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« C'est facile de travailler avec moi. Vous savez pourquoi ? Je prends toutes les décisions. »Donald Trump a beau fanfaronner, la crise du coronavirus a pourtant révélé les carences d'un système intoxiqué par un style présidentiel et un mode de gestion qui, depuis bientôt quatre ans, ont considérablement nui à la réputation des États-Unis et au leadership américain dans le monde.La politique extérieure des États-Unis est pour la première fois « personnalisée » et soumise entièrement aux calculs d'un président motivé par sa popularité auprès de son électorat. La raison principale de l'échec de cette présidence, en ce qui a trait à la politique étrangère, tient à son imprévisibilité et à son improvisation chroniques. Certes, celles-ci ont été des facteurs récurrents de Truman à Obama, mais sous Trump, elles atteignent des sommets inégalés par l'abandon des normes et des valeurs établies, au point de provoquer des dérapages irréversibles pour l'avenir de la diplomatie américaine.La Pax Americana fait place à la Pox Americana, un virus antiinternationaliste qui perturbe les fondements de l'ordre international avec le refus américain d'y contribuer par son leadership. Si Trump est réélu en novembre 2020, certaines des caractéristiques évoquées dans ce livre rendront irrémédiables les changements importants quant à la place et au rôle des États-Unis sur la scène internationale.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.

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This Dictionary offers a fresh, up-to-date look at US government and politics, explaining and where necessary demystifying the key terms used in discussion of the political system. Major figures, events, ideas, movements and Supreme Court cases relevant to a study of the American political system are included with the aim of allowing readers to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the area. The Dictionary also raises key issues and areas of contention and academic debate. Coverage is comprehensive, with c.400 entries, each providing analysis of the subject. Terms are presented in an A-Z format with cross-referencing where appropriate.

United States --- Politics and government --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National.

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How do public laws, treaties, Senate confirmations, and other legislative achievements help us to gain insight into how our governmental system performs? This well-argued book edited by Scott Adler and John Lapinski is the first to assess our political institutions by looking at what the authors refer to as legislative accomplishment. The book moves beyond current research on Congress that focuses primarily on rules, internal structure, and the microbehavior of individual lawmakers, to look at the mechanisms that govern how policy is enacted and implemented in the United States. It includes essays on topics ranging from those dealing with the microfoundations of congressional output, to large N empirical analyses that assess current theories of lawmaking, to policy-centered case studies. All of the chapters take a Congress-centered perspective on macropolicy while still appreciating the importance of other branches of government in explaining policy accomplishment. The Macropolitics of Congress shines light on promising pathways for the exploration of such key issues as the nature of political representation. It will make a significant contribution to the study of Congress and, more generally, to our understanding of American politics. Contributors include E. Scott Adler, David Brady, Charles M. Cameron, Brandice Canes-Wrone, Robert S. Erikson, Grace R. Freedman, Valerie Heitshusen, John D. Huber, Ira Katznelson, Keith Krehbiel, John S. Lapinski, David Leblang, Michael B. MacKuen, David R. Mayhew, Nolan McCarty, Charles R. Shipan, James A. Stimson, and Garry Young.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch. --- United States. --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political

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Carrie Manning's illuminating book examines how policies to limit taxation at state and local levels in the US have direct and lasting consequences for equity, accountability, and ultimately for democracy.

Democracy --- Local taxation --- Social contract. --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects --- United States. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local.

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Donald Trump's campaign and presidency represented a radical departure from political norms that are often classified by media and researchers as 'populist'. Instead, this book theorizes Trump's campaign and presidency with reference to Mikhail Bakhtin's "carnival" - a medieval festival of transgression, ridicule, and renewal. In this book, Lisa Gaufman and Bharath Ganesh provide a closer insight into the Trump Carnival, developing interdisciplinary perspectives on populism, misogyny, misinformation, and far-right vernacular culture. Building on the idea of the carnivalesque, this book focuses on the laughing culture of the Trump campaigns and presidency that vilified minorities, disparaged women, and ultimately emboldened the far right. Bringing Bakhtin into dialogue with key developments in contemporary politics, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Trump phenomenon, American politics, and populism.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General. --- Democracy. --- Populism. --- Social Media. --- Trump, Donald.