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Frames of reference
The United States is a country marked by divergent political views. Political attitudes formed early in life seldom change dramatically, however the basic framework is etched and refined by life experiences. The Vietnam War in the sixties, the Watergate scandal in the seventies, reaction to the impeachment of President Clinton reflect the powerful role public opinion plays in the politics of this country. In fact, the scientific measurement of public opinion has become a permanent fixture of the...
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Health of the Nation, Health of the Planet/ producer, Sally Beaty
Despite attempts to provide an equitable baseline of healthcare for Americans, an estimated 44 million people in the United States have no health insurance at all, public or private. This episode looks at various governmental attempts to insure a "healthy" America, from the work of various research agencies (NIH and CDC) and regulatory units (EPA and FDA) to specific governmental programs, like Medicare and Medicaid
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Leader for a nation
The president operates within a system of separate institutions that share power. Without congressional authorization and funding, most presidential proposals are nothing but ideas, empty of action. Theodore Roosevelt longed to "be the president and Congress, too" if only for a day, so that he would have the power to adopt as well as propose programs. Whether a president's initiatives are likely to succeed or fail depends on several factors, including the force of circumstance, the stage of the president's...
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Legal precedent
In recent years the judiciary has become an increasingly powerful policymaking body. Although judicial decisions are constrained by applicable constitutional law, statutory law, and precedent, the courts have considerable discretion in the way they interpret these laws, causing some people to question the judiciary's proper role in a democracy. This episode probes contemporary questions regarding the federal judiciary including the debate surrounding originalism, textualism, judicial review, and...
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The living constitution
A look at the Constitution in contemporary terms reveals a short document-7,000 words long-shorter than every state constitution except Vermont's. Only thirty-three of the more than 11,000 amendments that have been proposed have been approved by Congress and submitted to states. Twenty-seven have been ratified. Nevertheless, the Constitution is an unfinished work that has evolved through less formal methods of change-congressional legislation, presidential actions, judicial review, custom and use
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Party politics
The patterns of party politics in the United States provide a fascinating platform from which to view American political history. Divergent interests, seeking to strengthen their voice, join with others in creating a common political agenda, often under the Republican or Democrat banner. In recent years, as the two major parties have become more narrowly defined, many political moderates feel they've lost their political home. Third party ventures tend to work to only a limited degree because of...
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Pressure politics
Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1834, "that no country of the world have the principles of association been more successfully used or applied to a greater multitude of objectives than in America." The French traveler was amazed as the degree to which Americans formed groups to solve civic problems, establish social relations, and speak for their economic or political interests. The structure of the American government invites the participation of interests groups. The system has many points of...
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Questions of sovereignty
Explores American federalism-the system of relationships among the U.S. government; the fifty state governments; and town, city, and county governments-and compares it to other ways of ordering relations between central governments and local units
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Rights of the accused
The United States has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world. It is not surprising, therefore, that many citizens have extremely strong opinions about the rights of those accused of criminal offenses. When an accused person is set free because of an apparent legal technicality, some people feel that the rights of the accused are being given more weight than the rights of society and victims of crime. The courts and the police must constantly engage in a balancing act of competing rights....
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Noam Chomsky On nature and language
with an essay on "The secular priesthood and the perils of democracy"
Engels | 206 pagina's | Cambridge University press, Cambridge [etc.] | 2002
Gedrukt boek
Sophie van Bijsterveld The empty throne
democracy and the rule of law in transition
Non-fictie
Engels | 378 pagina's | Lemma, Utrecht | 2002
Gedrukt boek
Jean Bethke Elshtain Jane Addams and the dream of American democracy
a life
Biography of Jane Addams (1860-1935) that evaluates her role in American history. Addams was a social reformer with influential ideas on feminism, pacifism and political theory. She was instrumental in the growth of Chicago's famed Hull house into a thriving cultural and intellectual centre.
Engels | 329 pagina's | BasicBooks, New York | 2002
Gedrukt boek
Status Quo Rockers rollin'
Quo in time 1972-2000
Status Quo ontwikkelde zich van een psychedelische beatgroep in de jaren zestig tot de archetypische jaren zeventig rockgroep. Ze combineerde hardrock met ouderwetse boogie-woogieritmes en scoorde met die succesformule een enorme rij hits. Het geld dat er mee verdiend werd verdween middels het beroemde witte poeder in de neusgaten van de voormannen van de groep, Rick Parfitt en Francis Rossi. Het droeg uiteindelijk alleen maar bij aan het stoere imago van deze onverbeterlijke rockers. Op de als spijkerbroek...
2002
Album
2002