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Gun ownership is as old as the nation, but, as Robert J. Spitzer demonstrates in Guns across America, so is gun regulation. In vast swathes of America, the sanctity of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned, yet by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060955007Author Oscar HandlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint PerfectBoundPublisher PerfectBoundWeight(grams) 626g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478752981Author Sr Pastor Scott MannsFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 150g

Exam Board: AQA Level: AS Subject: Government & Politics First Teaching: September 2012 First Exam: June 2013 Perfect for revision, these guides explain the unit requirements, summarise the content and include specimen questions with graded answers...

Unlock your full potential with these revision guides which focus on the key content and skills you need to know. With My Revision Notes for Edexcel AS UK Government & Politics you can: - Take control of your revision: plan and focus on the areas you...

President Bill Clinton outlines his vision for the United States of America in the 21st century. This book is both an articulation of the political philosophy which underpins his policies for the future and a statement of the guiding principles behind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780889117709Author Thomas J. CourcheneFormat PaperbackPage Count 375Imprint Queen's UniversityPublisher Queen's University

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780889115590Author Douglas M. BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Queen's UniversityPublisher Queen's University

The third booklet in a series to explore the topic of legislative, executive and judicial governance in eleven federal countriesBook InformationISBN 9780773533158Author Raoul BlindenbacherFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint McGill-Queen's University...

The fifth booklet in a series to explore the topic of legislative, executive and judicial governance in eleven federal countriesBook InformationISBN 9780773533127Author Raoul BlindenbacherFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint McGill-Queen's University...

In every area of life, traditional, centralized party politics has been failing and the seeds of a new form of political life are being sown. This is true in housing, health, education, consumption and transport, where public policy is attracting...

'This is clearly a book with great breadth and diversity... a valuable addition to the literature about east and southeast Asia.' T Forsyth, Development Studies Institute London School of Economics and Political Science, in Land Degradation and...

All serious environmental threats are now international in scope and more than one thousand international environmental agreements already exist. Yet the prospects for international cooperation leading to the management of impacts on the planet remain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780889115880Author Douglas M. BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 249Imprint Queen's UniversityPublisher Queen's University

Do Conventions Matter? provides a complete overview of national party conventions in Canada, from 1919, when the first convention was held, to 1993, including the selection of Stanfield, Trudeau, Broadbent, Clark, Mulroney, Turner, McLaughlin, Chretien,...

Several contributors deal with the quality of Canadian citizenship and the principle of distributive justice applied to all citizens. Others offer a "lament" for the Canadian nation, analysing and explaining why the vision of Canadian...

Dunn investigates factors leading to the initiation and persistence of institutionalized cabinets in the governments of T.C. Douglas in Saskatchewan, Duff Roblin and Walter Weir in Manitoba, and W.R. Bennett in British Columbia. He describes the...

Webber begins by showing how different conceptions of culture, language, and nation shaped Canada's constitutional negotiations from 1960 until the referendum of 1992. He then calls for a reconception of the terms of the debate, claiming that the terms...

Several contributors deal with the quality of Canadian citizenship and the principle of distributive justice applied to all citizens. Others offer a "lament" for the Canadian nation, analysing and explaining why the vision of Canadian...

The first edition of The Welfare State and Canadian Federalism focused on the impact of federalism on social policy during a period of economic growth and expanding social expenditures. The revised edition extends the analysis by asking how the federal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982906705Author David RubinFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Shiloh Israel Children's FundPublisher Shiloh Israel Children's FundWeight(grams) 567g

The long drawn out and heavily politicised presidential election process in 2000 with the winner Republican George W. Bush taking a smaller percentage of the popular vote that his Democratic rival, raised important issues of legitimacy. The September 11...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432789350Author Fred BlanchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895263605Author Ann CoulterFormat HardbackPage Count 358Imprint Regnery Publishing IncPublisher Regnery Publishing IncWeight(grams) 690g

Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour's 10 year love affair with the Right BY THE SUMMER of 2007, Britain was close to crashing. A few onlookers realised the danger, but Britain's...

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Economic inequality is at a record high in the United States, but public demand for redistribution is not rising with it. Meghan Condon and Amber Wichowsky show that this paradox and other mysteries about class and US politics can be solved through a...

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Resolving Environmental Disputes presents detailed case studies from the key contemporary themes in resource management and environmental protection, such as: access to the countryside for recreation, sustainable forestry, pollution and risks to health,...

'Eye-popping analysis of politicians' finances... a ground-breaking study... a fascinating and important work.' Sunday Times 'Immaculately researched... A powerful reminder that reporters can serve the public good... Should make journalists proud - and...

This book is an original study of the contemporary debate over U.S. foreign policy between the president, members of Congress, and political parties. Specifically, it examines how factions at the ideological extremes within parties such as the Tea Party,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948177016Author James AnthonyFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Neuwoehner PressPublisher Neuwoehner PressWeight(grams) 295g

This is a general survey of Brazilian society, economy, and political system since 1980. It describes the basic changes occurring as Brazil was transformed from a predominantly rural and closed economy under military rule into a modern democratic,...

This volume was first published in 1979, just a few years after the Local Government Act of 1972 redrew the map of British local government. Local authorities were also encouraged to change their organization and methods of work; anxiety was expressed...

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The Ethics of Redistribution was originally delivered as a Boutwood Lecture at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in the autumn of 1949. The Baron Bertrand de Jouvenel was then an already internationally regarded philosopher whose learned style was a...

This is an era of exponential growth especially in technologies. Air Forces are the most technology intensive fighting arms. An ideal Air Force would constantly embrace and adopt new technologies to retain it's cutting edge and all dominant status in...

This book, first published in 1999, examines the influence of precedent on the behavior of US Supreme Court justices throughout the Court's history. Under the assumption that for precedent to be an influence on the behavior of justices it must lead to a...