Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. * Department of Economics and International Business, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5072, USM Station, Hattlesburg, MS 39406-5072, United States Kamal P. Upadhyaya Department of Economics, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, United States M. Troy Gibson Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States Regulation, Labor Costs and Employment in the U.S. Congress Abstract - The present paper examines the impact of passage of The Congressional Accounta- bility Act of1995
403 Critical and Radical Social Work • vol 2 • no 3 • 403–06 • © Policy Press 2014 • #CRSW Print ISSN 2049 8608 • Online ISSN 2049 8675 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204986014X14096554547213 voices from the frontline Social work world congress report Michael Lavalette, lavalem@hope.ac.uk Liverpool Hope University, UK The Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development is an annual conference that brings together the three main global social work organisations: • the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW
, human trafficking, prevention, substance use, and poverty) who agreed to meet with us. Staff were recruited instead of the Congress member because Congress members are typically less available, but rely on their staff for information throughout the legislative process ( Hall, 1996 ; Hertel-Ferandez et al, 2019 ). Thus, congressional staff can be used as a proxy for assessing Congress members. An online Client Relationship Manager that was developed specifically for congressional outreach, Quorum ( Quorum, 2017 ), was used to identify the legislative offices and
Matt E. Ryan Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue The Evolution of Legislative Tenure in the United States Congress: 1789-2004 Abstract - How has tenure evolved over the history of the United States Congress? A rudimentary analysis of both Senator and Representative tenure rates finds average legislative tenure to be constant for nearly ninety years, only to rise significantly in the late 1800s. An empirical breakpoint analysis isolates the most probable breakpoint in both time series. Possible causes of this shift are explored. Keywords - Legislative
Key messages Emotions play a crucial role in the conservative social movement World Congress of Families. Positive emotions serve to convince people that the movement works for the common good. Negative emotions are used to demonize the opponents. The combination of positive and negative emotions functions as moral batteries that help motivate engagement. Introduction In March 2019, the World Congress of Families (WCF) held its 13th international conference in a palace in Verona, a city with the marketing slogan ‘the city of love’. This
supporting another employment pipeline in the US government as almost one third of all senators who served between 1943 and 2020 ascended to that position directly from the US House of Representatives. This apparent pipeline between the two chambers of the US Congress owes its existence to the greater prestige (and power) held by members of the upper chamber (that is, the US Senate) as this pipeline is used by representatives who are seeking ‘a promotion’ to the Senate. Viewed this way, the legislative branch of the US federal government operates as an internal labour
The election of Barack Obama in the midst of the 2008 economic downturn brought hope to millions and presented an opportunity for expanding socio-economic rights. But the Obama administration was consistently constrained by the challenges of divided government, and the now threatened Affordable Care Act (‘Obamacare’) remains the stand-out welfare reform of his Presidency.
Using new research, Anne Daguerre examines Obama’s legacy on welfare and antipoverty policies, focusing in particular on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The book provides an up-to-date account of the contemporary politics of poverty and public entitlements in the US, comparing this with the Western European experience and its traditionally strong commitment to social welfare, to assess what lessons can be learned.
Parliamentary diplomacy has provided a crucial, promising outlet in Taiwan’s challenging pursuit of its own interests in the international arena.
This book assesses both the potentials and the constraints of parliamentary diplomacy for Taiwan. Through a comparative perspective, and using evidence from the relations of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan with the US Congress and the European Parliament, the authors investigate the implementation of parliamentary diplomacy in Taiwan and its impact in Taiwan’s foreign policy. In their analysis, the authors draw vital lessons that will have important implications for other entities which have similar challenges and aspirations.
The defeat of Donald Trump in November 2020 followed by the attack on the US Congress on 6th January 2021 represented a tipping point moment in the history of the American republic. Divided at home and facing a world sceptical of American claims to be the ‘indispensable nation’ in world politics, it is clear that the next few years will be decisive ones for the United States. But how did the US, which was riding high only 30 years ago, arrive at this critical point? And will it lead to the fall of what many would claim has been one of the most successful empires of modern times?
In this volume, Michael Cox, a leading scholar of American foreign policy, outlines the ways in which five very different American Presidents – Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and now Biden – have addressed the complex legacies left them by their predecessors while dealing with the longer-term problems of running an empire under increasing stress. In so doing, he sets out a framework for thinking critically about US foreign policy since the end of the Cold War without ever losing sight of the biggest question of all: can America continue to shape world affairs or is it now facing long-term decline?
Created during and after the Second World War, the British Welfare State seemed to promise welfare for all, but, in its original form, excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It is the first to contextualise disability historically in the welfare state and under each government of the period. It looks at how disability policy and perceptions were slow to change as a welfare issue, which is very timely in today’s climate of austerity. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group, one of the most powerful pressure groups in the period and the 1972 Thalidomide campaign and its effect on the Heath government. Given the recent emergence of the history of disability in Britain as a major area of research, the book will be ideal for academics, students and activists seeking a better understanding of the topic.
