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Executing the Constitution: Putting the President Back Into the Constitution (Suny Series in American Constitutionalism)
by Christopher S. (edt) Kelley  Publisher Comments Over the last thirty years, a great deal of attention has been paid to executive branch interpretation of the Constitution....
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Living Democracy
by Daniel M. Shea Synopsis Living Democracy gets students to participate in learning, in the classroom, and in change. The book's young and energetic author team cares deeply about student learning and student engagement. Lead author Dan Shea founded the Center for Political...
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The Federal Vision: Legitimacy and Levels of Governance in the United States and the European Union
by Robert Howse Publisher Comments Based on a transatlantic dialogue between scholars, this work addresses the complex and changing relationship between levels of governance within the United States and the European Union. It examines modes of governance on both sides, analyzing the...
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Social Movements in Politics, Expanded Edition: A Comparative Study (Comparative Government and Politics)
by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh Publisher Comments In this book, Zirakzadeh examines different types of social movements, from the Greens in Germany to the Shining Path in Peru. Written in an accessible manner, the book is divided into several sections. The first examines three traditions of social...
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The Next 25 Years: The New Supreme Court and What It Means for Americans
by Martin Garbus Publisher Comments "If you haven't read The Next 25 Years, you may awaken one morning and ask, What happened to America?'This is a clarion cry for every American to act before our constitutional way of life is all but a distant memory."-Nadine Strossen, president of the...
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The American Voter Revisited
by Michael Lewis Beck Publisher Comments Today we are politically polarized as never before. The presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 will be remembered as two of the most contentious political events in American history. Yet despite the recent election upheaval, The American Voter...
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New York State Government : What It Does, How It Works (2ND 07 Edition)
by Robert B. Ward Publisher Comments Robert B. Ward's New York State Government has been expanded and updated to provide a more thorough grounding in the state Constitution, the three branches of government in Albany, and the broad scope of state activities and services. Accessibly written,...
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Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator
by Orrin Hatch Publisher Comments From Orrin Hatch, one of the most widely respected and best-known legislators in America, comes a deeply personal book: part essay on how politics should be practiced, part memoir of how he has tried to embody those principles during his long and very...
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Government and Politics : Washington State (04 Edition)
by Cornell Clayton Publisher Comments Washington's rich, sometimes quirky, and utterly fascinating experiment with self-government often takes unexpected twists and turns as the ingenious and dynamic people of the Evergreen State continue to institute change. Washington State Government and...
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Government By the People : Brief Version -with 2 DVDS (7TH 08 Edition)
by Magleby And O'brien / Light / Peltason / Cronin / Gibson / Robison Publisher Comments Responding to the need for a more meaningful study of American government, Prentice Hall proudly presents this new Teaching and Learning Classroom (T.L.C.) Edition. Building on a long tradition of clear and accessible writing, sound scholarship, and...
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Unlikely Heroes
by Jack Bass Publisher Comments A vivid account of the implementation of the Brown decision in the South by southern federal judges committed to the rule of law....
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Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality
by Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer Publisher Comments "Freedom and Justice for all" is a phrase that can have a hollow ring for many members of the disability community in the United States. Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer gives us a comprehensive introduction to and overview of U.S. disability policy in all...
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Rivals for Power Presidential Congre 2ND Edition
by James A Thurber Publisher Comments The first President Bush faced a long-entrenched Democratic majority in both houses of Congress. In his first term, Clinton entered into a unified government for the first time in many years, but all that changed with the midterm elections of 1994. The...
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Federal Vision: Legitimacy and Levels of Governance in the United States and the European Union
by Robert Howse Publisher Comments Based on a transatlantic dialogue between scholars, this work addresses the complex and changing relationship between levels of governance within the United States and the European Union. It examines modes of governance on both sides, analyzing the...
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Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith : Religious Accommodation in Pluralist Democracies (00 Edition)
by Nancy L. Rosenblum Publisher Comments "This book makes a powerful and important case for a greater presence of religion in contemporary democratic life and does this while insisting that this is consistent with the liberal ideals of a pluralist society. It is an important and distinguished...
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New World of Welfare (01 Edition)
by Rebecca M. Blank Publisher Comments The sweeping welfare reform legislation of 1996 will soon be up before Congress for reauthorization. The need for reauthorization presents an opportunity to assess what welfare reform has accomplished and what remains to be done. The New World of Welfare...
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Is Voting for Young People? (Great Questions in Politics)
by Martin P Wattenberg Synopsis "For years, political scientists have told their students that it doesn't make a difference whether they vote because one vote won't make a difference. This book is antidote to that argument." Richard Niemi, University of Rochester "Marty Wattenberg's...
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Digital Government : Technology and Public Sector Performance (05 Edition)
by Darrell M. West Publisher Comments "A comprehensive, detailed, survey of e-government practices, this book is a significant contribution to the field."--Stuart Bretschneider, Syracuse University "This well-written book nicely blends the diffusion theory of technical innovations with the...
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Superferry: Anatomy of a Boondoggle
by Koohan Paik Synopsis This is the first book to describe an historically unique, spontaneous, leaderless uprising in the Hawaiian islands, in 2001. When an entrepreneur got the idea to start a high-speed, inter-island ferry to connect Honolulu with the neighbor islands, his...
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Youth and Political Participation
by Lawrence J. Saha Publisher Comments Learning about politics and life as a citizen is part of the transition to adulthood. During this stage young people in most Western democracies are introduced to political processes and issues, as well as a range of political activities including voting...
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