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This is the first book to describe and analyze the relationships between the Federal Reserve and the president, Congress, bankers, and economists. Far from being politically independent, the Federal Reserve is shown to be sensitive to a wide range of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898758672Author U S Government AgenciesFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

In this study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a...

The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional...

Did media coverage contribute to Americans' tendency to favor national security over civil liberties following the 9/11 attacks? How did news framing of terrorist threats support the expanding surveillance state revealed by Edward Snowden? Douglas M...

This book examines the American legal system, including a comprehensive treatment of the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite this treatment, the 'in' from the title deserves emphasis, for it extensively examines lower courts, providing separate chapters on state...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998485904Author Mike DucheineFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Mike DucheinePublisher Mike DucheineWeight(grams) 435g

Rather than focusing on why the states did not contribute to the national government under the Articles of Confederation, Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation asks why they, in fact, did - even when they should not have been expected to...

In this ambitious study, Robertson explains how the US Constitution emerged from an intense battle between a bold vision for the nation's political future and the tenacious defense of its political present. Given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to alter...

This book, newly available in paperback, examines the extent to which semi-presidentialism has affected the process of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s. The standard academic wisdom is that semi-presidentialism, where...

The authors examine the ways in which the President and Congress have developed and the ways in which they manage their relations with each other. They admit that they believe that the President is more successful in discerning the national purpose than...

The American public's level of hostility toward government became a major issue in the 1990s. In this edited volume, first published in 2001, 24 of the country's leading students of public attitudes toward government in the United States address the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313252730Author Eduard BernsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

In this 2006 book, Jonas Tallberg offers a novel perspective on some of the most fundamental questions about international cooperation and European Union politics. Offering the first systematic theoretical and empirical exploration of the influence...

Despite Switzerland's small size, its political system is one of the most complex and fascinating among contemporary democracies. The rich, complex mixture of centuries-old institutions and the refined political arrangements that exist today constitute a...

In this ambitious study, Robertson explains how the US Constitution emerged from an intense battle between a bold vision for the nation's political future and the tenacious defense of its political present. Given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to alter...

Originally published in 1970, this collection of essays, in which Mr Williams displays his exceptionally wide learning and sympathetic insight into French political life, is an indispensable guide to anyone interested in the background to and...

The United States faces the realistic and indefinite threat of terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. Whether the United States is successful in preventing such an attack will depend on whether we effectively wield the instruments of security. It will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956812407Author Michael D. HallidayFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Shards PublishingPublisher Shards PublishingWeight(grams) 644g

In America today, corporations have more power than any other force. This work calls for changes in America's corporate system - changes designed to keep corporations healthy, whilst making them accountable to the people.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450273695Author Gerald WestbrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595426515Author Tony CorvoFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 386g

First published in 1982, this book was the first comprehensive study of the US Export-Import Bank, a US government export promotion agency with worldwide loans and insurance of $30 billion. By using analytical tools from several disciplines, the author...

This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674733749Author Raoul BergerFormat HardbackPage Count 446Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 798g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595484348Author Lawrence G HrebiniakFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 152g

During the 1980s, dramatic changes in the federal budget, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Treasury initiated the most comprehensive series of economic experiments since the 1930s. This book describes the nature of those experiments and compares them to...

Party Influence in Congress challenges current arguments and evidence about the influence of political parties in the US Congress. Steven S. Smith argues that theory must reflect policy, electoral, and collective party goals. These goals call for...

'Religion and politics', as the old saying goes, 'should never be discussed in mixed company.'And yet fostering discussions that cross lines of political difference has long been a central concern of political theorists. More recently, it has also become...

The media environment is changing. Today in the United States, the average viewer can choose from hundreds of channels, including several twenty-four hour news channels. News is on cell phones, on iPods, and online; it has become a ubiquitous and...

The chapters in this volume reconsider fundamental premises about state and society in advanced capitalist countries. That social scientists in different disciplines of varying methodological and political persuasions should have found it useful to...

This book, first published in 1986, examines the race and immigration issues by considering the nature of the black 'constituency' and its political responses to issues related to the crisis of Britain's inner cities. It centrally examines black access...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674498822Author Patrick R IrelandFormat HardbackPage Count 341Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 658g

First published in 1936, this book by E. L. Hasluck provides a contemporary account of how local government functioned in England before the Second World War. Hasluck outlines the main features of the local government system and discusses some of the...

First published in 1987, Congress: Structure and Policy is a review of congressional research from an institutional perspective. The selections blend theoretical material found in the fields of discussion theory, political economy, social choice and game...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313222993Author Bennett Milton RichFormat HardbackPage Count 235Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

The death penalty is not simply the most serious criminal punishment. It has been a singular social, legal, and moral problem in the Western world over the past two hundred years. Capital punishment is disappearing from every nation in the West except...

Christoph Knill's book analyses the impact of European policies on national administrations. Under which conditions can we expect domestic change, particularly the convergence of administrative styles and structures? How can we explain national patterns...

In 1977 the US government began to loosen regulations on the tightly controlled trucking industry, expecting that increased competition would drive down companies' shipping costs. In this provocative new book Michael H. Belzer takes a close look at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991117505Author Will ButtsFormat PaperbackImprint Liberty's Lamp BooksPublisher Liberty's Lamp BooksWeight(grams) 159g