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State of Change
University Press of Colorado 2011; US$ 21.95"A rare and comprehensive examination of the state's political system and a good historical record of the evolution of our state."- James A. Null University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Colorado has recently been at the center of major shifts in American politics. Indeed, over the last several decades the political landscape has altered dramatically... more...
Congress Investigates, 2-Volume Set
Infobase Publishing 2011; US$ 195.00Since the publication of the first edition of Congress Investigates: A Documented History 35 years ago, Congress has conducted additional investigations of critical historical importance. In addition to new, in-depth articles on these recent investigations, every original article, written by distinguished historians, has been updated and includes illustrations,... more...
Jobs That Matter
JIST Publishing 2010; US$ 14.95Jobs That Matter provides job seekers with the tips they need to land a great job in government (including local, state, and federal), nonprofit, or corporate organizations serving the public good. This book helps you pinpoint the right public service career for your interests and talents, and then helps you land it with key research, networking, resume,... more...
Congressional Ambivalence
The University Press of Kentucky 2010; US$ 40.00Is the United States Congress dead, alive, or trapped in a moribund cycle? When confronted with controversial policy issues, members of Congress struggle to satisfy conflicting legislative, representative, and oversight duties. These competing goals, along with the pressure to satisfy local constituents, cause members of Congress to routinely cede... more...
One Nation Under Siege
The University Press of Kentucky 2010; US$ 40.00Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America's political institutions underwent radical changes as they adapted to comprehensive security reforms. While the media exhaustively covered new security protocols in the executive office, little attention was paid to other federal agencies and branches that overhauled their systems to accommodate heightened... more...
Grant Park
Brookings Institution Press 2011; US$ 24.95In the forty-year span between 1968 and 2008, the United States underwent greatchange in nearly every avenue of lifeeconomics, social mores, demographics,technology, and, of course, politics. The way Americans chose Richard Nixon as theirpresident was very different from the way they chose Barack Obama. The process ofselecting Obama was more... more...
Congressional Roll Call 2010
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2011; US$ 67.85Congressional Roll Call provides an objective, authoritative, member-by-member survey and analysisof every roll call vote taken in the House and Senate during 2010,with the best summaries of bills available anywhere. more...
Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2011; US$ 212.75Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States offers a thematic analysis of interest groups and lobbying in American politics and over the course of American political history. It explores how interest groups have organized and articulated their support for numerous issues, and have they grown both in numbers and range of activities... more...
The Supreme Court
PublicAffairs 2011; US$ 9.99The Supreme Court grew out of an historic opportunity to interview all of the living Supreme Court justices for a C-SPAN feature documentary about the Court, the only time that the nine sitting members and their retired colleagues have granted interviews to a single television network. Eleven of those interviews?the entire current court, including... more...
The Macropolitics of Congress
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 29.95How do public laws, treaties, Senate confirmations, and other legislative achievements help us to gain insight into how our governmental system performs? This well-argued book edited by Scott Adler and John Lapinski is the first to assess our political institutions by looking at what the authors refer to as legislative accomplishment. The book moves... more...









