Author: SchmidtPublisher: Thomson
ISBN: 9780534631635
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Ie-Amer Gov/Pol
Author: SchmidtPublisher: Thomson
ISBN: 9780534631635
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
American Government and Politics in the Information Age
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
Our text is a comprehensive introduction to the vital subject of American government and politics. Governments decide who gets what, when, how (See Harold D. Lasswell, Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, [New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936]); they make policies and pass laws that are binding on all a society?s members; they decide about taxation and spending, benefits and costs, even life and death. Governments possess power?the ability to gain compliance and to get people under their jurisdiction to obey them?and they may exercise their power by using the police and military to enforce their decisions. However, power need not involve the exercise of force or compulsion; people often obey because they think it is in their interest to do so, they have no reason to disobey or they fear punishment. Above all, people obey their government because it has authority; its power is seen by people as rightfully held, as legitimate. People can grant their government legitimacy because they have been socialized to do so; because there are processes, such as elections, that enable them to choose and change their rulers; and because they believe that their governing institutions operate justly. Politics is the process by which leaders are selected and policy decisions are made and executed. It involves people and groups, both inside and outside of government, engaged in deliberation and debate, disagreement and conflict, cooperation and consensus and power struggles. In covering American government and politics, our text introduces the intricacies of the Constitution, the complexities of federalism, the meanings of civil liberties and the conflicts over civil rights; explains how people are socialized to politics, acquire and express opinions and participate in political life; describes interest groups, political parties and elections?the intermediaries that link people to government and politics; details the branches of government and how they operate; and shows how policies are made and affect people?s lives. This textbook has been used in classes at: Metropolitan College of New York, University of Central Oklahoma, Bucks County Community College, University of South Carolina? Beaufort, Delaware County Community College, Collin College? Spring Creek, Austin Community College? Northridge, Randolph College, Columbia Gorge Community College, Central Christian College, Thomas More College, Orange Coast College, San Bernardina Valley College, Southwestern College? Chula Vista, De Anza College, Shasta College, Jacksonville University, Northeastern University, University of Baltimore, Southern New Hampshire University, Seattle Central Community College, Edmonds Community College, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Brazosport College, Sul Ross State University, Odessa College, California State University? Monterey Bay, University of Texas? Arlington, Chabot College, Portland Community College? Cascade, Athens High School, Dalat International School, Paradise Education Center, St. Teresa's Academy, South Broward High School, Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Henrico County Public Schools, Blue Ridge High School, Newell High School, Southern New Hampshire University, American University in Bulgaria, Miami Springs Senior High School, Seattle Central Community College, Milaca High School, Rock Canyan High School, Media Arts Collaborative Charter School, Susan E. Wagner High School, St. Monica's University, Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory.
General Register
Author: University of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Announcements for the following year included in some vols.
University of Michigan Official Publication
Author: Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
American Government and Politics
Author: Robert SinghPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761940944
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Written for all students of politics coming to the subject for the first time, this textbook provides a lively and accessible introduction and guide to all the main features and characteristics of one of the most distinctive and complex political systems in the world.
Introduction to American Government
Author: Frederic Austin OggPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
America
Author: The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America
Author: Lawrence John McCaffreyPublisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 9780813208961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A revised and updated version of the leading history of the Irish experience in America.
Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government
Author: Josh DeWindPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479818763
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"A joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press."
External Research
Author: United States. Department of State. External Research DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description