American Political Culture 3 Volumes

Author : Mark J. Rozell,Ted G. Jelen
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610693776

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American Political Culture [3 Volumes] by Mark J. Rozell,Ted G. Jelen Pdf

This all-encompassing encyclopedia provides a broad perspective on U.S. politics, culture, and society, but also goes beyond the facts to consider the myths, ideals, and values that help shape and define the nation. Demonstrating that political culture is equally rooted in public events, internal debates, and historical experiences, this unique, three-volume encyclopedia examines an exceptionally broad range of factors shaping modern American politics, including popular belief, political action, and the institutions of power and authority. Readers will see how political culture is shaped by the attitudes, opinions, and behaviors of Americans, and how it affects those things in return. The set also addresses the issue of American "exceptionalism" and examines the nation's place in the world, both historically and in the 21st century. Essays cover pressing matters like congressional gridlock, energy policy, abortion politics, campaign finance, Supreme Court rulings, immigration, crime and punishment, and globalization. Social and cultural issues such as religion, war, inequality, and privacy rights are discussed as well. Perhaps most intriguingly, the encyclopedia surveys the fierce ongoing debate between different political camps over the nation's historical development, its present identity, and its future course. By exploring both fact and mythology, the work will enable students to form a broad yet nuanced understanding of the full range of forces and issues affecting--and affected by--the political process. Offers approximately 225 entries covering U.S. politics, culture, society, and beliefs Includes an introductory overview of the forces that have shaped and continue to shape American political culture and a concluding essay that gathers key thematic threads and looks toward the future Covers the myriad ways in which American political culture influences other aspects of American society Examines how cultural symbols and beliefs are manipulated to advance political interests and establish government authority Connects new issues such as social media and sexual politics with the political culture

Author : Michael Shally-Jensen,Mark J. Rozell,Ted G. Jelen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1836 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216046622

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American Political Culture [3 volumes] by Michael Shally-Jensen,Mark J. Rozell,Ted G. Jelen Pdf

This all-encompassing encyclopedia provides a broad perspective on U.S. politics, culture, and society, but also goes beyond the facts to consider the myths, ideals, and values that help shape and define the nation. Demonstrating that political culture is equally rooted in public events, internal debates, and historical experiences, this unique, three-volume encyclopedia examines an exceptionally broad range of factors shaping modern American politics, including popular belief, political action, and the institutions of power and authority. Readers will see how political culture is shaped by the attitudes, opinions, and behaviors of Americans, and how it affects those things in return. The set also addresses the issue of American "exceptionalism" and examines the nation's place in the world, both historically and in the 21st century. Essays cover pressing matters like congressional gridlock, energy policy, abortion politics, campaign finance, Supreme Court rulings, immigration, crime and punishment, and globalization. Social and cultural issues such as religion, war, inequality, and privacy rights are discussed as well. Perhaps most intriguingly, the encyclopedia surveys the fierce ongoing debate between different political camps over the nation's historical development, its present identity, and its future course. By exploring both fact and mythology, the work will enable students to form a broad yet nuanced understanding of the full range of forces and issues affecting—and affected by—the political process.

Author : Michael Shally-Jensen,Ted G. Jelen,Mark J. Rozell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1786845121

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American Political Culture by Michael Shally-Jensen,Ted G. Jelen,Mark J. Rozell Pdf

Demonstrating that political culture is equally rooted in public events, internal debates, and historical experiences, this unique encyclopedia examines an exceptionally broad range of factors shaping modern American politics, including popular belief, political action, and the institutions of power and authority. Readers will see how political culture is shaped by the attitudes, opinions, and behaviors of Americans, and how it affects those things in return.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:929840031

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American Political Culture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Xiaojian Zhao,Edward J. W. Park
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781598842395

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Asian Americans [3 Volumes] by Xiaojian Zhao,Edward J. W. Park Pdf

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on Asian Americans, comprising three volumes that address a broad range of topics on various Asian and Pacific Islander American groups from 1848 to the present day. This three-volume work represents a leading reference resource for Asian American studies that gives students, researchers, librarians, teachers, and other interested readers the ability to easily locate accurate, up-to-date information about Asian ethnic groups, historical and contemporary events, important policies, and notable individuals. Written by leading scholars in their fields of expertise and authorities in diverse professions, the entries devote attention to diverse Asian and Pacific Islander American groups as well as the roles of women, distinct socioeconomic classes, Asian American political and social movements, and race relations involving Asian Americans. Presents information on Asian Americans and individual Asian ethnic groups that provides comprehensive overviews of the respective groups Includes special topic entries that contain source information regarding major historical events Comprises work from a truly outstanding list of contributors that include scholars, journalists, writers, community activists, graduate students, and other specialists Expands the boundaries of Asian American studies through innovative entries that address transnationalism, gender and sexuality, and inter- and cross-disciplinarity

Author : Ronald Edsforth,Larry Bennett
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438401850

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Popular Culture and Political Change in Modern America by Ronald Edsforth,Larry Bennett Pdf

This book is a collection of essays dealing with the ways in which specific popular entertainment media, mass consumer products, and popular movements affect politics and political culture in the United States. It seeks to present a range of possibilities that reflect the dimensions of the current debate and practice in the field. Some of the contributions to this volume place popular culture media such as films, music, and books in a broad social context, and several articles deal with the historical roots of twentieth-century American popular culture. Popular culture is treated as categorically neither good nor bad, in either political or aesthetic terms. Instead, the essays reflect the editors' convictions that popular culture is simply too important to be ignored by those academics who treat politics and its history seriously. The collection also shows that studying popular or mass culture in a historical way illuminates a variety of possible relationships between popular culture and politics.

Author : Richard M. Valelly,Suzanne Mettler,Robert C. Lieberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191086984

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The Oxford Handbook of American Political Development by Richard M. Valelly,Suzanne Mettler,Robert C. Lieberman Pdf

Scholars working in or sympathetic to American political development (APD) share a commitment to accurately understanding the history of American politics - and thus they question stylized facts about America's political evolution. Like other approaches to American politics, APD prizes analytical rigor, data collection, the development and testing of theory, and the generation of provocative hypotheses. Much APD scholarship indeed overlaps with the American politics subfield and its many well developed literatures on specific institutions or processes (for example Congress, judicial politics, or party competition), specific policy domains (welfare policy, immigration), the foundations of (in)equality in American politics (the distribution of wealth and income, race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual and gender orientation), public law, and governance and representation. What distinguishes APD is careful, systematic thought about the ways that political processes, civic ideals, the political construction of social divisions, patterns of identity formation, the making and implementation of public policies, contestation over (and via) the Constitution, and other formal and informal institutions and processes evolve over time - and whether (and how) they alter, compromise, or sustain the American liberal democratic regime. APD scholars identify, in short, the histories that constitute American politics. They ask: what familiar or unfamiliar elements of the American past illuminate the present? Are contemporary phenomena that appear new or surprising prefigured in ways that an APD approach can bring to the fore? If a contemporary phenomenon is unprecedented then how might an accurate understanding of the evolution of American politics unlock its significance? Featuring contributions from leading academics in the field, The Oxford Handbook of American Political Development provides an authoritative and accessible analysis of the study of American political development.

Author : Omari L. Dyson,Judson L. Jeffries Ph.D.,Kevin L. Brooks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1141 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440862441

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African American Culture by Omari L. Dyson,Judson L. Jeffries Ph.D.,Kevin L. Brooks Pdf

Covering everything from sports to art, religion, music, and entrepreneurship, this book documents the vast array of African American cultural expressions and discusses their impact on the culture of the United States. According to the latest census data, less than 13 percent of the U.S. population identifies as African American; African Americans are still very much a minority group. Yet African American cultural expression and strong influences from African American culture are common across mainstream American culture—in music, the arts, and entertainment; in education and religion; in sports; and in politics and business. African American Culture: An Encyclopedia of People, Traditions, and Customs covers virtually every aspect of African American cultural expression, addressing subject matter that ranges from how African culture was preserved during slavery hundreds of years ago to the richness and complexity of African American culture in the post-Obama era. The most comprehensive reference work on African American culture to date, the multivolume set covers such topics as black contributions to literature and the arts, music and entertainment, religion, and professional sports. It also provides coverage of less-commonly addressed subjects, such as African American fashion practices and beauty culture, the development of jazz music across different eras, and African American business.

Author : Will Kaufman,Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781851094318

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Britain and the Americas [3 Volumes] by Will Kaufman,Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson Pdf

A comprehensive encyclopedia covering the close ties between Britain and the whole of the Americas, examining Britain's cultural and political legacy to the nations of the New World. From Vikings to redcoats, from the Beatles to the war in Iraq, Britain and the Americas examines Britain's cultural and political legacy to the nations of the Americas. This comprehensive survey also traces how the Americas have in turn influenced contemporary Britain from the Americanization of language and politics to the impact of music and migration from the West Indies. Complete with an extensive introduction and a chronology of key events, this three-volume encyclopedia contains introductory essays focusing on the four prime areas of British Atlantic engagement--Canada, the Caribbean, the United States, and Latin America. Students of a wide range of disciplines, as well as the lay reader, will appreciate this exhaustive survey, which traces the common themes of British policy and influence throughout the Americas and highlights how Britain has in turn benefited from the influence of American democracy, technology, culture and politics. More than 400 cross-referenced entries covering events and themes as diverse as the founding of the United States, British policy during the Civil War, the Suez crisis, and the impact of 20th-century popular music Extensive bibliography listing sources ranging from archival letters to the most recent scholarship from the Americas and Britain

Author : Don T. Nakanishi,James S. Lai,James Siu-Fong Lai
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742518507

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Asian American Politics by Don T. Nakanishi,James S. Lai,James Siu-Fong Lai Pdf

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Author : K.A. Cuordileone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136055102

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Manhood and American Political Culture in the Cold War by K.A. Cuordileone Pdf

Manhood and American Political Culture in the Cold War explores the meaning of anxiety as expressed through the political and cultural language of the early cold war era. Cuordileone shows how the preoccupation with the soft, malleable American character reflected not only anti-Communism but acute anxieties about manhood and sexuality. Reading major figures like Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Adlai Stevenson, Joseph McCarthy, Norman Mailer, JFK, and many lesser known public figures, Cuordileone reveals how the era’s cult of toughness shaped the political dynamics of the time and inspired a reinvention of the liberal as a cold warrior.

Author : Gabriel Abraham Almond,Sidney Verba
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400874569

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The Civic Culture by Gabriel Abraham Almond,Sidney Verba Pdf

The authors interviewed over 5,000 citizens in Germany, Italy, Mexico, Great Britain, and the U.S. to learn political attitudes in modem democratic states. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Lary May
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226511764

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Recasting America by Lary May Pdf

"The freshness of the authors' approaches . . . is salutary. . . . The collection is stimulating and valuable."—Joan Shelley Rubin, Journal of American History

Author : Jody C. Baumgartner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798216046639

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American Political Humor [2 volumes] by Jody C. Baumgartner Pdf

This two-volume set surveys the profound impact of political humor and satire on American culture and politics over the years, paying special attention to the explosion of political humor in today's wide-ranging and turbulent media environment. Historically, there has been a tendency to regard political satire and humor as a sideshow to the wider world of American politics—entertaining and sometimes insightful, but ultimately only of modest interest to students and others surveying the trajectory of American politics and culture. This set documents just how mistaken that assumption is. By examining political humor and satire throughout US history, these volumes not only illustrate how expressions of political satire and humor reflect changes in American attitudes about presidents, parties, and issues but also how satirists, comedians, cartoonists, and filmmakers have helped to shape popular attitudes about landmark historical events, major American institutions and movements, and the nation's political leaders and cultural giants. Finally, this work examines how today's brand of political humor may be more influential than ever before in shaping American attitudes about the nation in which we live.

Author : Jon Lauck,John E. Miller,Donald C. Simmons (Jr.)
Publisher : South Dakota State Historical Society
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : OSU:32435083790055

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The Plains Political Tradition by Jon Lauck,John E. Miller,Donald C. Simmons (Jr.) Pdf

First impressions of the political landscape in South Dakota tend towards an assumption of hard-line conservatism, and yet such a conclusion barely scratches the surface of what constitutes political tradition in the Mount Rushmore state. Book jacket.