02195nam a2200337 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003800112020002700150040002100177035002100198043001200219050002400231082001600255100001800271245007300289250001200362260006800374300003800442504005100480505094100531533015201472651004401624655002901668710001701697856012601714999001701840ebr10660558CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||121019s2013    enkad   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012042927  z9780470672631 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z9781118261767 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)844348514  an-us---14aJK275b.M337 2013eb04a320.4732231 aMcKay, David.10aAmerican politics and societyh[electronic resource] /cDavid McKay.  a8th ed.  aChichester, West Sussex, U.K. :bJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.,c2013.  axxiii, 496 p. :bill. (some col.)  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aGovernment 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10660558zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c67806d67806