American politics and society today
By: edited by Robert Singh.
Contributors: Singh, Robert.
Publisher: Polity Press; Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reaching across the Atlantic : ideological aspiration and institutional constraints in the United States and Britain / Marc Stears; title: A new electoral disorder? : the American elections of 2000 / Robert Singh; title: Race, representation and elections : the politics of parties and courts / Paul Frymer; title: 'If you're disgusted with us, I don't blame you' : television and American politics today / Robert Mason; title: The Rehnquist court's partial revolution / Paul Martin; title: The presidency and Congress : a trifocal approach / Nigel Bowles; title: The politics of power-sharing : the case of welfare overhaul / Fiona Ross; title: Does gender matter? women in American politics / Abigail Halcli; title: Multiculturalism and the end of jazz / Desmond King and Julian Murphet; title: Subverting American values? : the Simpsons, South Park and the cartoon culture war / Robert Singh.