Politics in the USA, Sixth Edition

190 The media and politics armed forces’. The Acts were upheld by the Supreme Court, which held that free speech had never been ...

The media and politics 191 ticularly if some element of illegality is involved, they have claimed the right to remain silent, ba ...

192 The media and politics with the media; there is a large organisation that performs this function. Within the White House Off ...

The media and politics 193 reporters to present its distorted view of the situation in Iraq to Congress and the American public. ...

9 Politics and the administration So far we have been concerned largely with the complex manoeuvres and manipulations related to ...

Politics and the administration 195 interests, or the interests of their ‘clients’, conflict, and even within a single departmen ...

196 Politics and the administration The executive departments As we have seen, the president’s cabinet is composed largely of th ...

Politics and the administration 197 as part of other departments, sometimes as independent executive agencies directly responsib ...

198 Politics and the administration the head of the department has little discretion over the way in which his department uses i ...

Politics and the administration 199 authority is derived from statute. They report directly to Congress and their responsibility ...

200 Politics and the administration climate of the nation, could be insulated from politics was inevitably still- born. Presiden ...

Politics and the administration 201 another administrative dimension to add to the executive departments and the independent reg ...

202 Politics and the administration broadly followed his example, although Thomas Jefferson, after taking office in 1801, ensure ...

Politics and the administration 203 positions on a merit basis had extended to over 40 per cent by the beginning of the twentiet ...

204 Politics and the administration are made, although there are also the ‘political’ posts, normally requiring confirmation by ...

Politics and the administration 205 Activities (later renamed the Internal Security Committee) concerned itself actively over a ...

206 Politics and the administration line of command from the top to the bottom, and a return line of respon- sibility and accoun ...

Politics and the administration 207 Administration and the federal system The interrelationships between politics and administra ...

208 Politics and the administration even more assiduous than Congress in creating a multitude of independ- ent agencies hardly s ...

10 Politics and the judiciary It may seem strange to link the description of the structure and functions of the judicial system ...