American Government and the Vision of the Democrats

by Mark Louis Latour

Overview

This work is a comprehensive introduction to the most important issues facing American citizens and their government. It addresses various interpretations of the proper role of government with a view towards the Democrats re-working of such integral issues as:
·States' rights
·Societal affluence and social needs
·Campaign finance reform
·Media Consolidation
·America's climbing debt ceiling
·China's military and political expansion
·Manufacturing's decline
·Job outsourcing
·The disappearance of pension plans
·The whittling away of America's middle class
·America's inadequate health care system
·Environmental degradation
·America's vanishing family farms

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761835769
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	04/26/2007
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 10.11(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Mark Louis Latour writes about current political, social, and environmental issues. Over a period of two decades, Mr. Latour has worked as a Town Planner in California and Massachusetts, a City Administrator in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Maryland; and a County Administrator in Colorado.
Mr. Latour was Chairman of the Business Management Department at Southern Vermont College in Bennington, where he also taught courses in American Government. He holds a Masters Degree in City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Mr. Latour is currently writing a book on the politics of environmental preservation.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Section One: Democracy's Balancing Act
Chapter 5 Section Two: Economics, Trade, and Tax Policy
Chapter 6 Section Three: Military Policy and National Security
Chapter 7 Section Four: The Social Contract
Chapter 8 Section Five: Civil Rights
Chapter 9 Section Six: The Sylvan Contract
Chapter 10 Section Seven: Conclusion: The Vision of the Democrats
Part 11 Appendix: Universal Healthcare, the Heartland Global Trade, and the Republican New Deal
Part 12 Endnotes
Part 13 Bibliography
Part 14 Index
Part 15 About the Author