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The Path of American Public Policy: Comparative Perspectives demonstrates how ideas and institutions influence public policy formation in the United States. This book presents comparative cases of when comprehensive change in the United States failed and when it succeeded and compares and contrasts the American presidential system to the British parliamentary system.

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The Path of American Public Policy: Comparative Perspectives demonstrates how ideas and institutions influence public policy formation in the United States. This book presents comparative cases of when comprehensive change in the United States failed and when it succeeded and compares and contrasts the American presidential system to the British parliamentary system.

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This book examines the rise of social media, the increase of public employees being fired for inappropriate behavior on social media, and subsequent litigation being adjudicated through the federal and state court systems.

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This book sheds light on American politics and power that has disadvantaged African Americans through the implementation of public policies, causing them to remain poor and underprivileged in the United States.

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What does it mean to say that politics is personalised Providing an analysis of the 'personalisation' of modern British politics, this book challenges current theories and bridges the political science and media studies approaches to the subject. -- .

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What does it mean to say that politics is personalised Providing an analysis of the 'personalisation' of modern British politics, this book challenges current theories and bridges the political science and media studies approaches to the subject. -- .

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In the past four decades, the USA has spent $85 billion pursuing the idea of an effective missle defense system against the threat of a nuclear attack. This text combines scientific, geopolitical, historical and strategic analysis to critque the delusion of perfect national security.

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The decade of the 1980s marked a crucial turning point in Turkey's socioeconomic structure and polity.

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Beyond the traditional two-dimensional analyses of defense economics and defense politics lies a rapidly growing field of research: the political economy of defense.

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Using in-depth interviews and extensive data from PEMEX and other sources, Randall explores issues such as PEMEX's relationships with workers and the oil union, with suppliers of capital goods and services, with the regions in which oil is produced, and with specific groups of oil consumers.

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This collection explores the various dimensions of social scientists' participation in policy-making, with special emphasis on their roles within policy communities and their relationship to the state.

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Offers coverage from both a descriptive and analytical viewpoint of the events in 1980 surrounding the US decision to boycott the Olympics. The author evaluates the relevance of the boycott to the emergence of international political sport as a significant policy alternative.

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The book combines a review of scholarly sources as well as the experiences of an elected government official to examine the politics behind local government. Conflicts that take place at the local level as well as opportunities to make meaningful change are addressed.

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The book combines a review of scholarly sources as well as the experiences of an elected government official to examine the politics behind local government. Conflicts that take place at the local level as well as opportunities to make meaningful change are addressed.

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Targeted federal aid to needy city areas is difficult to maintain because of political pressure to broaden geographical coverage for continued legislative support, i.e., aid becomes distributive rather than targeted. The effectiveness of a program declines because of the broadening of the program, if all else remains constant.

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Tracing the interplay between political philosophy, policymaking, and party politics from Franklin Roosevelt to George Bush, the work looks beyond the typical focus on personality and political tactics to the underlying ideological significance of presidential philosophies and actions.

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In an era of unprecedented budget problems, can Congress establish legislative procedures to facilitate making politically difficult budget decisions

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Chapter contributors examine political, military, and foreign policy processes from micro and macro perspectives in documenting how President Bush personally dominated U.S. national security policy and was the driving force behind the United Nations-backed coalition of nations against Saddam Hussein.

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Popular interpretations of American government tend to center on the presidency. Successes and failures of government are often attributed to presidents themselves.

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Traces the dwindling of public trust in the news and shows how people pay less attention to it than they once did. The author argues that the news media's influence over public opinion has decreased considerably as a result, and so has the president's ability to influence the public through the news media.

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Specifically, Denton analyzes the use of television as an instrument of image-making and governing, the role of the media in contemporary politics, the impact of television on presidential politics, and the future of the presidency in the age of television.