Governing America: The Revival of Political History

Author:   Julian E. Zelizer
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691150734


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   04 March 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Julian E. Zelizer
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.709kg
ISBN:  

9780691150734


ISBN 10:   0691150737
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   04 March 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Language:   English

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"Acknowledgments ix Governing America: An Introduction 1 Part I: Thinking about the Field 9 One: Beyond the Presidential Synthesis: Reordering Political Time 11 Two: Clio's Lost Tribe: Public Policy History Since 1978 41 Three: History and Political Science: Together Again? 60 Four: Rethinking the History of American Conservatism 68 Five: What Political Science Can Learn from the New Political History 90 Part II: Paying for Government: Taxes, Money, and Fiscal Restraint 105 Six: The Uneasy Relationship: Democracy, Taxation, and State-Building Since the New Deal 107 Seven: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal: Fiscal Conservatism and the Roosevelt Administration, 1933-1938 124 Eight: ""Where Is the Money Coming From?"" The Reconstruction of Social Security Finance 153 Nine: Paying for Medicare: Benefits, Budgets, and Wilbur Mills's Policy Legacy 168 Part III: The Rules of the Game: The Politics of Process 193 Ten: Seeds of Cynicism: The Struggle Over Campaign Finance, 1956-1974 195 Eleven: Bridging State and Society: The Origins of 1970s Congressional Reform 221 Twelve: Without Restraint: Scandal and Politics in America 232 Thirteen: Seizing Power: Conservatives and Congress Since the 1970s 259 Fourteen: How Conservatives Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Presidential Power 290 Part IV: Politics and Policy: The Case of National Security 307 Fifteen: Congress and the Politics of Troop Withdrawal, 1966-1973 309 Sixteen: Detente and Domestic Politics 321 Seventeen: Conservatives, Carter, and the Politics of National Security 335 Notes 351 Index 399"

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This exhilarating volume deserves a broad readership. It is first and foremost invaluable to graduate students and historians exploring new approaches to American political history. Secondly, it reveals to political scientists the worth of political history, beyond furnishing the raw data for political analysis. Thirdly, it suggests ways in which public historians and policymakers might collaborate in policymaking. Finally, the essays are accessible enough to appeal to the general reader interested in the historical development of modern American politics. Above all, Zelizer's work exemplifies and validates historians' rediscovery of the importance of American politics, albeit more broadly defined than before, as well as vindicates political scientists' recent and continued interest in American history. -- Eleanor Thompson LSE Politics and Policy blog


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"Julian E. Zelizer is professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. His most recent books include ""Jimmy Carter, Arsenal of Democracy,"" and ""The Presidency of George W. Bush"" (Princeton). He is a regular contributor to CNN.com and Politico and has written for the ""New York Times,"" the ""Washington Post,"" and many other publications."

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