Controversies in American Politics and Society provides students with up-to-date reviews of the main controversies in American politics and society.
Provides in-depth discussion of key American political and social issues
Each controversy presents all sides of the debate
Covers issues that are part of daily discourse, as well as those discussed in the media and academia
Can be used alongside David McKay American Politics and Society (Fifth Edition, Blackwell Publishers, 2001) or other American government and politics texts
List of Tables and Figures. Introduction: Conflict and Controversy in American Society: David Mckay.
Part I: Institutions and Processes:.
1. Divided Government: Does it Matter?: David McKay.
2. Trust in Government: A Crisis of Democracy?: Andrew Wroe.
3. Voting and Non-Voting: America's Flawed Democracy?: David Houghton.
4. Creating a Level Playing Field: Campaign Finance Reform: David Houghton.
5. Containing Presidential Power: David Houghton.
6. The Supreme Court and the Politics of Judicial Activism: David McKay.
7. Direct Democracy: Power to the People?: Andrew Wroe.
Part II: Policies:.
8. The Right to Bear Arms: Gun Control in America: Andrew Wroe.
9. Immigration: A nation State or a State of Nations?: Andrew Wroe.
10. Affirmative Action: The Continuing American Dilemma: Andrew Wroe.
11. Anxiety Amid Plenty: Health Care Reform: David McKay.
12. Capital Punishment: The Politics of Retribution: David Mckay.
13. Providing for the Old but Not the Poor: Welfare Reform: David McKay.
14. The Right to Life Debate: Abortion in the USA: Andrew Wroe.
15. Manifest Destiny and Realpolitik: Realism versus Idealism in American Foreign Policy: David Houghton.
16. America as a Global Economic Power: Free Trade versus Protectionism.
Further Reading.
Index.
