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Why Congressional Reforms Fail
Reelection and the House Committee System
Häftad, 2002
308 kr
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For decades, advocates of congressional reforms have repeatedly attempted to clean up the House committee system, which has been called inefficient, outmoded, unaccountable, and even corrupt. Yet these efforts result in little if any change, as members of Congress who are generally satisfied with …
After Suffrage
Women in Partisan and Electoral Politics before the New Deal
Häftad, 1996
265 kr
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Seeking to debunk the conventional opinion that women had little impact on politics after gaining the vote, Kristi Andersen gives an account of both the accomplishments and the disappointments women experienced in the decade after suffrage. This revisionist history text traces how the entrance of …
Taken by Storm
The Media, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf War
Av W. Lance Bennett, David L. Paletz
Häftad, 1994
273 kr
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This text examines the role played by the mass media and public opinion in the development of United States foreign policy in the Gulf War. Tracing the flow of news, public opinion and policy decisions from Saddham Hussein's rise to power in 1979, to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, through the …
Mild Voice of Reason
Deliberative Democracy and American National Government
Inbunden, 1994
1229 kr
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In recent years, many Americans and more than a few political scientists have come to believe that democratic deliberation in Congress - whereby judgments are made on the merits of policies reflecting the interests and desires of American citizens - is more myth than reality. Rather, pressure from …
Mild Voice of Reason
Deliberative Democracy and American National Government
Häftad, 1997
368 kr
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In recent years, many Americans and more than a few political scientists have come to believe that democratic deliberation in Congress - whereby judgments are made on the merits of policies reflecting the interests and desires of American citizens - is more myth than reality. Rather, pressure from …
President in the Legislative Arena
Av Jon R. Bond, Richard Fleisher
Häftad, 1992
325 kr
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In recent years, the executive branch's ability to maneuver legislation through Congress has become the measure of presidential success or failure. Although the victor of legislative battles is often readily discernible, debate is growing over how such victories are achieved. In The President in …
Real Democracy
The New England Town Meeting and How It Works
Häftad, 2003
265 kr
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Relying on an astounding collection of more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet …
Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts
Political Amateurs in the United States Congress
Inbunden, 1990
1190 kr
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The U.S. Congress is typically seen as an institution filled with career politicians who have been seasoned by experience in lower levels of political office. In fact, political amateurs have comprised roughly one quarter of the House of Representatives since 1930. The effect of amateurs' …
Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts
Political Amateurs in the United States Congress
Häftad, 1990
325 kr
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The U.S. Congress is typically seen as an institution filled with career politicians who have been seasoned by experience in lower levels of political office. In fact, political amateurs have comprised roughly one quarter of the House of Representatives since 1930. The effect of amateurs' …
Race, Redistricting, and Representation
The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts
Häftad, 1999
282 kr
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Since the creation of minority-dominated congressional districts in 1991, the Supreme Court has condemned the move as akin to "political apartheid", while many African-American leaders argue that such districts are required for authentic representation. In this treatment of the subject, David Canon …
Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement
Av Dennis Chong
Häftad, 1991
298 kr
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Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement is a theoretical study of the dynamics of public-spirited collective action as well as a substantial study of the American civil rights movement and the local and national politics that surrounded it. In this major historical application of rational …
Golden Rule
The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems
Häftad, 1995
368 kr
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"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of this book, a history of modern American politics. Although the role big money plays in defining political outcomes has long been obvious to ordinary Americans, most pundits and scholars have virtually dismissed this assumption. Even …
Mayors and Money
Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago
Häftad, 1992
358 kr
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Chicago and New York share similar backgrounds but have had strikingly different fates. Tracing their fortunes from the 1930s to the present day, Ester R. Fuchs examines key policy decisions which have influenced the political structures of these cities and guided them into, or clear of, periods of …
Minority Report
Evaluating Political Equality in America
Av John D. Griffin, Brian Newman
Inbunden, 2008
857 kr
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Are the views of Latinos and African Americans under represented in our federal government? For that matter, what does it mean to be represented equitably? Rather than taking for granted a single answer to these complex questions, John D. Griffin and Brian Newman use different measures of political …
Minority Report
Evaluating Political Equality in America
Av John D. Griffin, Brian Newman
Häftad, 2008
265 kr
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Are the views of Latinos and African Americans underrepresented in our federal government? For that matter, what does it mean to be represented equitably? Rather than taking for granted a single answer to these complex questions, John D. Griffin and Brian Newman use different measures of political …
Gaining Access
Congress and the Farm Lobby, 1919-1981
Inbunden, 1991
853 kr
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Through a comprehensive analysis of American agricultural politics in the past half-century, Gaining Access shows when, how, and why interest groups gain and lose influence in the policy deliberations of the United States Congress. By consulting with policy advocates, John Mark Hansen argues, …
Numbered Voices
How Opinion Polling Has Shaped American Politics
Av Susan Herbst
Häftad, 1995
308 kr
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Quantifying the American mood through opinion polls appear to be an unbiased means for finding out what people want. But in this study the author demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists make of it. Exploring the history of …
Is Anyone Responsible?
How Television Frames Political Issues
Häftad, 1994
265 kr
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A disturbingly cautionary tale, Is Anyone Responsible? anchors with powerful evidence suspicions about the way in which television has impoverished political discourse in the United States and at the same time molds American political consciousness. It is essential reading for media critics, …
Crosstalk
Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign
Av Marion R. Just, Ann N. Crigler m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
874 kr
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This analysis of the 1992 US presidential campaign looks at how citizens use information in the media to make their voting decisions and how politicians and the media interact to shape that information. Examining political advertisements, news coverage, ad watches and talk shows in Los Angeles, …
Crosstalk
Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign
Av Marion R. Just, Ann N. Crigler m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
299 kr
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This analysis of the 1992 US presidential campaign looks at how citizens use information in the media to make their voting decisions and how politicians and the media interact to shape that information. Examining political advertisements, news coverage, ad watches and talk shows in Los Angeles, …
Logic of Delegation
Av D. Roderick Kiewiet, Mathew D. McCubbins
Häftad, 1991
299 kr
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Why do majority congressional parties seem unable to act as an effective policy-making force? They routinely delegate their power to others—internally to standing committees and subcommittees within each chamber, externally to the president and to the bureaucracy. Conventional wisdom in political …
Divided by Color
Racial Politics and Democratic Ideals
Av Donald R. Kinder, Lynn M. Sanders
Häftad, 1997, 6-9 år
265 kr
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When news of the O.J. Simpson verdict swept across the United States, a nation stood divided as blacks and whites reacted differently to the decision. Seldom has the racial division that permeates American society come so clearly and prominently into view. This book aims to supply the reasons for …
Turf Wars – How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction
Av Dc King
Inbunden, 1997
857 kr
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For most bills in American legislature, the issue of turf - or which committee has jurisdiction over a bill - is crucial. This study explains how jurisdictional areas for committees are created and changed in Congress, and dissects the politics of "turf-grabbing". Political scientists have long …
Turf Wars
How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction
Häftad, 1997
290 kr
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For most bills in American legislature, the issue of turf - or which committee has jurisdiction over a bill - is crucial. This study explains how jurisdictional areas for committees are created and changed in Congress, and dissects the politics of "turf-grabbing". Political scientists have long …
For the Many or the Few
The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy
Inbunden, 2004
857 kr
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Direct democracy continues to grow in importance throughout the United States. Citizens are increasingly using initiatives and referendums to take the law into their own hands, overriding their elected officials to set tax, expenditure, and social policies. John G. Matsusaka's "For the Many or the …
For the Many or the Few
The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy
Häftad, 2008
265 kr
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Direct democracy continues to grow in importance throughout the United States. Citizens are increasingly using initiatives and referendums to take the law into their own hands, overriding their elected officials to set tax, expenditure, and social policies. John G. Matsusaka's "For the Many or the …
Deliberative Choices
Debating Public Policy in Congress
Av Gary Mucciaroni, Paul J. Quirk
Inbunden, 2006
857 kr
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The task of deliberating public policy falls preeminently to Congress. But decisions on matters ranging from budget deficits to the war with Iraq, among others, raise serious doubts about its performance. In "Deliberative Choices", Gary Mucciaroni and Paul J. Quirk assess congressional deliberation …
Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War
Inbunden, 1994
1042 kr
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The Persian Gulf crisis may well have been the most extensively polled episode in US history as President Bush, his opponents and even Saddam Hussein appealed to, and tried to influence, public opinion. As well documented as this phenomenon was, it remains largely unexplained. In this book, John …
Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War
Häftad, 1994
440 kr
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The Persian Gulf crisis may well have been the most extensively polled episode in US history as President Bush, his opponents and even Saddam Hussein appealed to, and tried to influence, public opinion. As well documented as this phenomenon was, it remains largely unexplained. In this book, John …
Common Knowledge
News and the Construction of Political Meaning
Av W. Russell Neuman, Marion R. Just m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
247 kr
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Photo opportunities, ten-second sound bites, talking heads and celebrity anchors: so the world is explained daily to millions of Americans. The result, according to the experts, is an ignorant public, helpless targets of a one-way flow of carefully filtered and orchestrated communication. Common …
