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"In the four years since the last edition of American Politics and Society the United States has been through one of the most turbulent periods in its history. By general academic consensus Donald Trump was the worst president ever to hold the office. He left the country even more deeply divide...
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | [Hoboken, NJ] : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Tenth edition. |
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"In the four years since the last edition of American Politics and Society the United States has been through one of the most turbulent periods in its history. By general academic consensus Donald Trump was the worst president ever to hold the office. He left the country even more deeply divided than when he came into power with the Republican Party still largely loyal to the ex-president and to his divisive policies. He was, of course, the only president to be impeached twice and the only president who resolutely refused to accept the result of the election right up until he left office. His continued and vocal insistence that the 2020 election was 'rigged' was the trigger that incited a mob to launch a deadly assault on the Capitol building intent on stopping the official certification of the election. These dramatic events occurred in the midst of a raging pandemic that was to take more then half a million American lives and which had caused the greatest economic and social dislocation since the Great Depression. Trump's response to this crisis was first to deny that it was happening and then to attack those Democratic politicians who he accused of unnecessarily locking down states and cities in order to control the spread of the virus"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 486 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, forms ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781119578369 1119578361 |
| Index Number: | JK275 |
| CLC: | D771.20 |
| Call Number: | D771.20/M153/10th.ed. |
| Contents: | Governing in a Polarized Society -- Beliefs, Values and American Society -- Constitutional Government -- Federalism: Cooperation and Conflict -- American Political Parties: Polarization and Conflict -- Elections and Political Participation -- The Media and American Politics -- Congress I: The People's Branch? -- Congress II: Functions and Powers -- The Broken Branch? -- The Presidency I: Powers and Selection -- The Presidency II: The President as Chief Executive -- Bureaucratic Power: Federal Departments and Agencies -- The Security State -- Organized Interests: The Real Power? -- The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics -- Regulating Morality: Civil Rights, Liberties and the Conscience Issues -- Social Policy in America: Self-Reliance and State Dependence -- Managing Economic Change -- Environmental Politics -- The American World Role -- The American Political System in a Divided Society |