01749     2200289   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001500097041000800112082001200120084001800132100002200150245009900172260003400271300002600305500002400331520088000355650004701235650002701282990002501309990002501334990002501359990002501384990002501409990002501434INLIS00000000000465920221020024802  a0010-0520004659221020                |          | eng    a041595746X  aeng  a320.473  a320.473 SMI a0 aSmith, Raymond A.14aAmerican Anomaly : U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective /cRaymond A. Smith  aNew York :bRoutledge,c2008.  axxi, 214 p. ;c23 cm.  aIndeks : p. 205-214  aThis book comes directly out of discussion and interaction with my students over the past five years. Over that time, I have had the opportunity to teach introductory American politics courses in an adult BA program, in a medium-sized lecture format at a public college, and in large lecture hall settings at a major university. Regardless of the school or the format of the class, I consistenly found that student are eager for information about the politics and governments of other countries, particularly for the insights about the United States that can be provided by the comparative approach by examining the full menu of political processes and governmental institutions cross-nationally, students might be able to achieve greater insight into the impact of such differences for the nature and quality of democratic representation and governance in the United States. 4aUnited States-Politics and government-2001 4aComparative government  a10669/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10668/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10668/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10669/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10669/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10668/MKRI-P/XI-2008