American politics and society (Record no. 67806)
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| fixed length control field | 02195nam a2200337 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 320.473 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | McKay, David. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | American politics and society |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 8th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : |
| Name of publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd., |
| Year of publication | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxiii, 496 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.) |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Government and the people in a polarized society -- Beliefs, values and American society -- Constitutional government -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- American political parties and the politics of polarization -- Elections and political participation -- The media and American politics -- Congress I: the people's branch? -- Congress II : functions and powers : the broken branch? -- The presidency I : powers and selection -- The presidency II : the president as chief executive -- Bureaucratic power : federal departments and agencies -- The security state -- Organized interests : the real power? -- The supreme court and judicial politics -- Regulating morality : civil rights, liberties and the conscience issues -- Social policy in America : self-reliance and state dependence -- Managing economic change -- Environmental politics -- The American world role -- The American political system in an uncertain world. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10660558 |
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