Product Description: Why is climate change the subject of such vehement political rhetoric in the United States? What explains the policy deadlock that has existed for nearly two decades―and that has resulted in the failure of US leadership in the international arena? Addressing these questions, Glen Sussman and Byron Daynes trace the evolution of US climate change policy, assess how key players―the scientific community, Congress, the president, the judiciary, interest groups, the states, and the public―have responded to climate change, and explore the prospects for effective policymaking in the future...read more

No area of public policymaking is more hotly debated than the use of government authority to enforce certain standards of behavior in areas of moral controversy. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this collection examines nine such policy areas - ranging from abortion and affirmative action to gay rights - including two new chapters on animal rights and hate crimes. In discussing each policy area the book examines relevant issues and arguments, as well as policy shifts over time. It considers the roles of key political and institutional actors in policymaking - including lobbies and interest groups, the bureaucracy, the president, Congress, the judiciary, and state and local authorities. Written in an accessible style that is sure to spark classroom discussion, each chapter of this new edition includes a list of relevant books, web sites, and videos for further research.

Product Description: Although Roosevelt had no single plan to alter Congress's role, the incremental changes adopted during the New Deal transformed Congress. Examining the immediate reactions of groups in Congress and beyond, and the long-term effects, this study offers insights into a key period in US politics...read more

Product Description: This text narrates the episodes that highlight the drama of China's struggle to modernize, such as the breakdown of imperial China in the face of relentless Western and Japanese encroachments, and the rise of the new Chinese republic.

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Product Description: Bringing together presidential research and social policy research this book examines six issues that continually evade compromise and resolution —abortion, pornography, gun control, affirmative action, homosexuality and the environment— as they have been addressed by modern-day presidents...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: No area of public policymaking is more hotly debated than the use of governmental authority to institute certain enforceable standards of behavior in areas that have been the subject of moral controversy. Such issues as abortion, for example, are debated not on grounds of economic calculus but rather the moral and normative concerns of citizens, and typically evoke a reversal of the liberal-conservative division of views on the appropriateness of government interventionism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This comprehensive core text for the presidency course combines broad historical coverage, an in-depth exploration of presidential roles, and illustrative case studies to provide students with a better understanding of the presidency.

Product Description: The New Deal remains as controversial today as when introduced. 50 years after his death, the largest FDR Presidency conference ever held drew 120 scholars to Louisiana State University in Shreveport for a retrospective evaluation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)