Taking Stock - American Government in the Twentieth Century

Klappentext This is the first attempt at a general view of twentieth-century American government. Zusammenfassung What is American government like today? How has it changed - and how has it remained the same - over the course of the century now coming to a close? This study seeks to provide the fullest and most thoughtful answers yet offered to these questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Michael J. Lacey; 1. Introduction Morton Keller; Part I. Trade and Tariff Policy: 2. Trade policy in historical perspective Morton Keller; 3. The triumph of liberal trade David Vogel; Part II. Immigrants and Aliens: 4. The progressive state and the legacy of collective immigrant identities Reed Ueda; 5. The racialization of immigration policy Peter Skerry; Part III. Conservation and Environmentalism: 6. The many faces of conservation: natural resources and the American state! 1900-1940 Donald J. Pisani; 7. Risky business: government and the environment after earth day R. Shep Melnick; Part IV. Civil Rights: 8. Since 1964: the paradox of American Civil Rights regulation Hugh Davis Graham; 9. You win some! you lose some: explaining patterns of success and failure in the second reconstruction Jennifer L. Hochschild; Part V. Social Welfare: 10. From beginning to end: has twentieth-century US social policy come full circle? Theda Skocpol; 11. Conclusion: governing more but enjoying it less R. Shep Melnick.

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• Authors: Morton (Brandeis University Keller, Morton Melnick Keller
• Assisted by: Morton Keller (Editor), Morton (Brandeis University Keller (Editor), R. Shep Melnick (Editor), R. Shep (Boston College Melnick (Editor), R.Shep Melnick (Editor), Shep Melnick (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.1999
• EAN: 9780521655453
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65545-3
• No. of pages: 341
• Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Series; Woodrow Wilson Center Series; Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte