The transformation of American politics
Subtitle: activist government and the rise of conservatism
By: edited by Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol
Contributors: Pierson, Paul; Skocpol, Theda
Series: Princeton studies in American politics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780691122571; 9780691122588
Subjects: Federal government -- United States; Politics, Practical -- United States; Political participation -- United States; Pressure groups -- United States; Conservatism -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-319) and index
Table of contents: title: American politics in the long run / Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol; title: The rise and reconfiguration of activist government / Paul Pierson; title: Government activism and the reorganization of American civic democracy / Theda Skocpol; title: Parties, electoral participation, and shifting voting blocs / Andrea Louise Campbell; title: Seizing power : conservatives and Congress since the 1970s / Julian E. Zelizer; title: Economic insecurity, party reputations, and the Republican ascendance / Mark A. Smith; title: Conservative mobilization against entrenched liberalism / Steven M. Teles; title: The transformed welfare state and the redistribution of political voice / Suzanne Mettler; title: The policy effects of political polarization / Nolan McCarty; title: Tax politics and the struggle over activist government / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson; title: Political development and contemporary American politics / Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol