American Government

Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8153-7574-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 953 g

American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure highlights the necessary tension between our constitutional principles and institutions and the populist heat that sometimes roils our national politics, especially at the current political moment. Our constitutional democracy has been under pressure for some time, but few would deny that fears for its fate have deepened in just the past few years. We assume that our political institutions will limit and contain contemporary populism, just as the Founders intended and as they have in the past, but will they? An increasingly polarized electorate, urging their representatives to fight and never to compromise, may be stressing Constitutional limits. This new, compact core text offers to help American government teachers lead their students to a nuanced theoretical and practical understanding of what is happening in the politics of their Constitutional democracy today.

A new, brief edition of Jillson's American Government text that is compact yet comprehensive.
The "Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure" theme is timely and provocative.
Puts contemporary trends toward polarization and populism in context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jillson, Cal (Southern Methodist University, USA)

Jillson, Cal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 THE REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION
Chapter 2 FEDERALISM AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER
Chapter 3 CIVIL LIBERTIES: DEMOCRACY AND THE EXPANSION OF LIBERTY’S REALM
Chapter 4 CIVIL RIGHTS: WHERE LIBERTY AND EQUALITY COLLIDE
Chapter 5 SHAPING AMERICANS: POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION, PUBLIC OPINION, AND THE MEDIA
Chapter 6 FACTIONS TODAY: INTEREST GROUPS AND POLITICAL PARTIES
Chapter 7 DEMOCRACY’S MOMENT: VOTING, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 8 CONGRESS: PARTISANSHIP, POLARIZATION, AND GRIDLOCK
Chapter 9 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH: THE PRESIDENT, THE BUREAUCRACY, AND EXECUTIVE POWER
Chapter 10 THE FEDERAL COURTS: ORIGINALISM VERSUS LIVING CONSTITUTIONALISM
Appendix A THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Appendix B CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Appendix C FEDERALIST NUMBERS 10, 51, AND 78

Über Autor(innen)

Cal Jillson is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Southern Methodist University. His recent books include American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change; Perspectives on American Government; The Dynamics of American Politics; Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State; Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy; Pursuing the American Dream: Opportunity and Exclusion Over Four Centuries; and Pathways to Democracy: The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions. Jillson is a frequent media commentator on Texas and national politics.