Government and Politics of the United States (Comparative Government and Politics)

Revised and updated with a new chapter on urban politics and full coverage of the Clinton administration, Government and Politics of the United States provides a broad-ranging, systematic and sophisticated introduction to the contemporary institutions and processes of government in the USA set in a clear historical context. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Introduction....Pages 1-17 Political Parties: The Politics of Aggregation and Disaggregation....Pages 18-49 Elections and the Politics of Participation....Pages 50-97 The Presidency and the Politics of Leadership....Pages 98-134 Congress and the Politics of Legislative Competition....Pages 135-180 The Supreme Court and the Politics of Adjudication....Pages 181-221 Interest Groups....Pages 222-249 Bureaucracy: The Fourth Branch of Government....Pages 250-276 Federalism and Intergovernmental Policy-Making....Pages 277-318 The Politics of Cities and Suburbs....Pages 319-347 Domestic Economic Policy....Pages 348-380 Foreign and Defence Policy....Pages 381-415 Conclusion....Pages 416-420 Back Matter....Pages 421-473 "Now available in a substantially revised 3rd edition covering the changes of the Seventeenth Party Congress and Eleventh National People's Congress and other recent developments, this major text by a leading academic authority provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of politics and governance in post-Mao China." The fourth revised edition of this text, covering the major changes since the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War. Topics covered include the global context, democracy and democratisation and territorial politics. In the COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS series. Revised and updated with a new chapter on urban politics and coverage of the Clinton administration, this book provides a broad-ranging and systematic introduction to the contemporary institutions and processes of government in the USA in a historical context. Now revised and updated, this book provides a broad-ranging systematic and sophisticated introduction to the contemporary institutions and processes of government in the USA set in a clear historical context This book examines the issues involved in the attempts to compare political systems, and discusses how the methods and results of comparative politics can be improved Nigel Bowles. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.