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The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521715249
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.2008
Seiten:
310
Autor:
Frank R. Baumgartner
Gewicht:
506 g
Format:
229x152x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Frank R. Baumgartner is Miller-LaVigne Professor of Political Science at Penn State University. His previous publications include: Comparative Studies of Policy Agendas (2007), The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems (with Bryan D. Jones, 2005), Policy Dynamics (with Bryan D. Jones, 2002), and Agendas and Instability in American Politics (with Bryan D. Jones, 1993), winner of the 2001 Aaron Wildavsky Award, APSA Organized Section on Public Policy. He has been published widely in journals and serves on the editorial boards of American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of European Public Policy, Policy Studies Journal, and Journal of Information Technology and Politics.
The possible end of capital punishment due to new discoveries of innocence.
1. Innocence and the death penalty debate; 2. The death penalty in America; 3. A chronology of innocence; 4. The shifting terms of debate; 5. Innocence, resonance, and old arguments made new again; 6. Public opinion; 7. The rise and fall of a public policy; 8. Conclusion.