Volume 109 - Number 1 - Spring 1994
Nationalism and Foreign Policy in Ukraine Charles F. Furtado , JR. analyzes the unsteady brew of nationalism and foreign policy in Ukraine. Tracing domestic and international factors, Furtado suggests policy strategies to prevent the radicalization of Ukrainian nationalism and its foreign policy.
Volume 109 - Number 1 - Spring 1994
A Democratic Dilemma: System Effectiveness versus Citizen Participation Robert A. Dahl argues that the Maastricht Treaty presented Europeans with a fundamental democratic dilemma: choosing between their political effectiveness as citizens within their countries and the effectiveness of the European Union as a transnational system.
Volume 108 - Number 1 - Spring 1993
The Year of the Woman? Candidates, Voters, and the 1992 Elections Michael X. Delli Carpini and ESTER FUCHS give a brief overview of why women had been excluded from voting and office holding. They then examine the recent successes by women in the political process, culminating in the election of forty-seven women in the U.S. House of Representatives and five new women senators.
Volume 107 - Number 1 - Spring 1992
Washington Abandons the Cities Demetrios Caraley examines the Reagan and Bush administrations' cutting back of federal grants to large cities and people who live there. He concludes pessimistically that without strong economic growth, the American democracy has little capacity to deal with serious problems felt by minorities such as those who govern and who live in large cities.
Volume 106 - Number 2 - Summer 1991
President Carter's Advisers and the Fall of the Shah Alexander Moens challenges the conventional argument that Jimmy Carter's decision-making process during the fall of the shah of Iran broke down because of intense conflict between Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. He argues that there was a flaw in the decision-making process that led to a lack of options, a premature consensus, and the absence of critical evaluation of the failed policy.
Volume 101 - Number 2 - Reflections on Promoting "The General Welfare", 1986
Social Policy and the Welfare of Black Americans: From Rights to Resources Charles V. Hamilton discusses the impact of the black political struggle on the development of social welfare policies. His view is that "entitlement" has taken on a meaning not only of guaranteed "rights," but also of guarenteed "resources," the most important of which is employment.
Volume 100 - Number 3 - Fall 1985
Franklin D. Roosevelt and The Transcendence of Partisan Politics Sidney M. Milkis focuses on the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, suggesting that the New Deal transformed the Democratic party by replacing party politics with governmental programs that executive branch administrators implemented.
Volume 98 - Number 4 - Winter 1983-84
Woodrow Wilson, Alice Paul, and the Woman Suffrage Movement
Volume 95 - Number 4 - Winter 1980-81
Woodrow Wilson and Woman Suffrage: A New Look Christine A. Lunardini and Thomas J. Knock present a major reinterpretation of the role of Woodrow Wilson in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. They demonstrate how Wilson, originally opposed to the amendment, was converted through the efforts of women suffragists and became an advocate of critical importance.
Volume 90 - Number 1 - Spring 1975
Roosevelt, Truman, and the Atomic Bomb, 1941-1945 Barton J. Bernstein explains the Roosevelt and Truman policies on the construction and use of the atomic bomb.
