Developments in American Politics
3rd Edition
Published on 24. August 1998
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-333-66016-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a current analytical examination of the main institutions and political processes in the United States. Focused on the trends of the 1990s, the book sets the scene for a thorough understanding of American politics into the 21st century. The contributors are: Christopher J. Bailey, Cornell Clayton, Philip John Davies, John Dumbrell, Richard L. Engstrom, James Giordano, Dilys M. Hill, Patricia W. Ingram, Brian Jacobs, Jason F. Kirksey, John E. Owens, Jonathan Parker, Gillian Peele, B. Guy Peters, Steve Reilly, Alan Ware, Wegner, and Graham Wilson.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
map
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-66016-4 (9780333660164)
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Gillian Peele | Christopher J. Bailey | Guy B. Peters
Developments in American Politics
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12/2002
4th Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
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Gillian Peele | Christopher J. Bailey | Bruce Cain
Developments in American Politics
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07/1994
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€58.81
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Content
Introduction - PART 1: THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK - The Post-Clinton Presidency; G.Wilson - Congress and Partisan Change; J.Owens - The Rehnquist Court, the Constitution and the Clinton Administration; C.Clayton - The American Federal Bureaucracy; P.Ingraham - The Changing American Federal System; C.J.Bailey - PART 2: DYNAMICS - Political Parties; G.Peele - Interest Groups; S.Reilly - Electoral Politics; B.Cain & A.Wegner - PART 3: PUBLIC POLICY - Economic Policy; B.Guy Peters - Social Policy; D.Hill - Foreign Policy; J.Dumbrell - PART 4: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - Education Policy; J.Parker - Race and Affirmative Action; R.Engstrom - Campaign Finance Reform; J.Kirksey - The Regional City: Governance and Competitiveness in Pittsburgh; B.D.Jacobs - Media; P.Davies - PART 5: AMERICAN POLITICS AT THE CENTURY'S END: AN OVERVIEW - The American Political System in Transition to a New Century; A.Ware