American politics and society today [Book /]
edited by Robert Singh.
- Cambridge, UK : Malden : Polity Press ; Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
- 240 p. ; 23 cm.
includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reaching across the Atlantic : ideological aspiration and institutional constraints in the United States and Britain / Marc Stears -- A new electoral disorder? : the American elections of 2000 / Robert Singh -- Race, representation and elections : the politics of parties and courts / Paul Frymer -- 'If you're disgusted with us, I don't blame you' : television and American politics today / Robert Mason -- The Rehnquist court's partial revolution / Paul Martin -- The presidency and Congress : a trifocal approach / Nigel Bowles -- The politics of power-sharing : the case of welfare overhaul / Fiona Ross -- Does gender matter? women in American politics / Abigail Halcli -- Multiculturalism and the end of jazz / Desmond King and Julian Murphet -- Subverting American values? : the Simpsons, South Park and the cartoon culture war / Robert Singh.
All Ages.
0745625266 0745625274 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2002001453
GBA3-15113
Political culture--History--United States--20th century. Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1989- United States--Social conditions--1980-