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The Broken Branch
Oxford University Press, USA 2006; US$ 13.99Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a brilliant diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and a much-needed blueprint for change, from two experts who understand... more...
Lobbying in America
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 55.00Lobbying in America: A Reference Handbook offers readers an insightful survey of interest group politics in the United StatesÑthe strategies, techniques, and impact both positive and negative. Written by one of the nationÕs premier scholars on the subject, it reveals the inner workings of the lobbying process like no other volume before it.||Lobbying... more...
Why Not Parties?
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 27.50Recent research on the U.S. House of Representatives largely focuses on the effects of partisanship, but the strikingly less frequent studies of the Senate still tend to treat parties as secondary considerations in a chamber that gives its members far more individual leverage than congressmen have. In response to the recent increase in senatorial... more...
Guide to Congress
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2007; US$ 419.75The newest edition of this venerable institutional guide covers all aspects of Congress and includes timely updates on: more...
Congress A to Z
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2008; US$ 102.35There is no other volume that so clearly and concisely explains every key aspect of the national legislature. This classic, easy-to-use reference is thoroughly updated with new entries covering the dramatic congressional events of recent years. Each of the more than 250 entries, arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, provides accessible insight into... more...
How Congress Works
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2008; US$ 54.05In simple, clear language, the new edition of this classic CQ reference presents basic explanations of the procedures and rules that govern the Senate and the House. Highlighted sidebars further detail the impact of congressional action with interesting narrative examples from history, along with charts and tables that provide a complete overview of... more...
The Almanac of the Unelected
Bernan Press 2008; US$ 249.99The Almanac of the Unelected is the leading source for information about Congressional staff: the essential individuals who help elected officials establish political positions on issues, craft legislation, and put policies in place. This new edition features in-depth profiles of more than 600 senior Congressional committee staff members. more...
Politics in America 2010
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2009; US$ 143.75Reliable, readable, insightful, and objective, CQs Politics in America has been called the ultimate insiders guide to politics. Politics in America is an essential resource for any collection that serves readers who want authoritative information on the members of the 111th Congress. The profiles of the 535 members plus the... more...
Vital Statistics on Congress 2008
Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 29.95Vital Statistics on Congress remains the quintessential source of authoritative information on Americas legislature. This important series tracks the elements that define and describe Congress in the postWorld War II era, and in this new edition, three of Americas most esteemed political analysts extend their examination through the... more...
Lobbying and Policy Change
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 24.00During the 2008 election season, politicians from both sides of the aisle promised to rid government of lobbyists’ undue influence. For the authors of Lobbying and Policy Change , the most extensive study ever done on the topic, these promises ring hollow—not because politicians fail to keep them but because lobbies are far less influential... more...









