Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy
In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 36, Issue 2, p. 113
ISSN: 1045-7097
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 36, Issue 2, p. 113
ISSN: 1045-7097
In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 35, Issue 4, p. 230
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 35, Issue 2, p. 115
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 34, Issue 1, p. 51-52
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 33, Issue 1, p. 42-43
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 32, Issue 3, p. 176-177
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 50
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In: Political studies, Volume 48, Issue 4, p. 870
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 29, Issue 4, p. 243-244
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In: Perspectives on political science, Volume 27, Issue 1, p. 37
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Lenz reviews 'Ideologies and Institutions: American Conservative and Liberal Governance Prescriptions Since 1933' by J. Richard Piper.
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 10-14
Today's talk about tenure must be framed within broader discussions about the role of the university. Our university system is now over one hundred years old, the "Old-Time College" is gone, the "cold war" university is no longer viable, and the foundations of the modern "multiversity" are cracking, so it is time to talk about change. But change is not necessarily reform, and resisting change probably will not keep things the way they are, so academics must understand the forces reshaping the university. Whenever I listen to colleagues defend the status quo by saying that the United States has a university system that is the envy of the world, I hear echoes of the Detroit automobile industry's casual dismissal of foreign competitors in the early 1960s. The decision not to change did not preserve the auto industry, and it is unlikely to preserve public universities as we know them.The current debates about tenure began with ideological attacks on "tenured radicals" who used their secure jobs to subvert conservative cultural values. The attack on tenure gathered steam as fiscal hawks in financially-strapped states looked for ways to save money and found huge state university systems with budgets to match. When asked why he robbed banks, the legendary Willie Sutton replied, "Because that's where the money is." When asked why they are robbing tenure, legislators, regents, and administrators reply, "Because that's where the money is." Personnel costs are a large share of university budgets and tenure ties the hands of administrators and legislators accustomed to using purse strings to control universities.
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 11-14
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Volume 106, Issue 1, p. 167-168
ISSN: 1538-165X
Cover -- Half Titlepage -- Copyright -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Why GovernmentV2_mf.pdf -- CHAPTER 2 The System of Constitutional GovernmentV2_mf.pdf -- CHAPTER 2: The U.S. System of Constitutional Government -- CHAPTER 3 CongressV2_mf.pdf -- CHAPTER 4 PresidencyV2_mf_REV_rev.pdf -- CHAPTER 5TheCourtsV2_mf_REVnov.pdf -- CHAPTER 6 FederalismV2_mff_REV.pdf -- CHAPTER 7 The MediaV2_mf.pdf -- CHAPTER 8 Public OpinionV2_ED_REV_rev.pdf -- CHAPTER 9 IdeologyV2_mf.pdf -- CHAPTER 10 Political ParticipationV2_mf_REV_rev_rev.pdf -- CHAPTER 11 Political Parties_a_mf_rev_rev.pdf -- CHAPTER 12 Interest Groups_a_mf_rev -- CHAPTER 13 Public policy_a_mf_rev -- CHAPTER 14: Economic Policy -- CHAPTER 15: Food Policy -- CHAPTER 16: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.