Thinking About Political Reform : How to Fix, or Not Fix, American Government... 9780199937998

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Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN-10	0199937990
ISBN-13	9780199937998
eBay Product ID (ePID)	213037079

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Author(s)	John Johannes
Place of Publication	New York
Genre	Politics & Government: Textbooks & Study Guides
Pagination	328
Author Biography	Dr. John ( Jack ) Johannes received a B.S., summa cum laude, from Marquette University, in Mathematics and Political Science, and the A.M. and Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. He joined the Marquette faculty in 1970, progressing to the rank of Professor of Political Science in 1984. Before coming to Villanova as Vice President for Academic Affairs (1995-2010), he chaired the Political Science Department at Marquette (1980-88), was the founding Executive Director of Marquette's Bradley Institute for Democracy and Public Values (1986-88), and served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1988-93). He was a visiting professor at Harvard in the summers of 1972, 1976, and 1984.Dr. Johannes served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Political Science (1982 85) and Legislative Studies Quarterly (1983-86) and was a member of the Executive Council of the Midwest Political Science Association. He has served as a member of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Committee on Campaign Finance Reform, and the Radnor (Pa.) Commission on Charter Review; and currently is a commissioner of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Professor Johannes has lectured at the London School of Economics, Rice University, the University of Nebraska, and Arcadia University, and received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Association, the Everett Dirksen Center for the Study of Congressional Leadership, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Country of Publication	United States
Subject	Politics & Government
Table of Contents	Preface ; Part One:Introduction: How to Think About Reform ; Chapter 1. A Framework for Reform ; 1.1 Reforms: What and Why? ; 1.2 Guiding Principles ; 1.3 Goals, Values, and Criteria for Evaluating Institutions ; 1.4 The Need for Limits and Controls: Safety ; 1.5 Goals, Values, and Criteria for Evaluating Popular Sovereignty ; 1.6 Complications ; 1.7 How to Think About Reform ; Questions to Consider ; Chapter 2. Radical Reform ; 2.1 Parliamentary Government in Washington - With or Without a King? ; 2.2 A Flag Without Fifty Stars? - Unitary Government Rather than Federalism ; 2.3 Implications ; Questions to Consider ; Part Two: A Focus on Participation, Representation, Responsiveness, and Accountability ; Chapter 3. The People's Role ; 3.1 The Problem: Low Turnout and Participation ; 3.2 Enhancing Participation: Problems and Reforms ; 3.3 Securing the Vote ; 3.4 Conclusion ; Questions to Consider ; Chapter 4. Election Processes and Systems ; 4.1 Basic Electoral Rules ; 4.2 Reforming Electoral Rules ; 4.3 Direct Democracy ; 4.4 Alternatives ; 4.5 Conclusion ; Questions to Consider ; Chapter 5. Political Parties ; 5.1 What Parties Can Do ; 5.2 What Kind of Parties? ; 5.3 Reforms ; 5.4 Alternatives and Prospects ; 5.5 Conclusion ; Questions to Consider ; Chapter 6. Choosing the Candidates: Nominations ; 6.1 Caucuses and Conventions: Congress ; 6.2 Primary Elections ; 6.3 Which Are Better: Conventions or Primaries? ; 6.4 Presidential Nominations ; 6.5 Reforms ; 6.6 Conclusion ; Questions to Consider ; Chapter 7. Campaigns and Campaign Finance ; 7.1 The Problem: Campaign Messages ; 7.2 Debates ; 7.3 The Media Sometimes is the Message ; 7.4 Competition ; 7.5 Let's Buy an Election - Campaign Finance ; 7.6 Reforms ; 7.7 Conclusion and Prospects ; Part Three: Government Institutions and Policymaking ; Chapter 8. How to Think about the Policy Makers ; 8.1 A Framework for Analyzing Reforms ; Chapter 9. Congress ; 9.1 What's Wrong with Congress? ; 9.2 Blame the Members ; 9.3 Structures Cause Problems ; 9.4 Committees and Subcommittees Bring Complexity ; 9.5 The Parties ; 9.6 Procedures - How Does Anything Get Done? ; 9.7 Fixing the Problems: Reforming Congress ; 9.8 Are Reforms Possible? ; Questions to Consider ; Chapter 10. The Presidency ; 10.1 The Matter of Power ; 10.2 Accountability: Hiring and Firing Presidents ; 10.3 The Electoral College ; 10.4 The Two Term Limit ; 10.5Effectiveness in Governing the Executive Branch ; Questions to Consider ; Chapter 11. President, Congress, and the Policy Process ; 11.1 Problems of Shared Policymaking Call for Reforms ; 11.2 Improving Fiscal Policy and the Budget Process ; 11.3 Reforming National Security Policymaking ; 11.4 Solving Governmental Deadlock ; Questions to Consider ; Exercise ; Chapter 12. Unelected Policymakers ; 12.1 The Judiciary: Protector of or Threat to American Democracy? ; 12.2 The Executive Bureaucracy ; Questions to Consider ; Part Four: Conclusion: Issues and Prospects ; Chapter 13. Conclusion - Thinking About Reform ; 13.1 The Lessons of Reform: What is Involved? ; 13.2 Is Reform Possible? ; 13.3 Conclusion ; Questions to Consider ; Exercise ; Part Four: Conclusion
Spine	14mm
Language(s)	English
Imprint	Oxford University Press Inc
Date of Publication	22/10/2015

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