(VIII) Domestic Policies and Issues

Introduction

The following list of books eclusively discuss issues relating to President Ronald Reagan's domestic policies. The majority discuss Reagan's handling of the economy, civil rights, and labor unions. Although not relating to Reagan's domestic policy a number of books discuss Reagan's assasination attempt, which occured in 1981.

Bibliography

2003

Jordan, Chris. Movies and the Reagan Presidency : Success and Ethics. Praeger Publishers; (June 2003). 208 pages.

In a way that was almost unprecedented in both American history and the history of American cinema, the 1980s were a time in which a United States president--a former B-movie actor and Cold War industry activist--served as a catalyst for the coalescence of trends in Hollywood's political structure, mode of production, and the content of its films. Ronald Reagan championed a success ethos that recognized economic and moral self-governance as the basis of a democratic society. His agenda of tax reform and industry deregulation simultaneously promoted the absorption of Hollywood's major studios into tightly diversified media conglomerates, and concentrations of ownership promoted the production and release of movies with maximum revenue potential. Indeed, the most commercially successful movies of the decade put forth the ideologies of WASP America, nuclear family self-sufficiency, and conspicuous consumption. In Reagan-Era Hollywood, author Chris Jordan provides a complete overview of both the influence of Reagan's presidency on the film industry and its influence on the films themselves, exploring eighties genres and movies with a keen sociocultural eye as well as an aesthetic one, making this volume an invaluable one for historians, cinema scholars, and film buffs alike.

2000

Laham, Nicholas. Ronald Reagan and the politics of immigration reform. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000. xvi, 247 p. ; 24 cm.

1999

Round, Michael A. Grounded; Reagan and the PATCO crash. New York : Garland Pub., 1999. vii, 132 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Garland studies in the history of American labor.

Shull, Steven A. American civil rights policy from Truman to Clinton; the role of presidential leadership. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1999. p. cm. Rev. and expanded ed. of: A kinder, gentler racism? c1993. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sloan, John W. The Reagan effect; economics and presidential leadership. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas,1999. xi, 311 p. ; 24 cm.

1998

Laham, Nicholas. The Reagan presidency and the politics of race; in pursuit of colorblind justice and limited government. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998. xv, 240 p. ; 24 cm.

Laham argues that Reagan's civil rights policy was determined not by any political desire the president may have had to play the race card, but rather by his own commitment to colorblind justice and limited government, two core principles of his conservative agenda.

1997

Anderson, Martin. The ten causes of the Reagan boom, 1982-1997. Stanford, CA : Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, .Stanford University, 1997. 13 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Essays in public policy . no. 84

1994

Abrams, Herbert L. The president has been shot; confusion, disability, and the 25th Amendment. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1994. 424 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. (Previously published: New York : Norton, c1992. With a new postscript.)

American Lobby (Organization). Reaganomics and the hocus pocus of the laffer locus; the lie that became the truth and the law! Washington, D.C. (601 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 900, Washington 20004) : American Lobby, 1994. 77 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Weidenbaum, Murray L; Thompson, Kenneth W., ed. Reagan and the economy; nine intimate perspectives. Murray L. Weidenbaum ... [et al.] ; edited by Kenneth W. Thompson. Lanham : University Press of America Charlottesville, Va. : Miller Center, 1994. xvi, 183 p. ; 24 cm. Series: The Miller Center Reagan oral history series . v. 4

1993

Shull, Steven A. A kinder, gentler racism?; the Reagan-Bush civil rights legacy. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1993. xiv, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: American political institutions and public policy

1992

Abrams, Herbert L. "The president has been shot" ; confusion, disability, and the 25th amendment in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, 1992. 363 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Durant, Robert F. The administrative presidency revisited ; public lands, the BLM, and the Reagan revolution. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 1992. xvii, 401 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: SUNY series in environmental public policy SUNY series on the presidency SUNY series in the presidency

MacKinnon, Kenneth. The politics of popular representation ; Reagan, Thatcher, AIDS, and the movies. Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, 1992. 257 p. ; 25 cm.

Shanley, Robert A. Presidential influence and environmental policy. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1992. x, 181 p. ; 25 cm.
Series: Contributions in political science. no. 307

Weiler, Michael; Pearce, W. Barnett, eds. Reagan and public discourse in America. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1992. xi, 351 p. ; 24 cm.
Series: Studies in rhetoric and communication (Also in the Great Communicator)

1991

Detlefsen, Robert R. Civil rights under Reagan. San Francisco, Calif. : ICS Press, 1991. xi, 237 p. ; 24 cm.

Fried, Charles. Order and law; arguing the Reagan revolution : a firsthand account. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1991. 256 p. ; 25 cm. (Also in Memoirs)

1989

Faux, Geoffrey P.; Kahler, Miles; Carnoy, Martin. The U.S. economy after Reagan. Bonn : Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1989. 73 p. ; 21 cm. Series: Analysen. nr. 135 Analysen aus der Abteilung Entwicklungslanderforschung ;

Grover, William F. The president as prisoner ; a structural critique of the Carter and Reagan years. Albany : State University of New York Press, 1989. xi, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Series: SUNY series in the presidency (Also in General Overviews of the Reagan Presidency)

Short, C. Brant, (Calvin Brant). Ronald Reagan and the public lands ; America's conservation debate, 1979-1984. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 1989. xi, 178 p. ; 22 cm. Series: The Environmental history series. no. 10

1988

Curry, Richard Orr, ed. Freedom at risk; secrecy, censorship, and repression in the 1980s. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1988. xviii, 423 p. ; 24 cm.

Lekachman, Robert. Visions and nightmares; America after Reagan. 1st Collier Books ed. New York : Collier Books, 1988. li, 316 p. ; 21 cm. Reissued with new copyrighted pref.

Political economist Lekachman ( Greed Is Not Enough, etc.) examines with dismay the results of "the Reagan ice age" and speculates about what to expect after the 1988 election, depending on which elements, if any, of the Republican coalition survive and on whether the Democrats succeed in producing an electable presidential candidate (he favors Cuomo), a coalition of forces and a popular program. In the former case, the author envisages further disastrous polarization between rich and poor, weakening of the Social Security system, civil rights, personal liberties and unions, along with declining productivity if present policies of quick profit vs. long-range growth continue. Lekachman observes in caustic terms that there is no dearth of issues for enterprising Democratshunger of "epidemic proportions across the nation" and the need for full employment, comprehensive health care and housing, along with curtailment of "Pentagon gluttony" and a fair share of taxes from the rich and corporations. First serial to Dissent.

1987

Boskin, Michael J. Reagan and the economy; the successes, failures, and unfinished agenda. Foreword by Herbert Stein. San Francisco, Calif. : ICS Press, Institute for Contemporary Studies New York : Distributed by Kampmann, 1987. xvi, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Lekachman, Robert. Visions and nightmares; America after Reagan. New York : Macmillan, 1987. xxxv, 316 p. ; 25 cm.

Mortensen, C. David. Violence and communication; public relations [i.e. reactions] to an attempted presidential assassination. Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 1987. xv, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

1986

Witt, Elder. A different justice ; Reagan and the Supreme Court. Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, 1986. viii, 208 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

1985

Hinckley, Jack; Hinckley, Jo Ann; Sherrill, Elizabeth. Breaking points. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Chosen Books, 1985. 375 p. ; 24 cm.

1984

Champagne, Anthony; Harpham, Edward J., eds. The Attack on the welfare state. Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, 1984. v, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Claybrook, Joan; Public Citizen, inc. Retreat from safety; Reagan's attack on America's health. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, 1984. xxxii, 270 p. ; 21 cm.

Ide, Arthur Frederick. Reagan and woman. Dallas : Texas Independent Press, 1984. x, 120 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Lewis, David A, (David Allen). Can Reagan beat the zero curse? Harrison, Ark. : New Leaf Press, 1984. 183 p. ; 22 cm.
Discusses assasination of Presidents who were elected in years endig with zero, as well as the 1981 assasination attempt made on Reagan.

Vander Jagt, Guy. A country worth saving. Foreword by Ronald Reagan. Ottawa, Ill. : Jameson Books, 1984. 96 p. ; 24 cm.

1983

Milton, Arthur. A nation saved; thank you, President Reagan. Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press,1983. 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Thompson, Kenneth W.; Cormier, Frank; Deakin, James; Thomas, Helen. The White House Press on the presidency ; news managment and co-option. Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 1983. p. cm.

Contents Note: Preface / Kenneth W. Thompson -- Introduction / Kenneth W. Thompson -- The problem of presidential-press relations / James Deakin -- Ronald Reagan and the management of the news / Helen Thomas -- Co-option of the press / Frank Cormier.

1982

Lekachman, Robert. Greed Is Not Enough Reaganomics. Random House; February 1982. 213 pages (Revised).

Meeting on the Economic Policy of President Reagan, One Year Later; Banca Toscana-Florence (Italy), March 15, 1982. Florence, Italy : Banca Toscana, 1982. 69 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Conference: Meeting on the Economic Policy of President Reagan, One Year Later (1982 : Florence, Italy)
Series: Quaderni . 4 Quaderni (Florence, Italy).

Human services in the 1980's; President Reagan's 1982 proposals. Prelim. ed. Arlington, VA (1408 N. Fillmore St., Suite 7, Arlington 22201) : Human Services Information Center, 1982. vi, 61 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series: White paper for citizens and government officials. no. 4.

1981

Federal credit activities; an analysis of President Reagan's credit budget for 1982. the Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office. [Washington, D.C.] : The Office,1981. xix, 106 p. ; 26 cm. Corporate Source: United States Congressional Budget Office Series: Staff working paper.

Management review on the performance of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ; in connection with the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Washington, D.C. : Dept. of the Treasury, Office of the General Counsel, 1981. iv, 101 p. ; 28 cm. Corporate Source: United States Dept. of the Treasury Office of the General Counsel

Williams, Walter. Reagan and the machinery of government issue; the first six months. Seattle, Wash. (3935 University Way N.E., Seattle 98105) : Institute for Public Policy and Management, University of Washington, Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1981. 55 p. ; 28 cm. Series: Public policy paper . no. 14

1980

Rice, Charles E. Reagan and the courts ; prospects for judicial reform. introduction by Daniel J. Popeo ; foreword by Orrin G. Hatch. Washington, D.C. (1612 K St., N.W., Washington 20006) : Washington Legal Foundation, 1980. vii, 36 p. ; 23 cm.