01645     2200301   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001200123084001800135100002400153245013900177250001300316260004500329300003700374500003000411520072300441650001401164700001501178990002501193990002501218990002501243990002501268990002501293990002501318INLIS00000000000253820221020014254  a0010-0520002538221020                |          | eng    a9780495502135  aeng  a320.473  a320.473 CUM d0 aCummings, Milton C.1 aDemocracy Under Pressure : An Introduction to the American Political System, 2006 Election Update /cMilton C. Cummings and David Wise  a10th ed.  aBelmont, CA :bThomson Wadsworth,c2007.  axxiv, 680 p. :billus. ;c29 cm.  aIndeks : p.(I-1) - (I-29)  aThis book gives you a balanced, realistic guide to American politics that clearly describes the institutions of American government. The theme of democracy under pressure helps you focus on the way the American democracy responds to needs and demands of its people. The respected the team of Cummings and Wise provide in-depth coverage of the 2006 mid-term elections, the long-term threat of terrorism, issues surrounding the continuing conflict in Iraq, an analysis of the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA, recent intelligence reforms, warrantless wiretapping, and hundreds of other late-braking topics! Democracy Under Pressure focuses on the gap that exists between rhetoric and reality in government today. 4aEconomics0 aDavid Wise  a09478/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09477/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09478/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09477/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09477/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09478/MKRI-P/XI-2008