Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century – serie
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Gay Politics, Urban Politics
Identity and Economics in the Urban Setting
Häftad, 1999
392 kr
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Since the late 1960s, the burgeoning gay rights movement has begun to have a profound effect on the politics of many American cities. This book presents a comprehensive exploration of gay and lesbian politics in urban settings. The study presents a window into how sexual identity has fostered …
Campaigns and the Court
The U.S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections
Av Donald Grier Stephenson Jr.
Häftad, 1999
667 kr
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Over two centuries of American history the Supreme Court has often become a significant issue in presidential elections, with voters acutely aware that the dominance of one party at the polls may translate into that party's dominance on the nation's highest court. Should Americans presume that …
From Tea Leaves to Opinion Polls
A Theory of Democratic Leadership
Av John Geer
Häftad, 1996
264 kr
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The first in-depth analysis of the link between politicians' behavior and opinion polls. Exploring political action within a broad historical context, the book develops a theory to show how the behavior of politicians, and the unfolding of political change, have been irrevocably altered since the …
Political Consequences of Being a Woman
How Stereotypes Influence the Conduct and Consequences of Political Campaigns
Häftad, 1996
648 kr
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Examines the impact of sex role stereotyping on the electability of women candidates, and as a central factor in the conduct and consequences of statewide campaigns.
Dual Agenda
Race and Social Welfare Policies of Civil Rights Organizations
Av Dona Cooper Hamilton, Charles Hamilton
Inbunden, 1997
1290 kr
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What is the role of race in social policy? Have race-based programmes failed? Should welfare and civil rights be blind to colour? In this landmark book, two leading scholars challenge critics like William Julius Wilson and Theda Skocpol who seek to replace a "race-specific" agenda for …
Dual Agenda
Race and Social Welfare Policies of Civil Rights Organizations
Av Dona Cooper Hamilton, Charles Hamilton
Häftad, 1998
609 kr
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What is the role of race in social policy? Have race-based programmes failed? Should welfare and civil rights be blind to colour? In this landmark book, two leading scholars challenge critics like William Julius Wilson and Theda Skocpol who seek to replace a "race-specific" agenda for …
African American Power and Politics
The Political Context Variable
Inbunden, 1997
1375 kr
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The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life, this book explores the ways in which conservative elites mobilized the American public around issues of race as ideology, discourse, strategy, and political elections from the Reagan victory …
African American Power and Politics
The Political Context Variable
Häftad, 1997
349 kr
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The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life, this book explores the ways in which conservative elites mobilized the American public around issues of race as ideology, discourse, strategy, and political elections from the Reagan victory …
African American Legislators in the American States
Häftad, 2001
264 kr
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Has black inclusion in the political process changed political institutions and led to more black influence in the governmental process? How do African American legislators balance racial interests with broader issues of government? And how is their effectiveness subjectively perceived and …
What Motivates Bureaucrats?
Politics and Administration During the Reagan Years
Häftad, 2000
648 kr
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"Every once in a while somebody has to get the bureaucracy by the neck and shake it loose and say, 'Stop doing what you're doing.'" -Ronald Reagan How did senior career civil servants react to Ronald Reagan's attempt to redirect policy and increase presidential control over the bureaucracy? What …
Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality
Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965
Inbunden, 1999
2533 kr
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From the abolition of slavery to the civil rights movement one hundred years later, one of the primary characteristics of America's development as a nation has been the steady struggle for and expansion of the horizons of citizenship. Pivotal in any equal rights movement is the response of the …
Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality
Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965
Häftad, 1999
724 kr
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From the abolition of slavery to the civil rights movement one hundred years later, one of the primary characteristics of America's development as a nation has been the steady struggle for and expansion of the horizons of citizenship. Pivotal in any equal rights movement is the response of the …
Muffled Echoes
Oliver North and the Politics of Public Opinion
Av Amy Fried
Häftad, 1997
306 kr
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Ten years ago the Iran-Contra affair swept the headlines as the nation watched an indignant Lt. Col. Oliver North testify before a congressional committee. Although polls showed that most Americans were critical of North's actions and ambivalent toward the man himself, media coverage left the …
Presidential Power
Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-First Century
Av Robert Y. Shapiro, Martha Joynt Kumar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
2840 kr
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Richard Neustadt's seminal work Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership has endured for nearly four decades as the core of academic study of the American presidency. Now, building on and challenging many of the arguments in Neustadt's work, Presidential Power: Forging the Presidency for the …
Presidential Power
Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-First Century
Av Robert Y. Shapiro, Martha Joynt Kumar m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
392 kr
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Richard Neustadt's seminal work Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership has endured for nearly four decades as the core of academic study of the American presidency. Now, building on and challenging many of the arguments in Neustadt's work, Presidential Power: Forging the Presidency for the …
Tyranny of the Two-Party System
Av Lisa Disch
Inbunden, 2002
1920 kr
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The closely contested presidential election of 2000, which many analysts felt was decided by voters for the Green Party, cast a spotlight on a structural contradiction of American politics. Critics charged that Green Party voters inadvertently contributed to the election of a conservative …
Tyranny of the Two-Party System
Av Lisa Disch
Häftad, 2002
264 kr
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The closely contested presidential election of 2000, which many analysts felt was decided by voters for the Green Party, cast a spotlight on a structural contradiction of American politics. Critics charged that Green Party voters inadvertently contributed to the election of a conservative …
Counting the Public In
Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy
Häftad, 1999
724 kr
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Does the public alter American foreign policy choices, or does the government change public opinion to supports its policies? In this detailed study, Douglas Foyle demonstrates that the differing influence of public opinion is mediated in large part through each president's beliefs about the value …
How the News Media Fail American Voters
Causes, Consequences, and Remedies
Av Kenneth Dautrich, Thomas H. Hartley
Häftad, 1999
648 kr
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It is often noted that the public is frustrated with the news media. But what do American voters really think about how the media present political information? While studies have examined how the news shapes opinions as well as what people respond to and remember, this is the first book to provide …
Championing Child Care
Av Sally Cohen
Inbunden, 2001
1375 kr
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Why has child care legislation developed along its present course? How did the political players influence lawmakers? What do the politics of child care legislation over the past thirty years indicate for the future? Based on more than one hundred interviews with legislators and executive branch …
Economics, Bureaucracy, and Race
How Keynesians Misguided the War on Poverty
Inbunden, 2003
2451 kr
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In this hard-hitting analysis of the war on poverty, Judith Russell charges that since FDR's New Deal, the U.S. government has introduced many public policies attempting to address poverty, yet it has failed to produce coherent programs to combat it. Focusing on the genesis of the Economic …
Economics, Bureaucracy, and Race
How Keynesians Misguided the War on Poverty
Häftad, 2003
667 kr
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In this hard-hitting analysis of the war on poverty, Judith Russell charges that since FDR's New Deal, the U.S. government has introduced many public policies attempting to address poverty, yet it has failed to produce coherent programs to combat it. Focusing on the genesis of the Economic …
Eco-Wars
Political Campaigns and Social Movements
Inbunden, 1999
2227 kr
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Can grassroots interest groups ever win the wars they wage in the political arena against big business in America? Praised by some as a crucial component of the democratic system and criticized by others as stubborn, single-issue factions that pose a threat to the equitable progress of political …
Reelection
William Jefferson Clinton as a Native-Son Presidential Candidate
Häftad, 2000
323 kr
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Since the passage of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964, only three Democrats have captured the White House-all of them natives of southern states. The ascendancy and reelection of Bill Clinton to the presidency is a prime example of this phenomenon, and although books have been published on the "native …
Gays and Lesbians in the Democratic Process
Public Policy, Public Opinion, and Political Representation
Av Ellen Riggle, Barry Tadlock
Inbunden, 1999
2150 kr
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From "Don't ask, don't tell" to the Defense of Marriage Act, from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to the continued battle against AIDS, gays and lesbians have been in the spotlight during the Clinton administration. They now form a political interest group as well as a social community, and …
Gays and Lesbians in the Democratic Process
Public Policy, Public Opinion, and Political Representation
Av Ellen Riggle, Barry Tadlock
Häftad, 1999
366 kr
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From "Don't ask, don't tell" to the Defense of Marriage Act, from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to the continued battle against AIDS, gays and lesbians have been in the spotlight during the Clinton administration. They now form a political interest group as well as a social community, and …
Financiers of Congressional Elections
Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates
Av Peter Francia, John Green m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
632 kr
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Individual donors play a critical role in financing congressional elections, accounting for more than half of all money raised in House campaigns. But significant donors (defined here as those contributing more than $200) are the least understood participants in the system. Defenders assert that …
President and His Inner Circle
Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Policy Making
Häftad, 2001
632 kr
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Few would argue that presidential policies and performance would have been the same whether John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon became president in 1960, or if Jimmy Carter instead of Ronald Reagan had won the White House in 1980. Indeed, in recent elections, the character, prior policy experience, or …
Rushed to Judgment
Talk Radio, Persuasion, and American Political Behavior
Av David Barker
Inbunden, 2002
1920 kr
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Convenient, entertaining, and provocative, talk radio today is unapologetically ideological. Focusing on Rush Limbaugh-the medium's most influential talk show-Rushed to Judgment systematically examines the politics of persuasion at play on our nation's radio airwaves and asks a series of important …
Rushed to Judgment
Talk Radio, Persuasion, and American Political Behavior
Av David Barker
Häftad, 2002
479 kr
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Convenient, entertaining, and provocative, talk radio today is unapologetically ideological. Focusing on Rush Limbaugh-the medium's most influential talk show-Rushed to Judgment systematically examines the politics of persuasion at play on our nation's radio airwaves and asks a series of important …
