polarized society -- Beliefs, values and American society -- Constitutional government -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- American political parties and the politics of polarization -- Elections and political participation -- The media and American politics -- Congress I: the people's branch? -- Congress II : functions and powers : the broken branch? -- The presidency I : powers and selection -- The presidency II : the president as chief executive -- Bureaucratic power : federal departments and agencies -- The security state -- Organized interests : the real power? -- The supreme court and judicial politics -- Regulating morality : civil rights, liberties and the conscience issues -- Social policy in America : self-reliance and state dependence -- Managing economic change -- Environmental politics -- The American world role -- The American political system in an uncertain world. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452319303321 |
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| Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American Politics and Society
| American Politics and Society |
| Autore | McKay David |
| Edizione | [8th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Soggetto topico | United States - Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781118261903
9780470672631 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- American Politics and Society -- Copyright -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface to the Eighth Edition -- Chapter 1 Government and the People in a Polarized Society -- The Chapters to Come -- Glossary -- Note -- Chapter 2 Beliefs, Values and American Society -- The Nature of American Beliefs and Values -- Liberty -- Equality -- Individualism -- Democracy, populism and the rule of law -- Values and American Society -- Immigration and demographic change -- Controversy 1 Immigration: The Changing Nature of the Debate -- Economic change -- Controversy 2 How Classless Is American Society? -- Controversy 3 Americans' Ambivalent View of Government and Taxes -- Social Structure -- Income and wealth -- Race and ethnicity -- Gender -- Religion -- Region -- Communications -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Constitutional Government -- Origins -- The American Constitution -- Biographies Hamilton and Madison -- Ratification -- The Adaptive Constitution -- Change by amendment -- Amendments affecting elections and officeholders -- Amendments affecting the powers of the federal government -- Change by interpretation -- Assessing the Constitution -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations -- Federalism in Theory and Practice -- The Evolution of American Federalism -- The Changing Federal Role -- The transformation of the federal role, 1930-1970 -- Controversy 3 Federal versus State Power -- The 1970s: the high-water mark of federal aid -- The Reagan administration: federalism revived? -- Briefing US Federalism in Comparative Perspective -- George H. W. Bush and Clinton: an adapting federal role? -- George W. Bush: a 'fair weather' federalist?.
Barack Obama: back to the 1960s? -- A Changing Court Role? -- The Future of American Federalism -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5 American Political Parties and the Politics of Polarization -- The Functions of Parties -- Aggregation of demands -- Conciliation of groups in society -- Staffing the government -- Coordination of government institutions -- Promotion of political stability -- Briefing Why Only Two Parties in the US? -- Crisis and Change in the American Party System -- The Decline and Rise of Political Parties -- Biographies Lee Atwater and Karl Rove - Republican Party 'Heavies' -- Changing Party Ideology: 1970-2013 -- Explaining Party Change -- Stronger but more Polarized Parties -- Briefing The Rise of the Tea Party Movement -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6 Elections and Political Participation -- Patterns of American Electoral Behaviour -- Basic questions -- The 'American Voter' Model and the New Deal Coalition -- The Decline of the New Deal Coalition and the Rise of a Divided Electorate -- Partisanship declines - and rises -- Controversy 4 Non-Voting: Does it Matter? -- Controversy 5 Are American Elections Corrupt? -- Partisanship revives -- Controversy 6 Does the Decline in Social Capital Matter? -- Non-Electoral Political Participation -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7 The Media and American Politics -- Media Structure and Organization -- The growth of the mass media -- Organization and Ownership -- Television and radio -- Newsprint -- How Biased? The Media and the Political Agenda -- Television and radio -- Newsprint -- The internet -- Controversy 7 How Biased Are Television and Radio? -- Controlling the Media -- The Media and American Democracy -- Summary. Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8 Congress I: The People's Branch? -- Representation and Congress -- Briefing Forms of Representation -- Congressional Elections -- The spread of direct primaries -- Changing partisan control -- Regional change -- The importance of money -- Biography Michele Bachmann, Tea Party Firebrand -- Legislators as Rational Actors -- The Work of Members of Congress -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9 Congress II: Functions and Powers - The Broken Branch? -- The Functions of Congress -- The Structure of Power in Congress -- Congress Under Fire -- Critique 1: fragmentation and the electoral connection -- Critique 2: failure of oversight -- Biography Jack Abramoff: Master Lobbyist and Convicted Felon -- Controversy 8 Divided Government: For and Against -- Biography John Murtha, King of Pork -- Reform and Change in Congress -- Is Congress the 'Broken Branch'? -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10 The Presidency I: Powers and Selection -- Formal Sources of Power -- Informal Powers -- Party leader -- Agenda-setter and national leader -- World leader -- Presidential Selection -- Pre-primary -- The primaries -- Controversy 9 Primaries: For and Against -- Briefing The Role of Money -- The nominating conventions -- The campaign -- Presidential Selection: Faults and Foibles -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11 The Presidency II: The President as Chief Executive -- The Presidency in a Changing America -- The changing role of parties and the rise of issue and ideological politics -- The nationalization of politics and society -- The changing nature of American economic and political power. Presidential Abuse of Power and the Congressional Response -- Presidential Resources -- The public -- Briefing Organizing the White House -- Bureaucracy -- Personality -- Assessing the Presidency: Presidential Power at Home and Abroad -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 12 Bureaucratic Power: Federal Departments and Agencies -- The Federal Bureaucracy: Organization and Function -- Controversy 10 Privatization: For and Against -- The Bureaucracy: How Uncontrollable? -- The Inherent Power of Bureaucracy -- Information -- Clientelism -- The Bureaucratic Hydra: A Uniquely American Phenomenon? -- Iron triangles -- Issue networks -- Public choice and the principal-agent problem -- Reform Attempts -- Concluding Remarks -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 13 The Security State -- The Rise of the Security State -- 9/11, the Patriot Act and the Department of Homeland Security -- Briefing The Department of Homeland Security and the Culture of Threat -- Threats to Civil Liberties -- The Security State and American Values -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 14 Organized Interests The Real Power? -- Interests, Groups and Lobbyists -- Economic Groups -- Business -- Briefing The Enron Collapse and Crony Capitalism -- Controversy 11 D o the Bankruptcy Laws Damage Workers' Rights? -- Labour unions -- The farmers -- Professional Groups -- Promotional Groups -- Political Action Committees -- The Washington Lobby -- Interest Groups: For and Against -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 15 The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics -- The American Legal System -- The Supreme Court: Decision-Making -- The Supreme Court and Political Power -- Constitutional amendment. Congressional control -- Presidential control -- Controversy 12 The Supreme Court: An Activeor a Passive Role? -- Public and political opinion -- Briefing The Supreme Court and the Guantánamo Bay Detainees -- Lack of enforcement powers -- The Polarized Rehnquist and Roberts Courts -- Conclusions: The Court and American Democracy -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 16 Regulating Morality: Civil Rights, Liberties and the Conscience Issues -- Introduction -- Regulating Public Morality -- Civil Liberties -- Freedom of speech -- Criminal procedural rights -- The establishment of religion -- Abortion -- Controversy 13 What's So Wrong with Gun Control? -- Briefing Abortion and American Politics -- Equality and Civil Rights -- Racial and ethnic minorities -- Gender -- Disability -- Sexual preference -- Briefing Federalism and Same-Sex Marriage -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Note -- Further Reading -- Chapter 17 Social Policy in America: Self-Reliance and State Dependence -- The Federal Government and Social Welfare in America: The Reluctant Provider -- Federalism -- Social Security, Medicare and the Electoral Connection -- The Continuing Importance of Self-Reliance -- Briefing Why Was Health Care So Hard to Reform? -- Health-Care Reforms -- The Federal Government and Education -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Chapter 18 Managing Economic Change -- State and Economy in the United States -- Ideology and Economic Policy -- Controversy 14 Foreign Economic Policy: Is Free Trade Always Beneficial for US Industry? -- Institutions and Economic Policy -- Federalism and localism -- Separation of powers -- Briefing Institutional Sclerosis and the Budget, 2011-2013 -- Briefing The Great Housing Crash, 2007-2012. Conclusions: Economic Policy in an Age of Uncertainty. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795808903321 |
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McKay David
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| Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American Politics and Society
| American Politics and Society |
| Autore | McKay David |
| Edizione | [8th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Soggetto topico | United States - Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781118261903
9780470672631 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- American Politics and Society -- Copyright -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface to the Eighth Edition -- Chapter 1 Government and the People in a Polarized Society -- The Chapters to Come -- Glossary -- Note -- Chapter 2 Beliefs, Values and American Society -- The Nature of American Beliefs and Values -- Liberty -- Equality -- Individualism -- Democracy, populism and the rule of law -- Values and American Society -- Immigration and demographic change -- Controversy 1 Immigration: The Changing Nature of the Debate -- Economic change -- Controversy 2 How Classless Is American Society? -- Controversy 3 Americans' Ambivalent View of Government and Taxes -- Social Structure -- Income and wealth -- Race and ethnicity -- Gender -- Religion -- Region -- Communications -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Constitutional Government -- Origins -- The American Constitution -- Biographies Hamilton and Madison -- Ratification -- The Adaptive Constitution -- Change by amendment -- Amendments affecting elections and officeholders -- Amendments affecting the powers of the federal government -- Change by interpretation -- Assessing the Constitution -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations -- Federalism in Theory and Practice -- The Evolution of American Federalism -- The Changing Federal Role -- The transformation of the federal role, 1930-1970 -- Controversy 3 Federal versus State Power -- The 1970s: the high-water mark of federal aid -- The Reagan administration: federalism revived? -- Briefing US Federalism in Comparative Perspective -- George H. W. Bush and Clinton: an adapting federal role? -- George W. Bush: a 'fair weather' federalist?.
Barack Obama: back to the 1960s? -- A Changing Court Role? -- The Future of American Federalism -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5 American Political Parties and the Politics of Polarization -- The Functions of Parties -- Aggregation of demands -- Conciliation of groups in society -- Staffing the government -- Coordination of government institutions -- Promotion of political stability -- Briefing Why Only Two Parties in the US? -- Crisis and Change in the American Party System -- The Decline and Rise of Political Parties -- Biographies Lee Atwater and Karl Rove - Republican Party 'Heavies' -- Changing Party Ideology: 1970-2013 -- Explaining Party Change -- Stronger but more Polarized Parties -- Briefing The Rise of the Tea Party Movement -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6 Elections and Political Participation -- Patterns of American Electoral Behaviour -- Basic questions -- The 'American Voter' Model and the New Deal Coalition -- The Decline of the New Deal Coalition and the Rise of a Divided Electorate -- Partisanship declines - and rises -- Controversy 4 Non-Voting: Does it Matter? -- Controversy 5 Are American Elections Corrupt? -- Partisanship revives -- Controversy 6 Does the Decline in Social Capital Matter? -- Non-Electoral Political Participation -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7 The Media and American Politics -- Media Structure and Organization -- The growth of the mass media -- Organization and Ownership -- Television and radio -- Newsprint -- How Biased? The Media and the Political Agenda -- Television and radio -- Newsprint -- The internet -- Controversy 7 How Biased Are Television and Radio? -- Controlling the Media -- The Media and American Democracy -- Summary. Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8 Congress I: The People's Branch? -- Representation and Congress -- Briefing Forms of Representation -- Congressional Elections -- The spread of direct primaries -- Changing partisan control -- Regional change -- The importance of money -- Biography Michele Bachmann, Tea Party Firebrand -- Legislators as Rational Actors -- The Work of Members of Congress -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9 Congress II: Functions and Powers - The Broken Branch? -- The Functions of Congress -- The Structure of Power in Congress -- Congress Under Fire -- Critique 1: fragmentation and the electoral connection -- Critique 2: failure of oversight -- Biography Jack Abramoff: Master Lobbyist and Convicted Felon -- Controversy 8 Divided Government: For and Against -- Biography John Murtha, King of Pork -- Reform and Change in Congress -- Is Congress the 'Broken Branch'? -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10 The Presidency I: Powers and Selection -- Formal Sources of Power -- Informal Powers -- Party leader -- Agenda-setter and national leader -- World leader -- Presidential Selection -- Pre-primary -- The primaries -- Controversy 9 Primaries: For and Against -- Briefing The Role of Money -- The nominating conventions -- The campaign -- Presidential Selection: Faults and Foibles -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11 The Presidency II: The President as Chief Executive -- The Presidency in a Changing America -- The changing role of parties and the rise of issue and ideological politics -- The nationalization of politics and society -- The changing nature of American economic and political power. Presidential Abuse of Power and the Congressional Response -- Presidential Resources -- The public -- Briefing Organizing the White House -- Bureaucracy -- Personality -- Assessing the Presidency: Presidential Power at Home and Abroad -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 12 Bureaucratic Power: Federal Departments and Agencies -- The Federal Bureaucracy: Organization and Function -- Controversy 10 Privatization: For and Against -- The Bureaucracy: How Uncontrollable? -- The Inherent Power of Bureaucracy -- Information -- Clientelism -- The Bureaucratic Hydra: A Uniquely American Phenomenon? -- Iron triangles -- Issue networks -- Public choice and the principal-agent problem -- Reform Attempts -- Concluding Remarks -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 13 The Security State -- The Rise of the Security State -- 9/11, the Patriot Act and the Department of Homeland Security -- Briefing The Department of Homeland Security and the Culture of Threat -- Threats to Civil Liberties -- The Security State and American Values -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 14 Organized Interests The Real Power? -- Interests, Groups and Lobbyists -- Economic Groups -- Business -- Briefing The Enron Collapse and Crony Capitalism -- Controversy 11 D o the Bankruptcy Laws Damage Workers' Rights? -- Labour unions -- The farmers -- Professional Groups -- Promotional Groups -- Political Action Committees -- The Washington Lobby -- Interest Groups: For and Against -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 15 The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics -- The American Legal System -- The Supreme Court: Decision-Making -- The Supreme Court and Political Power -- Constitutional amendment. Congressional control -- Presidential control -- Controversy 12 The Supreme Court: An Activeor a Passive Role? -- Public and political opinion -- Briefing The Supreme Court and the Guantánamo Bay Detainees -- Lack of enforcement powers -- The Polarized Rehnquist and Roberts Courts -- Conclusions: The Court and American Democracy -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 16 Regulating Morality: Civil Rights, Liberties and the Conscience Issues -- Introduction -- Regulating Public Morality -- Civil Liberties -- Freedom of speech -- Criminal procedural rights -- The establishment of religion -- Abortion -- Controversy 13 What's So Wrong with Gun Control? -- Briefing Abortion and American Politics -- Equality and Civil Rights -- Racial and ethnic minorities -- Gender -- Disability -- Sexual preference -- Briefing Federalism and Same-Sex Marriage -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Note -- Further Reading -- Chapter 17 Social Policy in America: Self-Reliance and State Dependence -- The Federal Government and Social Welfare in America: The Reluctant Provider -- Federalism -- Social Security, Medicare and the Electoral Connection -- The Continuing Importance of Self-Reliance -- Briefing Why Was Health Care So Hard to Reform? -- Health-Care Reforms -- The Federal Government and Education -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Chapter 18 Managing Economic Change -- State and Economy in the United States -- Ideology and Economic Policy -- Controversy 14 Foreign Economic Policy: Is Free Trade Always Beneficial for US Industry? -- Institutions and Economic Policy -- Federalism and localism -- Separation of powers -- Briefing Institutional Sclerosis and the Budget, 2011-2013 -- Briefing The Great Housing Crash, 2007-2012. Conclusions: Economic Policy in an Age of Uncertainty. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822271503321 |
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McKay David
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| Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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