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BK

2nd ed.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1989

xxiii, 738, 84 s. : il. (některé barev.), portréty, faksim. ; 26 cm

ISBN 0-395-43292-8 (váz.)

Terminologický slovník

Obsahuje bibliografie, bibliografické odkazy a rejstříky

Spojené státy americké - systém politický - učebnice vysokošk.

000012896

Brief Contents // Preface xvii // Part I Dilemmas of Democracy 1 // 1 Freedom, Order, or Equality? 3 // 2 Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy? 33 // Part II Foundations of American Government 63 // 3 The Constitution 65 // 4 Federalism 109 // Part III Linking People with Government 147 // 5 Public Opinion and Political Socialization 149 // 6 The Mass Media 185 // 7 Participation and Voting 223 // 8 Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections 261 // 9 Interest Groups 309 // Part IV Institutions of Government 349 // 10 Congress 351 // 11 The Presidency 393 // 12 The Bureaucracy 435 // 13 The Courts 467 // 14 The Washington Community 507 // Part V Making Public Policy 539 // 15 The Economics of Public Policy 541 // 16 Domestic Policy 579 // 17 Order and Civil Liberties 617 // 18 Equality and Civil Rights 657 // 19 Foreign and Defense Policy 691 Epilogue 733 // Appendices A-l // The Declaration of Independence in Congress July 4, 1776 A-l // The Constitution of the United States of America // vi // A-3 // Brief Contents // vii // A // K // K // D // Chapter 1 // Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 // Chapter 8 Chapter 9 // Federalist No. 10 1787 A-14 // Federalist No. 51 1788 A-17 // Presidents of the United States A-20 Twentieth-Century Justices of the Supreme Court A-21 // Party Control of the Presidency, Senate, and House of // Representatives 1901-1991 A-22 // Glossary A-24 // References A-36 // Index to References A-57 // Index A-62 // Essays and Selected

Features // ESSAYS // Transformations in American Politics: Into the Information Age 58-61 The Transformation of Political Art 142-145 // The Transformation of Party Politics 344-347 // The Transformation of Public Policy 534-537 // COMPARED WITH WHAT? // The Importance of Order as a Political Value 14 The Importance of Freedom and Equality as Political Values 22 // Satisfaction with Democracy, by Nation 55 Exporting the Constitution 102 Federalism Around the World 114 Opinions on Income Redistribution 169 Opinions on the Media 212 Conventional Political Participation 240 // Voter Turnout in Democratic Nations 248 What’s in a Name? 266 Membership in Groups 312 // Brief Contents // Chapter 10 // Chapter 11 Chapter 12 // Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 // Manchester, New Hampshire, or Manchester, England, There Are Constituents to Be Served 358 Maybe They Ought to Make Crocodile Dundee Speaker 377 // What Kind of Experience Counts? 396 Bureaucrats’ and Politicians’ Attitudes Toward State Involvement 462 Judicial Review 474 // Bureaucrats, Legislators, and Lobbyists 532 Tax Burdens in Twenty Countries 567 Social Insurance Costs and Benefits 606 Civil Liberties Around the World 640 Barriers for Women Fall 682 Defense Spending, 1974-1984 727 // POLITICS IN THE INFORMATION AGE // Chapter 2 Electronic Democracy 46 // Chapter 5 Sampling a Few, Predicting to Everyone // Chapter 6 Continuous News 214 // Chapter 8 A Sampler of New Campaign Technology

// Chapter 9 Direct Mail: Your Letter Has to Grab ’Em // Chapter 15 The Consumer Price Index 551 // Chapter 19 Press Coverage of Combat: Three Models // 154 // 298 // 320 // 720