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It Didn't Happen Here

Why Socialism Failed in the United States

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Gary Marks

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It Didn't Happen Here

Why Socialism Failed in the United States

By: Seymour Martin Lipset,Gary Marks

Why socialism has failed to play a significant role in the United States - the most developed capitalist industrial society and hence, ostensibly, fertile ground for socialism - has been a critical question of American history and political development. This study surveys the various explanations for this phenomenon of American political exceptionalism.

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388

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393322548

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9780393322545

The Future Is Ours

Minority Politics, Political Behavior, and the Multiracial Era of American Politics

By: Shaun Bowler,Gary Segura

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The Future Is Ours

Minority Politics, Political Behavior, and the Multiracial Era of American Politics

By: Shaun Bowler,Gary Segura

Today's demographic reality is a "majority-minority" America wherein racial and ethnic minorities comprise a growing share of the U.S. population and electorate, and are themselves becoming more diverse and representing more decisive votes. How America evolves as a society and a polity depends on whether and how these new Americans access and are accommodated by existing institutions. The Future is Ours offers a data-based examination of whether (and exactly how) minority citizens differ from members of the white majority—in political participation, voting preferences, policy opinions, orientations toward government, and legislative representation. Data analyses are presented in non-technical fashion, but throughout the authors attempt to engage issues of research design that expose students to the logics of social science inquiry. Bowler and Segura argue that demography will, in fact, be destiny. The balance between the two parties is at a tipping point and the outcome depends on how minority Americans engage in politics.

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353

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CQ Press

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1483300404

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9781483300405

The Politics Of Divided Government

By: Gary Cox,Samuel Kernell

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The Politics Of Divided Government

By: Gary Cox,Samuel Kernell

Partisan conflict between the White House and Congress is now a dominant feature of national politics in the United States. What the Constitution sought to institute—a system of checks and balances—divided government has taken to extremes: institutional divisions so deep that national challenges like balancing the federal budget or effectively regulating the nation's savings and loans have become insurmountable. In original essays written especially for this volume, eight of the leading scholars in American government address the causes and consequences of divided party control. Their essays, written with a student audience in mind, take up such timely questions as: Why do voters consistently elect Republican presidents and Democratic congresses? How does divided control shape national policy on crucial issues such as the declaration of war? How have presidents adapted their leadership strategies to the circumstance of divided government? And, how has Congress responded in the way it writes laws and oversees departmental performance? These issues and a host of others are addressed in this compact yet comprehensive volume. The distinguished lineup of contributors promises to make this book "must" reading for both novice and serious students of elections, Congress, and the presidency.

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287

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Routledge

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1000232824

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9781000232820

American Government

Continuity and Change, 2006 Texas Edition

By: Karen O'Connor,Larry J. Sabato,Stefan Haag,Gary Keith

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American Government

Continuity and Change, 2006 Texas Edition

By: Karen O'Connor,Larry J. Sabato,Stefan Haag,Gary Keith

The new edition of this bestseller in American government has been aggressively revised to provide the most in-depth and current coverage of the 2004 elections, the beginnings of the second George W. Bush administration, and the ongoing wars on terror and in Iraq while also providing expansive new coverage of the United States' and Texas's Constitutional roots. The Texas Edition includes seven complete chapters on Texas government and politics. Written with the belief that students must first understand how American government developed to fully understand the issues facing our nation today, O'Connor/Sabato offers the strongest coverage of both history and current events on the market today. The new edition provides deeper coverage of both history and events today by exploring the Constitutional roots of our system and how those roots are relevant and often challenged today. The authors also continue their commitment to currency and student-relevance by providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the new Bush administration, the ongoing war in Iraq, etc.

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1096

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321317092

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9780321317094

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It Didn't Happen Here

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The Politics Of Divided Government

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American Government

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