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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...
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...
The New York Times on the Presidency
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2008; US$ 102.35An exciting and affordable new volume offering a unique perspective on the Oval Office more...
Guide to the Presidency
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2007; US$ 425.50Guide to the Presidency is the leading reference source on the persons who have occupied the White House and on the institution of the presidency itself. Readers turn to this guide for its vast array of factual information about the institution and the presidents, as well as for its analytical chapters that explain the structure and operations of the... 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...
Powers of the Presidency
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2008; US$ 54.05Providing both a historical and contemporary perspective on presidential powers, The Powers of the Presidency guides readers through the presidency as a constitutional office, covering how it was shaped by its design at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and by later constitutional amendments, Supreme Court decisions, and custom and precedent. It... more...









