American Politics - The Promise of Disharmony

Informationen zum Autor Samuel P. Huntington was Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University and the author of The Clash of Civilizations , The Soldier and the State , Political Order in Changing Societies , and American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony , among other books. Klappentext Huntington examines the persistent gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. He shows how Americans have always been united by the democratic creed of liberty, equality, and hostility to authority, but how these ideals have been frustrated through institutions and hierarchies needed to govern a democracy. Zusammenfassung Huntington examines the persistent gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. He shows how Americans have always been united by the democratic creed of liberty! equality! and hostility to authority! but how these ideals have been frustrated through institutions and hierarchies needed to govern a democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel P Huntington, Samuel P. Huntington, Huntington Samuel P.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1983
• EAN: 9780674030213
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03021-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Political Process