Taking stock
Subtitle: American government in the twentieth century
By: edited by Morton Keller, R. Shep Melnick
Contributors: Keller, Morton; Melnick, R. Shep, 1951-
Series: Woodrow Wilson Center series
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Political planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: "What is American government like today? How has it changed - and how has it remained the same - over the course of the century now coming to a close? Taking Stock seeks to provide the fullest and most thoughtful answers yet offered to these questions. It brings together historians and political scientists to examine the past experience, current state, and future prospects of five major American public issues: trade and tariff policy, immigration and aliens, conservation and environmentalism, civil rights, and social welfare. The contributors examine the evolving nature of these issues, the reactive policies of the federal government, and the institutional devices by which these policies have been applied."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index