Explaining American Politics: Issues and Interpretations

First published in 1990, Explaining American Politics looks at substantial and specific problems in American politics. Focusing on the key issues in contemporary American government, the contributors give lively and provocative interpretations of controversial topics such as the New Right, perceptions of the Presidency, the alleged irresponsibility of Congress, the workings of bureaucracy, Supreme Court activism, and the decline of political parties. This book will be indispensable to all students of American politics as well as to the reader who wants to understand what is really happening in the world’s most complex and fascinating political system.

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Explaining American Politics: Issues and Interpretations

First published in 1990, Explaining American Politics looks at substantial and specific problems in American politics. Focusing on the key issues in contemporary American government, the contributors give lively and provocative interpretations of controversial topics such as the New Right, perceptions of the Presidency, the alleged irresponsibility of Congress, the workings of bureaucracy, Supreme Court activism, and the decline of political parties. This book will be indispensable to all students of American politics as well as to the reader who wants to understand what is really happening in the world’s most complex and fascinating political system.

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Explaining American Politics: Issues and Interpretations

Explaining American Politics: Issues and Interpretations

by Robert Williams (Editor)
Explaining American Politics: Issues and Interpretations

Explaining American Politics: Issues and Interpretations

by Robert Williams (Editor)

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First published in 1990, Explaining American Politics looks at substantial and specific problems in American politics. Focusing on the key issues in contemporary American government, the contributors give lively and provocative interpretations of controversial topics such as the New Right, perceptions of the Presidency, the alleged irresponsibility of Congress, the workings of bureaucracy, Supreme Court activism, and the decline of political parties. This book will be indispensable to all students of American politics as well as to the reader who wants to understand what is really happening in the world’s most complex and fascinating political system.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040009192
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 02/29/2024
Series: Routledge Revivals
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 209
File size: 591 KB

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Edited by Robert Williams

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors Preface 1. Introduction 2. Resurgence and reaction 3. The rise and fall of the public-interest Presidency 4. The ‘no-win Presidency’ and contemporary presidential-congressional relationships 5. Congress and policy-making 6. Policy, process and power 7. Litigation and political action 8. Is the party over? Decline and revival in the American party system 9. Party realignment Index

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