Approaching Democracy

American Government in Times of Challenge
9. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-25269-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 846 Seiten, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 192 mm, Gewicht: 1742 g

From unsubstantiated 2020 election fraud claims and the storming of the US Capitol to the rampage of COVID-19 and racial injustice, this book covers the foundations, institutions, and processes of "the great American experiment" with a clear and resonant theme: Democracy cannot be taken for granted, whether at home or internationally, and eternal vigilance (along with civic intelligence) is required to protect it. Approaching Democracy provides students with a framework to analyze the structure, process, and action of US government, institutions, and social movements. It also invites comparison with other countries. This globalizing perspective gives students an understanding of issues of governance and challenges to democracy here and elsewhere. At a moment of growing domestic terrorism, political hyper-partisanship, populism, identity politics, and governmental dysfunction, there is no better time to bring Approaching Democracy--a textbook based on Vaclav Havel’s powerful metaphor of democracy as an ideal and the American experiment as the closest approach to it--to a new generation of political science undergraduate students.

NEW TO THE NINTH EDITION

- Two new authors, Nadia E. Brown and Sarah Allen Gershon, who bring refreshing intellectual and diverse perspectives to the text.

- Includes the tumultuous political context surrounding the Trump presidency, the 2020 elections, the 116th Congress, the Supreme Court, the COVID-19 crisis, and the fight for social and racial justice.

- Figures and tables reflect the latest available data and surveys.

- Two new features--Diversity and Democracy, highlighting the experiences of America’s diverse social groups and the role of identity politics—and Discussion Questions at the end of each chapter, assessing critical thinking skills.

- Critical contemporary events are explored throughout the book, including the attempted coup following the 2020 elections, the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter, protests in American cities that come to the epicenter of America’s approach to democracy, the changes in the Supreme Court and the federal court system, the growth of LGBTQ+ legal rights, and the alteration in American Federalism. New and updated data on public attitudes toward police brutality, DACA, voter suppression, healthcare, and the global climate movement are also covered.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, Bruce

Berman, Larry

Brown, Nadia

Gershon, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Foundations of American Democracy

1. Approaching Democracy

2. The Founding and the Constitution

3.Federalism

Part II Institutions of American Democracy

4. Congress

5. The Presidency

6. The Judiciary

7. The Bureaucracy

Part III Processes of American Democracy

8. Public Opinion

9. Political Parties

10. Participation, Voting, and Elections

11. Interest Groups

12. The Media

Part IV Liberties and Rights in American Democracies

13. Civil Liberties

14. Civil Rights and Political Equality

Part V Policy Making in American Democracy

15. Domestic and Economic Policy

16. Foreign Policy

Über Autor(innen)

Larry Berman is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, and former Founding Dean of the Honors College at Georgia State University.

Bruce Allen Murphy is the Fred Morgan Kirby Professor of Civil Rights in the Department of Government and Law at Lafayette College.

Nadia E. Brown is a University Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Purdue University and as of July 2021, Professor of Government and Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University.

Sarah Allen Gershon is Associate Professor of Political Science and holds the Ray and John Uttenhove WomenLead professorship at Georgia State University.