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.