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The rise of the administrative state is the most significant political development in American politics over the past century.  While our Constitution separates powers into three branches, and requires that the laws are made by elected representatives in...

-- Mark Greif, Times Literary SupplementBook InformationISBN 9780231110440Author Paul MishlerFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Columbia University PressPublisher Columbia University Press

In cities across the United States, grassroots organizations are working to revitalize popular participation in disenfranchised communities by bringing ordinary people into public life. By engaging local residents in collective action to achieve common...

In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, many believed his claims that personal wealth would free him from wealthy donors and allow him to “drain the swamp.” But then Trump appointed several billionaires and multimillionaires to...

The first in-depth analysis of the link between politicians' behavior and opinion polls. Exploring political action within a broad historical context, the book develops a theory to show how the behavior of politicians, and the unfolding of political...

What are the challenges facing public interest groups as a result of their transformation from the small, grassroots groups of the 1960s into the large, professionalized, multi-billion dollar industry of the '90s? How might public interest groups meet...

This is the first book about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families that connects issues of gender, sexuality, and the family with the broader issues of social movements, politics, and law. Chapters address the themes of visibility,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347077Author Founding FathersFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 567g

Everybody knows federal agencies are brain-dead leviathans. Everybody knows that the watchword of federal management is "that's the way we've always done it." Everybody knows that any creativity within American government shows up only in the...

Effective government requires that institutions be strong enough to control the efforts of organized, entrenched special interests in favor of the broader interests shared but poorly articulated by most members of society. Recent changes in our...

Natan Sharansky believes that the truest expression of democracy is the ability to stand in the middle of a town square and express one's views without fear of imprisonment. He should know. A dissident in the USSR, Sharansky was jailed for nine years for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525509370Author Ben RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593080979Author Stuart StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

In his thirty-year career representing the citizens of New Mexico in the US Senate, Jeff Bingaman witnessed great things accomplished through the legislative process. He also had a front-row seat for the breakdown of governing norms and the radical...

The 8th edition, already significantly updated, has now been further updated in 2023 to include the likely impact of the post-pandemic cutbacks, the overturning of Roe v Wade, and the Trump indictments on the 2024 national elections. These factors could...

'Jill Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style' Amanda Foreman'A thoughtful and passionate defence of her vision of American patriotism' New York TimesFrom the acclaimed New York Times bestselling historian, Jill...

Crisis dominates the present historical moment. The economy is in crisis, politics in both its past and present forms is in crisis and our own individual lives are in crisis, made vulnerable by the fluctuations of the labor market and by the undoing of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684511419Author Jay W RichardsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

In 1964, a book entitled The Invisible Government shocked Americans with its revelations of agencies playing fast and loose; a secret government lodged inside the one they knew that even the president didn't fully control. Almost half a century later,...

A New Statesman Book of the Year"America's greatest historian of democracy now offers an extraordinary history of the most bizarre aspect of our representative democracy-the electoral college...A brilliant contribution to a critical current debate...

Mr. Beat Connects the Supreme Court History Right to You!Mr. Beat’s The Power of Our Supreme Court is the Supreme Court book of decisions that affect the everyday lives of Americans everywhere. The real democracy of America unveiled. What does the...

This eagerly-anticipated third edition builds on the established reputation of the Understanding series. It provides an accessible and intelligible text without compromising its high academic standards. Devices designed to help students study and revise...

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig analyzes how Attorney General William Barr has demolished norms and destroyed faith in the Department of Justice, turning one of the most apolitical and respected American institutions into a private law firm supporting and...

The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country-with consequences that endure today By the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had moulded his Court. He had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907845416Author Graham AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642937640Author Congressman Matt GaetzFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Bombardier BooksPublisher Bombardier BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

A New York Times bestseller! For the first time in his own words, President-elect Donald J. Trump explains his plan to make America great again! He wants to "put America's interests first and that means doing what's right for our economy, our national...

The #1 New York Times bestseller!Washington D.C. might be loathed from every corner of the nation, yet these are fun and busy days at this nexus of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanity. There are no Democrats and Republicans anymore in the...

This beautiful hardcover volume contains the two documents every American and citizen of the world should read: the complete text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, along with all 27 of its amendments...

In Jeff Sharlet's bestselling book, The Family, he wrote about the 'C Street House,' a Washington, D.C., Christian fellowship home shared by a number of conservative politicians. In the summer of 2009, the house became infamous as the centre of sex...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815739678Author Norman EisenFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 644gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637630334Author Brad RaffenspergerFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Forefront BooksPublisher Forefront BooksWeight(grams) 152g

This book helps students to understand American politics by guiding them through the different institutions of American government. It covers the electoral and party systems, the separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593329757Author Ronald ReaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this explosive book, New York Times bestselling author and president of Judicial Watch Tom Fitton explains how the Radical Left and the Deep State destroyed the Trump presidency.With his trademark “readable, engaging,...

In the entire history of the United States of America:We've never elected a woman as our president.We've only had one president who is not a white man. With two presidential campaigns under her belt, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, MSNBC's political...

Despite numerous warnings from intelligence services, ISIS' rise to power has left countries around the world floundering for solutions. Today, we face a threat that is more violent, powerful and financially stronger than ever before. In this book,...

It begins by examining the roles of the basic actors in elections-voters, candidates, parties and interest groups-and the institutional process through which the actors move. The analytical techniques presented in the first part of the book are then...

The #1 New York Times bestseller and source for the blockbuster feature film Hillary's America, the top-grossing documentary of 2016... Dinesh D'Souza, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller America: Imagine a World Without Her, has a warning: We...

Originally published at the height of the Watergate crisis, Charles Black's classic Impeachment: A Handbook has long been the premier guide to the subject of presidential impeachment. Now thoroughly updated with new chapters by Philip Bobbitt, it remains...