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Dublin has held an important place throughout Ireland's cultural history. The shifting configurations of the city's streetscapes have been marked by the ideological frameworks of imperialism, its architecture embedded within the cultural politics of the nation, and its monuments and sculptures mobilized to envision the economic ambitions of the state. This book examines the relationship of Dublin to Ireland's social history through the city's visual culture. Through specific case studies of Dublin's streetscapes, architecture and sculpture and its depiction in literature, photography and cinema, the contributors discuss the significance of visual experiences and representations of the city to our understanding of Irish cultural life, both past and present. Drawing together scholars from across the arts, humanities and social sciences, the collection addresses two emerging themes in Irish studies: the intersection of the city with cultural politics, and the role of the visual in projecting Irish cultural identity. The essays not only ask new questions of existing cultural histories but also identify previously unexplored visual representations of the city. The book's interdisciplinary approach seeks to broaden established understandings of visual culture within Irish studies to incorporate not only visual artefacts, but also textual descriptions and ocular experiences that contribute to how we come to look at, see and experience both Dublin and Ireland.

Dublin (Ireland) --- Civilization. --- architecture --- Carville --- cinema --- Culture --- Dublin --- Eamon --- history --- imperialism --- Justin --- Maher --- Modernity --- Representation --- sculpture --- Space --- Urban --- Visual --- Visualizing

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During the 1992 presidential campaign, health care reform became a hot issue, paving the way for one of the most important yet ill-fated social policy initiatives in American history: Bill Clinton's 1993 proposal for comprehensive coverage under "managed competition." Here Jacob Hacker not only investigates for the first time how managed competition became the president's reform framework, but also illuminates how issues and policies emerge. He follows Clinton's policy ideas from their initial formulation by policy experts through their endorsement by medical industry leaders and politicians to their inclusion--in a new and unexpected form--in the proposal itself. Throughout he explores key questions: Why did health reform become a national issue in the 1990s? Why did Clinton choose managed competition over more familiar options during the 1992 presidential campaign? What effect did this have on the fate of his proposal? Drawing on records of the President's task force, interviews with a wide range of key policy players, and many other sources, Hacker locates his analysis within the context of current political theories on agenda setting. He concludes that Clinton chose managed competition partly because advocates inside and outside the campaign convinced him that it represented a unique middle road to health care reform. This conviction, Hacker maintains, blinded the president and his allies to the political risks of the approach and hindered the development of an effective strategy for enacting it.

Health care reform --- Managed care plans (Medical care) --- United States --- Politics and government --- American Medical Association (AMA). --- American Prospect. --- Bergthold, Linda. --- Brookings Institution. --- Carville, James. --- Consumers Union. --- Daschle, Tom. --- Enthoven, Alain. --- Garamendi plan. --- Greenberg, Stan. --- Heritage Foundation. --- Johnson, Lyndon. --- Kennedy, Ted. --- Kingdon, John. --- Mayhew, David. --- Mitchell, George. --- New Democrats. --- Thorpe, Kenneth. --- Wofford, Harris. --- elite opinion. --- focusing events. --- inflation, medical. --- iron triangles. --- leadership: congressional. --- organized anarchies. --- payroll taxes. --- rationalizing politics. --- self-insurance health plans. --- utilization review.