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Title The government taketh away : the politics of pain in the United States and Canada / Leslie A. Pal and R. Kent Weaver, editors.

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Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2003.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	320.6 G746 2003	---	Available

Description	xii, 340 p. ; 26 cm.
Series	American governance and public policy
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	List of tables and figures -- Preface -- 1. The politics of pain / Leslie A. Pal and R. Kent Weaver -- 2. Cutting old-age pensions / R. Kent Weaver -- 3. Controlling health care costs for the aged / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy -- 4. Telecommunications deregulation / Richard J. Schulz and Andrew Rich -- 5. Tobacco control / Donley T. Studlar -- 6. Closing military bases / Lilly J. Goren and P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- 7. Siting nuclear waste / Barry G. Rabe -- 8. Gun control / Leslie A. Pal -- 9. Abortion / Raymond Tatalovich -- 10. Conclusions / Leslie A. Pal and R. Kent Weaver -- Contributors -- Index.
Subject	United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001.
	Canada -- Politics and government -- 1980-
	Comparative government.
Added Author	Pal, Leslie Alexander, 1954-
	Weaver, R. Kent, 1953-
ISBN	0878409025 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0878409017 (hardcover : alk. paper)