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The simplest way to get to grips with the American political system American Politics For Dummiesis an engaging and accessible guide to the inner workings of the U.S. government, cutting through the political jargon, to give you the facts. The book begins with the basics, including government structure and processes, and later covers current events that make the news. The world of American politics can be bewildering to anyone not born and bred in the U.S.A. This plain-English guide is perfect whether you are a student or simply fascinated by the world's most powerful democracy. From the electoral process to 'special relationships', you discover all you need to know with American Politics For Dummies. The birth of America – find out about the emergence of the US,from the ideas upon which America was founded to the creationof the US Constitution Go government – understand the powers of the President, how Congress operates, the function of the Supreme Court and howUS laws are created and passed Party on – discover the ins and outs of elections and political parties, from the electoral process and the two-party system to the voting behaviour amongst Americans One nation, many identities – get to understand the workings of a truly multicultural society All the world's a stage – grasp the grand strategy of the US to understand why the nation acts as it does in international politics2014 kicks off the latest round of U.S. Congressional election and marks the beginning the 2016 Presidential election cycle. There will be headlines, there will be debate and there will be news. If you're looking to keep up and understand it all, American Politics For Dummiesis a great place to start.

AbstractThis article contributes to the comparative literatures on varieties of financial capitalism, economic nationalism and bank resolution with a focus on Spain and Italy's management of bank insolvency and resolution between 2008 and 2018. Both countries' alternative banks faced enormous challenges through prolonged economic decline and declining loan repayments, both turned to depositors to become investors in lieu of attracting arm's-length investors to inject capital, and both had strong connections with local political authorities that resisted bank reform. But Spanish banks were restructured successfully in accordance with EU law while local government ties complicated Italian resolutions. We explain this outcome through two factors: state strength buttressed by outside assistance from the European Stability Mechanism; and strong international marketization, which enhanced the drive to restructure quickly. Spain's decision to ask for loans from the European Stability Mechanism to help restructure its heavily marketized savings banks allowed it to finish reforms after 2012.

A GROUP OF 25 SCHOLARS DRAWN FROM BRITAIN, FRANCE, & ITALY UNDERTOOK A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT. ANALYSES OF EACH NATIONAL EXPERIENCE WERE COMBINED WITH CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS. AN ASSESSMENT OF PLANNING PRACTICES IN LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC POLICIES WAS FORMED. IF IT WAS HOPED THAT PLANNING WOULD BRING DRAMATIC CHANGES IN ECONOMY, POLITY, & SOCIETY, THE PRECONDITIONS WERE DRASTIC CHANGES TO MAKE THE IMPLEMENTED PLANS POSSIBLE. FRANCE HAD THE INSTITUTIONAL & ATTITUDINAL APTITUDES TO BRING ABOUT PLANNING EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE EXPLOSIVE PROBLEMS IN THE 1960'S. SHE HAD A FIRM POLITICAL & INFORMED TECHNO-BUREAUCRATIC LEADERSHIP TO START THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE RAPID TRANSITION FROM A PREINDUSTRIAL TO A POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. THE CHRONIC STATE OF CHAOS AFFLICTING ITALY WAS AVOIDED. ITALY SEEMED TO LACK EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT & ADMINISTRATION. BRITAIN HAD A POWERFUL BUT IMMOBILIST ADMINISTRATION. BRITISH POLITICIANS WERE "PREOCCUPIED WITH SHORT-TERM MANOEUVRES WITHIN A PARTY FRAMEWORK." PLANNING REEMERGED IN ITALY IN 1961 BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH WHICH HAD AGGRAVATED GAPS BETWEEN THE NORTH & SOUTH. IN 1961, THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN OPENED THE PLANNING ISSUE IN ORDER TO "EVADE UNPOPULAR POLICY CHOICES." THE SECOND-RATE STATUS BY PLANNING IN THE FRENCH MANNER SEEMED TO BE AN "INVITING BUT RECEDING MIRAGE." B. MILLER.

THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA COULD ALMOST be written in terms of military coups and returns to barracks. In Argentina, to take only the period since the Second world War, the military has relinquished power in 1946,1958, 1963, 1973 and 1983 (launching coups in 1955,1962,1966 and 1976). The military in Brazil, although less hyperactive than in Argentina, has relinquished power to civilians in 1945, 1955 and, incompletely so far, since 1982, while taking over government in 1954 and 1964. It seems therefore – rather paradoxically for some earlier writers on comparative politics (as was noted in the introduction) – that it is possible to speak of a military-civilian political system operating in much of South America. This features periods of military as well as civilian rule and operates largely because of a high degree of military self-confidence and the willingness of many civilians to contemplate military rule, even over a long period, with equanimity. A mere military coup, or return to barracks, need not imply a change in the political system itself. This point is not tautologous; the politica system may undergo genuine change, but only if civilian attitudes to the military (and willingness to accept military intervention) and military attitudes to civilian politics chan e fundamentally. Is there any sign that this has happened or is about to happen in the cases of Brazil and Argentina?

"This collection highlights the ways in which parliaments create and maintain powerful symbols of democracy and power. It explores how political and social hierarchies operate within parliaments through ceremonial spectacles, formal and informal rules and rituals, art and architecture. Members are socialized through everyday practices but such institutional disciplining is also challenged performatively - by refusal to participate, by subversion of norms or by rejection of rules. The contributions to this volume highlight that the everyday ritual practices as well as institutional ceremonies have significant political meaning, whether their focus is upon the spectacular or the quotidian. Chapters on opening ceremony, Prime Minister's Questions, on performance of debate and disruption, on the architecture and space of suggest that what has often been seen as the banal backdrop to politics proper, accumulated tradition or necessary rules of procedure, should in fact be the starting-point for our analyses of modern democratic parliaments"--

Transformation of Korean Politics and Administration: A 30 Year Retrospective retraces critical junctures that were turning points in Korean history as seen from the historical path dependence theory. The 13 chapters explain the significant changes that have occurred in the major pillars of the Korean politics and administration system, helping readers understand the processes of how a 'premodern' society characterized by simplicity became a modern or even post-modern society characterized by multiple and complex operations. This volume gives rich insights to those who are eager to learn lessons from Korea's experiences, provide an additional understanding about temporal dimension of the described events and explore monarchic presidential power, the shifting of power to the legislative branch, the changing role of judiciary branch, government reform strategies, decentralization reform. The Public Policy and Governance series brings together the best in international research on policy and governance issues. Books within the series are authored and edited by experts in the field and present new and insightful research on a range of policy and governance issues across the globe.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987

Global Palestine and world society -- Conceptualizing governamentability in world society -- Contested numbers : the biopolitics of statistics in Palestine -- The surveillance of good governance in Palestine -- The order of the subject : technologies of the self in Palestine.

This book is an outcome of the round table conference held in 1984 in Switzerland. It deals with decision of decentralization, structure of decentralized units, external power of decentralized unit, financial autonomy and decentralization and the protection of the basic rights.

Agenda Crossover in the HouseAgenda Crossover in the Senate; Agenda Crossover and Senate Electoral Success; Agenda Crossover in At-Large States; Conclusion; 6 Rethinking State Delegations in Congress; The Origins of and Changes in State Delegations ; Broadening our Conception of State Delegations; Normative Consequences of Agenda Crossover; Agenda Crossover, Representation, and Bicameralism; Appendix A Interviews; Conducting the Interviews; Interview Structure; Appendix B Wisconsin's Unwritten Rule; Bibliography; Index.

The Objective of this study is to understand the implementation of the dual positions possessed by head of the village in carrying out their roles in making decisions, in interacting with society of village to motivate their participation in the development program. This study is also to find out the participation of society in the process of development. In addition, this study aims at describing the phenomena of development and also the condition of the village and its society. Research analysis used is qualitative approach. The propositions have been found as follows: (1) if the actor position shows the domination on paradigmatic level, the actor behavior tends to be in a subjective norm. but if the actor position is in balance between paradigmatic level and syntagmatic level, the actor behavior tends o be in a subjective norm; (2) if the actor roles reveal a strongly orientation to paradigmatic level network and has effective loyalty resource, the actor tends to take a risk and faces problems that arises in the society; (3) people of middle class status within higher society partially participate more eastly and not much involved in decision making process; (4) if the actor has a social back ground in community lower than other community, then the actor tends to be less interaction with communities who have a highter social background and the actor tends to leave social activities on community who have highter social background; (5) interaction between two communities in a village is much determined by the actor of new settlers in the community; (6)if problem occurs in structure, women of the village tend to participate more in the activities which are programmed, without concern for the problem faced by the actor. While men of the village tend to be more critical and aware of the problems surrounding the actor. One of the efforts to over come various excesses of development the village be guided by encouraging the participation of all groups within the village. The actor role is to guide and encourage the participation of all groups in decision making as well as to carry out his role as the government representative which refers to concept of humanistic, democratic, and participative management system.