Political Life In Washington

Author : Cornell W. Clayton,Lance T. LeLoup,Nicholas P. Lovrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015058786024

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Washington State Government and Politics by Cornell W. Clayton,Lance T. LeLoup,Nicholas P. Lovrich Pdf

Washington's rich, sometimes quirky, and utterly fascinating experiment with self-government often takes unexpected twists and turns as the ingenious and dynamic people of the Evergreen State continue to institute change. Washington State Government and Politics provides snapshots of this "work in progress" that will interest both the student of government and the more casual reader. Here is an absorbing look at both the "big picture" of an evolving state political system as well as intriguing case studies, such as the emerging use of the initiative process, and alternative approaches for managing environmental conflicts. Washington State Government and Politics follows in the footsteps of three predecessors: Government and Politics in the Evergreen State (1992), Political Life in Washington: Governing the Evergreen State (1985), and The Government and Politics of Washington State (1978). This newest volume provides fresh discussions and analysis from top political authorities throughout the state.

Author : Gerry Alexander,David Ammons,Jim Camden,Maria Chávez,Richard Elgar,H. Stuart Elway
Publisher : Washington State University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780874223842

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Governing the Evergreen State by Gerry Alexander,David Ammons,Jim Camden,Maria Chávez,Richard Elgar,H. Stuart Elway Pdf

Washington State is a place of political mavericks. Split tickets are a source of pride and independent voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans. Washington was first to have a voter-approved state Equal Rights Amendment, first to elect a woman as governor, and first to elect a Chinese-American to the position. Today, Washington’s open primary election system and voter registration process demonstrate it has not drifted far from its populist roots. Governing the Evergreen State provides an absorbing look at an ever-evolving state political and judicial system and presents intriguing case studies. With chapters on interest groups, the constitution, the environment, media coverage, the court system, the legislature, political parties, changing demographics, and more, this volume updates the popular Governing Washington. Fresh discussions and analysis written by academics from universities across the state, a senator, a pollster, a newspaper reporter/blogger, a former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, and a court administrator offer a springboard for further examination and discussion.

Author : Rachel A. Shelden
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469610863

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Washington Brotherhood by Rachel A. Shelden Pdf

Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s--particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories. Shelden uses primary documents--from housing records to personal diaries--to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington "bubble" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived.

Author : Catherine Allgor
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 081392118X

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Parlor Politics by Catherine Allgor Pdf

In the days before organized political parties, the social machine built by these early federal women helped to ease the transition from a failed republican experiment to a burgeoning democracy.

Author : Thor Swanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783712138

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Political Life in Washington by Thor Swanson Pdf

Author : Woodrow Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015055278819

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George Washington by Woodrow Wilson Pdf

Author : Cornell W. Clayton,Nicholas P. Lovrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D032250412

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Governing Washington by Cornell W. Clayton,Nicholas P. Lovrich Pdf

American states have recently reemerged as powerful centers of legislative change and policy innovation, and Washington is no exception. Drawing from Populist and Progressive Era roots, Evergreen State voters continue to construct their own distinct brand of democracy and weave strands from the past into current political fiber. Yet other trends suggest an unpredictable future. In Governing Washington, contemporary research and updated analysis from prominent regional authorities and commentators examine these themes and more, and provide a seasoned perspective on the state¿s ever-changing political landscape.

Author : Jeffry H. Morrison
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801891090

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The Political Philosophy of George Washington by Jeffry H. Morrison Pdf

A political life of Washington -- Classical republican political culture and philosophy -- British liberalism, revolution, union, and foreign affairs -- Protestant Christianity, providence, and the republic.

Author : Jeffry H. Morrison
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780801898808

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The Political Philosophy of George Washington by Jeffry H. Morrison Pdf

“A delight . . . rewarding insight into Washington and his times . . . and an illuminating section on the religious outlook of this American founder.” —Journal of American History George Washington is revered as the father of his country, a clever and skilled general, and a man of restrained principle—but not as a political thinker. This short introduction to Washington’s political philosophy reveals him as a thoughtful public intellectual who was well equipped to lead the young United States. Though Washington left little explicit writing on political philosophy, Jeffry Morrison examines his key writings, actions, education, and political and professional lives. He finds that Washington held closely to a trinity of foundational principles—classical republicanism, British liberalism, and Protestant Christianity—with greater fidelity than many of the other founding fathers. In unearthing Washington’s ideological growth, Morrison reveals the intellectual heritage of his political thought and shows how these beliefs motivated him to action. This insightful, concise story makes clearer the complexities of the revolutionary era and shows how the first president’s political ideas shaped governmental institutions and instantiated the nation’s foundational principles. “Those who accept the ‘dumb general’ caricature should be chastened by Morrison’s elegant and concise sampling of Washington’s writings . . . This work deserves to be studied and debated by political scientists, historians, and public intellectuals concerned with America’s fundamental political principles and those of liberal democracy.” —Review of Politics

Author : Cornell W. Clayton,Todd Donovan,Nicholas P. Lovrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0874223555

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Governing the Evergreen State by Cornell W. Clayton,Todd Donovan,Nicholas P. Lovrich Pdf

In Washington State, political mavericks often rule. Split tickets are a source of pride and independent voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans. An open primary election system and voter registration process demonstrate the state has never drifted far from its populist roots. Governing the Evergreen State provides an absorbing look at an ever-evolving state political and judicial system and presents intriguing case studies. This updated volume includes chapters on interest groups, the constitution, the environment, media coverage, the court system, the legislature, political parties, changing demographics, and more. Fresh discussions and analysis from legislators and academics across the state offer a springboard for further examination and discussion.

Author : Peter Baker,Susan Glasser
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101912164

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The Man Who Ran Washington by Peter Baker,Susan Glasser Pdf

BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • The Washington Post • Fortune • Bloomberg From two of America's most revered political journalists comes the definitive biography of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III: the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world. For a quarter century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency or ran the White House without the advice of James Addison Baker III. A scion of Texas aristocracy who became George H. W. Bush’s tennis partner, Baker had never worked in Washington until a devastating family tragedy struck when he was thirty-nine. Within a few years, he was leading Gerald Ford’s campaign and would go on to manage a total of five presidential races and win a sixth for George W. Bush in a Florida recount. He ran Ronald Reagan’s White House and became the most consequential secretary of state since Henry Kissinger. Ruthlessly partisan during campaign season, Baker became an indispensable dealmaker after the election. He negotiated with Democrats at home and Soviets abroad, rewrote the tax code, assembled the coalition that won the Gulf War, brokered the reunification of Germany, and helped bring a decades-long nuclear superpower standoff to an end. Brilliantly crafted by Peter Baker of The New York Times and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker, The Man Who Ran Washington is a page-turning study in the acquisition, exercise, and preservation of power in late twentieth-century America and the story of Washington when Washington ran the world. Their masterly biography is necessary reading and destined to become a classic.

Author : Lynne Ford
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646938216

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Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics, Third Edition by Lynne Ford Pdf

Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics, Third Edition contains all the material a reader needs to understand the role of women throughout America's political history. This informative A-to-Z volume contains hundreds of entries covering the people, events, and terms involved in the history of women and politics. Entries include: Abortion Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez The birth control movement Black Lives Matter Hillary Rodham Clinton Deb Haaland Domestic violence Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Glass ceiling League of Women Voters #MeToo movement Michelle Obama Sonia Sotomayor Elizabeth Warren and many more.

Author : Robert Weisbrot,G. Calvin Mackenzie
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440637513

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The Liberal Hour by Robert Weisbrot,G. Calvin Mackenzie Pdf

An engaging be hind-the-scenes look at the lesser-known forces that fueled the profound social reforms of the 1960s Provocative and incisive , The Liberal Hour reveals how Washington, so often portrayed as a target of reform in the 1960s, was in fact the era's most effective engine of change. The movements of the 1960s have always drawn the most attention from the decade's chroniclers, but it was in the halls of government-so often the target of protesters' wrath-that the enduring reforms of the era were produced. With nuance and panache, Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot present the real-life characters-from giants like JFK and Johnson to lesser-known senators and congressmen-who drove these reforms and were critical to the passage of key legislation. The Liberal Hour offers an engrossing portrait of this extraordinary moment when more progressive legislation was passed than in almost any other era in American history.

Author : John Ferling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781608190959

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The Ascent of George Washington by John Ferling Pdf

A behind-the-scenes portrait of the first president reveals his formidable persuasive talents, careful display of a virtuous public image and leadership capabilities of particular compatibility with a young America. Reprint.

Author : John Steuber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798686017450

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Potus1 by John Steuber Pdf

Who is POTUS1? George Washington was the Commander and Chief of the Continental Army. He signed the Constitution of the United States, and was our first president under the Constitution which he signed. Furthermore, if you abbreviate the first person who held that primary executive office as our first president of the United States it would be POTUS1. Our nation's capital is named after him. Along with his face being on our money. Also one of our states of the United States is named after him as well. There are many streets and monuments to this individual. It seems as though in 2020 that for all the good POTUS1 did, there is a shade or fading of Washington's legacy.