Politics in the USA, Sixth Edition

Index 315

models of politics 18–22
Mondale, Vice-President Walter 84
Monroe Doctrine 259
Montesquieu 19, 219
Morse, Senator Wayne 40, 138
Moynihan, Dr D.P. 163
multiculturalism 16, 35

Nader, Ralph 29, 45, 188, 276
Nagin, Mayor Ray 255
Nation of Islam 107
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration 197
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People 107,
118, 214
National Association of Manufacturers
109, 112
National Association of Retail Druggists
110
National Association of Wheatgrowers
113
National Audubon Society 114
National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks 167
national conventions 79, 82–7; see also
elections
National Cotton Council of America 113
National Council of Churches 107
National Economic Council 162
National Farmers’ Union 113
National Grange 113
National Guard Association 104
National Labor Relations Board 198
National League of Cities v. Usery (1976)
231
National Origins Act (1924) 245
National Organization for Women 114
National Rifle Association 107
National Right to Life Committee 114
National Security Council 161, 163,
165–6
nationalism 236–7
Nationality Act (1940) 230
Natural Gas and Oil Resources
Committee 110
Negroponte, John 167
Nelson, M. 102
neoconservatives 52–4, 283
Neustadt, R. 181
Neutrality Acts 260
New Deal 244; and Supreme Court 229
New Orleans 254–6
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) 190

New York Times v. US (1971) 190

newspapers 183

Nixon, President Richard 1, 154, 179;

and cabinet 163–4; commander-

in-chief 262; and conservatism 52;

election of 1960 24, 86, 90, 91, 188;

election of 1972 24, 30, 31; and

federalism 244; resignation 170, 183;

as vice-president 86, 98; Vietnam

War 173, 262; and Watergate 154,

163, 170–1, 178; and White House

Office 163–4

North, Colonel Oliver 163, 264

North American Free Trade Area 276–7

North Korea 272

Nuclear Energy Institute 114

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 198

Oberlander, Susan 200

O’Brien, D.M. 233

O’Connor, Justice Sandra Day 219, 231,

252

Office of Management and Budget 141,

168–9

Office of Personnel Management 202

Oklahoma City, bombing of 66

Oppenheimer, J. Robert 145

Osama bin Laden 253, 266, 270

Padilla, José 252

Panama 263

Parker, John J. 227

party system 45–71, 282–3

Pascarell, Bill 256

Patriot Act (2001) 250

patronage 46, 56, 201–3, 208

Peele, G. 258

Perle, Richard 270

Peters, B.G. 208

Pendleton Act (1883) 202

Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956) 229

Penry v. Lynaugh (1989) 249

Perot, Ross 25, 45

personality in politics 37–41

Pierce, President Franklin 85

Pillar, Paul R. 192

Plame, Valerie 170, 191

Planned Parenthood of S.E. Penn. v. Casey

(1992) 219, 228, 231

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 213–14

pluralism 20, 28–37, 103–6, 257, 276;

and party system 282

Poindexter, Admiral John 163, 264

Political Action Committees 100, 110