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3. Party organizations: What do they look like? What do they do?
L. Sandy Maisel
in American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Party organizations: What do they look like? What do they do?’ examines each of those questions and reveals that political party organizations in the United States reflect the nation's ...
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3. Second-wave neoliberalism in the 1990s: Clinton's market globalism and Blair's Third Way
Manfred B. Steger and Ravi K. Roy
in Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction
Many of the major policies of neoliberalism were embraced by political parties of the democratic left. ‘Second-Wave Neoliberalism in the 1990s: Clinton's Market Globalism and Blair's Third ...
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4. The legislative-executive process
Richard M. Valelly
in American Politics: A Very Short Introduction
‘The legislative-executive process’ looks at the issue of immobility in the American legislative-executive process. Policy gridlock could result if there were, for example, a Republican in ...
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5. Presidential elections: Nominating campaigns and general elections
L. Sandy Maisel
in American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Presidential elections: Nominating campaigns and general elections’ explores the complexities of how candidates for president are chosen and how they are elected. The nominating campaign ...
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7. Far from the perfect democracy
L. Sandy Maisel
in American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Americans, even those familiar with the details of the electoral process, remain convinced that American democracy represents the ideal toward which others should strive. ‘Far from the ...
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7. Federalism in the world
Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox
in Federalism: A Very Short Introduction
The US government is the oldest continuing operating federal system, in part because of its relatively high degree of stability and respect for the rule of law. But does that make the US ...
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8. Saviours or sinners?
Christopher S. Browning
in International Security: A Very Short Introduction
Territorial borders are inextricably connected with questions of security. ‘Saviours or sinners?’ explains how the challenge of controlling the movement of people and goods across borders ...
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7. Did the Reagan Revolution Succeed or Fail?
Gil Troy
in The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
‘Did the Reagan Revolution succeed or fail?’ assesses the impact of Reagan's presidency. Reagan was a man on a mission, who never lost sight of his ideology but compromised when necessary. ...
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7. Public opinion and its influence
Richard M. Valelly
in American Politics: A Very Short Introduction
‘Public opinion and its influence’ asks: Should pollsters be middlemen between the people and government? George Gallup and his fellow pioneers in polling paved a new way for elected ...
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6. Hyperpower and its discontents
Andrew Preston
in American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction
With the Cold War over, the United States found itself in a position of supremacy unmatched since the days of the Roman Empire. American power was supposed to stimulate the spread of ...
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6. Rights and responsibilities: human rights to human security
Jussi M. Hanhimäki
in The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
The protection of individual human rights is perhaps at the top of the UN's agenda. The task is not straightforward as the major violators of human rights tend to be states, and states make ...
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American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
L. Sandy Maisel
American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction examines the electoral process in the United States and explains why it is widely misunderstood. Why is participation in ...
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6. Star Wars and beyond
Joseph M. Siracusa
in Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
By the 1960s, both the United States and the Soviet Union found themselves caught up in an offensive and defensive arms race that threatened the stability of an embryonic nuclear deterrence ...
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8. When did the Reagan Revolution End?
Gil Troy
in The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
‘When did the Reagan revolution end?’ explores Reagan's legacy. Most presidents are eulogized by all parties in death, but Reagan was particularly highly praised, perhaps because his ...
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American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Preston
For better or worse, be it militarily, politically, economically, technologically, or culturally, Americans have had a profound impact on the wider world beyond them. American Foreign ...
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7. The apotheosis of air power 1983–2001
Frank Ledwidge
in Aerial Warfare: A Very Short Introduction
The period immediately after Vietnam saw little new thinking in the application of air power. ‘The apotheosis of air power 1983–2001’ looks at how this changed. After examining briefly the ...
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2. The presidency
Richard M. Valelly
in American Politics: A Very Short Introduction
‘The presidency’ explores how presidents communicate with the American public. Presidential activity such as engaging in townhall style meetings, weekly radio addresses or webcasts, or ...
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