Us Government and Politics

by William Storey

The US political system is designed to ensure that freedom and opportunity will always be protected, by making it almost impossible for power to become concentrated in the hands of a few people seeking to run society for their own benefit. Have these aims been achieved?The answer is that Americans have sharply contrasting views on how well their political system works. They disagreed with each other when they established the system at the Constitutional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748638806
• ISBN13: 9780748638802
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher