American politics and society - David McKay

Completely revised and updated to take full account of the most recent and dramatic changes in the nature of American government, this new edition ofAmerican Politics and Society provides a clear and concise introduction to US politics for all students of political science. It explains, analyzes and interprets the processes of US government and, crucially, appraises them from a non–US perspective. McKay fills in the social background to American political and economic life, preparing the ground for the central discussion of the book: the institutions of the federal government, Congress, the Supreme Court and the Constitution, the federal system, the Presidency, the party bandwagons and electoral circuses.

This new edition has been expanded to include separate chapters devoted to beliefs and values, social, economic and foreign policy. Throughout, McKay provides an up–to–date survey of the views and criticisms of leading political commentators on the American scene.