The government and politics of the United States /
Nigel Bowles and Robert K. McMahon.
- Third edition.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- xv, 480 p. : ill. b&w ; 23 cm.
- Comparative government and politics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Ch. 1. Beliefs and Values in American Society -- Ch. 2. The Constitution: Creating the Rules of the Game -- Ch. 3. Political Parties: The Politics of Aggregation and Disaggregation -- Ch. 4. Elections and the Politics of Participation -- Ch. 5. The Presidency and the Politics of Leadership -- Ch. 6. Congress and the Politics of Legislative Competition -- Ch. 7. The Supreme Court and the Politics of Adjudication -- Ch. 8. Interest Groups -- Ch. 9. Bureaucracy: The Fourth Branch of Government -- Ch. 10. Federalism and Intergovernmental Policy-Making -- Ch. 11. Domestic Economic Policy -- Ch. 12. Foreign and Defence Policy -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The Constitution of the United States -- Appendix 2: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States -- Appendix 3: The Constitution's Allocation of Federal and State Powers -- Further Reading.
This extensively revised new edition offers a broad-ranging, systematic and sophisticated introduction contemplating the institutions and processes of government in the US set in a clear historical context.