Political Economy of the United States

ISBN-13: 9781138490772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 216 str.

Joel W. Johnson

Opis

This book provides an introduction to the contemporary political economy of the United States. It examines the politics of economic policymaking, the influence of federal policies and programs on the economy, and the co-evolution of politics and the economy over the past five decades.

Spis treści

1. Democratic Political Economy in the United States  Part I: Economic Policies and Political Economy  2. Taxing, Spending, Regulating  3. Government and the Economy  4. The Politics of Economic Policy  Part II: The Evolution of US Political Economy  5. Neoliberal Shifts and the Reagan Era  6. High-Stakes Politics, 1990–2008  7. Financial Crisis and the Obama Years  8. The Trump Turn  9. The Path of America’s Democracy

O autorze

Joel W. Johnson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University–Pueblo, where he has taught since 2010. He received his doctorate in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 2009. His research focuses on political institutions and political economy in developed and developing democracies. His work has been published in The Oxford Handbook on Electoral Systems and journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, and The Journal of Politics in Latin America.