by B . Guy Peters (Editor), Gillian Peele (Editor), Bruce Cain (Editor), Christopher J . Bailey (Editor)
This new text, written by a team of leading authorities, assesses the state of American politics in the Obama administration. It looks both at the institutional framework of government and at the policy dilemmas facing the United States today and it analyzes the major controversial issues that shape American political debates in the 21st century.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
Edition: 6th edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 21 May 2010
ISBN 10: 0230576834
ISBN 13: 9780230576834
Book Overview: DORIE APOLLONIO is Adjunct Professor, University of California, San Francisco, USA TIMOTHY CONLAN is University Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University, USA LOUIS FISHER is Specialist in Constitutional Law at the Law Library of Congress, USA JAMES HOLLIFIELD is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center, Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA TIMOTHY LYNCH is Senior Lecturer in US Foreign Policy, University of London, UK GEORGE MACKENZIE is an analyst with AARP and a visiting professor at the University of California in Washington DC, USA THOMAS MANN is Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA PAUL MARTIN is Fellow and Tutor in Politics, Wadham College, University of Oxford, UK JONATHAN PARKER is Lecturer in American Politics at the University of Keele, UK JON ROPER is Professor of Politics, University of Swansea, UK ALAN WARE is Professor of Politics, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK