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Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 22.00The impact of medical and psychological illness on presidential foreign policy decision making. more...
Race and Redistricting in the 1990s
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 39.00A portrait of how the 1990s round of redistricting treated the racial and linguistic minorities that had been given special protections by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, primarily African-Americans, but also Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and those of Spanish heritage. Throughout the volume, the primary focus is on the practical politics of redistricting... more...
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...
How the President Is Elected
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 30.00The election of a president is an important event in American politics. While the concept is the same, the process of electing presidents has changed considerably: the rise of television and the Internet has greatly increased the information available to voters. This work reveals what it takes to run for president, and how candidates are chosen. 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...
The Presidency
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 30.00Since April 30, 1789, when George Washington stepped onto the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, 43 men have assumed the title of President of the US. This book examines how these men have put their own stamp on the executive branch, and discusses how it has evolved as a reflection of their personalities and their visions for the country. 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...
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...









