Economics

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Governing Fortune

Casino Gambling in America

By Ernest P. Goss & Edward A. Morse
Subjects: Economics, Political Science, American Politics, Law, Public Policy

The first accessible introduction to the American gaming landscape

The White Welfare State

The Racialization of U.S. Welfare Policy

By Deborah E. Ward
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Economics, Sociology, Public Policy

Groundbreaking new research into the historical relationship between race and social welfare

Coping With Poverty

The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Work, and Family in the African-American Community

Edited by Sheldon Danziger & Ann Chih Lin
Subjects: Sociology, Economics, African American Studies, Political Science, American Politics, Class Studies

Qualitative research seeks to place poverty among African-Americans into the context of family, work, and community

Capitol Investments

The Marketability of Political Skills

By Glenn R. Parker
Subjects: Economics, Political Science, American Politics, Sociology
Series: Economics, Cognition, and Society

A sophisticated yet accessible analysis of the acquisition and marketability of political skills

Governing Fortune

Casino Gambling in America

By Edward A. Morse & Ernest P. Goss
Subjects: Economics, Political Science, American Politics, Law, Public Policy

The first accessible introduction to the American gaming landscape

Putting Faith in Partnerships

Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities

By Stephen V. Monsma
Subjects: Economics, Labor, Health, and Educational Economics, Political Science, American Politics, Political Economy
Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues

The first major work to examine welfare-to-work programs and their implications for public policy

Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve

The Politics of American Monetary Policy-Making

By Irwin Lester Morris
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Economics, Macro Economics

Explores the power of the President and Congress over the Federal Reserve

Strategy or Principle?

The Choice Between Regulation and Taxation

By Mark Gregory Kelman
Subjects: Law, Political Science, American Politics, Economics

Should governments use regulations to force private parties to provide public goods or should taxes support the direct provision of public services?

The Politics of Purity

Harvey Washington Wiley and the Origins of Federal Food Policy

By Clayton Anderson Coppin & Jack C. High
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, History, American History, Economics, Business

Reveals how the Pure Food and Drugs Act was influenced by competition among government bureaus and commercial interests

Constructing Cooperation

The Evolution of Institutions of Comanagement

By Sara Gail Singleton
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Economy, Economics, Micro Economics, System -- Development

Considers how cooperation between public and private groups brings about systems of balanced management of an important common pool resource

Explaining Social Institutions

Edited by Jack Knight & Itai Sened
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, American Politics, Sociology, Economics, History of Economic Thought

Important scholars offer new perspectives on the formation and growth of social institutions

Empowering Exporters

Reciprocity, Delegation, and Collective Action in American Trade Policy

By Michael J. Gilligan
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, American Politics, Economics, International Economics
Series: Michigan Studies in International Political Economy

Explores the politics of free trade policies in the United States.

Politics, Process, and American Trade Policy

By Sharyn O'Halloran
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Economy, Economics

Regulation, Organizations, and Politics

Motor Freight Policy at the Interstate Commerce Commission

By Lawrence Rothenberg
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, American Politics, Economics, Industrial Organization

A major study of federal regulation

Institutional Change, Discretion, and the Making of Modern Congress

An Economic Interpretation

By Glenn R. Parker
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Economics

Politics, Markets, and Congressional Policy Choices

By Peter M. VanDoren
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, American Politics, Economics
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