|
Showing 1 - 8 of
8 matches in All Departments
In this book, the authors propose an important variant of
regulation-social regulatory policy-and explain how the six moral
controversies about the policy (school prayer, pornography, crime,
gun control, affirmative action, and abortion) are handled by the
American political system.
In this book, the authors propose an important variant of
regulation-social regulatory policy-and explain how the six moral
controversies about the policy (school prayer, pornography, crime,
gun control, affirmative action, and abortion) are handled by the
American political system.
No area of public policymaking is more hotly debated than the use
of government authority to enforce certain standards of behavior in
areas of moral controversy. Now thoroughly revised and updated,
this collection examines a variety of such policy areas - ranging
from abortion and affirmative action to gay rights - including two
new chapters on animal rights and hate crimes. In discussing each
policy area the book examines relevant issues and arguments, as
well as policy shifts over time. It considers the roles of key
political and institutional actors in policymaking - including
lobbies and interest groups, the bureaucracy, the president,
Congress, the judiciary, and state and local authorities. Written
in an accessible style that is sure to spark classroom discussion,
each chapter of this new edition includes a list of relevant books,
web sites, and videos for further research.
FDR's presidency remains one of the most significant in our
nation's history. Although lacking a grand scheme or single plan,
Roosevelt's New Deal changed the federal government's role to a
degree unmatched in American history. This anthology examines the
reactions to these sweeping changes of particular groups within
Congress and beyond, and also considers facets of the New Deal era
from a contemporary perspective. In addition the book provides an
appendix of congressional "mavericks, " and a substantial glossary
of the many individuals mentioned in the text.
FDR's presidency remains one of the most significant in our
nation's history. Although lacking a grand scheme or single plan,
Roosevelt's New Deal changed the federal government's role to a
degree unmatched in American history. This anthology examines the
reactions to these sweeping changes of particular groups within
Congress and beyond, and also considers facets of the New Deal era
from a contemporary perspective. In addition the book provides an
appendix of congressional "mavericks, " and a substantial glossary
of the many individuals mentioned in the text.
No area of public policymaking is more hotly debated than the use
of government authority to enforce certain standards of behavior in
areas of moral controversy. Now thoroughly revised and updated,
this collection examines a variety of such policy areas - ranging
from abortion and affirmative action to gay rights - including two
new chapters on animal rights and hate crimes. In discussing each
policy area the book examines relevant issues and arguments, as
well as policy shifts over time. It considers the roles of key
political and institutional actors in policymaking - including
lobbies and interest groups, the bureaucracy, the president,
Congress, the judiciary, and state and local authorities. Written
in an accessible style that is sure to spark classroom discussion,
each chapter of this new edition includes a list of relevant books,
web sites, and videos for further research.
Presidents and their administrations since the 1960s have become
increasingly active in environmental politics, despite their touted
lack of expertise and their apparent frequent discomfort with the
issue.
In "White House Politics and the Environment: Franklin D.
Roosevelt to George W. Bush," Byron W. Daynes and Glen Sussman
study the multitude of resources presidents can use in their
attempts to set the public agenda. They also provide a framework
for considering the environmental direction and impact of U.S.
presidents during the last seven decades, permitting an assessment
of each president in terms of how his administration either aided
or hindered the advancement of environmental issues.
Employing four factors--political communication, legislative
leadership, administrative actions, and environmental diplomacy--as
a matrix for examining the environmental records of the presidents,
Daynes and Sussman's analysis and discussion allow them to sort
each of the twelve occupants of the White House included in this
study into one of three categories, ranging from less to more
environmentally friendly.
Environmental leaders and public policy professionals will
appreciate "White House Politics and the Environment" for its
thorough and wide-ranging examination of how presidential resources
have been brought to bear on environmental issues.
Presidents and their administrations since the 1960s have become
increasingly active in environmental politics, despite their touted
lack of expertise and their apparent frequent discomfort with the
issue. In White House Politics and the Environment: Franklin D.
Roosevelt to George W. Bush, Byron W. Daynes and Glen Sussman study
the multitude of resources presidents can use in their attempts to
set the public agenda. They also provide a framework for
considering the environmental direction and impact of U.S.
presidents during the last seven decades, permitting an assessment
of each president in terms of how his administration either aided
or hindered the advancement of environmental issues. Employing four
factors-political communication, legislative leadership,
administrative actions, and environmental diplomacy-as a matrix for
examining the environmental records of the presidents, Daynes and
Sussman's analysis and discussion allow them to sort each of the
twelve occupants of the White House included in this study into one
of three categories, ranging from less to more environmentally
friendly. Environmental leaders and public policy professionals
will appreciate White House Politics and the Environment for its
thorough and wide-ranging examination of how presidential resources
have been brought to bear on environmental issues.
|
|