01722cam a22003014a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002800069020001800097040001800115041000800133042000800141043001200149050002200161082001900183100002800202245007500230250001200305260004200317300004700359504006400406520073600470651005501206651005901261700002201320856007801342BJBSDDR20230805181430.0ta050531s2006    dcu           000 0 eng    a1568028911 (alk. paper)  a9781568028910  aDLCcDLCbspa  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aJK 276bK39l 200600a320.473/012221 aKernell, Samuel,d1945-14aThe logic of American politics /cSamuel Kernell and Gary C. Jacobson.  a3rd ed.  aWashington, D.C. :bCQ Press,cc2006.  axxix, 671 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 625-637) and index.  aThis book first] looks at the foundational elements of the political system that are especially relevant to understanding modern American politics. [It then] examines the four basic institutions of America's national government: Congress ..., the presidency ..., the bureaucracy ... and the federal judiciary ... [It also] surveys the institutions that keep citizens informed about what their representatives are doing and enable them to influence their elected officials through voting and other forms of participation. [The book] concludes our inquiry by reviewing the biases inherent in the institutions we have examined and considering how to evaluate proposals to reform current political arrangements.-A note to the students. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmentvTextbooks. 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernovLibros de texto1 aJacobson, Gary C.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005015796.html