Description
| Product ID: | 9780367893484 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | American Government |
| Subtitle: | Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure |
| Authors: | Author: Cal Jillson |
| Page Count: | 362 |
| Subjects: | Politics and government, Politics & government, Political structure and processes, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Political leaders and leadership, Political parties and party platforms, Political structure & processes, Elections & referenda, Political leaders & leadership, Political parties, The Americas |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The new edition of the briefest and most affordable American Government text on the market updates data through the 2018 Midterm elections, looks ahead to 2020, and puts events of the Trump Administration in context with principles of Constitutional democracy. 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 edition 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. New to the Second Edition
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| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-12-15 |
