Principle over politics? : the domestic policy of the George H.W. Bush presidency / edited by Richard Himelfarb and Rosanna Perotti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Himelfarb, Richard, 1963-

Perotti, Rosanna.

Series:

Contributions in political science 0147-1066 ; no. 396.

Contributions in political science, 0147-1066 ; no. 396

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George, 1924-2018.

Bush, George.

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvi, 452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.

Contents:

Part I. Budget and Deficits 1

1. Governance versus Politics: The Budget Policy Legacy of the Bush Administration / Dennis S. Ippolito 3

2. The 1990 Deficit Reduction Deal / Duane Windsor 25

Moderator / Neil D. Levin 48

/ James W. Cicconi 49

/ Karen Hosler 52

/ Daniel L. Ostrander 55

/ Richard M. Pious 59

/ Michael J. Boskin 64

/ Roger B. Porter 67

Part II. The Economy 75

3. The Bush Stagnation, Its Etiology, and a Keynesian Prescription / Timothy A. Canova, E. Lynn Turgeon 77

4. Antitrust in Transiton: The Bush Years / Theodore P. Kovaleff 89

5. The Burden of the Reagan Legacy on the Bush Presidency / John W. Sloan 105

Discussants

/ Thomas S. Foley 119

/ Frank Murray 123

/ Michael J. Boskin 128

/ Roger B. Porter 130

Part III. Americans with Disabilities Act 141

6. George Bush and the Americans with Disabilities Act / Edward D. Berkowitz 143

/ Justin Dart, Jr. 156

/ C. Boyden Gray 159

/ Frank G. Bowe 162

/ Paul Hearne 164

/ Joseph P. Shapiro 167

/ Lucy Wong-Hernandez 172

Presentation of Disabled Peoples' International Award to President George Bush 177

Part IV. Civil Rights, Drugs, Housing, and Education 181

7. Symbolic Politics Revisited: The Bush Administration and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 / W. Gary Fowler, Donald W. Jackson, James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. 183

8. Beyond Saying No: Domestic Drug Policy and Its Effects during the Bush Administration, 1989-1992 / Charles F. Levinthal 203

9. America 2000, Goals 2000: Educational Reform for the Next Century? / Martin W. Sharp 209

/ Antonio C. Amador 219

/ Alvin Bessent 221

/ Phillip D. Brady 224

/ Alfred A. DelliBovi 228

/ C. Boyden Gray 230

/ B. Robert Okun 233

Panelist Discussion / Robert C. Vogt, Moderator 236

Part V. Health Issues and Problems 241

10. Major Initiatives of the Department of Health and Human Services during the Bush Years / Louis W. Sullivan 243

11. Presidential Transition and Public Policy: The Repeal of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage / Carolyn Rinkus Thompson 247

12. Opportunity of a Generation Lost: Abortion Policy in the Bush Administration / Steven R. Valentine 255

13. Family Values and Public Policy during the Bush Years: The Case of the Family and Medical Leave Act / Steven K. Wisensale 263

/ Marie Cocco 278

/ Edward J. Derwinski 280

/ Bill Green 282

/ Burton J. Lee III 285

/ William Roper 287

/ Gail R. Wilensky 290

Part VI. Volunteerism: A Kinder Gentler Society 299

14. George Bush and the New Deal Order / Donald K. Pickens 301

15. George Bush and the Last Whig Presidency / Michael P. Riccards 311

Moderator / Ronald H. Silverman 322

/ Richard Benedetto 327

/ Dante Brown 330

/ William C. Powanda 332

/ C. Gregg Petersmeyer 335

Part VII. Science and Technology 345

/ Charles M. Herzfeld 346

/ J. Thomas Ratchford 350

/ Albert H. Teich 356

/ Ralph Vartabedian 361

/ Deborah L. Wince-Smith 365

/ Kenneth P. Yale 371

Part VIII. Energy and Environment 375

16. Crisis and Opportunity: American Energy Policy during the Bush Years and Beyond / Larry Michlin 377

/ Martin L. Allday 406

/ Michael R. Deland 409

/ C. Boyden Gray 413

/ William K. Reilly 416

/ Robert L. January 421.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313321329

OCLC:

51653293