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Book SynopsisNigel Bowles is Director of the Rothermere American Institute, and Professorial Fellow, at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK.
Robert McMahon is the Head of the Politics Department at Radley College, Abingdon, UK.
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Beliefs and Values in American Society 3. The Constitution Creating the Rules of the Game 4. Political Parties The Politics of Aggregation and Disaggregation 5. Elections and the Politics of Participation 6. The Presidency and the Politics of Leadership 7. Congress and the Politics of Legislative Competition 8. The Supreme Court and the Politics of Adjudication 9. Interest Groups 10. Bureaucracy- The Fourth Branch of Government 11. Federalism and Intergovernmental Policy-Making 12. Economic and Domestic Policy 13. Foreign and Defence Policy 14. Conclusion Appendix 1: The Constitution of the United States Further Reading Bibliography.
