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Two Majorities
The Issue Context of Modern American Politics
Av Byron E. Shafer, William J.M. Claggett
Häftad, 1995
339 kr
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Why do voters so often exhibit patterns of policy preference vastly different from what analysts and strategists predict? And why do these same voters consistently cast ballots that ensure the continuation of "divided government?" In The Two Majorities Byron Shafer and William Claggett offer …
Foundation of Merit
Public Service in American Democracy
Häftad, 1996
392 kr
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The first systematic examination of the federal civil service in nearly forty years, The Foundation of Merit analyzes the historical development of the civil service in the context of the political and democratic environment that is central to its effectiveness and legitimacy. Patricia Ingraham …
Uncertain Guardians
The News Media as a Political Institution
Häftad, 1999
336 kr
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The news media are often presumed to be a fourth estate, or fourth branch of government, serving as a check on the other three. In Uncertain Guardians, political scientist Bartholomew Sparrow argues that this is a mistaken notion. Instead, the media-print, radio, and television-affect policy making …
Regulatory Politics in Transition
Häftad, 2000
430 kr
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In Regulatory Politics in Transition Marc Eisner argues that to understand fully the importance of regulatory policy we need to survey the critical policy shifts brought about during the Progressive period, the New Deal, and the contemporary period. Eisner adopts a regulatory regime framework to …
Institutional Presidency
Organizing and Managing the White House from FDR to Clinton
Häftad, 2000
355 kr
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When Franklin Roosevelt decided his administration needed a large executive staff, he instituted dramatic and lasting changes in the federal bureaucracy and in the very nature of the presidency. Today, no president can govern without an enormous White House staff. Yet analysts have disagreed about …
Transformation of Governance
Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2015
365 kr
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The traditional theory of public administration is based on entrenched notions of hierarchy and authority. However, as the structure of public work has grown less hierarchical, managers have adopted a wide variety of non-authoritarian strategies. This growing gap between theoretical ideas and …
Selling of Supreme Court Nominees
Häftad, 1998
246 kr
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Politics has always been at the heart of the Supreme Court selection process. According to John Anthony Maltese, the first "Borking" of a nominee came in 1795 with the defeat of John Rutledge's nomination as chief justice. What is different about today's appointment process, he argues, is not its …
Political Parties and Constitutional Government
Remaking American Democracy
Häftad, 1999
302 kr
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The U.S. Constitution makes no mention of political parties, yet parties began to form shortly after its ratification. Today, American democracy would not work without them. In Political Parties and Constitutional Government, Sidney Milkis explores the uneasy relationship between the Constitution …
Invention of the United States Senate
Av Daniel Wirls, Stephen Wirls
Häftad, 2004
235 kr
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The invention of the United States Senate was the most complicated and confounding achievement of the Constitutional Convention. Although much has been written on various aspects of Senate history, this is the first book to examine and link the three central components of the Senate's creation: the …
Leading Representatives
The Agency of Leaders in the Politics of the U.S. House
Inbunden, 2007
515 kr
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Many studies of Congress hold that congressional leaders are "agents" of their followers, ascertaining what legislators agree on and acting to advance those issues rather than stepping to the forefront to shape national policy or the institution they lead. Randall Strahan has long argued that this …
Leading Representatives
The Agency of Leaders in the Politics of the U.S. House
Häftad, 2007
293 kr
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Many studies of Congress hold that congressional leaders are "agents" of their followers, ascertaining what legislators agree on and acting to advance those issues rather than stepping to the forefront to shape national policy or the institution they lead. Randall Strahan has long argued that this …
Bureaucracy and Self-Government
Reconsidering the Role of Public Administration in American Politics
Häftad, 2015
293 kr
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In this new edition of his provocative book Bureaucracy and Self-Government, Brian J. Cook reconsiders his thesis regarding the inescapable tension between the ideal of self-government and the reality of administratively centered governance. Revisiting his historical exploration of competing …
