This volume chronicles almost two decades of American elections marked by a politics of disappointment. Combining political science, history and literature, it addresses the varied electoral trends: distrust of government; yearning for a renewal of the American dream; decreasing voter turnout; desire for self-government; and debate over the future shape of political conflict. New chapters in this edition include the latest research on national elections with up-to-date analyses of the 1996 and 1998 elections and an evaluation of the impeachment.
How did a US Democratic president and a Republican Congress reach agreement on a five-year plan to balance the budget at a time of intense partisanship, mutual distrust, and suspicion? Daniel J. Palazzolo, a Congressional Fellow for Robert Ehrlich during the budget negotiations, tells the inside story from start to finish, describing the complex workings of policymaking, presidential-congressional relations, committee politics, and congressional leadership. Contrary to conventional assumptions that the American separation-of-powers system is destined to gridlock, Palazzolo argues that the system still works, even under divided government. The budget choices and deficit politics from 1980-1996 are analysed, the author aiming to set the 1997 Budget Agreement in realistic perspective.
Budgeting has long been considered a rational process using neutral tools of financial management, but this outlook fails to consider the outside influences on leaders' behavior. This title shows that political culture and ideological orientations are at least as important as financial tools in shaping budgets.
Harding to Eisenhower-A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics
The first volume of America at the Polls covers elections from Warren G. Harding's landslide in 1920 through Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. The front section contains national summary tables of the state-by-state and Electoral College vote for each election. A chapter for each state follows, beginning with a summary of the statewide vote and Electoral College, a county outline map, and the county-by-county details of each election. Sizable votes for third party candicates are also provided, as are summaries of presidential elections.
The author explores the consequences that arise for workers and organizations in today''s world of work, analyzing how participative workers create a discipline of teamwork.'
Now back in print, Watergate: Chronology of a Crisis is the permanent record of Congressional Quarterly's exhaustive coverage of the 1970s Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.''''This compilation of material covers the impeachment debate, President Nixon's resignation, his later pardon by successor Gerald Ford, the trail of conspirators in the events, and extensive excerpts from transcripts of White House conversations. The volume contains many discussions of the ways in which participants at the time viewed impeachment and the standards that were applied to impeachable offenses. ''
A volume of statistical information on the American presidency. It features ten essays and more than 150 tables and figures to explain key statistical patterns about the presidency as an institution, looking beyond the individual office holders to the office itself.
Discretion and Legitimacy in Front-Line Public Service
Examining public service from the perspective of the worker, this book provides a framework for understanding the roles and responsibilities of front-line public servants and assessing the appropriateness of their actions.
This book presents persuasive arguments in support of public service and those who work within it. Clearly, some services should come under government control: public safety, highways, armed and emergency service, water, sewage, parks, schools. Others, however, are operating in answer to problems that society fails to solve. The public sector ......
