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Students can never truly understand U.S. politics until they grasp the profound distinctiveness of our countrys political culture and institutions. Up-to-date, engaging, and fact-filled, The American Anomaly provides this crucial perspectiveand theres no other book like it. I assign it as required reading in all of my introductory courses on U.S. politics.

Patrick J. Egan,New York University, USA

There is no better way for students to learn about American politics than by seeing a thoughtful comparison between politics in the U.S. and politics in other countries. The American Anomaly does a fantastic job of providing this perspective, showing students the ways in which U.S. politics is similar to politics in other countries as well as the ways in which it differs. This is an outstanding book!

Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan, USA

The American Anomaly

The American Anomaly systematically analyzes the U.S. political system by way of comparison with other countries, especially other industrialized democracies. It is organized into four sections, respectively covering the constitutional order, governmental institutions, political participation, and public policy. Extended case studies and examples in each chapter draw on all the major regions of the world.

Thoroughly revised throughout, the fourth edition includes:

• Updates to reflect events including the anomalous presidential election of 2016, the start of the unconventional presidency of Donald Trump, and shifting partisan dynamics within Congress.
• Coverage of recent political developments such as the Black Lives Matter and Antifa left-wing groups, the rise of the Alt-Right and resurgent nationalism, and youth-led movements for immigration reform and gun violence prevention.
• A newly developed chapter offering a comparative perspective on U.S. public opinion and mass media, including social media; includes a new case study focused on post-Communist Russia and a chart on comparative freedom of the press.
• The contextualizing of emerging political memes such as fake news, alternative facts, the deep state, Brexit, and #MeToo.
• Updates to examples from other countries, including challenges to the European Union; the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings; recent political upheavals in Venezuela, Zimbabwe, South Korea, and Brazil; the global reassertion of Russian power and its possible manipulation of the U.S. election; and the steady growth of Chinas global military and economic role.
• A substantive update to the domestic policy chapter, in light of the return of unified Republican control in Washington DC, and to the foreign policy chapter, taking into account isolationist and unlateralist thinking in the Trump administration.
• Updated tables and charts comparing major democratic political systems; expanded further reading suggestions; and revised discussion questions and Web-based exercises throughout the book.

Raymond A. Smith, Ph.D., LL.M., is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Center for Global Affairs at New York University and a Senior Fellow with the Progressive Policy Institute. He is the author of Importing Democracy: Ideas from Around the World to Reform and Revitalize American Politics and Government.

The American Anomaly

U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective

Fourth Edition

Raymond A. Smith

Fourth edition published 2019
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First edition published by Routledge 2007

Third edition published by Routledge 2014

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Smith, Raymond A., 1967- author.

Title: The American anomaly: U.S. politics and government in comparative perspective / Raymond A. Smith.

Description: Fourth Edition. | New York: Routledge, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018037223 | ISBN 9781138490666 (Hardback) | ISBN 9781138490673 (Paperback) | ISBN 9781351034821 (eBook) | ISBN 9781351034814 (Pdf) | ISBN 9781351034807 (ePub3) | ISBN 9781351034791 (Mobipocket)

Subjects: LCSH: United StatesPolitics and government 21st century. | Comparative government.

Classification: LCC JK275 .S56 2019 | DDC 320.473dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018037223

ISBN: 978-1-138-49066-6 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-138-49067-3 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-351-03482-1 (ebk)

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Contents

PART I
The Constitutional Order

PART II
The Institutions of Government

PART III
Political Participation

PART IV
Public Policy and Policymaking

1. Half Title

1. i
2. ii
3. iii
4. iv

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With this new edition, The American Anomaly: U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective continues its aim of shedding new light on major institutions, participatory processes, policy domains, and other key dimensions of the U.S. political system by examining how these are organized and practiced differently in other countries of the world. The hope is that by examining a broad range of democratic 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. The comparative perspective also suggests the ways in which a long-established democracy in the United States can learn from the experience of other political systems, while also identifying features of the U.S. system that might be helpful in other countries.

Thoroughly revised throughout, the fourth edition includes:

• Updates to reflect events including the anomalous presidential election of 2016, the start of the unconventional presidency of Donald Trump, and shifting partisan dynamics within Congress.
• Coverage of recent political developments such as the Black Lives Matter and Antifa protest groups, the rise of the Alt-Right and resurgent white nationalism, and youth-led movements for immigration reform and gun violence prevention.
• A newly developed chapter offering a comparative perspective on U.S. public opinion and mass media, including social media; includes a new case study focused on post-Communist Russia and a chart on comparative freedom of the press.

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