Autore	Hamilton Lee
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina	320.97309/04
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-253-02097-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The Johnson years (1965-68): a remarkable time to begin in Congress -- The Nixon years (1969-74): accomplishments amid turmoil -- The Ford years (1974-76): a needed respite -- The Carter years (1977-80): intraparty discord -- The Reagan years (1981-88): letting the democratic process work -- The George H. W. Bush years (1989-92): a new world order -- The Clinton years (1993-2000): opportunities missed -- The George W. Bush years (2001-2008): a timid Congress -- The Obama years (2009-14): continuing struggles -- Some concluding thoughts.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910466127203321

Autore	DeHaven-Smith Lance
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina	364.10973
Collana	Discovering America
Soggetto topico	Conspiracies - United States - History Conspiracy theories - United States - History Political culture - United States - History - 20th century Political culture - United States - History - 21st century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-292-74911-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""List of Illustrations and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: High-Crime Blind""; ""1. The Conspiracy-Theory Label""; ""2. The American Tradition of Conspiracy Belief""; ""3. Conspiracy Denial in the Social Sciences""; ""4. The Conspiracy-Theory Conspiracy""; ""5. State Crimes against Democracy""; ""6. Restoring American Democracy""; ""Appendix: CIA Dispatch #1035-960""; ""Tables""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452756403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bingley, : JAI, 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (228 p.)
Disciplina	342.73
Altri autori (Persone)	SaratAustin
Collana	Studies in law, politics, and society
Soggetto topico	Sociological jurisprudence Law - Political aspects Constitutional law - United States Law - Political aspects - United States Conservatism - United States Political science & theory Political Science - History & Theory
ISBN	1-280-77180-1 9786613682574 1-84950-562-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Understanding the impact and visibility of ideological change on the Supreme Court / Scott E. Lemieux and George I. Lovell -- An indifference thesis: constitutional law and politics in an era of "conservative domination" of the judiciary / Ira L. Strauber -- Popular constitutionalism: the new living constitutionalism / George Thomas -- Political regimes and the future of the first amendment / Thomas F. Burke -- Confirmation obfuscation: Supreme Court confirmation politics in a conservative era / David A. Yalof -- Why does a moderate/conservative Supreme Court in a conservative age expand gay rights?: Lawrence v. Texas (2003) in legal and political time / Ronald Kahn.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910778077303321

Autore	Singh Robert
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, : SAGE, c2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina	306.20973
Soggetto topico	Political culture - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4462-1510-5 0-7619-4095-2 1-282-26221-1 9786612262210 1-84920-659-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; List of Exhibits and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 - The Culture War and Contemporary American Politics; 2 - The Rise of the Culture War; 3 - Abortion; 4 - Gun Control; 5 - Capital Punishment; 6 - Pornography; 7 - Gay Rights; 8 - Religion in Public Life; 9 - Drugs; 10 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454765803321

Autore	Sowell Thomas <1930->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Stanford, CA, : Hoover Institution Press, 2002
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (332 p.)
Disciplina	973.92
Soggetto topico	African Americans - Social conditions - 1975- Minorities - United States - Social conditions
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8179-2993-2 0-8179-2998-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I: Economic Issues; Drugs and Politics; The Real Revolutionaries; India Unbound; Capital Gains and "Trickle Down"; No Sense of Proportion; Headline News; Warrior in a 200-Year War; The Role of the Rich; Perennial Economic Fallacies; Sweatshops at Home and Abroad; Sanity in San Francisco; The End of Montgomery Ward; "Saving" Social Security; Social Security vs. Privatization; Minimum Journalism; Merit and Money; Part II: Racial Issues; Routine Cruelty; Losing the Race; Reparations for Slavery?; The Lessons of Indonesia Blacks and Bootstraps "Racism" in Word and Deed; Sweeping Success Under the Rug; Sorting By Race; The Magic Word; Race and the New Century; "Access" to Responsibility; Part III: Political Issues; Poverty and the Left; "Useful Idiots"; Facts versus Dogma on Guns; Global Hot Air; "Campaign Finance Reform" Follies; Ugliness in Yosemite; State Stealing; Loving Enemies; Microsoft and Campaign Finance Reform; Lying Statistics; Are We Still Americans?; Pacifism and War; Intended Consequences; Islam and the West; Pandering to the Anointed; Green Bigots versus Human Beings; Another Outrage The Best of the Century Part IV: Educational Issues; The Wrong Filter; Too Many Ph.D.'s?; "No Excuses"; Back Door Quotas; We Are All "Dropouts"; School to School?; The War Against Boys; "Research" Marches On; Let's Hear It for Unfairness!; Does It Add Up?; Diversity versus "Diversity"; Choosing A College; A Painful History; "Forced to Volunteer"; Drugging Children; Goodbye to Sara and Benjamin?; Success Concealing Failure; The Old Neighborhood; Wasting Minds; The "Non-Profit" Halo; Do Facts Matter?; Do Facts Matter? Part II; Part V: Legal Issues; Property Rites; Love Those Killers! Microsoft and Anti-Trust "Law"Lessons Not Learned; Law on Trial; Aborted Knowledge; Murder is Murder; McVeigh and the Death Penalty; Part VI: Social Issues; Boomers and Boomerangs; Deep Trouble from Shallow People; Thanksgiving and "Fairness"; Was the Ball Juiced?; The Dangers of "Equality"; Is the Family Becoming Extinct?; Life at the Bottom; Gay Marriage; The Einstein Syndrome; Loose Lips; "The Duty to Die"; Shocked by the Obvious; Families and Dictators; The "Autism" Dragnet; Racial Profiling of Authors; Chandra Levy Clues; Barry and the Babe; Media Fraud; The Insulation of the Left W. Glenn Campbell (1924-2001) Part VII: Random Thoughts; Random Thoughts
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453367403321