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Progressivism (United States politics) --- United States --- Social conditions --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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Understanding federalism is central to the study of democratic government in the United States. This book examines the historical and philosophical underpinnings of federalism; and the ways in which institutional political power is both diffused and concentrated in the United States.
Federal government --- States' rights (American politics) --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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The City and Sex examines American political sex scandals at the national level. Studying these events over time with an emphasis on the evolving responses of both statesmen and citizens reveals the republic?s deteriorating moral health and illuminates the country?s dangerous tendency toward servitude. Using scandals as a window through which to glimpse our deterioration, the book identifies a trajectory of decline beginning in the twentieth century, by which Americans became less tutored in virtue, less spirited in citizenship, less agreed on questions of moral significance, and ultimately less dexterous in exercising the skills of self-government. It seeks to show that the freedom from virtue won through the collapse of moral standards has produced an American citizenry increasingly prone to the kind of dependence and enslavement Alexis de Tocqueville cautioned against in the 1830s.
Sex scandals --- United States --- Moral conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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Zschirnt looks at the dynamics of change in the legal marketplace of ideas during three periods of political realignment (the 1980's, the 1930's, and the 1890's). Het analyzes patterns in legal scholarship in law reviews, trends in legal education and pedagogy, and major developments in legal thought and jurisprudence in order to assess how the embrace of revolutionary legal ideologies by presidents and other prominent political actors helped legitimate these ideologies during each period. His analysis indicates that the relationship between political support for new approaches to the law
Law --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Political aspects --- Philosophy. --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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How does political party control determine changes to social policy, and by extension, influence inequality in America? Conventional theories show that Democratic control of the federal government produces more social expenditures and less inequality. Welfare for the Wealthy re-examines this relationship by evaluating how political party power results in changes to both public social spending and subsidies for private welfare - and how a trade-off between the two, in turn, affects income inequality. Christopher Faricy finds that both Democrats and Republicans have increased social spending over the last forty-two years. And while both political parties increase federal social spending, Democrats and Republicans differ in how they spend federal money, which socioeconomic groups benefit, and the resulting consequences for income inequality.
Welfare state --- Income distribution --- Equality --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- United States --- Social policy. --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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This report addresses two questions: first, whether the spatial distribution of the American electorate has become more geographically clustered over the last 40 years with respect to party voting and socioeconomic attributes; and second, whether this clustering process has contributed to rising polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislation -- United States. --- Legislators -- United States. --- United States. Congress. House. --- Government - U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., General --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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Right and left (Political science) --- Radicalism --- Law, Politics & Government --- Human Rights --- Extremism, Political --- Ideological extremism --- Political extremism --- Political science --- Left (Political science) --- Left and right (Political science) --- Right (Political science) --- History --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political
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Despite many Americans’ triumphant proclamations that Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 elections signified a post-partisan, post-racial society, it seems that the United States is more divided than ever. From the rise of the Tea Party, to strident anti-immigration and anti-welfare movements, to the so-called “war on women”, the United States on its surface appears to be caught in the turmoil of a culture war that has not relented since the Reagan era. But, as John Dombrink writes in The Twilight of Social Conservatism, the conservative backlash seen during Obama’s presidency is indicative not of a rising social conservative force in society, but of a waning one.Drawing on demographic research, political polls, contemporary media, and internet commentary, Dombrink demonstrates that the vitality of major social conservative ideas from the culture war era has faded. Support for once-divisive wedge issues, like same-sex marriage and reproductive rights, has increased dramatically, and Americans, particularly young Americans, are less religious and more libertarian than ever before. As he traces the end of the culture wars and the “unwedging” of American politics over the last eight years, Dombrink is quick to caution that social conservatism has not disappeared entirely from view. Nevertheless, the once-prominent “Moral Majority” pushing for dominance in American culture is now reconsidering itself as a minority, and Dombrink argues that it is unlikely that social conservative forces will ever regain the power and potency they once held in American politics. A comprehensive and insightful work, The Twilight of Social Conservatism deftly analyzes the liberalizing trends that created the social and political culture America has today and that portend to the culture America will have in years to come.
Christianity and culture --- Politics and culture --- Conservatism --- Culture conflict --- Social values --- Cultural conflict --- Culture wars --- Conflict of cultures --- Intercultural conflict --- Social conflict --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political --- Politics and government
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Die Hochzeit der deutschen Volksparteien war sicher zugleich die beste Zeit für die deutsche Gesellschaft im 20. Jahrhundert. Die Volkspartei, ein Produkt von historischen Lernprozessen und Ergebnis sozialer Veränderungen, integrierte unterschiedliche Schichten, Generationen, Kulturen - und sie pazifizierte den zuvor oft antagonistisch ausgetragenen Konflikt. Doch die Zeit der Volkspartei scheint sich dem Ende zuzuneigen: Ihre Fähigkeit zur gesellschaftlichen und politischen Integration schwindet, ihre Vermittlungsleistung zwischen Staat und Bürger mindert sich drastisch. Der Typus »Partei« schlechthin verliert massiv an Zuspruch, wird zunehmend weniger als Medium der Teilhabe genutzt. Franz Walter beschreibt und analysiert den Auf- und Abstieg der Großparteien in Deutschland. Und er fragt nach Alternativen. Kann die Zivil- oder Bürgergesellschaft ersetzen, was den Parteien an Repräsentanz nicht mehr gelingt? Der bekannte Göttinger Parteienforscher schlägt einen weiten historischen Bogen, um in einem farbigen wissenschaftlichen Essay ein zentrales Problem der deutschen Politik zu diskutieren. »Essayistisch und verständlich geschrieben. Doch der schnelle Leser sollte sich vorsehen: Die Pointen erschließen sich nur beim genauen Lesen.« Rainer Kühn, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 22.02.2010 »Die Zusammenhänge werden pointiert auf den Punkt gebracht. Das Werk besticht durch intellektuelle Schärfe, geistreichen Esprit und ist gepaart mit detaillierten Fachinformationen aus der empirischen Arbeit des Autors.« Ralf Jeremias, Neue Politische Literatur, 55 (2010) »Wie alle guten Bücher vermag auch ›Im Herbst der Volksparteien‹ eines anzuregen: das Selber- und Weiterdenken.« Rainer Kühn, Deutschlandfunk, 06.04.2009 »Franz Walter beschreibt und analysiert den Auf- und Abstieg der Großparteien in Deutschland. Und er fragt nach Alternativen. Kann die Zivil- oder Bürgergesellschaft ersetzen, was den Parteien an Repräsentanz nicht mehr gelingt? Der bekannte Göttinger Parteienforscher schlägt einen weiten historischen Bogen, um in einem farbigen wissenschaftlichen Essay ein zentrales Problem der deutschen Politik zu diskutieren.« Daniel Haufler, Süddeutsche Zeitung/NDR-Liste »Sachbücher des Monats«, 3 (2009) »Insgesamt ist Franz Walter mit ›Im Herbst der Volksparteien?‹ ein sehr lesenswertes Buch zum ›Aufstieg und Rückgang politischer Massenintegration‹ gelungen.« Volker Best, H-Soz-u-Kult, 03.11.2009 Besprochen in: Cicero, 6 (2009), Jürgen Busche www.forumgelb.de, 23.07.2009 Literaturen, 9 (2009), Kurt Darsow Mindener Tageblatt, 11.09.2009, Michael Rösener Berliner Zeitung, 14.09.2009, Lutz Lichtenberger Das Parlament, Nr. 39/40, 21./28.09.2009, Christoph Birnbaum HAZ, 08.12.2009, Karl-Ludwig Baader Forschungsjournal NSB, 23/1 (2010), Thymian Bussemer
Volksparteien; Sozialdemokratie; Christdemokratie; Zivilgesellschaft; Politik; Gesellschaft; Politische Parteien; Politische Soziologie; Zeitgeschichte; Politikwissenschaft; Civil Society; Politics; Society; Political Parties; Political Sociology; Contemporary History; Political Science --- Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands --- Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands --- History --- Germany --- Politics and government
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National security --- National interest --- Strategic planning --- International relations. --- Security, International. --- United States --- Foreign relations. --- Politics and government. --- Economic policy. --- Collective security --- International security --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- Interest, National --- Homeland defense --- Homeland security --- Government --- History, Political --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Nation-state
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