American society and politics : institutional, historical, and theoretical perspectives : a reader
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American society and politics : institutional, historical, and theoretical perspectives : a reader
McGraw-Hill, c1995
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Description
An edited collection of readings offering a combination of institutional, historical and theoretical perspectives on US political institutions and public policymaking, and on the social groups and movements that have participated in modern American national politics. Cutting across disciplinary boundaries, this volume brings together important articles by prominent political sociologists, political scientists and historians.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Thinking about politics in the United States and beyond: power and democracy
- the state and capitalism
- institutions,actors and ideas. Part 2 The development of the national policy: the state, parties, and elections
- social groups in American politics. Part 3 Contemporary movements for social and political change: perspectives on social movements and collective action
- the civil rights movement, black power, and white backlash
- feminism and anti-feminism. Part 4 The politics of public policymaking: institutions, politics, and patterns of policy
- contemporary politics and policy choices.
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