The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America [Paperback]

This book examines nine critical issues in the politics of major programmatic reforms in post-World War II America.The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America considers the politics of major programmatic reforms  courses of action aimed at dealing with perceived public problems  in the United States since the Second World War. The volume's authors offer a comprehensive understanding of major policy breakthroughs by examining nine critical issues spanning civil rights, social welfare, trade, immigration, and national security and discuss how they are achieved, stifled, or compromised in a political system conventionally understood as resistant to major changes.The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America considers the politics of major programmatic reforms  courses of action aimed at dealing with perceived public problems  in the United States since the Second World War. The volume's authors offer a comprehensive understanding of major policy breakthroughs by examining nine critical issues spanning civil rights, social welfare, trade, immigration, and national security and discuss how they are achieved, stifled, or compromised in a political system conventionally understood as resistant to major changes.The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America examines the politics of recent landmark policy in areas such as homeland security, civil rights, health care, immigration, and trade, and it does so within a broad theoretical and historical context. By considering the politics of major programmatic reforms in the United States since the Second World War  specifically, courses of action aimed at dealing with perceived public problems  a group of distinguished scholars sheds light not only on significant efforts to ameliorate widely recognized ills in domestic and foreign affairs but also on systemic developments in American politics and government. In sum, this volume provides a comprehensive understanding of how major policy breakthroulÃâ