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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on t……続きを見る

The Face the Nation commentator delivers ?a fitting companion to his career memoir, This Just In? (Texas Monthly). Bob Schieffer?s America brings together 171 of his smart, humorous, and pitch-perfe……続きを見る

In the annals of presidential elections, the hotly contested 1876 race between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden was in many ways as remarkable in its time as Bush versus Gore was in ours. Ch……続きを見る

From fisheries to persistent organic pollutants to climate change itself, no other environmental principle in environmental law has produced as much controversy as the precautionary principle. Unlik……続きを見る

In 1924, the last caliphateーan Islamic state as envisioned by the Koranーwas dismantled in Turkey. With no state in existence that matches the radical Islamic ideal since, al Qaeda, which sees itse……続きを見る

This book examines the effects of ethnicity on party politics in sub-Saharan Africa. Sebastian Elischer analyzes political parties in Ghana, Kenya and Namibia in detail, and provides a preliminary a……続きを見る

Why do politicians frequently heed the preferences of small groups of citizens over those of the majority? Breaking new theoretical ground, Benjamin Bishin explains how the desires of small groups, ……続きを見る

President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney deceived Congress and the people to drive us into a war in Iraq; they claimed the right to wiretap illegally and to eavesdrop on citizens; and they……続きを見る

"... el periodismo me llevó a conocer en persona a Perón y también por oficio fue que a su muerte, 1974, siendo corresponsal en Madrid, me inquietase conocer qué datos, qué secretos rodearon el últi……続きを見る

First published in 1998. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the inaugural volume in the series “Politics and Policy in American Institutions.” The series strives to show the interaction of ……続きを見る

HOW TO DECIDE IN THE ELECTIONS: A GLOBAL VOTE-FORMULA ON ISSUES AND LEADERSHIP AND THE OBAMA-ROMNEY CASE IN 2012 is an e-Book about a scientific method to vote and decide in a meaningful rational po……続きを見る

In 1980, the New Hebrides was approaching independence from the joint governments of Great Britain and France. A group of tribal leaders from the northern islands, enlisted the help of Mike Oliver, ……続きを見る

How a young general shaped a nation ー a fascinating account of George Washington as he faced a war and came out as America's first president The American Revolution was won not on the battlefields,……続きを見る

The radical black left has largely disappeared from the struggle for equality and justice. Michael Dawson examines the causes and consequences, and argues that the conventional left has failed to ta……続きを見る

In recent years, political scientists and journalists have taken a great interest in the question of whether the American electorate is "sorting" into communities based on partisan affiliation. That……続きを見る

The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency and accountability, as well as its lack of popular support. Can these short……続きを見る

One of the most acclaimed and best political biographies of its time, Justice for All is a monumental work dedicated to a complicated and principled figure that will become a seminal work of twentie……続きを見る

பாகிஸ்தானின் உளவுத்துறையான ஐ.எஸ்.ஐயைப் பற்றி ஆதி முதல் அந்தம் வரை அக்குவேறாய் ஆணிவேறாய் அலசும் நூல்! 続きを見る

You don't have to follow politics to know we have some serious issues in this nation right now. But why does it seem like we can't agree on how to fix them, or even get anything done? Obvious Or Obl……続きを見る

The purpose of the book is to investigate parliaments’ capacity to oversee government activities, policies and budget legislation. By analysing the survey data that the World Bank Institute in colla……続きを見る

Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara describes life on and around the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context. Basi……続きを見る

The Occupy Wall Street protests have captured America's political imagination. Polls show that two-thirds of the nation now believe that America's enormous wealth ought to be "distributed more evenl……続きを見る

The new media environment has challenged the role of professional journalists as the primary source of politically relevant information. After Broadcast News puts this challenge into historical cont……続きを見る

American Presidents: describes early life, political career, significant events, legislation, programs, appointments, personal life, and post-presidential career of all American Presidents.Audience:……続きを見る

This book argues that Latino representation in US legislative institutions is shaped not only by demographics but by legislative institutional design, as well as elite-driven methods, features of th……続きを見る

In a wide-ranging constitutional history of presidential war decisions from 1945 to the present, Stephen M. Griffin rethinks the long-running debate over the “imperial presidency” and concludes that……続きを見る

An original collection of the most influential documents in American history, from the bestselling author of A Patriot's History of the United States. Since 2005, A Patriot's History of the United S……続きを見る

**From Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills, a groundbreaking examination of how the atomic bomb profoundly altered the nature of American democracy and has left us in a state of war alert e……続きを見る

The U.S. Constitution is a blueprint for a free society as well as a source of enduring conflict over how that society must be governed. The competing ways of reading our founding document shape the……続きを見る

This book offers an analytical explanation for the origins of and change in property institutions on the American frontier during the nineteenth century. Its scope is interdisciplinary, integrating ……続きを見る