Central Government Policies

At a time when many leading civil rights officials are obfuscating the history of civil rights in the USA, and undermining enforcement methods whic...

This work examines the place of science in American politics and society. Dispelling the myth of scientific purity and detachment, Daniel S. Greenb...

The American economy in the 1980s was characterized by a lowering of personal taxes and inflation, spiraling government debt, decreased spending on...

This work examines the place of science in American politics and society. Dispelling the myth of scientific purity and detachment, Daniel S. Greenb...

Focusing on cases involving major military action, foreign aid authorization and key controversial votes in both legislative branches, Hinckley sho...

Each year, Congress appropriates billions of dollars for scientific research. In this book, veteran science reporter Donald S. Greenberg takes us b...

Since the 1930s, industrial sociologists have tried to answer the question, Why do workers not work harder? Michael Burawoy spent ten months as a m...

Presidents have claimed popular mandates for more than 150 years. How can they make such claims when surveys show that voters are uninformed about ...

Is it true that the Social Security system is in serious trouble and must be repaired? As baby boomers begin to retire, will they inevitably, by fo...

Is it true that the Social Security system is in serious trouble and must be repaired? As baby boomers begin to retire, will they inevitably, by fo...

Anticorruption reforms provide political cover for public officials, but do they really work? This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulat...

This text examines the role played by the mass media and public opinion in the development of United States foreign policy in the Gulf War. Tracing...

Anticorruption reforms provide political cover for public officials, but do they really work? This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulat...

In June 1985, David Peterson was sworn in as the leader of Ontario’s first Liberal government in forty-two years. This collection of speeches explo...

Winner, 2023 OHA Book Award, Oral History AssociationA young woman flees violence in Mexico and seeks protection in the United States—only to be tr...

In the economics of everyday life, even ethnicity has become a potential resource to be tapped, generating new sources of profit and power, new way...