Michael Tager
Biographic Data
| ID | 789255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Tager |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Tager |
| SIGNATURE | TAGER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marietta College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining Mass Incarceration: Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Room
Rachel Kushner’s 2018 novel The Mars Room examines the nature and causes of mass incarceration in the United States. The novel follows American prison literature conventions in showing what prisons conceal, and departs from them by not having its characters undergo personal transformations or speak for broader communities. Most distinctively it employs several narrative voices, which facilitates a multidimensional analysis of mass incarceration, …
Apologies to Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective
Australia, Canada, and the United States formally apologized to their Indigenous peoples in February 2008, June 2008, and December 2009, respectively. The Indigenous peoples in these countries are relatively small in size and Indigenous issues usually lack salience in national elections, so these near simultaneous apologies appear somewhat surprising. All three came after years of pressure and incompletely realized apologies. The presence of a fo…
The Contemporary Presidency: Constitutional Reform and the Presidency: The Recent Effort to Repeal the Natural‐Born Citizen Requirement
As a result of the sudden political emergence of Arnold Schwarzenegger, high levels of immigration, and increased international adoptions, interest grew during the early twenty‐first century in repealing the Constitution's restriction on presidential eligibility to natural‐born citizens. A combination of academics, media outlets, a grassroots lobbying organization, and finally several members of Congress combined to push forward this constitution…
Central Bank Independence: A Research Note on the Case of the United Kingdom
After reviewing the theories accounting for the adoption of central bank independence, the research note examines how well they apply to the British case. It appears British constitutional reforms and political imperatives, reinforced by global developments, best explain the 1997 reform of the Bank of England. The note ends with a caution about the trend toward central bank independence
Expatriates and Elections
This article offers an analysis of an important aspect of transnational politics: emigrants' participation by voting in the elections that take place in their countries of origin. In the past few decades, an increasing number of countries have allowed their expatriates to vote in such home state elections. Expatriate voting might be considered a form of transnational politics, or political globalization, or a way to adjust democracy to conditions…
Fiscal and monetary policy rules revisited
Why have automatic procedures designed to limit or eliminate the discretion of policy-makers become popular in recent years? The first part of the paper addresses fiscal policy rules by analyzing their political appeal as restrainers, symbols, partisan weapons, and ideological statements. The second part of the paper considers monetary policy rules and their rationales, and critiques them. We argue that fiscal and monetary policy rules may not be…
Myth and Politics in the Works of Sorel and Barthes
Expatriates and Elections
This article offers an analysis of an important aspect of transnational politics: emigrants' participation by voting in the elections that take place in their countries of origin. In the past few decades, an increasing number of countries have allowed their expatriates to vote in such home state elections. Expatriate voting might be considered a form of transnational politics, or political globalization, or a way to adjust democracy to conditions…
Myth and Politics in the Works of Sorel and Barthes
Apologies to Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective
Australia, Canada, and the United States formally apologized to their Indigenous peoples in February 2008, June 2008, and December 2009, respectively. The Indigenous peoples in these countries are relatively small in size and Indigenous issues usually lack salience in national elections, so these near simultaneous apologies appear somewhat surprising. All three came after years of pressure and incompletely realized apologies. The presence of a fo…
The Contemporary Presidency: Constitutional Reform and the Presidency: The Recent Effort to Repeal the Natural‐Born Citizen Requirement
As a result of the sudden political emergence of Arnold Schwarzenegger, high levels of immigration, and increased international adoptions, interest grew during the early twenty‐first century in repealing the Constitution's restriction on presidential eligibility to natural‐born citizens. A combination of academics, media outlets, a grassroots lobbying organization, and finally several members of Congress combined to push forward this constitution…
Central Bank Independence: A Research Note on the Case of the United Kingdom
After reviewing the theories accounting for the adoption of central bank independence, the research note examines how well they apply to the British case. It appears British constitutional reforms and political imperatives, reinforced by global developments, best explain the 1997 reform of the Bank of England. The note ends with a caution about the trend toward central bank independence
Fiscal and monetary policy rules revisited
Why have automatic procedures designed to limit or eliminate the discretion of policy-makers become popular in recent years? The first part of the paper addresses fiscal policy rules by analyzing their political appeal as restrainers, symbols, partisan weapons, and ideological statements. The second part of the paper considers monetary policy rules and their rationales, and critiques them. We argue that fiscal and monetary policy rules may not be…
Myth and Politics in the Works of Sorel and Barthes
Fiscal and monetary policy rules revisited
Why have automatic procedures designed to limit or eliminate the discretion of policy-makers become popular in recent years? The first part of the paper addresses fiscal policy rules by analyzing their political appeal as restrainers, symbols, partisan weapons, and ideological statements. The second part of the paper considers monetary policy rules and their rationales, and critiques them. We argue that fiscal and monetary policy rules may not be…
Expatriates and Elections
This article offers an analysis of an important aspect of transnational politics: emigrants' participation by voting in the elections that take place in their countries of origin. In the past few decades, an increasing number of countries have allowed their expatriates to vote in such home state elections. Expatriate voting might be considered a form of transnational politics, or political globalization, or a way to adjust democracy to conditions…
Central Bank Independence: A Research Note on the Case of the United Kingdom
After reviewing the theories accounting for the adoption of central bank independence, the research note examines how well they apply to the British case. It appears British constitutional reforms and political imperatives, reinforced by global developments, best explain the 1997 reform of the Bank of England. The note ends with a caution about the trend toward central bank independence
The Contemporary Presidency: Constitutional Reform and the Presidency: The Recent Effort to Repeal the Natural‐Born Citizen Requirement
As a result of the sudden political emergence of Arnold Schwarzenegger, high levels of immigration, and increased international adoptions, interest grew during the early twenty‐first century in repealing the Constitution's restriction on presidential eligibility to natural‐born citizens. A combination of academics, media outlets, a grassroots lobbying organization, and finally several members of Congress combined to push forward this constitution…
Apologies to Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective
Australia, Canada, and the United States formally apologized to their Indigenous peoples in February 2008, June 2008, and December 2009, respectively. The Indigenous peoples in these countries are relatively small in size and Indigenous issues usually lack salience in national elections, so these near simultaneous apologies appear somewhat surprising. All three came after years of pressure and incompletely realized apologies. The presence of a fo…
Examining Mass Incarceration: Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Room
Rachel Kushner’s 2018 novel The Mars Room examines the nature and causes of mass incarceration in the United States. The novel follows American prison literature conventions in showing what prisons conceal, and departs from them by not having its characters undergo personal transformations or speak for broader communities. Most distinctively it employs several narrative voices, which facilitates a multidimensional analysis of mass incarceration, …
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