Understanding American government and

Understanding American government and politics is written specifically for A2 level students and covers the subject in a clear and accessible style. It closely follows the syllabuses of the three main examination boards (AQA, Edexcel and OCR).

Duncan Watts is Editor of the Politics Association Resource Centre and a part-time tutor in a sixth form college.

Comparative boxes: Britain and the United States

vii

Acknowledgement

ix

US presidents and their parties

x

Map of the US: the sun-belt and the frost-belt

xii

1 Introduction: the setting of American politics

1

(23)

2 The Constitution

24

(17)

The Constitution in theory

25

(12)

The Constitution in action: the protection offered by the Bill of Rights

37

(4)

3 Federalism in theory and practice

41

(24)

4 The executive

65

(58)

The modern presidency

66

(28)

Support for the presidency

94

(29)

5 The legislature: Congress

123

(34)

6 The judiciary: the Supreme Court

157

(26)

7 Elections and voting

183

(54)

General features of elections and electioneering

184

(16)

The media

200

(6)

Electing the president: a choice by Electoral College

206

(12)

How Americans vote and why they vote as they do

218

(4)

Direct legislation

222

(5)

Election 2004: a case study

227

(10)

8 Political parties

237

(37)

9 Pressure groups: the lobby at work

274

(26)

10 Civil liberties and civil rights

300

(38)

11 Conclusion: the condition of American democracy

338

(9)

Index

347

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Introduction

Kenya Dworkin y Méndez and Agnes Lugo-Ortiz

1

(22)

Part I Rethinking Latino/a Subject Positions

Subject to the Border: The Strange Case of José Agustin Quintero

Kirsten Silva Gruesz

23

(12)

Americo Paredes' George Washington Gómez and U.S. Patriotic Mythology

Roumiana Velikova

35

(20)

Bending Chicano Identity and Experience in Arturo Islas's Early Borderland Short Stories

Frederick Luis Aldama

55

(12)

Part II Negotiating Cultural Authority and the Canon

"La hermosa lengua de Cervantes": An Aesthetic and Utilitarian Defense of Spanish in New Mexico and Its Implications for Cultural Citizenship

Erlinda Gonzales-Berry

67

(14)

La prensa puertorriquena en Nueva York ante el discurso colonial: Reescritura de un imaginario nacional

Edwin Karli Padilla Aponte

81

(11)

Recovering Mexican America in the Classroom

John-Michael Rivera

92

(17)

Part III Orality, Performance, and the Archive

Finding the Voices: The Nuevomexicano Cuentos of the WPA

Tey Diana Rebolledo

109

(12)

"Hijos de la refolufia": Performing the pachuco in the Mexican American "Carpa"

Peter C. Haney

121

(18)

La antologia y el archivo: Reflexiones en torno a Herencia, En otra voz y los limites de un saber

Agnes Lugo-Ortiz

139

(32)

Part IV Re-Contextualizing Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton

The Land Act of 1851 as the Handmaiden of Manifest Destiny

Rosaura Sánchez

171

(14)

Ruiz de Burton's Questioning of "Manifest Destiny"

Beatrice Pita

185

(14)

Part V Bibliographic Reports

Novelas mexicanas y chicanas publicadas en los Estados Unidos: Recuento bibliográfico

Luis Leal

199

(7)

Early New Mexican Criticism: The Case of Breve reseña de la literatura hispana de Nuevo México v Colorado

Francisco A. Lomeli

206

(9)

Contributors

215

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