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11 produkter
Why the United States Lacks a National Health Insurance Program
Häftad, 1993
488 kr
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Why is the United States the only advanced industrial democracy today without a national health insurance program? Laham aptly examines the reasons for the current health crisis and assesses the prospects for long-term solutions. Students, teachers, policymakers, activists, and citizens at-large …
Lost Cause
Bill Clinton's Campaign for National Health Insurance
Inbunden, 1996
1068 kr
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Bill Clinton's 1993-94 health care reform initiative was one of the most active and sustained presidential campaigns ever undertaken in support of a single social issue, and certainly the boldest attempt to establish national health insurance in the United States. An analysis of the Clinton …
Reagan Presidency and the Politics of Race
In Pursuit of Colorblind Justice and Limited Government
Inbunden, 1998
1068 kr
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Laham analyzes perhaps the most politically controversial element of Reagan's conservative agenda, involving his attempt to curtail federal enforcement of civil rights laws. The book focuses on the major initiatives Reagan pursued in his attempt to curb enforcement of those laws: first, his efforts …
Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Immigration Reform
Inbunden, 2000
1068 kr
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Laham argues that Ronald Reagan demonstrated gross ineptitude in his conduct of immigration policy. He failed to press for much-needed reforms in legal immigration while he supported the establishment of a fraud-ridden employer sanctions regime, which had no discernible effect in achieving its goal …
Selling AWACS to Saudi Arabia
The Reagan Administration and the Balancing of America's Competing Interests in the Middle East
Inbunden, 2002
1068 kr
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The AWACS debate represents one of the most critical and controversial events in the history of American diplomacy and legislative politics. It locked the Reagan administration and opponents of the AWACS sale in a fierce and pitched battle over American policy in the most economically and …
Selling AWACS to Saudi Arabia
The Reagan Administration and the Balancing of America's Competing Interests in the Middle East
E-bok, 2002
1169 kr
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The AWACS debate represents one of the most critical and controversial events in the history of American diplomacy and legislative politics. It locked the Reagan administration and opponents of the AWACS sale in a fierce and pitched battle over American policy in the most economically and …
American Bombing of Libya
A Study of the Force of Miscalculation in Reagan Foreign Policy
Häftad, 2007
487 kr
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This book argues that the 1986 American bombing of Libya represented an act of desperation by then-president Ronald Reagan in order to salvage American credibility in the Arab world. The author asserts that such credibility had been severely undermined by Reagan's earlier decision to enhance the …
Currents of Comedy on the American Screen
How Film and Television Deliver Different Laughs for Changing Times
Häftad, 2009
448 kr
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This book analyzes the evolution of film and television comedy from the 1930s through the present, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each. Chapters cover the period spanning 1934 to 1942, defined by screwball comedies that offered distraction from the …
Crossing the Rubicon
Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East
Inbunden, 2017
1524 kr
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This insightful work explores one of the under-examined eras of US foreign policy toward the Palestinian question: the Reagan years. The Reagan tenure is often perceived as one of disengagement from the region, especially in the aftermath of the bombing in Lebanon. Nicholas Laham contends that this …
Crossing the Rubicon
Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East
Häftad, 2018
503 kr
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This insightful work explores one of the under-examined eras of US foreign policy toward the Palestinian question: the Reagan years. The Reagan tenure is often perceived as one of disengagement from the region, especially in the aftermath of the bombing in Lebanon. Nicholas Laham contends that this …
Crossing the Rubicon
Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East
E-bok, 2018
589 kr
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This insightful work explores one of the under-examined eras of US foreign policy toward the Palestinian question: the Reagan years. The Reagan tenure is often perceived as one of disengagement from the region, especially in the aftermath of the bombing in Lebanon. Nicholas Laham contends that this …
