America at Odds, 5th ed.0495001767 America at odds, 5th ed. Sidlow, Edward and Beth Henschen. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 2007 415+ pages $71.95 Paperback JK274 This introductory textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible. on American government covers the standard topics from a perspective that sees American politics as a process of conflict and compromise. The authors (both of Eastern Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). U.) provide chapters on the Constitution, federalism federalism. 1 In political science, see federal government. 2 In U.S. history, see states' rights. federalism Political system that binds a group of states into a larger, noncentralized, superior state while allowing them , civil liberties and rights, interest groups, political parties, public opinion and voting, campaigns and election, politics and the media, Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, the judiciary judiciary Branch of government in which judicial power is vested. The principal work of any judiciary is the adjudication of disputes or controversies. Regulations govern what parties are allowed before a judicial assembly, or court, what evidence will be admitted, what , domestic and foreign policy, and state politics. Historical and present-day political controversies and their resolutions are used to illustrate the conceptual material. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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