The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Congress and Policy Change
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 48.00This book is about congressional policy making, and particularly processes by which congressional policy changes ? and does not change. At times in our history Congress has been a policy initiator, at others it has been the bastion of resistance to new directions of government action. It reflects the will of the citizenry at times, while at others... more...
Congress Behaving Badly
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 45.00The climate of partisanship and incivility in Congress has steadily worsened since the 1980s. Polarization between congressional factions now paralyzes the legislative process and hobbles democracy. more...
So Damn Much Money
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.95With a New Foreword In So Damn Much Money , veteran Washington Post editor and correspondent Robert Kaiser gives a detailed account of how the boom in political lobbying since the 1970s has shaped American politics by empowering special interests, undermining effective legislation, and discouraging the country?s best citizens from serving in... more...
Party Polarization in Congress
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00Theriault examines how Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become polarized since the early 1970s. more...
Rules and Restraint
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 22.50Government spending has increased dramatically in the United States since World War II despite the many rules intended to rein in the insatiable appetite for tax revenue most politicians seem to share. Drawing on examples from the federal and state governments, Rules and Restraint explains in lucid, nontechnical prose why these budget rules tend... more...
Turf Wars
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 25.00For most bills in American legislatures, the issue of turf—or which committee has jurisdiction over a bill—can make all the difference. Turf governs the flow and fate of all legislation. In this innovative study, David C. King explains how jurisdictional areas for committees are created and changed in Congress. Political scientists have... more...
Congressional Roll Call 2003
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2004; US$ 48.30CQ Presss Congressional Roll Call continues to be the definitive reference source of congressional voting information for students, scholars, political professionals, and all citizens who want to be informed about their representatives voting records. Congressional Roll Call 2003 provides an objective, authoritative member-by-member survey... more...
Congressional Roll Call 2005
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2006; US$ 49.45CQ Presss Congressional Roll Call continues to be the definitive reference source of congressional voting information for students, scholars, political professionals, and all citizens who want to be informed about their representatives voting records. Congressional Roll Call 2005 provides an objective, authoritative member-by-member survey... more...
Public Interest Group Profiles 2006-2007
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2006; US$ 270.25Now in its twelfth edition, Public Interest Group Profiles places the information you need about Americas most influential public advocacy groups at your fingertips. Rather than searching through dozens of documents, databases, or Web sites, you can turn to one trusted and authoritative source for vital information such as: assessments of group... more...
Landmark Legislation 1774-2002
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2003; US$ 161.00A manual offering information on the most important laws and treaties approved by Congress in more than 200 years since the first session in 1789. Each Congress is covered in a separate chapter introduced by a historical essay setting the actions of the legislators in the context of their times. more...









