01801cam a2200289 i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000430008803500130013104000280014404200080017204300120018008200230019210000200021524500500023525000200028526000620030530000580036733600210042533700250044633800230047150400510049450509220054565100440146717500979OSt20250826110948.0121019s2013    enka     b    001 0 eng    a  2012042927  a978-1-4051-8842-5c(pbk. ; alk. paper)  a17500979  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  apcc  an-us---00aCir./320.473/M19211 aMcKay, David H.10aAmerican politics and society /cDavid McKay.  aSeventh Edition  aChichester, West Sussex :bJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd,c2009.  axvi, 512 pages :billustrations (some color) ;c25 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aGovernment and the people in a polarized society -- Beliefs, values and American society -- Constitutional government -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- American political parties in transition -- 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 an uncertain world. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government.