Volume 117 - Number 1 - Spring 2002
The Soft Underbelly of American Primacy: Tactical Advantages of Terror
Volume 116 - Number 4 - Winter 2001-02
Ending Welfare As We Know It: A Reform Still in Progress Demetrios James Caraley summarizes the political and social dynamics that brought about the repeal of Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC) and analyzes the effects of the new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program over its first four years. He considers possibilities for further changes in cash assistance for poor families during the program’s necessary reauthorization in 2002.
Volume 116 - Number 1 - Spring 2001
Why Americans Deserve a Constitutional Right to Vote for Presidential Electors Demetrios James Caraley argues that the Constitution needs to be amended to give Americans the constitutional right they believed they had but the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore denied--the right to vote for and select the president.
Volume 115 - Number 2 - Summer 2000
Opinion: The Shutdowns and the Constitution Alfred Hill contends that the shutdowns of the federal government a few years ago represented an unconstitutional usurpation of power by the legislative branch. He observes that appropriation lapses have been common in American history, but drew little public attention because, to the extent that shutdowns actually resulted, they were apparently of short duration and seemingly without the broad coercive intent that was obvious, and indeed proclaimed, in the most recent shutdowns.
Volume 115 - Number 2 - Summer 2000
Economic Insecurity, Prejudicial Stereotypes, and Public Opinion on Immigration Policy Peter Burns and James G. Gimpel examine mass attitudes toward immigration policy in the United States, asking whether widespread restrictionist sentiment is stirred more by economic insecurity, by negative ethnic stereotypes, or by some combination of the two. For some, prejudice is rooted in economic insecurity, but prejudice also has roots that are quite independent of economic fears. Anti-immigrant sentiment will not disappear simply because economic conditions improve.
Volume 114 - Number 4 - Winter 1999-00
Getting into the Black: Race, Wealth, and Public Policy Dalton Conley examines the causes and consequences of the black-white asset gap in the United States. He argues that it is wealth, more than any other measure of socio-economic well being, that captures the nature of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Conley discusses policy implications that may be used to address such "equity inequity."
Volume 114 - Number 2 - Summer 1999
The United States and South Korean Democratization James Fowler draws on interviews with State Department officials and recently declassified documents to analyze the role of the United States in South Korea's democratization, concluding that U.S. public pressure on the Korean government played a critical role in determining the timing of the transition.
Volume 113 - Number 3 - Fall 1998
Creating a Disaster: NATO's Open Door Policy Robert J. Art argues that an open door membership policy will destroy NATO and that there is a better alternative to create a security structure for Europe.
Volume 113 - Number 3 - Fall 1998
Courting Disaster: An Expanded NATO vs. Russia and China Bruce Russett and Allan C. Stam examine the recent decision to expand NATO to include former Soviet satellites. They argue that the further inclusion of Russia would allow NATO to become a most effective tool in managing security threats in the next century.
Volume 111 - Number 2 - Summer 1996
Dismantling the Federal Safety Net: Fictions Versus Realities Demetrios Caraley shows that arguments for dismantling the federal social safety net and devolving parts of it to the states have been based on six major claims about reality, but that five of those claims are fictional and the sixth only partially true. Nevertheless, he concludes that the forces for dismantling the safety net and for cutting the federal government's revenues to make it constantly broke have formidable staying power and may eventually succeed in weakening the federal government as an effective instrument of governance.
