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Lobbying the New President
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00Presidential transitions offer the chance for new ideas, policies, and people to inhabit the White House. Transitions have triggered policy change for decades and eager interest groups have sought ways to capitalize on this often chaotic phase of US politics. President-Elect Barack Obama declared that lobbyists would be forbidden from serving his... more...
Fighting for Common Ground
Weinstein Publishing 2013; US$ 26.00A spirited call to action by Olympia J. Snowe, the iconic moderate and three-term Republican senator from Maine more...
Public Sector Shock
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00After a first series of policy responses to the 2008 - 09 crisis aimed at sustaining domestic demand through expansionary anti-crisis packages, most European governments - starting with Greece, Ireland, Bulgaria and Romania, and followed by many others - have since put in place a series of restrictive budgetary policies aimed at reducing their budget... more...
Declaration of Independence
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 17.00The Declaration of Independence Carl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explanation of what the Declaration really is, what views it sets forth, where those views arose, and how they have been accepted or modified by succeeding generations. A book that every American should read. more...
Women in the Club
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 30.00In the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, Democrats and Republicans were locked in a fierce battle for the female vote. Democrats charged Republicans with waging a “war on women,” while Republicans countered that Democratic policies actually undermined women’s rights. The women of the Senate wielded particular power, planning... more...
Directory of Congressional Voting Score, 2
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2005; US$ 218.50Here is a complete compilation of CQ voting studies and interest group rating data for every legislator who has served in Congress from 1947 to 2004. This new edition is updated to include information on six new congressional sessions (106th, 107th, and 108th Congresses). Organized alphabetically by members' names, this resource is perfect for quick... more...
Basic Interests
Princeton University Press 1998; US$ 35.00A generation ago, scholars saw interest groups as the single most important element in the American political system. Today, political scientists are more likely to see groups as a marginal influence compared to institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary. Frank Baumgartner and Beth Leech show that scholars have veered from one... more...
Congress in Black and White
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 22.00Provides the first systematic examination of the effect of a legislator's race above and beyond the effect of constituency racial characteristics. more...
Disjointed Pluralism
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 45.00From the 1910 overthrow of "Czar" Joseph Cannon to the reforms enacted when Republicans took over the House in 1995, institutional change within the U.S. Congress has been both a product and a shaper of congressional politics. For several decades, scholars have explained this process in terms of a particular collective interest shared by members,... more...
New Directions in Congressional Politics
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 42.95As the U.S. Congress has steadily evolved, so too has our understanding of the institution. New Directions in Congressional Politics offers an accessible overview of the current developments in our understanding of America?s legislative branch. Jamie L. Carson helps students bridge the gap between roles, rules, and outcomes by focusing on four themes... more...









