Pierson / Skocpol The Transformation of American Politics

Activist Government and the Rise of Conservatism
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3750-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 94, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in American Politics

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Pierson, Paul

Skocpol, Theda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vii

List of Tables ix

List of Contributors xi

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER ONE: American Politics in the Long Run by Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol 3

PART ONE: The Shifting Political Landscape 17

CHAPTER TWO
The Rise and Reconfiguration of Activist Government by Paul Pierson 19

CHAPTER THREE: Government Activism and the Reorganization of American Civic Democracy by Theda Skocpol 39

CHAPTER FOUR: Parties, Electoral Participation, and Shifting Voting Blocs by Andrea Louise Campbell 68

PART TWO: Conservatives on the Rise 103

CHAPTER FIVE: Seizing Power: Conservatives and Congress since the 1970s by Julian E. Zelizer 105

CHAPTER SIX: Economic Insecurity, Party Reputations, and the Republican Ascendance by Mark A. Smith 135

CHAPTER SEVEN: Conservative Mobilization against Entrenched Liberalism by Steven M. Teles 160

PART THREE: Policy and Politics in the New American Polity 189

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Transformed Welfare State and the Redistribution of Political Voice by Suzanne Mettler 191

CHAPTER NINE: The Policy Effects of Political Polarization by Nolan McCarty 223

CHAPTER TEN: Tax Politics and the Struggle over Activist Government by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson 256

CONCLUSION 281

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Political Development and Contemporary American Politics by Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol 283

References 295

Index 321

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Pierson holds the Avice Saint Chair of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University.