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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: THE USA POSES THE GREATEST THREAT TO WORLD PEACE -- Gallup Surveys 67,000 People in 65 Countries -- Since 1945 the US Has Bombed More Countries than Any Other Nation -- Eisenhower Warns Against the Military-Industrial Complex -- US Military Spending Sets World Record -- Lockheed Martin Is the Largest Arms Manufacturer in the World -- The United States Is a Nuclear Power -- The United States Has over 700 Military Bases in Foreign Countries -- The United States Has More than 200,000 Troops Stationed Abroad -- Occupied Countries Resist -- CHAPTER 2: THE USA IS AN OLIGARCHY -- 300,000 Superrich Run the Empire -- There Are 100 Million Poor People in the USA -- There Are 540 Billionaires in the USA -- The End of the American Dream -- The Superrich Determine Politics -- US Voters Have Little Influence on Politics -- CHAPTER 3: THE AMERICAN INDIAN WARS -- The Great European Powers Divide America among Themselves -- 1607: The English Establish Jamestown -- The Export of Tobacco to London -- The Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic -- 1776: The Declaration of Independence -- The Fight against the British Empire -- 1846: The War against Mexico -- The Destruction of the Indigenous Population -- 1890: The Massacre at Wounded Knee -- Four Million Native Americans Dead -- CHAPTER 4: THE EXPLOITATION OF SLAVES -- The Abduction of 12 Million Africans -- 1865: The Civil War and the Abolition of Slavery -- The Ku Klux Klan Wants White Supremacy -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Strengthens the Civil Rights Movement -- CHAPTER 5: NORTH AMERICA IS NOT ENOUGH -- 1898: The Explosion of the USS Maine -- 1898: The Conquest of Cuba and Puerto Rico -- 1893: The Coup d'État in Hawai'i -- 1898: The Conquest of the Philippines.

Vielleicht gibt es keine bessere Gelegenheit, als sich angesichts des Millenniumwechsels kritisch den Glaubenssätzen, Werten und Praktiken zuzuwenden, die von qualitativen Forscher(inne)n in den USA geteilt und/oder diskutiert werden. Der Beitrag dient deshalb u.a. der Betrachtung und Diskussion einiger Grundannahmen und Probleme, die sich gegenwärtig in den Diskursen der amerikanischen qualitativen Sozialforschung abzeichnen.

Politics USA is a lively and authoritative introduction to American politics, giving students a rich and varied resource for all aspects of their course. The book provides expert and comprehensive analysis of US politics and government, including in-depth coverage of the presidency, the Congress, the Supreme Court and American foreign policy.This third edition of Politics USA has been thoroughly updated to include analysis ofChallenges and policies of the first Obama administrationRecent results and developments in US electionsLatest major decisions of the US Supreme CourtContemporary American