Politics of Power A Critical Introduction to American Government

Name: Politics of Power A Critical Introduction to American Government
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ISBN: 9780534601799

ISBN-10: 0534601790

ISBN-13: 9780534601799

Edition: 5th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Ira Katznelson, Mark Kesselman, Alan Draper

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THE POLITICS OF POWER provides a lively, comprehensive, critical perspective of the American political system by highlighting how political conflicts, institutions, and processes are influenced by deep inequalities generated by the country's political economy. Building on the coverage of all of the major topics typical of an American Government course the critical analysis in this text is based on the theme that American democracy is limited by fundamental inequalities in power and economic resources. Respected for its critical theme, THE POLITICS OF POWER also strives to be direct without being simplistic, engaging without being flippant, and critical without being cynical.

Book details

List price: $139.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including Marxism and the Cityand the award-winning Liberalism's Crooked Circle: Letters to Adam Michnik.He has served as president of the Social Science History Association and of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association.

Mark Kesselman is senior editor of the International Political Science Review and professor emeritus of political science at Columbia University. His research focuses on the political economy of French and European politics. His publications include The Ambiguous Consensus (1967), The French Workers Movement (1984), The Politics of Globalization: A Reader (2012), and The Politics of Power (2013). His articles have appeared in The American Political Science Review, World Politics, and Comparative Politics.




Democracy's Challenge


Introduction


Titanic Inequalities


Democracy and Capitalism


Standards of Democracy


Change, and More Change


Conclusion



Introduction to American Political Economy



Global Capitalism and American Politics


Introduction


The System of Capitalism


The Mobilization of Bias


Corporate Capitalism


Who Owns America's Private Government?


The Professionalization of Capital


The Structure of Employment


Conflict and Cohesion


The Unstable Character of Capitalism


The Current Situation


Conclusion



The American State and Corporate Capitalism


Introduction


The First Wave of Expansion


Stagnation and Challenge


The Second Wave of Expansion


Corporate Capitalism Unravels


A New Deal


The Road Not Taken


Conservative Keynesianism


The Golden Age of Capitalism


Economic Policy Making


Fiscal Policy


The Budget Process


Monetary Policy


The End of the Golden Age of Capitalism


Reaganomics


Clintonomics


The Global Marketplace


Conclusion



The Many Faces of Political Participation



Movement for Change: Workers and Work


Introduction


Work Transformed: The Decline of the Independent Middle Class


Creating Unions


The Growth and Decline of Unions


Future Labor Prospects


Social Movements and Democratic Citizenship


Conclusion



Political Parties, Elections, and Movements


Introduction


The Disappearing American Voter


Party Systems


A Two-Party System


Critical Elections


Party Decay


The Decline of Party Organization


Party Structure and Orientation


Money and Elections


The PAC Phenomenon


Media and Elections


Political Consultants


The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Coalition


A New Republican Party


A Magical Mystery Tour: the 2000 Presidential Election


Contemporary Party Coalitions


A Postelectoral Era?


Conclusion



Political Institutions



The Presidency: Imperial or Imperiled?


Introduction


The Historical Presidency


The Imperial President?


The Imperiled President


Presidential Styles


Bill Clinton as President


The Exercise of Presidential Power


The President's Response: End-Running the Bureaucracy


Behind the Velvet Glove


Conclusion



Congress


Introduction


The Origins of Congress


The Historical Congress


Congress as a Career


Money and Congressional Elections


Safe Seats and Turnover


Members of Congress


The Legislative Process


How a Bill Becomes Law


The Senate


The House of Representatives


Congress, the Bureaucracy, and Interest Groups


Lobbying and Congress


Conclusion



The Judiciary


Introduction


Politics and the Law


A Dual Court System


The Law and the Development of American Capitalism


The Supreme Court in History


The Modern Court: From Warren to Rehnquist


Politics by Lawsuit


Conclusion



Public Policy



Corporate Capitalism, Foreign Policy, and the Global Political Economy


Introduction


American Foreign Policy Before World War II


Cold War Rivalry


Global Expansion and the Invisible Empire


A New Era of Globalization?


Globalization and Multinational Corporations


Multinational Corporations


The Military Establishment


Political and Economic Influence


The Military-Industrial Complex


Foreign Policy in the Post--Cold War Era


Rationalizing and Restructuring American Military Dominance


The New Global Economy: Whose Globalization?


Promoting Democracy Abroad


Conclusion



The Welfare State


Introduction


The Historical Welfare State


The New Deal


Conservative and Liberal Welfare States


Beyond the New Deal


The Great Society and Its Backlash


Clinton Democrats and the Welfare State


Conclusion



Conclusion: American Politics, Past, Present, and Future


Introduction


The Reagan Revolution?


The New Politics of Inequality


The Clinton-Gore Administration: Bold Centrism or Broken Compact?


The Compassionate Conservatism of the Bush Presidency


Conclusion


Credits


Index