Politics in action cases in modern American government / [Book :]
Gary Wasserman.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
- xvi, 168 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The meal deal : the dinner table bargain of 1790 -- Federalism in education : no child left behind -- Affirmative action at the University of Michigan -- Freedom of speech and campus speech codes -- Abortion and public opinion -- Redistricting reelection : a campaign manager's view -- Parties and technology : from voter targeting to Internet blogs -- Harry & Louise vs. Bill & Hillary : an interest group goes public -- Media and the Lewinsky scandal : a perfect storm -- Networking Congress : passing pension reform -- 9/11 : Presidential power in a crisis -- The Columbia and Challenger disasters : groupthink in a bureaucracy -- Watergate, U.S. v. Nixon, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
All Ages.
0618474161
2005924906
United States--Politics and government--2001- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.