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  • - Gay and Lesbian Candidates, Elections, and Policy Representation
    af Donald P. Haider-Markel
    394,95 kr.

    Presents a systematic analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political representation that explores the dynamics of state legislative campaigns and the influence of lesbian and gay legislators in the state policymaking process.

  • - Improving America's Schools
    af Kenneth K. Wong
    692,95 kr.

    In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-based accountability. This work takes a critical look at mayoral control of urban school districts, beginning with Boston's schools in 1992 and examining more than 100 school districts in 40 states.

  • - Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States
    af Daniel Beland
    419,95 kr.

    Compares and contrasts the developments in three major federal policy areas in the United States: welfare, Medicare, and Social Security. This title concentrates on three cases of social policy reform (or attempted reform) that took place during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W Bush, Beland and Waddan.

  • - Politics and Public Opinion in America's School Districts
    af Michael B. Berkman
    691,95 kr.

    Begins with educational reforms from the Progressive era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the civil rights movement and ending with Pennsylvania's 2004 tax relief measure. This title explores what factors determine education spending levels in school districts.

  • - Federalism and the National Education Agenda
    af Paul Manna
    394,95 kr.

    Based on analyses of public laws, presidential speeches, congressional testimony, political advertising, and personal interviews, this title draws on concepts of federalism and agenda-setting to offer a view of the growing federal role in education policy. It also provides insights about the nature of federalism in the United States.

  • - Policy Change after Catastrophic Events
    af Thomas A. Birkland
    395,95 kr.

    To determine when and how a catastrophic event serves as a catalyst for true policy change, this work examines four categories of disasters: aviation security, homeland security, earthquakes, and hurricanes. It explores lessons learned from each, focusing on three types of policy change.

  • - The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany
    af Mark Cassell
    701,95 kr.

    A study of two successful divestment agencies - the US Resolution Trust Corporation and the German Treuhandanstalt - that presents a complex understanding of the two agencies' performance in privatizing hundreds of billions of dollars of assets following two very different crises, the savings and loan debacle in the US and unification in Germany.

  • - Interest Group Coalitions in Legislative Politics
    af Kevin W. Hula
    687,95 kr.

    Whether joining forces to address tobacco legislation or proposed air safety regulations, Washington lobbyists with little in common are combining their clout to get results. This book examines why coalition strategies have emerged as a dominant lobbying technique, when lobbyists use them, and how these strategies affect their activities.

  • - Restoring America's Rivers
    af William R. Lowry
    547,95 kr.

    The politics of building dams and levees and other structures are just part of the policies determining how American rivers are managed or mismanaged. This title looks at how public policy and rivers interact, examines the physical differences in rivers that affect policies, and analyzes the political differences among the groups that use them.

  • - The Politics of Intergenerational Goods
    af William R. Lowry
    697,95 kr.

    Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, this title investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. It examines the effect of institutional structure on the public delivery of these goods.

  • - Citizen Rationality and the NIMBY Syndrome
    af Gregory E. McAvoy
    272,95 kr.

    Offering a comprehensive look at the policymaking process, this title examines the motivations of public officials, the resources they have for shaping opinion, the influence of interest groups, and the evolution of waste reduction programs in Minnesota and other states.

  • af Kathryn A. Foster
    695,95 kr.

    Over the years local governments across America have increasingly turned specialized functions over to autonomous agencies. This book offers a comprehensive examination of the causes and consequences of special-purpose governments in more than 300 metropolitan areas in the United States.

  • - The Suburbanization of American Politics
    af Juliet F. Gainsborough
    547,95 kr.

    Argues that since the 1980s a distinctive suburban politics has emerged in the United States. This title also argues that the political differences between urban and suburban voters have found expression in changes in congressional representation and new electoral strategies for the major political parties.

  • - Beyond the Digital Divide
    af Karen Mossberger
    513,95 kr.

    That there is a 'digital divide' - which falls between those who have and can afford the latest in technological tools and those who have neither in our society - is indisputable. This title redefines the issue as it explores the cascades of that divide, which involve access, skill, political participation, as well as the obvious economics.

  • - Ethics and State Politics
    af Beth A. Rosenson
    547,95 kr.

    Although the linking of 'ethics' and 'politics' may seem more like the ingredients for a comedian's monologue, it is a sober issue and one that affects every American. This title offers an exploration with that moment when New York became the first state to enact a general ethics law, setting standards and guidelines for behavior.

  • - Trust and the Politics of Implementation, Second Edition, Revised and Updated
    af Denise Scheberle
    694,95 kr.

    Examines reasons why environmental laws seldom work out exactly as planned. Casting federal-state working relationships as 'pulling together,' 'coming apart,' or somewhere in-between, this title provides dozens of observations from federal and state officials.

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