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American public policy : federal domestic policy achievements and failures, 1901 to 2022 / Dennis W. Johnson

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 19:28:32 +0900

Dennis W. Johnson. American public policy : federal domestic policy achievements and failures, 1901 to 2022. Routledge, 2023; ©2023. ISBN:9781032276144; 1032276142; 9781032276137; 1032276134
"This is a sweeping narrative of American Domestic Public Policy-its triumphs, struggles, and failures over the past one hundred and twenty years. In a larger sense, it is a reflection on how the United States has grown and matured, faced challenges and opportunities, and how its federal leaders and policymakers have responded or failed to address pressing problems. Moreover, American public policy addresses the hurdles and challenges that still lie ahead. Four critical questions are posed and answered. First, what were the most significant adversities endured by the American People? Second, what were the landmark domestic policies crafted by the president, enacted by Congress, or issued in Supreme Court decisions? Third, what did the federal policy makers fail to do? Finally, how well have federal policymakers met the challenges facing America: income, inequality, racism, financial crises, terrorist attacks, climate change, gun violence, and other pressures? And what do we still need to do?"--

Die Tyrannei der Minderheit : warum die amerikanische Demokratie am Abgrund steht und was wir daraus lernen können / Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblattほか

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:04:41 +0900

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt; aus dem Englischen von Klaus-Dieter Schmidt. Die Tyrannei der Minderheit : warum die amerikanische Demokratie am Abgrund steht und was wir daraus lernen können. Sonderausgabe für die Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, 2024, Schriftenreihe ; Band 11155. ISBN:9783742511553; 3742511556

Generational politics in the United States : from the silents to gen Z and beyond / Sally Friedman and Davy Schultz, editors

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:53:32 +0900

Sally Friedman and Davy Schultz, editors. Generational politics in the United States : from the silents to gen Z and beyond. University of Michigan Press, 2024; ©2024. ISBN:9780472076765; 0472076760; 9780472056767; 047205676X
"The role of generations is an important, yet often overlooked, variable in the study of American politics. A topic of research in sociology, business, and marketing, the focus on generations frequently occurs in American pop culture and journalism. The general public often assumes that different generations have different political leanings and beliefs-that the Silent Generation is all Republican, white, and conservative, or that Millennials are liberal and diverse-but are these assumptions true?Generational Politics in the United States is the first comprehensive book that examines the concept of generations from a political science perspective. It defines what a generation is and how to sort out the differences between life cycle, cohort, and aging effect. The book then brings together chapters from an array of political science scholars that examine the role of generations in American politics and how it relates to other variables such as age, race, gender, and socioeconomic status. It discusses how politics in the United States are impacted by changes in generations, including how the passing of the Baby Boom generation and rise of the Millennials and Gen Z will change American politics. By examining the differences in political attitudes, engagement, and impact of recent generations, Generational Politics in the United States suggests how generational change will impact American politics in the future"

Ungoverning : the attack on the administrative state and the politics of chaos / Russell Muirhead, Nancy L. Rosenblum

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 01:11:37 +0900

Russell Muirhead, Nancy L. Rosenblum. Ungoverning : the attack on the administrative state and the politics of chaos. Princeton University Press; Princeton University Press, [2024]; ©2024. ISBN:9780691250526; 0691250529
"How a concentrated attack on political institutions threatens to disable the essential workings of government. In this unsettling book, Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum trace how ungoverning--the deliberate effort to dismantle the capacity of government to do its work--has become a malignant part of politics. Democracy depends on a government that can govern, and that requires what's called administration. The administrative state is made up of the vast array of departments and agencies that conduct the essential business of government, from national defense and disaster response to implementing and enforcing public policies of every kind. Ungoverning chronicles the reactionary movement that demands dismantling the administrative state. The demand is not for goals that can be met with policies or programs. When this demand is frustrated, as it must be, the result is an invitation to violence. Muirhead and Rosenblum unpack the idea of ungoverning through many examples of the politics of destruction. They show how ungoverning disables capacities that took generations to build--including the administration of free and fair elections. They detail the challenges faced by officials who are entrusted with running the government and who now face threats and intimidation from those who would rather bring it crashing down--and replace the regular processes of governing with chaotic personal rule. The unfamiliar phenomenon of ungoverning threatens us all regardless of partisanship or ideological leaning. Ungoverning will not be limited to Donald Trump's moment on the political stage. To resist this threat requires that we first recognize what ungoverning is and what it portends." --

Parliamentary America : the least radical means of radically repairing our broken democracy / Maxwell L. Stearns

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:39:13 +0900

Maxwell L. Stearns. Parliamentary America : the least radical means of radically repairing our broken democracy. Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]; ©2024. ISBN:9781421448336; 1421448335
"This work identifies our two-party, comparatively non-representative form of democracy as the main culprit of why American politics are so dysfunctional-and shows us how to fix it"--

The myth of left and right : how the political spectrum misleads and harms America / Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:22:05 +0900

Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis. The myth of left and right : how the political spectrum misleads and harms America. Oxford University Press, [2023], Studies in postwar American political development. ISBN:9780197680216; 9780197680629
"AMERICAN POLITICS IS AT a breaking point. This became obvious when a mob of American citizens, upset with the results of the 2020 presidential election, stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. to stop Congress from tabulating the election results. In order to work, democracies require citizens who respect the rights of individuals, defer to the outcomes of elections, and abide by the rule of law, but today's toxic political culture has caused many Americans to abandon these vital norms. Ideological tribalism and partisan hatred have become so rampant that frightening numbers of American citizens countenance violence against their political opponents to get their way"--

The imperial presidency and American politics : governance by edicts and coups / Benjamin Ginsberg

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:29:00 +0900

Benjamin Ginsberg. The imperial presidency and American politics : governance by edicts and coups. Routledge, 2022. ISBN:9780367625283; 0367625288; 9780367619961; 0367619962; 9781003109556; 9781000400045; 9781000400021
"Those who saw Donald Trump as a novel threat looming over American democracy and now think the danger has passed may not have been paying much attention to the political developments of the past several decades. Trump was merely the most recent-and will surely not be the last-in a long line of presidents who expanded the powers of the office and did not hesitate to act unilaterally when so doing served their purposes. Though presidents are elected more or less democratically, the presidency is not and was never intended to be a democratic institution. The framers thought that America would be governed by its representative assembly, the Congress of the United States. Presidential power, like a dangerous pharmaceutical, might have been labeled, "to be used only when needed." Today, Congress sporadically engages in law making but the president actually governs. Congress has become more an inquisitorial than a legislative body. Presidents rule through edicts while their opponents in the Congress counter with coups. The courts sputter and fume but generally back the president. This is the new separation of powers-the president exercises power and the other branches are separated from it. Where will this end? Regardless of who occupies the Oval Office, the imperial presidency inexorably is bringing down the curtain on American representative democracy"--

When bad things happen to privileged people : race, gender, and what makes a crisis in America / Dara Z. Strolovitch

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:41:42 +0900

Dara Z. Strolovitch. When bad things happen to privileged people : race, gender, and what makes a crisis in America. The University of Chicago Press; The University of Chicago Press, 2023; ©2023. ISBN:9780226700335; 022670033X; 9780226798813; 022679881X
"From the climate crisis to the opioid crisis to the Coronavirus crisis, the language of crisis is everywhere around us and ubiquitous in contemporary American politics and policymaking. But for every problem that political actors describe as a crisis, there are myriad other equally serious ones that are not described in this way. Why has the term crisis been associated with some problems but not others? What has crisis come to mean, and what work does it do? In When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People, Dara Z. Strolovitch brings a critical eye to the taken-for-granted political vernacular of crisis. Using systematic analyses to trace the evolution of the use of the term crisis by both political elites and outsiders, Strolovitch unpacks the idea of "crisis" in contemporary politics and demonstrates that crisis is itself an operation of politics. She shows that racial justice activists innovated the language of crisis in an effort to transform racism from something understood as natural and intractable and to cast it instead as a policy problem that could be remedied. Dominant political actors later seized on the language of crisis to compel the use of state power, but often in ways that compounded rather than alleviated inequality and injustice. In this eye-opening and important book, Strolovitch demonstrates that understanding crisis politics is key to understanding the politics of racial, gender, and class inequalities in the early twenty-first century"--; "A deep and thought-provoking examination of crisis politics and their implications for power and marginalization in the United States. From the climate crisis to the opioid crisis to the Coronavirus crisis, the language of crisis is everywhere around us and ubiquitous in contemporary American politics and policymaking. But for every problem that political actors describe as a crisis, there are myriad other equally serious ones that are not described in this way. Why has the term crisis been associated with some problems but not others? What has crisis come to mean, and what work does it do? In When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People, Dara Z. Strolovitch brings a critical eye to the taken-for-granted political vernacular of crisis. Using systematic analyses to trace the evolution of the use of the term crisis by both political elites and outsiders, Strolovitch unpacks the idea of "crisis" in contemporary politics and demonstrates that crisis is itself an operation of politics. She shows that racial justice activists innovated the language of crisis in an effort to transform racism from something understood as natural and intractable and to cast it instead as a policy problem that could be remedied. Dominant political actors later seized on the language of crisis to compel the use of state power, but often in ways that compounded rather than alleviated inequality and injustice. In this eye-opening and important book, Strolovitch demonstrates that understanding crisis politics is key to understanding the politics of racial, gender, and class inequalities in the early twenty-first century"--

A progressive history of American democracy since 1945 : American dreams, hard realities / Chris J. Magoc

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:42:41 +0900

Chris J. Magoc. A progressive history of American democracy since 1945 : American dreams, hard realities. Routledge, 2022. ISBN:9780367749774; 9780367749767; 9781003160595
"A Progressive History of American Democracy Since 1945: American Dreams, Hard Realities offers a social, political, and cultural history of the United States since World War II. Unpacking a period of profound transformation unprecedented in the national experience, this text takes a synthetic approach to the history of the 1940s to the present day. It examines how Americans descended from a mid-century apogee of boundless expectations to the unsettling premise that our contemporary historical moment is fraught with a sense of crisis and national failure. The book's narrative explores the question of decline and more importantly, how the history of this transformation can point the way toward a recovery of shared national values. Chris J. Magoc also gives extensive treatments to the following: Grassroots movements that have expanded the meaning of American democracy, from the 1950s human rights struggle in the South, to contemporary movements to confront systemic racism and the existential crisis of climate change; The resilience of American democracy in the face of antidemocratic forces; The impacts of a decades-long economic transformation; The consequences of America's expanding global military footprint and national security state; Fracturing of a nation once held together by a post-war liberal consensus and broadly shared societal goals to an America facing an attack from within on empirical truth and democracy itself. This book will be of interest to students of modern U.S. history, social history and American Studies and general readers interested in recent U.S. history"--

Fixing American politics : solutions for the media age / edited by Roderick P. Hart

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:41:08 +0900

edited by Roderick P. Hart. Fixing American politics : solutions for the media age. First Edition, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022; ©2022, Media and Power. ISBN:9781032080109; 9780367858230; 9781003212515
"Fixing American Politics: Solutions for the Media Age contains the work of 34 scholars from two disciplines - Communication and Political Science - asked to identify the most pressing problem facing the American people and how it can be solved. Each author addresses the question quickly (in around 3,000 words) and directly, with the favored solution featured in their chapter title. The book gives the reader much to think about and much to argue about. Should news outlets be funded with public money rather than by private enterprise? Are the new social media a boon or a bane to political elections? Is the American past dead or is it living once again? Do churchgoers and environmentalists have anything to discuss? Is the F.C.C. doing its job? Can political ads be made less toxic? Should Fox News be "canceled"? Should cancel cultures be cancelled? Can we become more civil to one another and, if so, how? Fixing American Politics has all the best questions ... and some answers as well"--

Laboratories against democracy : how national parties transformed state politics / Jacob M. Grumbach

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:34:17 +0900

Jacob M. Grumbach. Laboratories against democracy : how national parties transformed state politics. Princeton University Press, [2022], Princeton studies in American politics. ISBN:9780691218458
"Even in this precarious moment for American democracy, the institutions of American federalism-that is, state governments-remain almost universally lauded. For many, the present era of national partisan polarization makes local politics even more appealing. The truth about federalism in this polarized age, however, is a bit more concerning, as Grumbach details. As the state level has become an increasingly important site of public policies that affect Americans' lives, it is also accelerating the distressing trends of the current era, including plutocratic politics, racial inequality, and democratic backsliding. The book develops a theory of the interaction between federalism and polarization, debunking common myths and misunderstandings that underpin widespread support of state governments. Whereas the framers thought federalism would incentivize state governments to customize policy to local preferences, the state level is increasingly dominated by national groups who exploit the low-information environments of amateur legislatures, inattentive local media, and identity-focused voters. Not only are well-resourced groups advantaged, but polarization diminishes the incentives for state governments to learn from the experiences of other policy laboratories. A state may risk their party's national reputation by emulating a successful policy from a state controlled by the opposing party. Taken together, this theory of polarized federalism suggests that polarization disrupts the oft-lauded features of federalism so common to theories of American governance"--; "How national political fights are increasingly being waged at the state level-and how democracy itself is paying the priceOver the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams. American political institutions, on the other hand, remain highly decentralized. Laboratories against Democracy shows how national political conflicts are increasingly flowing through the subnational institutions of state politics-with profound consequences for public policy and American democracy.Jacob Grumbach argues that as Congress has become more gridlocked, national partisan and activist groups have shifted their sights to the state level, nationalizing state politics in the process and transforming state governments into the engines of American policymaking. He shows how this had the ironic consequence of making policy more varied across the states as red and blue party coalitions implement increasingly distinct agendas in areas like health care, reproductive rights, and climate change. The consequences don't stop there, however. Drawing on a wealth of new data on state policy, public opinion, money in politics, and democratic performance, Grumbach traces how national groups are using state governmental authority to suppress the vote, gerrymander districts, and erode the very foundations of democracy itself.Required reading for this precarious moment in our politics, Laboratories against Democracy reveals how the pursuit of national partisan agendas at the state level has intensified the challenges facing American democracy, and asks whether today's state governments are mitigating the political crises of our time-or accelerating them"--

A divided union : structural challenges to bipartisanship in America / edited by Dario Moreno, Eduardo Gamarra, Patrick E. Murphy, and David Jolly, with Anthony Kusich

Thu, 20 May 2021 20:52:18 +0900

edited by Dario Moreno, Eduardo Gamarra, Patrick E. Murphy, and David Jolly, with Anthony Kusich. A divided union : structural challenges to bipartisanship in America. Routledge, 2021. ISBN:9780367565404; 9780367565374
"A Divided Union delves deep into ten pressing political challenges central to the dysfunction in Congress and the country today. The core of the book is original analysis by experts on key topics such as geographic challenges, demographic change, a polarized media, gerrymandering, the role of money in politics, and the structure of primary elections. Contributors include former federal elected officials, political science professors, members of the press, and scholars immersed in their fields of study. A Divided Union is appropriate for all political science students as well as the general public frustrated and alarmed by political deadlock"--

American administrative capacity : decline, decay, and resilience / M. Ernita Joaquin, Thomas J. Greitens

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 01:10:03 +0900

M. Ernita Joaquin, Thomas J. Greitens. American administrative capacity : decline, decay, and resilience. Springer, [2021]. ISBN:9783030805630; 3030805638
This volume proposes a capacity-centered approach for understanding American bureaucracy. The administrative institutions that made the country a superpower turned out to be fragile under Donald Trumps presidency. Laboring beneath systematic accusations of deep statism, combined with a market oriented federal administration, bureaucratic capacity manifested its decay in the public health and constitutional cataclysms of 2020, denting Americas global leadership and contributing to its own peoples suffering. The authors combine interviews with a historical examination of federal administrative reforms in the backdrop of the recent pandemic and electoral tumult to craft a developmental framework of the ebb and flow of capacity. While reforms, large and small, brought about professionalization and other benefits to federal administration, they also camouflaged a gradual erosion when anti-bureaucratic approaches became entrenched. A sclerotic, brittle condition in the governments capacity to work efficiently and accountably arose over time, even as administrative power consolidated around the executive. That co-evolutionary dynamic made federal government ripe for the capacity bifurcation, delegitimization, and disinvestment witnessed over the last four years. As the system works out the long-term impacts of such a deconstruction, it also prompts a rethinking of capacity in more durable terms. Calling attention to a more comprehensive appreciation of the dynamics around administrative capacity, this volume argues for Congress, citizens, and the good government community to promote capacity rebuilding initiatives that have resilience at the core. As such, the book will be of interest to citizens, public reformers, civic leaders, scholars and students of public administration, policy, and public affairs

American government and politics today / Lynne E. Ford, Barbara A. Bardes, Steffen W. Schmidt, Mack Shelley II

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:13:48 +0900

Lynne E. Ford, Barbara A. Bardes, Steffen W. Schmidt, Mack Shelley II. American government and politics today. Nineteenth edition, Cengage, [2022]; ©2022. ISBN:9780357458891; 0357458893; 9780357458983; 0357458982

Approaching democracy : American government in times of challenge / Larry Berman, Bruce Allen Murphy, Nadia E. Brown, Sarah Allen Gershon

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:30:37 +0900

Larry Berman, Bruce Allen Murphy, Nadia E. Brown, Sarah Allen Gershon. Approaching democracy : American government in times of challenge. Ninth edition, Routledge, 2021. ISBN:9780367252694; 9780367679088
"This book covers the foundations, institutions, and processes of American democracy with a clear and relevant theme: the evolving nature of the American experiment in democratic government in a time of challenges to democracy on the home front as well as internationally. Approaching Democracy provides students with a framework to analyze the structure, process and action of US government, institutions and social movements. It also invites comparison with other countries. This globalizing perspective gives students an understanding of issues of governance and challenges to democracy here and elsewhere. At a moment of political hyper-partisanship, populism, identity politics and governmental dysfunction, there is no better time to bring Approaching Democracy--a textbook based on Vaclav Havel's powerful metaphor of democracy as an ideal and the American experiment as the closest approach to it--to a new generation of political science undergraduate students"--

American democracy in crisis : the case for rethinking Madisonian government / Jeanne Sheehan

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 22:40:25 +0900

Jeanne Sheehan. American democracy in crisis : the case for rethinking Madisonian government. Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]. ISBN:3030622800; 9783030622800

Conservative political communication : how right-wing media and messaging (re)made American politics / edited by Sharon E. Jarvis

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 22:49:15 +0900

edited by Sharon E. Jarvis. Conservative political communication : how right-wing media and messaging (re)made American politics. Routledge, 2021. ISBN:9780815393863; 9780815393856
"Conservative Political Communication examines the evolution of appeals, media, and tactics in right-wing media and political communication, tracking trends and shifts from the early days of contemporary conservatism in the 1950s to the Trump administration. The chapters in this edited volume feature the work of senior and junior scholars from the fields of communication, journalism, and political science employing content analytic, experimental, survey, historical, and rhetorical research methodologies. Analyses of the rise of the 24-hour news cycle, the range of partisan news sources, and the role of social media algorithms in political campaigns yield insights for our media and information ecosystems. A key theme across these chapters is how right-wing channels and communications help and hinder partisan fragmentation, a condition whereby novice elected officials create personal conservative brands, appeal to the base through partisan media, and complicate senior leadership's ability to engage in bargaining, compromise, and deal-making. This volume interrogates conservative media and messaging to track where these processes came from, how they functioned in the 2016 United States presidential campaign, and where they may be going in the future. This book will interest scholars and upper-level students of political communication, media and politics, and political science, as well as readers invested in today's political media landscape in the United States"--

American government : political development and institutional change / Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:41:52 +0900

Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University. American government : political development and institutional change. Eleventh edition, Routledge, 2021. ISBN:9780367485863; 0367485869; 9780367485849; 0367485842
"How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how it's likely to change through reform-these are the themes that pervade every chapter of Cal Jillson's highly lauded American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change. Even in the midst of current challenges, America's past is present in all aspects of the contemporary political system. Jillson uses political development and the dynamics of change as a thematic tool to help students understand how politics works now-and how institutions, participation, and policies have evolved over time to produce the contemporary political environment. In addition, Jillson helps students think critically about how American democracy might evolve further, focusing in every chapter on reform and further change. New to the 11th Edition Covers the 2020 elections with up-to-press-time data on both Congress and the Presidency. Assesses the impact of "fake news" in various forums and through various lenses--including news consumer biases, the prejudices and screens citizens bring to their consumption of news, and the purposeful manipulation of the news, whether by foreign actors like the Russians or domestic actors who use similar tactics to disrupt domestic political campaigns; Explores the impacts of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter Protests have on both government and constituents' responses to their government. Traces the course and impact of the Trump impeachment process including a new discussion of the 25th Amendment. Asks how our constitutional system of limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and the rule of law are holding up under the stresses of the Trump administration-including ongoing instability in the cabinet and administration, the unprecedented exercise of executive privilege and "absolute rights," the politicization of the federal court system, and the threat of "America First" policies to national and international security. Features In a streamlined presentation, Jillson delivers a concise and engaging narrative to help students understand the complexities and importance of American politics. Along the way, several pedagogical features foster critical thinking and analysis: Key learning objectives at the beginning of every chapter focus students on the central learning objectives. "The Constitution Today" chapter opening vignettes illustrate the importance of conflicting views on constitutional principles; Key terms are defined in the margins on the page where they appear help students study important concepts. Colorful figures and charts help students visualize important information. "Let's Compare" boxes analyze how functions of government and political participation work in other countries-now framed by new critical thinking questions. Reformatted "Pro & Con" boxes bring to life a central debate in each chapter and highlight competing perspectives; new discussion questions in each box prompt students to weigh the different arguments and weigh in. End-of-chapter summaries, suggested readings, and web resources help students master the material and guide them to further critical investigation of important concepts and topics"--

Democracy at the ballpark : sport, spectatorship, and politics / Thomas David Bunting

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 23:38:53 +0900

Thomas David Bunting. Democracy at the ballpark : sport, spectatorship, and politics. State University of New York Press, [2021]; ©2021. ISBN:9781438485676; 1438485670
What is the relationship between sports and politics? Often, politics are thought to be serious, whereas sports are seen as diversionary and apolitical. Using baseball as a case study, this book challenges this view, examining politics as they emerge at the ballpark around topics like spectatorship, community, equality, virtue, and technology

Can America govern itself? / edited by Frances E. Lee, Nolan McCarty.

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:25:59 +0900

edited by Frances E. Lee, Nolan McCarty.. Can America govern itself?. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press, 2019., SSRC anxieties of democracy. ISBN:9781108497299; 9781108739726
"Can America Govern Itself? brings together a diverse group of distinguished scholars to analyze how rising party polarization and economic inequality have affected the performance of American governing institutions. It is organized around two themes: the changing nature of representation in the United States and how changes in the political environment have affected the internal processes of institutions, overall government performance, and policy outcomes. The chapters analyze concerns about power, influence, and representation in American politics, the quality of deliberation and political communications, the management and implementation of public policy, and the performance of an eighteenth-century constitution in today's polarized political environment. These renowned scholars provide a deeper and more systematic grasp of what is new and what is perennial in challenges to democracy at a fraught moment"--