Political issues in America : the 1990s
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Political issues in America : the 1990s
（Politics today）
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1991
- : cloth
- : paper
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Description
This is a collection of papers dealing with the role of liberalism in the United States during the 1980s and what it means for the 1990s in American politics. Other, related, political areas covered are social and economic policy (health, women's issues, urban issues), foreign policy (the Middle East, the end of the Cold War, dominance, East Asia and foreign investment), issues of representation (the electorate, the decay of American democracy, the media and the message) and issues in government institutions (American federalism, the courts, ethics and the presidency).
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Political issues in America - the 1990s, Philip John Davies and Fredric A.Waldstein. Part 2 Issues in social and economic policy: US budget deficit and politics, Steve G.Koven
- environmental policy and politics, Fredric A.Waldstein
- health care in the US into the 1990s, Calum R.Paton
- women's issues in American politics, Gillian Peele
- urban issues in American politics, Clarence N.Stone. Part 3 Issues in foreign policy: United States policy in the Middle East, Donald S.Will
- a new beginning? the end of the Cold War and American foreign policy, Paul Watanabe
- recovering dominance? the US and Latin America in the 1990s, Jack Spence
- American public opinion and East Asia - defence, foreign investment and trade, Samuel J.Popkin. Part 4 Issues of representation: parties, elections and the electorate in the 1990s, Philip John Davies
- the decay of American democracy, Kenneth M.Dolbeare
- the media and the message, Christine B.Williams. Part 5 Issues in government institutions: American federalism in the 1990s, David B.Walker
- the US courts in the 1990s, Wayne V.Mackintosh
- ethics as politics - Congress in the 1990s, Christopher J.Bailey
- the presidency enters the 1990s, Philip John Davies.
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