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100	1		_92965 _aBowles, Nigel
245	1	4	_aThe government and politics of the United States / _cNigel Bowles and Robert K. McMahon.
250			_aThird edition.
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2014.
300			_axv, 480 p. : _bill. b&w ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aComparative government and politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aThis 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.
651		0	_9614 _aUnited States _xPolitics and government
700	1		_92966 _aMcMahon, Robert K.
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