The Politics of Abortion in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study: A Comparative Study

ISBN-13: 9781563244179 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 256 str.

Raymond Tatalovich

Opis

A cross-cultural analysis of the abortion issue in the United States and Canada. The book focuses on: the judicial, legislative and executive branches; public opinion and interest groups; federal agencies; and the roles of subnational authorities and the health care sectors.

Spis treści

Interest-group lobbying is a controversial activity in American politics and this book provides a study of group power. This edition includes expanded coverage of the changing dynamics of power politics in America; new media venues and grassroots organizing; and the perennial issue of reform.

O autorze

Raymond Tatalovich (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is a professor of porlitical science at Loyola University of Chicago, where he specializes in American politics and the study of moral conflicts in public policy. Among his most recent publications are Nativism Reborn: The Official English Language Movement and the American States (1995) and The Modern Presidency and Economic Policy (1994). Dr. Tatalovich is a member of both the American Political Science Association and the Canadian Political Science Association.