Описание: Roman Catholics constitute the most populous religious denomination in the US. With the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960, they attained a political prominence to match their rapidly ascending socioeconomic and cultural profile. This book traces the role of American Catholics in presidential policies and politics from 1960 until 2004.
Описание: In this distinctive study of the impact of immigration and ethnicity on twentieth-century America, Barkan thoughtfully examines the changing composition of our immigrant populations, highlighting the ways in which certain facets of the struggle to adapt to American society have persisted from the 1920s until the 1990s.
Описание: In 1921 and 1924, the United States passed laws to sharply reduce the influx of immigrants into the country. This book tells the untold stories of the Jewish migrants and smugglers involved in that underworld, showing how such stories contributed to growing national anxieties about illegal immigration.
Описание: The US proclaims its support for the rule of law in international affairs, but has found it difficult to adhere to it. John Murphy explores the difficulties standing in the way of US compliance, and the reasons for its declining support for the international institutions it helped to create.
Описание: Why do anti-party reforms, from campaign finance reform to nonpartisan legislatures, tend to fail? The Inevitable Party looks at the structure and behavior of parties to understand why they are so resilient, and examines how various attempts to undermine them just end up hurting democracy.
Описание: Free Market Criminal Justice explains how excessive faith in democratic politics and free markets has undermined the rule of law in the US criminal process. It argues that, to strengthen the rule of law, American criminal justice needs less democracy, less market-inspired process, and more law.
Автор: Magen Amichai Название: Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law ISBN: 1137353961 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137353962 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6288.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: European and American experts systematically compare US and EU strategies to promote democracy around the world - from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, to Latin America, the former Soviet bloc, and Southeast Asia. In doing so, the authors debunk the pernicious myth that there exists a transatlantic divide over democracy promotion.
Описание: Today, moderates are marginalized in the GOP and progressives are all but nonexistent. In this insightful and elegantly argued book, Kabaservice contends that their decline has left Republicans less capable of governing responsibly, with dire consequences for all Americans.
Описание: Before the Computer fully explores the data processing industry in the United States from its nineteenth-century inception down to the period when the computer became its primary tool. As James Cortada describes what was once called the "office appliance industry," he challenges our view of the digital computer as a revolutionary technology. Cortad
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