Contemporary Political and Social Issues – serie
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New Imperial Presidency
Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate
Häftad, 2006
331 kr
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Has the imperial presidency returned?"Well written and, while indispensable for college courses, should appeal beyond academic audiences to anyone interested in how well we govern ourselves. . . . I cannot help regarding it as a grand sequel for my own The Imperial Presidency."---Arthur …
America Beyond Black and White
How Immigrants and Fusions Are Helping Us Overcome the Racial Divide
Häftad, 2008
337 kr
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“This book is both powerful and important. Powerful for the testimony it provides from Americans of many different (and even mixed races) about their experiences. And important because there is a racial revolution underway that will upend race as we know it during the twenty-first century.”—John …
Barack Obama's America
How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
Av John White
Häftad, 2009
382 kr
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"White's Barack Obama's America eloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences."---Richard Wirthlin, former pollster for Ronald Reagan"This delightfully written and accessible book is the best available account of the changes in culture, …
Culture Wars and Enduring American Dilemmas
Häftad, 2010
352 kr
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"Irene Taviss Thomson gives us a nuanced portrait of American social politics that helps explain both why we are drawn to the idea of a 'culture war' and why that misrepresents what is actually going on."---Rhys H. Williams, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago"An …
Trust beyond Borders
Immigration, the Welfare State, and Identity in Modern Societies
Häftad, 2007
382 kr
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Will immigration undermine the welfare state? Trust beyond Borders draws on public opinion data and case studies of Germany, Sweden, and the United States to document the influence of immigration and diversity on trust, reciprocity, and public support for welfare programs. Markus M. L. Crepaz …
Intellectual in Public
Av Alan Wolfe
Häftad, 2004
278 kr
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A new collection of essays from one of the most courageous and honest thinkers writing today"The question of the public intellectual is very much in the air again," writes Alan Wolfe. As one of our eminent social commentators, Wolfe should know; he's been writing, with fierce intellectual …
Self-Financed Candidates in Congressional Elections
Häftad, 2006
352 kr
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Are our elections for sale? Americans have long asked this question in the face of skyrocketing campaign spending by candidates and parties. Then, in the 1990s, came a wave of wealthy individuals whose deep pockets seemed to be buying political offices across the country. Our worst suspicions were …
Self-Financed Candidates in Congressional Elections
Inbunden, 2006
1054 kr
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Are our elections for sale? Americans have long asked this question in the face of skyrocketing campaign spending by candidates and parties. Then, in the 1990s, came a wave of wealthy individuals whose deep pockets seemed to be buying political offices across the country. Our worst suspicions were …
Trust beyond Borders
Immigration, the Welfare State, and Identity in Modern Societies
Inbunden, 2007
1191 kr
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Will immigration undermine the welfare state? Trust beyond Borders draws on public opinion data and case studies of Germany, Sweden, and the United States to document the influence of immigration and diversity on trust, reciprocity, and public support for welfare programs. Markus M. L. Crepaz …
Putting Faith in Partnerships
Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities
Inbunden, 2004
710 kr
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Putting Faith in Partnerships addresses a major conceptual change in American domestic policy, begun by Reagan and now fully realized by the Bush administration: the shift of responsibility for social services from the federal government to states and communities.In this groundbreaking study of a …
Barack Obama's America
How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
Av John White
Inbunden, 2009
985 kr
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"White's Barack Obama's America eloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences."---Richard Wirthlin, former pollster for Ronald Reagan"This delightfully written and accessible book is the best available account of the changes in culture, …
America Beyond Black and White
How Immigrants and Fusions Are Helping Us Overcome the Racial Divide
Inbunden, 2007
710 kr
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“This book is both powerful and important. Powerful for the testimony it provides from Americans of many different (and even mixed races) about their experiences. And important because there is a racial revolution underway that will upend race as we know it during the twenty-first century.”—John …
America at Risk
Threats to Liberal Self-Government in an Age of Uncertainty
Av Robert Faulkner, Susan M. Shell
Inbunden, 2009
573 kr
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America at Risk gathers original essays by a distinguished and bipartisan group of writers and intellectuals to address a question that matters to Americans of every political persuasion: what are some of the greatest dangers facing America today? The answers, which range from dwindling political …
