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  • - Why Political Institutions Are Efficient
    af Donald A. (University of California at Santa Cruz) Wittman
    448,95 kr.

    A text seeking to refute one of the cornerstone beliefs of economics and political science: that economic markets are more efficient than the processes and institutions of democratic government.

  • - Deliberative Democracy and American National Government
    af Joseph M. Bessette
    439,95 kr.

    Drawing on original research, case studies of policy-making in Congress and portraits of American law-makers, this book argues that the institutional framework created by the founding fathers continues to foster a government that is both democratic and deliberative.

  • - How Television Frames Political Issues
    af Shanto (Stanford University) Iyengar
    356,95 kr.

  • - How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction
    af David C. (?) King
    389,95 kr.

    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".

  • af John E. Mueller
    558,95 - 1.308,95 kr.

    An account of the relationship between American policy and public opinion during the Gulf crisis. Comparisons are made to other wars such as those in Panama, Vietnam, Korea and the Falklands, as well as to World War II. The book features 300 tables charting public opinion through the Gulf crisis.

  • - Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences
    af Benjamin I. Page
    498,95 kr.

  • - Racial Politics and Democratic Ideals
    af Donald R. Kinder & Lynn M. Sanders
    371,95 kr.

    An examination of American attitudes toward race and racial policies. This book shows that racial resentment powerfully affects white opinion on such issues as: welfare, affirmative action, school desegregation, and the plight of the inner city. The opinions of black Americans are also studied.

  • - The Media, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf War
     
    367,95 kr.

    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. It explores the prewar media debate, news coverage during and after the war, and the media's effect on public opinion and decision-makers.

  • - Conflict and Change in American Foreign Policy
    af Peter Trubowitz
    446,95 kr.

    The USA has had a highly-politicized and divisive history of foreign policy-making. This text examines American foreign policy and the domestic and geopolitical forces shaping it. It shows how interdisciplinary scholarship can cast light on the connections between domestic and international change.

  • - Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-1917
    af Elizabeth Sanders
    459,95 kr.

    Offers a revision of the understanding of the rise of the American regulatory state in the late 19th century. The book argues that politically mobilized farmers were the driving force behind most of the legislation that increased national control over private economic power.

  • - News and the Construction of Political Meaning
    af W. Russell Neuman
    323,95 kr.

  • - Government Spending and the Design of Institutions
    af David M. Primo
    378,95 - 828,95 kr.

    Government spending has increased in the United States since World War II despite the many rules intended to rein in the insatiable appetite for tax revenue most politicians seem to share. This book explains why these budget rules tend to fail, and proposes alternatives for imposing the fiscal discipline on our legislators.

  • af Jon R. Bond
    435,95 kr.

  • - The Initiative, Public Policy and American Democracy
    af J.G. Matsusaka
    356,95 - 1.098,95 kr.

    Studies a century of budget data from states and cities to provide a picture of how direct democracy is changing government policies. This book argues against the belief that initiatives empower wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. It demonstrates how initiatives led to significant tax and expenditure cuts.

  • af Jonathan Oberlander
    293,95 - 1.108,95 kr.

    Oberlander provides a comprehensive hostory of Medicare politics, from the decades of consensus to debates over Medicare reform. Revealing how Medicare policies have developed over the past several decades this analysis will interest anyone concerned with public policy or healthcare.