Government and Politics of the United States

Nigel 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.

• Foreword1. Introduction2. Beliefs and Values in American Society3. The Constitution Creating the Rules of the Game4. Federalism5. States and Cities6. Race and Ethnicity7. Parties8. Elections9. The Presidency10. Congress11. The Supreme Court12. Interest Groups13. The Federal Bureaucracy14. Social Policy Issues15. Rights and Liberties16. The Media17. Foreign Policy and America's Changing Global RoleAppendix 1: The Constitution of the United StatesFurther ReadingBibliography.