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  • - The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection
    av Mallory E Sorelle
    432 - 1 270,-

  • - American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000
    av Melanie Jean Springer
    392 - 1 113,-

    The United States routinely has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any developed democracy in the world. This book places contemporary reforms in historical context and explores how state electoral institutions have shaped voting behavior throughout the twentieth century.

  • - The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control
    av Vesla M. Weaver & Amy E. Lerman
    397 - 1 113,-

    One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. This book argues that the broad reach of the criminal justice system has recast the relation between citizen and state, resulting in a sizable - and growing - group of second-class citizens.

  • - One Family's Struggle
    av Andrea Louise Campbell
    198 - 604,-

    When the author's sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was left paralyzed from the chest down. Like so many Americans, neither Marcella nor her husband, Dave, had health insurance. Using Marcella and Dave's situation as a case in point, the author reveals the system's many shortcomings.

  • - The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States
    av Philip Cafaro
    320,-

    Shows us the undeniable realities of mass migration to which we have turned a blind eye: how it has driven down workers' wages and driven up inequality; how it has fostered unsafe working conditions; and how it has stalled our economic maturity by keeping us ever-focused on increasing consumption.

  • - Presidents, Public Opinion, and Manipulation
    av Lawrence R. Jacobs & James N. Druckman
    379 - 1 113,-

    Combining existing research with novel data from US presidential archives, this book shows that presidents make policy by largely ignoring the views of most citizens in favor of affluent and well-connected political insiders. It is suitable for those interested in US politics, public opinion, democratic theory, and more.

  • - Information and Power in the House of Representatives
    av James M. Curry
    405 - 1 158,-

  • - Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
    av Katherine J. Cramer
    383,-

  • - Race and Politics in the Obama Era
    av Michael Tesler
    379,-

  • - Ideological Innocence in the American Public
    av Donald R. Kinder & Nathan P. Kalmoe
    382,-

  • - Political Competition and Democracy in the American South
    av John D. Griffin & John H. Aldrich
    471 - 1 257,-

  • - The Hidden Role of Class in Economic Policy Making
    av Nicholas Carnes
    211 - 746,-

    Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them - and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter? The author answers this question with a resounding - and disturbing - yes.

  • - How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public
    av Jennifer L. Merolla & Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
    432 - 1 126,-

    How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? This book demonstrates how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward fellow citizens, political leaders, and foreign nations.

  • - Why Winning Trumps Ideology
    av Gregory Koger & Matthew J. Lebo
    405,-

  • - Understanding American Public Opinion from World War II to Iraq
    av Adam J. Berinsky
    405 - 1 113,-

    From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in US political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. This work explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

  • av Frank R. Baumgartner & Bryan D. Jones
    418 - 1 113,-

    Illuminates the workings of democracies beyond the United States. This book presents an account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda. It offers a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues - including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety.

  • - Market Myths and Policy Muddles
    av Lawrence D. Brown & Lawrence R. Jacobs
    198 - 694,-

    Despite George W Bush's opposition to big government, federal spending increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration. This book shows that efforts to expand markets and shrink government have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules.

  • av Marty Cohen
    379,-

    Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This book shows that for several decades, unelected insiders in both major parties effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box.

  • - How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics
    av LaFleur Stephens-Dougan
    421 - 1 087,-

  • - Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era
    av James M. Curry & Frances E. Lee
    405 - 1 249,-

  • - Polarization, Political Trust, and the Governing Crisis
    av Marc J. Hetherington & Thomas J. Rudolph
    379,-

  • - The 1930s and American Public Opinion
    av Susan Herbst
    471 - 1 275,-

  • - Counterterrorism, the Media, and Public Opinion
    av Robert Y. Shapiro, Brigitte L. Nacos & Yaeli Bloch-Elkon
    432 - 1 113,-

    Drawing on the analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11 - including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq - this title presents a case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness.

  • av Nicole Mellow & Jeffrey K. Tulis
    379 - 1 113,-

  • - How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance
    av Gabriel S. Lenz
    432,-

    In a democracy, we have come to assume that people know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. But does this actually happen? This book looks at citizens' views on candidates both before and after periods of political upheaval, including campaigns, wars, and natural disasters.

  • - How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans
    av Matthew Levendusky
    392,-

    As Washington elites drifted toward ideological poles over a few decades, did ordinary Americans follow their lead? This book reveals that we have responded to this trend - but not, for the most part, by becoming more extreme ourselves.

  • - Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch
    av John W. Patty & Sean Gailmard
    458 - 1 244,-

    Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. This book explores an issue central to political science and public administration: How do Congress and the president ensure that bureaucratic agencies implement their preferred policies?

  • - Peer Networks and Political Behavior
    av Betsy Sinclair
    418 - 1 061,-

    We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and Chicago's wealthy North Shore, the author shows that social networks do not merely inform citizens' behavior, they can - and do - have the power to change it.

  • - Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race
    av Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss & Richard C. Fording
    432 - 1 126,-

    Lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. This book argues that poverty governance - how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized - has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments.

  • - Television and American Opinion, Updated Edition
    av Shanto (Stanford University) Iyengar
    366,-

    Backed by careful analysis of public opinion surveys, the authors show how, despite changing American politics, those issues that receive extended coverage in the national news become more important to viewers, while those that are ignored lose credibility.

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