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A political history of environmental policy and regulation in California, from the Gold Rush to the present Over the course of its 150-year history, California has successfully protected its scenic wilderness areas, restricted coastal oil drilling, regulated automobile emissions,... preserved coastal access, improved energy efficiency, and, most r
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The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later. Because both presidents were unusual and gained office backed by Congresses controlled by their own parties, their elections kick-started massive counter-movements. The Tea P...arty starting in 2009 and the Resistance after November 2016 transformed America's political landscape. Upending American Politics offers a fresh perspective on these recent upheavals, tracking the emergence and spread of local voluntary citizens' groups, the activities of elite advocacy organizations and consortia of wealthy donors, and the impact of popular and elite efforts on the two major political parties and candidate-led political campaigns. Going well beyond national surveys, Theda Skocpol, Caroline Tervo, and their contributors use organizational documents, interviews, and local visits to probe changing organizational configurations at the national level and in swing states. This volume analyzes conservative politics in the first section and progressive responses in the second to provide a clear overview of U.S. politics as a whole. By highlighting evidence from the state level, it also reveals the interplay of local and national trends.
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This text examines the activities of the Nevada regulatory agencies and organised crime in their respective efforts to control gambling. The focus is the Black Book , a list of notorious and unsavoury persons banned for life from all licensed casinos in the state.
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Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. This book offers a view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other.
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this book is unique among studies of this kind because Burawoy has been able to analyze his own experiences in relation to those of Donald Roy, who studied among the same factory thirty years earlier.
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Traces the way certain ideas, including nature, history, and religion have been understood and used by statesmen and public intellectuals over the course of American history.
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Obama's 2008 victory, coming amid the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s, opened the door to major reforms. But he quickly faced skepticism from supporters and fierce opposition from Republicans. What happened? Skocpol surveys the political landscape to help us to understan...d Obama's triumphs and setbacks and see where we might be headed next.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Act has ensured that it will remain the law of the land. The new law extends health insurance to ...nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial nations. Affordable Care aims to control rapidly rising health care costs and promises to make the United States more equal, reversing four decades of rising disparities between the very rich and everyone else. Millions of people of modest means will gain new benefits and protections from insurance company abuses - and the tab will be paid by privileged corporations and the very rich.
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The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later. Because both presidents were unusual and gained office backed by Congresses controlled by their own parties, their elections kick-started massive counter-movements. The Tea P...arty starting in 2009 and the Resistance after November 2016 transformed America's political landscape. Upending American Politics offers a fresh perspective on these recent upheavals, tracking the emergence and spread of local voluntary citizens' groups, the activities of elite advocacy organizations and consortia of wealthy donors, and the impact of popular and elite efforts on the two major political parties and candidate-led political campaigns. Going well beyond national surveys, Theda Skocpol, Caroline Tervo, and their contributors use organizational documents, interviews, and local visits to probe changing organizational configurations at the national level and in swing states. This volume analyzes conservative politics in the first section and progressive responses in the second to provide a clear overview of U.S. politics as a whole. By highlighting evidence from the state level, it also reveals the interplay of local and national trends.
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In this penetrating new study, Skocpol of Harvard University, one of today's leading political scientists, and co-author Williamson go beyond the inevitable photos of protesters in tricorn hats and knee breeches to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is so...metimes surprising.
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