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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Suppression Deception Snobbery and Bias
Book SynopsisAmerica’s liberal media keeps getting the news wrong.In Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias, Fleischer notes that half the country is keenly aware that they are routinely mocked and looked down on by much of the media.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc One Damn Thing After Another
Book SynopsisINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice.
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Peoples History of the Supreme Court
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Fine Mess A Global Quest for a Simpler Fairer
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestelling author T. R. Reid travels around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unravelling a complex topic in plain English - and telling a rollicking story along the way. The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Not for the first time, we have reached a breaking point. That happened in 1922, and again in 1954, and again in 1986. In other words, every thirty-two years. Which means that the next complete overhaul is due in 2018. But what should be in this new tax code? Can we make the U.S. tax system simpler, fairer, and more efficient? Yes, yes, and yes. Can we cut tax rates and still bring in more revenue? Yes. Other rich countries, from Estonia to New Zealand to the UK—advanced, high-tech, free-market democracies—have all devised tax regimes that a
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Declaration of Independence and the United
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Penguin Putnam Inc Lincoln Speeches
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Penguin Putnam Inc And the Pursuit of Happiness
Book SynopsisEnergized and inspired by the 2008 elections, celebrated illustrator Maira Kalman traveled to Washington, D.C., launching a year-long investigation of American democracy and its workings. The result is an artist’s idiosyncratic vision of history and contemporary politics. Whether returning to America’s historical roots at the Lincoln archive and Jefferson’s Monticello, or taking the pulse of the present day at a town hall meeting in Vermont, an Army base in Kentucky, and the inner chambers of the Supreme Court, Kalman finds evidence of democracy at work all around us. Her route is always one of fascinating indirection, but one that captures and shares in hundreds of beautiful, colorful reasons why we are proud to be Americans.
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OUP India Triumph and Despair
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OUP India The Sacred Republic
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The University of Chicago Press Restoring Justice The Speeches of Attorney
Book SynopsisIn the wake of Watergate, Gerald Ford appointed eminent lawyer and scholar Edward H Levi to the post of attorney general - and thus gave him the onerous task of restoring legitimacy to a discredited Department of Justice. This title features Levi's speeches that offer a sense of the man and his work.Trade Review"It was Edward H. Levi's first and overwhelming task as attorney general to end the cynicism of Watergate. This wonderful collection of his speeches shows how he did it: with eloquent words that expressed his profound belief in American values. In our time of meanness and strife, Levi reminds us what we should be." (Anthony Lewis)"
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The University of Chicago Press The Constitution in Congress The Jeffersonians
Book SynopsisThis volume looks to the legislative and executive branches for insights into the development of constitutional interpretation. The author, David Currie, examines the period of Republican hegemony from the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson in 1801 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1829.
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University of Chicago Press Social Experimentation NBER National Bureau of
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The University of Chicago Press Logic of Delegation American Politics and
Book SynopsisWhy do majority congressional parties seem unable to act as an effective policy-making force? They routinely delegate their power to othersinternally to standing committees and subcommittees within each chamber, externally to the president and to the bureaucracy. Conventional wisdom in political science insists that such delegation leads inevitably to abdicationusually by degrees, sometimes precipitously, but always completely. In The Logic of Delegation, however, D. Roderick Kiewiet and Mathew D. McCubbins persuasively argue that political scientists have paid far too much attention to what congressional parties can't do. The authors draw on economic and management theory to demonstrate that the effectiveness of delegation is determined not by how much authority is delegated but rather by how well it is delegated. In the context of the appropriations process, the authors show how congressional parties employ committees, subcommittees, and executive agencies to accomplish policy goals.
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The University of Chicago Press Turf Wars How Congressional Committees Claim
Book SynopsisFor most bills in American legislature, the issue of turf - or which committee has jurisdiction over a bill - is crucial. This study explains how jurisdictional areas for committees are created and changed in Congress, and dissects the politics of turf-grabbing.Table of ContentsFigures Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Turf Wars on Capitol Hill 2: The Nature of Committee Jurisdictions 3: What Happens When Jurisdictions Are Reformed? 4: Parliamentarians as Institutional Guardians 5: Essential Strategies for Staking Claims 6: Flying Trains and Turf Wars 7: Governing Through Fragmented Committees Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Beyond Ideology
Book SynopsisThe congressional agenda includes many issues about which liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic and Republican senators tend to fight with each other. This book argues that many partisan battles are rooted in competition for power rather than disagreement over the rightful role of government.Trade Review"Innovative, interesting, and important, Beyond Ideology gives us rich new insights on an institution about which we still know relatively little compared with the House. It is a substantial contribution that sheds new light on complex relationships and offers engaging illustrations drawn from political interactions on legislation." - David W. Rohde, Duke University"
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University of Chicago Press Resisting Reagan
Book SynopsisThis work explains why and how more than 100,000 US citizens demonstrated their protests against the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. The book concentrates on the peace movements of Witness for Peace, Sanctuary and the Pledge of Resistance.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction 1: The Sources of Central American Unrest 2: United States Intervention 3: Low-Intensity Warfare 4: Launching the Peace Movement 5: Grasping the Big Picture 6: The Social Structure of Moral Outrage 7: The Individual Activists 8: Negotiating Strategies and Collective Identity 9: Fighting Battles of Public Discourse 10: Facing Harassment and Repression 11: Problems for Protesters Closer to Home 12: The Movement's Demise 13: What Did the Movement Achieve? 14: Lessons for Social-Movement Theory Appendix: The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace Movement Organizations Notes Bibliography Index
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Random House USA Inc The Oath The Obama White House and the Supreme
Book SynopsisA Washington Post Notable Work of NonfictionFrom the moment Chief Justice Roberts botched Barack Obama's oath of office, the relationship between the Court and the White House has been a fraught one. Grappling with issues as diverse as campaign finance, abortion, and the right to bear arms, the Roberts court has put itself squarely at the center of American political life. Jeffrey Toobin brilliantly portrays key personalities and cases and shows how the President was fatally slow to realize the importance of the judicial branch to his agenda. Combining incisive legal analysis with riveting insider details, The Oath is an essential guide to understanding the Supreme Court of our interesting times.
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Voracious The West Wing and Beyond What I Saw Inside the
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Random House USA Inc Days of Fire Bush and Cheney in the White House
Book SynopsisA New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the YearA Washington Post Notable BookTheirs was the most captivating American political partnership since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger: a bold and untested president and his seasoned, relentless vice president. Confronted by one crisis after another, they struggled to protect the country, remake the world, and define their own relationship along the way.The real story of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is far more fascinating than the familiar suspicion that Cheney was the power behind the throne. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key players, and thousands of pages of private notes, memos, and other internal documents, Baker paints a riveting portrait of a partnership that evolved dramatically over time, during an era marked by devastating terror attacks, the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, and financial collapse. Peter Baker has produced a monumental and definitive work that ranks with the be
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Penguin Putnam Inc Republic Of Conscience The
Book SynopsisFormer Senator Gary Hart’s The Republic of Conscience is a meditation on the growing gap between the founding principles of the United States Constitution and our current political landscape. Going back as early as 400 BC, the idea of a true republic has been threatened by narrow, special interests taking precedence over the commonwealth. The United States Constitution was drafted to protect against such corruption, but as Gary Hart details in The Republic of Conscience, America is nowhere near the republic it set out to be almost 250 years ago, falling to the very misconduct it hoped to avoid. In his latest book, the former Colorado Senator and presidential contender describes ‘the increasing gap between purpose and performance’ in America, emphasizing how the sense of national interest has become distorted and diluted over time. Focusing on the years after World War II, Hart tackles major American institutioTrade Review“Gary Hart’s The Republic of Conscience is a thought-provoking analysis of modern American democracy and how powerful special interests have impacted our national security and civil society. It’s a must-read from one of the brightest minds of his generation.” —Senator John McCain “Gary Hart may be out of office but he’ s not out of ideas. This provocative analysis is a welcome addition to the national dialogue that should take place in both parties, the news media and the electorate as we head into another presidential election with a political system so broken it is shameful.” —Tom Brokaw This is a passionate and powerful plea for us Americans to recover the democratic-republican principles of the founders, a plea that is made all the more effective by the book’s clear and forceful prose. The idealism that runs through the book is not utopian; it is firmly grounded in the extensive civic experience of the author and in his clear-eyed appreciation of the realities of our twenty-first century world. It’s a very persuasive book. —Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way Professor of History Emeritus, Brown UniversityA self-proclaimed "political fundamentalist" and staunch proponent for the reformation of the "massively corrupt" congressional structure, [Hart] intelligently appraises government first from a historical context, referencing the Constitution, the ideals of past presidents, Federalists, and even foreign theorists like Machiavelli. He contrasts this with an astute discussion on the decline in moral authority of 21st-century governmental policy and procedure, and he places blame on the country's foreign entanglements, its accepted "burden of policing the world," deteriorating social justice, and an imbalance of security and liberty—none of which our pragmatic forebears ever intended. Hart is insistent that the only way to improve our governmental track record is to restrategize with progressive thinking, the reconciliation of current political policies, and a divergence from the concentrated economic powers that have such an undue influence on members of Congress and other politicians … Hart's impassioned plea for reform seeks to empower political compatriots to rethink the direction of U.S. governance, thus closing "the gap between promise and performance." A proactive appeal to restore confidence in the American republic. --Kirkus
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Random House USA Inc We Were Eight Years in Power
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The University of Michigan Press Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the
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The University of Michigan Press The Modern Legislative Veto
Book SynopsisUses a multimethod research design, incorporating quantitative and qualitative analyses, to examine the ways that the US Congress has used the legislative veto over the past 80 years. This parliamentary manoeuvre raises troubling questions about the fundamental principle of separation of governmental powers.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State
Book SynopsisCampaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behaviour. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in others.Trade ReviewLynda Powell has set out to understand how campaign contributions affect the legislative process. Perhaps surprisingly, scholars have not been able to show this effect of money on politics. Powell provides a strong and clear answer. She does so by first developing a theory of campaigning and legislating. She then tests resulting hypotheses to show: that financing matters; the more money, the more the influence; and that influence is of the 'pay to play' sort. The result is a very fine piece of serious scientific research that speaks to an important set of issues of direct concern to the public." — John Aldrich, Duke University"Lynda Powell combines theoretical clarity with unique empirical data to offer the most rigorous case yet for the widespread but difficult-to-document idea that campaign money influences public policy. This book represents a major step forward in the study of campaign finance effects and deserves a wide readership." — Gary Jacobson, University of California, San Diego"By moving beyond analyses of roll call votes to instead ask lawmakers themselves how money affects the full range of legislative behaviors—from authoring bills to killing them quietly—Powell makes a methodological contribution that can help change the normative debate. Anyone who cares about state politics or national campaign finance reform needs to read this book's potent new findings." — Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego"[T]his is excellent research and an important contribution to the literatures on campaign finance and state legislatures." — Political Science Quarterly
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The University of Michigan Press Strategic Budgeting
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The University of Michigan Press Multiparty Government
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLaver and Schofield's book is at the same time accessible, pithy, down-to-earth, insightful, and yes, even captivating. In its scope and quality, it has no rival in the literature of party coalitions . . . all students of political parties or legislative behavior should allow themselves the privilege of being educated and entertained by Laver and Schofield's fine book." —American Political Science Review
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The University of Michigan Press The Color of Representation
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The University of Michigan Press Congress on Display Congress at Work
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The University of Michigan Press Legislatures
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The University of Michigan Press The Federal Judiciary and Institutional Change
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The University of Michigan Press Congress and the RentSeeking Society
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The University of Michigan Press The Color of Representation
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The University of Michigan Press Putting Faith in Partnerships
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The University of Michigan Press The Political Economy of Expertise
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The University of Michigan Press The Floor in Congressional Life
Book SynopsisThe House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the US Congress participate and each has a vote. After tracing the historical development of floor rules, Andrew J. Taylor assesses how well they facilitate a democratic legislative process - that is, how well they facilitate deliberation, transparency, and widespread participation.Trade ReviewTaylor's book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on congressional politics. It tackles an understudied aspect of legislative politics in a detailed and innovative way." — Political Science Quarterly"Andrew Taylor’s fascinating book The Floor in Congressional Life asks novel questions about the House and Senate floors and delivers provocative answers. It elevates the chamber floors to an exalted place within the study of Congress by boldly asserting both their significance and the utility of studying them in isolation from other aspects of congressional behavior, such as committee or caucusmeetings. And it does so with an unusual blend of conventional analysis and big-picture normative arguments." — Congress and the Presidency
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The University of Michigan Press Congressional Parties Institutional Ambition and
Book SynopsisWith the need for ever increasing sums of money to fuel the ongoing campaign for majority control, both Republicans and Democrats have made large donations to the party and its candidates mandatory for members seeking advancement within party and congressional committee hierarchies. This volume analyses this development and discusses its implications for American government and democracy.Trade ReviewClearly, the findings and conclusions in this book make a contribution to the study of parties in Congress by expanding our knowledge of the different ways parties exert leverage over legislators. However, this information is especially pertinent as scholars come to terms with analyzing a political climate defined by party polarization and deep ideological cleavages." —APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter"Heberlig and Larson make an important contribution to the scholarly literature by providing a new perspective regarding the relationships among campaign finance, political parties, and the operations of the US Congress. ... [T]he research and writing are skillfully done; the authors should be commended for their efforts. Highly recommended" — B.W. Monroe, Choice"Heberlig and Larson provide a necessary and stimulating revision of party theory." — Political Science Quarterly"Heberlig and Larson have delivered an excellent and insightful contribution. Scholars of Congress, parties, campaign finance, and elections should read this book, and will likely be citing it with great frequency." — Congress and the Presidency
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The University of Michigan Press The Modern Legislative Veto
Book SynopsisExamine the ways that US Congress has used the legislative veto over the past 80 years. Michael J. Berry argues that, since the US Supreme Court declared the legislative veto unconstitutional in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) v. Chadha (1983), Congress has strategically modified its use of the veto to give more power to Appropriations Committees.Trade ReviewThe Modern Legislative Veto is an exciting book, one that I have looked forward to for a long time. A discussion of the development of the legislative veto is timely and very important.” —Mathew D. McCubbins, Ruth F. De Varney Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law, Duke University""This book promises to be the definitive work on the legislative veto. It covers the legislative veto at both the federal and state levels, which makes it unique.” —Erik J. Engstrom, University of California, Davis
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Random House USA Inc Insane Clown President
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy’s uncertain future, by the country’s most perceptive and fearless political journalist. In twenty-five pieces from Rolling Stone—plus two original essays—Matt Taibbi tells the story of Western civilization’s very own train wreck, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion. Years before the clown car of candidates was fully loaded, Taibbi grasped the essential themes of the story: the power of spectacle over substance, or even truth; the absence of a shared reality; the nihilistic rebellion of the white working class; the death of the political establishment; and the emergence of a new, explicit form of white nationalism that would destroy what was left of the Kingian dream of a successful pluralistic society. Taibbi captures, with dead-on, real-time analysis, the failures of th
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Penguin Putnam Inc Travels with George
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Travels with George . . . is quintessential Philbrick—a lively, courageous, and masterful achievement.” —The Boston Globe Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an unsure nation. Travels with George marks a new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into a single narrative.When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative political experiment. Washington undertook a tour of the ex-colonies to talk to ordinary citizens about his new government, and to imbue in them the idea of being one thing—Americans.In
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Penguin Putnam Inc Confidence Man
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Storm Is Here
Book SynopsisThe New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle its accelerating civic breakdown, in an indelible eyewitness narrative of startling explanatory powerAfter years of living abroad and covering the Global War on Terrorism, Luke Mogelson went home in early 2020 to report on the social discord that the pandemic was bringing to the fore across the US. An assignment that began with right-wing militias in Michigan soon took him to an uprising for racial justice in Minneapolis, then to antifascist clashes in the streets of Portland, and ultimately to an attempted insurrection in Washington, D.C. His dispatches for The New Yorker revealed a larger story with ominous implications for America. They were only the beginning.This is the definitive eyewitness account of how—during a season of sickness, economic uncertainty, and violence—a large segment of Americans became convinced of the need to battle against dark for
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Diversified Publishing Its OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
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Rowman & Littlefield When Did Jesus Become Republican Rescuing Our
Book SynopsisExamines how modern American politics relate to Jesus' vision of love and peace, questioning how right wing Republican policies fit with the Christian values they espouse.Trade ReviewEllingsen's explanations of the psychology and methodology of the organizations driving the religious political movements go a long way in understanding the ways in which they justify their interference in local and national politics....He is...quite correct in his argument that the current battles between religious liberals and conservatives is changing the way many people view Jesus.Mark Ellingsen has written an incredible narrative. Its analysis, if heeded, could realign faith and civic engagement in America. He tells us substantively and clearly why conservatives get the connection between religion and voting right. Ellingsen then unites progressive faith with progressive politics in such a way that the revelations in this book could alter presidential and congressional elections for a generation. He pulls the Left outside of its box and pushes the Right to the center. A refreshing theological voice that untangles the outdated public debates over red states and blue states. What remains is a new vision for a new America and a clarion call for an inclusive civilized discourse. -- Dwight N. Hopkins, University of Chicago Divinity School, author of Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School, author of Being Human: Race, Culture, and ReligionMark Ellingsen once again brings a thought provoking challenge to the religious and secular communities with his When Did Jesus Become Republican?. It can be an excellent read as we enter into a new era in the political process and as we look at our two party system. Ellingsen makes us examine the question of liberalism and conservatism as it reflects on Jesus, one of our most revolutionary prophetic voices in the religious community, yesterday, today and tomorrow. This is a must read for all political junkies and public theologians. -- W. Arthur Lewis, director of African-American Affairs for former New Jersey Governor James Florio * Helium *Mark Ellingsen here gives some hard-headed counsel on how to break the political lock on Jesus by the Religious Right. Relate, but do not capitulate, to the regnant "Puritan Paradigm." Reclaim the country's own Constitutional faith assumptions of common sense morality and the corruptability of power by human sin. While retaining its diverse religious and secular constituencies, let the Democrats reach out to the more numerous-than-realized mainline Christianity that needs to recover its own narrative faith and resist cultural captivity to the both the relativisms and fundamentalisms of the day. A wealth of wisdom here for both party and church. -- Gabriel Fackre, author of The Religious Right and Christian FaithEllingsen…packs in a remarkable amount of history, mostly of Christianity in America. He not only addresses Christianity's roots, but its U.S. evolution, its ebb and flow, all in an effort to illustrate what he calls 'the dominance of the Puritan Paradigm on our social psyche'…Readers of Jim Wallis, Michael Lerner, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and others who've addressed the dichotomy between the New Testament Jesus, champion of the poor and forgotten, and the Jesus of the political right will want to add this title to their library. * Publishers Weekly *Of all the recent books written as clarion calls for liberals of faith to redefine an alternative to the religious right's version of 'values voting'...Ellingsen's call to action includes something unique: a sociological explanation of why the religious right's version of Christianity resonates with the average American. Ellingsen shows that the "Puritan Paradigm" – what he describes as a 'revivalist-tempered, individualistic Puritanism' – is the prevailing American model for Christianity and righteous living and that policies and practices aligned with this paradigm tend to receive voter approval. All readers, no matter their beliefs, will find the Puritan Paradigm an enlightening key to today's politics. The solutions Ellingsen proposes...could be embraced by Jews, Muslims, and secularists alike. Recommended for all libraries collecting in the area of religion and politics. * Library Journal *When Did Jesus Become Republican? provides an extensive review of how the followers of several religions have changed their thinking when it comes to politics. Mark Ellingsen presents the facts fairly without trying to persuade the reader as to which party he or she should support. He gives an unbiased account of the past and offers strategies that the parties can adopt if they wish to counteract or retain the recent voting trends * Readerviews *This new book by regular Emphasis political columnist Mark Ellingsen is a pearl of great price, hidden behind a sensational and seemingly short-lived polemic....this book is well worth the twenty bucks. I urge you to seek it out and let its wisdom provoke your faith. * Emphasis *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Are True Believers Really Conservative? Part 2 How We Got the Way We Are Chapter 3 The Puritan Paradigm Chapter 4 Revivalism and the Individualizing of American Religion Chapter 5 Fundamentalism, Its Decline, and the Rise of the Religious Right Chapter 6 The Conservative Jesus Part 7 Why It's Unlikely To Get Better Soon Chapter 8 American Theological Education Since World War II Chapter 9 Impact of German Philosophy and Theology on the Pews:The Importance of Today's Cutting-Edge Theologies Chapter 10 The Impact of Americanization Chapter 11 Stubborn Exceptions and What They Might Teach Us Part 12 It Will Take a Conservative Theology To Recover a Politically Liberal Jesus and a New Liberal Coalition Chapter 13 Resources in Classical Christianity Chapter 14 What Catholics and Protestants Will Need To Do to Keep Jesus and his Gospel form Becoming Conservative: Some New (Old) Alternatives Chapter 15 Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Quilts Presidential and Patriotic
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Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis unique eyewitness account of the launching of the government under the Constitution is also one of the great American diaries, consistently entertaining and compulsively readable. -- Richard B. Bernstein Constitution This unique eyewitness account of the launching of the government under the Constitution is also one of the great American diaries, consistently entertaining and compulsively readable. -- Richard E. Bernstein ConstitutionTable of ContentsIllustrationsIntroductionEditorial MethodAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and SymbolsMembers of the SenateMembers of the House of RepresentativesPart I. The Diary of William MaclayFirst SessionSecond SessionThird SessionAppendix A: Miscellaneous Diary DocumentsAppendix B: Newspaper PiecesAppendix C: Genealogical ChartAppendix D: Correspondence of William MaclayAppendix E: Biography of William MaclayPart II. Other Notes on Senate DebatesThe Notes of:Johns AdamsPierce ButlerWilliam Samuel JohnsonRufus KingWilliam PatersonPaine WingateIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower The
Book SynopsisTaken as a whole, the Eisenhower papers from 1957-61 provide firm documentary evidence of the manner in which Eisenhower dealt with the complex internal and external problems faced by all of our modern political leaders.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: A New Beginning, Old Problems; January 1957 to May 1957Chapter 1: The Mideast and the Eisenhower DoctrineChapter 2: Foreign AidPart II: Civil Rights; June 1957 to September 1957Chapter 3: "I am astonished and chagrined"Chapter 4: "Logic and reason must operate gradually"Chapter 5: Little RockPart III: The Space Age Begins; October 1957 to January 1958Chapter 6: Sputnik and "the fears of our own people"Chapter 7; NATO and the Cold War
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower The
Book SynopsisTaken as a whole, the Eisenhower papers from 1957-61 provide firm documentary evidence of the manner in which Eisenhower dealt with the complex internal and external problems faced by all of our modern political leaders.Table of ContentsPart IV: Recession and Reform; February 1958 to May 1958Chapter 8: "To engender confidence"Chapter 9: "The problems inherent in this job"Chapter 10: Restructuring for National SecurityPart V: Forcing the President's Hand; June 1958 to October 1958Chapter 11: "Take time by the forelock"Chapter 12: American Invades the MideastChapter 13: Quemoy and MatsuPart VI: Setbacks; November 1958 to February 1959Chapter 14: A "dreary election result"Chapter 15: "Debate is the breath of life"
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower The
Book SynopsisTaken as a whole, the Eisenhower papers from 1957-61 provide firm documentary evidence of the manner in which Eisenhower dealt with the complex internal and external problems faced by all of our modern political leaders.Table of ContentsPart VII: Berlin and the Chance for a Summit; March 1959 to August 1959Chapter 16: A "staunch bulwark" resignsChapter 17: "Source of division" among alliesChapter 18: "These extremist approaches"Part VIII: "Friends and Foes"; September 1959 to February 1960Chapter 19: Khrushchev in AmericaChapter 20: "No substitute for personal contact"Part IX: Shattered Dreams; March 1960 to July 1960Chapter 21: "Progess in a knotty problem"Chapter 22: Disaster in Paris
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