On Election Eve 1996, US citizens awaited the outcome of a national election that would give them a reelected Democratic President, William Jefferson ""Bill"" Clinton, and a Republican Congress - a combination that would inevitably handicap the nation. True, Clinton would become the first Democrat to be reelected to the highest office in the land ......
This collection of papers addresses the issues of regional constitutional change, regional autonomy, regional planning and policy. With the use of experience from Europe and North America, the forms of federalism and networking which are appropriate to regional economic and constitutional autonomy, the evolving ideas associated with regional ......
A collection of data presenting historical and statistical information on all important aspects of the US Supreme Court. It covers its history, development as an institution, the justices' backgrounds, nominations, and confirmations, and the Court's relationship with the public.
Includes the Supreme Court decisions. This title provides an overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. It combines theory and practice of the judicial process with civil rights and liberties.
Papers from the September 1993 meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, held in Washington, DC, address questions pertaining to the creation and maintenance of political order, and explore the range of viable possibilities for political order. They consider issues such as
Based on the premiss that the US, in the past two decades, has been in the midst of an economic-social-cultural transformation in which the middle class has paid a heavy price, this volume envisions a drastic "Jeffersonian" revolution. It proposes a fundamental shift toward economic nationalism and the basic political reconstruction that will ......
ISBN-13: 9781566430364
(Hardback)
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Imprint: CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INC.,U.S.
Or What Good's the Constitution When You Can't Buy a Loaf of Bread?
Wright (law, Cumberland School of Law, Samford U.) traces the basic legal and political implications of life for the desperately poor, arguing that the law fails to recognize the special circumstances of the severely deprived. He explores the Constitution as it is applied to the poor in our society
Based on the premiss that the US, in the past two decades, has been in the midst of an economic-social-cultural transformation in which the middle class has paid a heavy price, this volume envisions a drastic "Jeffersonian" revolution. It proposes a fundamental shift toward economic nationalism and the basic political reconstruction that will enable it. The book postulates that major reform will be necessary. In the light of an unresponsive political system, the only way to enact an economic nationalist programme is to make major issues subject to popular decision, firmly restrict campaign funding, open elections to multiple political parties and proportional voting, and make direct and issue-based democracy possible for the first time. The authors offer a set of solutions that they feel will enable middle Americans to take back their governments and make them work for the public interest again.
ISBN-13: 9781566430357
(Paperback)
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Imprint: CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INC.,U.S.
This work provides analyses by political scientists of President Clinton's performance in an era of divided government. Among the frustrations identified by this group of observers are Clinton's failure to define or adhere to his agenda as a "New Democrat", continuing problems caused by his management style and character issues, and his inability ......
ISBN-13: 9781566430142
(Paperback)
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Imprint: CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INC.,U.S.
