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American Government in a Thirty-one-country Perspective
出版Yale University Press, 2014-01-01
主題Political Science / Political Ideologies / DemocracyPolitical Science / Comparative PoliticsPolitical Science / History & Theory
ISBN03001980869780300198089
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HOyuBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋American democracy differs greatly from other democracies around the world. But is the American way more or less efficacious than comparable democracies in Asia, Latin America, or Europe? What if the United States had a prime minister instead of (or in addition to) a president, or if it had three or more parties in Congress instead of two? Would there be more partisan animosity and legislative gridlock or less? These are the kinds of questions that thinking about U.S. government in comparative perspective helps us to analyze.

This valuable contribution to political studies takes a unique approach to a much-studied subject, looking at the U.S. government from a comparative point of view. Four distinguished scholars in the field examine the Constitution, the two-party system, the division of power between state and federal governments, and other major features of the American political system in terms of how they differ from other democracies, and they explore what those differences ultimately mean for democratic performance. By merging two important fields of study, American government and comparative political systems, this essential text offers a new and refreshingly insightful view of American exceptionalism.