The Contours of American Politics: An Introduction

ISBN: 978-0-7456-2060-2

Hardcover

232 pages

August 2002, Polity

Other Available Formats: Paperback

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A key introduction to US politics, offering students a comprehensive guide to institutions, processes and issues
An essential guide to the nation's political thinking, its attitudes and its political processes at the end of the American Century and at the beginning of the new millennium
Examines not just the mechanics of America's political system but also the ideas and principles which shape its values
Argues that religious beliefs, together with patterns of immigration and migration westwards across the continent, create the landscape of America's contemporary political culture
Explores the politics of nostalgia, the roots of American democracy, the framework of the federal government and the cultural sensibilities which underpin foreign policy