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The Constitution grants Congress the power 'to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises'. From the First Congress until today, conflicts over the size, role and taxing power of government ……続きを見る

Like his National Book Awardーwinning United States, Gore Vidal’s scintillating ninth collection, The Last Empire*,* affirms his reputation as our most provocative critic and observer of the modern ……続きを見る

Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, consecutive presidents of the United States, were midwesterners alike in many waysーexcept that they also sharply differed. Born within six years of each other (T……続きを見る

Feeling Bushed, America? In Thanks for the Memories, George, author and Onion contributor Mike Loew takes a humorous–yet furious–look at the last eight years of the Bush administration. From the bot……続きを見る

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States was a defining moment in American history. After years of failed policies, Barack Obama was given the chance to reclaim the American dr……続きを見る

Daybreak is a thorough investigation of how Bush/Cheney altered the way American government works and deteriorated the Constitution and Bill of Rights. It includes clear plans for how we may reclaim……続きを見る

Legislatures, the judiciary and civil society are important actors in representative democracies. In what ways and how well do they represent? And how effectively do they carry out their institution……続きを見る

Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic documentーand the many strange fates that awaited them……続きを見る

This book shows the importance of political ideas in policy-making and demonstrates the extent to which pragmatic considerations preclude the imposition of rigid ideological programmes. It charts th……続きを見る

This book investigates Parliaments’ capacity to oversee government activities, policies and expenditures. Utilising a comparative approach, the book presents a new examination of oversight tools and……続きを見る

Dictators have a very hard task. They have to run a country successful, even when the country hates them for all they are worth. For this reason, I have written the most brief, yet detailed guide on……続きを見る

The conflict in South Ossetia in the summer of 2008 and the Ukrainian energy crisis in early 2009 served to highlight the tensions that continue to influence EU-Russia relations in regard to the reg……続きを見る

In Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition, Justin Buckley Dyer provides a succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the C……続きを見る

This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures, looking at how both external factors (such as public opinion) and internal factor……続きを見る

Political scientists have long painted American voters' dependence on partisan cues at the ballot box as a discouraging consequence of their overall ignorance about politics. Taking on this conventi……続きを見る

The book describes in brief some gory incidents of mass killings, rapes and vandalism which were the common characteristics of the 34 year CPI-M rule in West Bengal, Indi from 1977 to May 2011. 続きを見る

Steve Bogira’s riveting book takes us into the heart of America’s criminal justice system. Courtroom 302 is the story of one year in one courtroom in Chicago’s Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the b……続きを見る

From The New York Times bestselling author of War on the Middle Class, a powerful look at the critical issues facing America on the eve of the 2008 Presidential election With up to a million viewers……続きを見る

The promotion of democracy by the United States became highly controversial during the presidency of George W. Bush. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were widely perceived as failed attempts at enfo……続きを見る

Paul M. Kellstedt explains the variation in Americans' racial attitudes over the last half-century, particularly the relationship between media coverage of race and American public opinion on race. ……続きを見る

Using gentle humor, some 450 visuals, and debate drawn from actual legislative events, the late U.S. Congressman G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery helps readers relive the Montgomery GI Bill's 1987 enactment……続きを見る

A terrifying journey into how our legal systems work in the United States taken from the first-hand true experiences of Scott X Huminski. Huminski explores misconduct within the justice system in Ho……続きを見る

How do politicians try to shape their news coverage? Sellers examines strategic communication campaigns in the U.S. Congress. He argues that these campaigns create cycles of spin: leaders create mes……続きを見る

The past quarter of a century has seen extensive change throughout Europe. There have been significant changes in local government, and the European Union has come to play an increasing role in rela……続きを見る

Finally; a book about politics, written from the viewpoint and with input from average Americans. Most political books are written by pundits seeking to convince you of their viewpoints. They chose ……続きを見る

February 21, 1848, the House of Representatives, Washington D.C.: Congressman John Quincy Adams, rising to speak, suddenly collapses at his desk; two days later, he dies in the Speaker’s chamber. Th……続きを見る

This is one person's search for what defines a "good" government. Beginning from basic ideas, the author uses the writings of "experts", as well as experiences from his own life, to help him draw co……続きを見る

In Money and Politics as Nature Intended, David Mint takes the reader on a mind boggling philosophical journey that will stretch and challenge their belief system around Money and Politics to an ext……続きを見る

“[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.”ーThe Dallas Morning News The t……続きを見る

Getting past "No" in an age of partisan noise. In an age when partisan politics has reached a deafeningーand arguably impotentーpitch, how does the real work of politics get done? This book opens th……続きを見る