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Government USAWritten by Richard M. Valelly
Read by Paul Heitsch
Format: MP3
American Politics: A Very Short Introduction introduces the vital elements of American politics. Using an historical-institutional approach, it explains how the American political system is, and always has been, a work in progress — one unfolding within, and also constantly updating, an eighteenth-century constitutional framework. It explores the issue of parties and polarization and surveys the basic institutions: the Presidency, Congress, the judicial branch, the unelected bureaucracy of the independent agencies, and state and local governments. It also deals with political communication, public opinion, voting and the boundaries of the electorate, and the politics of government steering of the economy.
Keywords: Asian Americans, Congress, District of Columbia, Electoral College, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Election Commission, House of Representatives, Abraham Lincoln, political Parties, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Vice President
Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 07-31-18