A history of the U.S. political system
Subtitle: ideas, interests, and institutions
By: Richard A. Harris and Daniel J. Tichenor, editors
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781851097135; 9781851097180
Other titles: History of the United States political system
Description: A History of the U.S. Political System is a three-volume collection of original essays and primary documents that examines the ideas, institutions, and policies that have shaped American government and politics throughout its history. The first volume is issues-oriented, covering governmental and nongovernmental institutions as well as key policy areas. The second volume examines America's political development historically, surveying its dynamic government era by era. Volume three is a collection of documentary materials that supplement and enhance the reader's experience with the other volumes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Foundations : liberalism, republicanism, and reform in American political thought; title: Religion and American politics; title: Cities, states, and American federalism; title: The Congress; title: The presidency; title: The federal bureaucracy; title: The courts; title: v. 2. Political parties; title: Elections; title: Interest groups; title: Social movements; title: The media and public opinion; title: The policy-making process; title: Domestic policy; title: Making foreign policy; title: v. 3. The early republic; title: The age of Jackson and the antebellum period; title: The Civil War and Reconstruction; title: The gilded age and the rise of populism; title: The progressive era, World War I, and the 1920s; title: The New Deal; title: World War II and postwar America; title: The 1960s; title: The 1970s and the Reagan revolution; title: Contemporary American politics.