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Showing 1 to 20 of 146 for “"Reagan"”.
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Madison, Hamilton, and Reagan: The Limits of Executive Power in Foreign Policy and the Reagan Intervention in Nicaragua
… nuclear age, and it remains unresolved. The Reagan administration's foray into Nicaragua during the 1980's and its confrontations with Congress during that time period illuminate the complexities of the power-sharing arrangement in foreign policy and offer the ideal case study of …
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Executive Regulation of Abortion During the Reagan-Bush Years
… analyzes the rise in executive power and how Reagan and Bush used administrative mechanisms to create a regulatory strategy to eliminate the right to abortion. The power of appointment and the use of the presidential veto were key components of the administrative efforts. In addition, this …
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Neoliberal social policy in the United States before Reagan
<p>This work examines the role of trade agreements and the Carter administration in promoting neoliberal policy in the United States. Policy-planning groups, with extensive connections to the U.S. government and transnational corporations, such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral …
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"Getting right with Reagan: conservatives and the fortieth president, 1980-2016"
… relationship with President Ronald Reagan from 1980 to 2016. The first half demonstrates that conservatives were often displeased with the Reagan administration’s fiscal, social, and foreign policy. I emphasize conservatives’ frustration with the disconnect that existed between …
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The rise of the Reagan Democrats in Warren, Michigan, 1964-1984
… for George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. This study examines three controversies that contributed to this "Democratic defection." The first was the 1970 effort by federal officials to require open housing in Warren in return for urban renewal grants. After months of debate, …
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Reagan, Central America and the Human Costs to Waging the Cold War
… abuses. This can be easily viewed through the Reagan Administration's re-ignition of Cold War politics based on realist international relations theory This particular foreign policy blueprint is based on one geo-political thought: Communist Rollback. Due to this, other concerns, such as human …
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The Ladle and the Knife: Power Projection and Force Deployment under Reagan
… thesis examines the nature and impact of the Reagan administration’s self-described projection of “peace through strength.” It argues that Reagan’s defense spending surge, “Star Wars” (SDI) missile shield policy, and 1983 invasion of Grenada gave the president confidence and political cover …
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You can't live off pride: Welfare and farm aid in the Reagan era
1 PDF file (vi, 133 pages)
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"Rock Against Reagan": The punk movement, cultural hegemony, and Reaganism in the eighties
1 PDF file (1 volume (unpaged))
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“Better Unmentioned:” An Assessment of Reagan Administration Aid to Pakistan, Panama, and Zaire.
… <p>During the Cold War, the Reagan administration justified American support to the Noriega dictatorship in Panama, the Mobutu dictatorship in what was then called Zaire, and the regime of Zia ul-Haq in Pakistan, by stating that it was necessary to overcome the Soviet Union. …
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For God and Country: The Religious Right, the Reagan Administration, and the Cold War
… portrait of the political marriage between the Reagan administration and the Religious Right. By examining this relationship in terms of national defense policy, one can see not only that the Reagan administration relied on the Religious Right to gets its message out on sensitive issues like the …
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Hostile Takeover: The New Right Insurgent Movement, Ronald Reagan, and the Republican Party, 1977-1984
… between the New Right and the Ronald Reagan's first presidential administration. Led by Richard Viguerie, Paul Weyrich, Terry Dolan, and Howard Phillips, the New Right arose during the 1970s as an insurgent movement within the Republican Party that had become disillusioned with party …
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Weapons brokers and policy entrepreneurs : Congress and the strategic policy community during the Reagan era
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1992.
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Calling the President a Liar: Women, Reagan, and the Bomb in "The Day After"
… against archaic beliefs held by President Ronald Reagan’s conservative administration and his followers. The film asks viewers to examine the relationship between investing in both nuclear technology and the “traditional” family structure, thus highlighting the multi-layered hypocrisy that is a …
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Remembering Del-Aware: Community Activism and Eco-Politics in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the Age of Reagan
… during the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan, the struggle known locally as “Dump the Pump” and spearheaded by a nonprofit organization called Del-AWARE supports and provides a regional take on recent scholarship that has illuminated the vibrant underlying dynamics of local civic …
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Presidential rhetoric in times of crisis: A textual analysis of speeches by franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan
… of presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan individually, there is a gap in literature concerning crisis rhetoric specifically and little has been done in the way of comparing these two men. This study is a textual analysis of six speeches given by Roosevelt and Reagan during times of …
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