Walter J. Stone (Davis University of California), James A. McCann (Indiana Purdue University)

Republic at Risk

An Introduction to American Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A concise and engaging introduction to American politics organized around the themes of self-interest and representation. The authors assess American policy-making institutions and examine contemporary challenges to governance and representation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 253mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781108738040
• ISBN-10: 1108738044
• Artikelnr.: 61258669

Autorenporträt

Walter J. Stone is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of California, Davis. He has taught the introductory American politics course for more than four decades at Davis, Grinnell College, and the University of Colorado. He is the author of Candidates and Voters (Cambridge 2017) and, with Ronald B. Rapoport, Three's a Crowd (The University of Michigan Press, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition
Introduction
1. Some enduring questions and relevant concepts
2. Big answers, bigger questions: Madison's theory of the republic
3. Citizen participation in politics: an interest in self-interest?
4. Who's in charge here? Voting choice in elections
5. Interest groups and pluralist theory: self-interest in the republic reconsidered
6. Political parties: an alternative to the republic?
7. A pivotal politics model of the policy process: the separation of powers re-imagined
8. Congress: representation and power
9. Presidential leadership: beyond self-interest?
10. The Supreme Court: another way out of the problem of self-interest?
11. Conclusion: self-interest and representative government
Appendix Federalist 10 and 51 by James Madison
References
Index.