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Alfred A. Knopf The Persuaders
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more—by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and award-winning former New York Times columnist“Anand Giridharadas shows the way we get real progressive change in America—by refusing to write others off, building more welcoming movements, and rededicating ourselves to the work of changing minds.” —Robert B. Reich, best-selling author of The SystemThe lifeblood of any free society is persuasion: changing other people’s minds in order to change things. But America is suffering a crisis of faith in persuasion that is putting its democracy and the planet itself at risk. Americans increasingly
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Random House USA Inc The American Political Tradition and the Men Who
Book SynopsisThe American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a kind of intellectual history of the assumptions behind American politics, Richard Hofstadter changed the way Americans understand the relationship between power and ideas in their national experience. Like only a handful of American historians before him—Frederick Jackson Turner and Charles A. Beard are examples—Hofstadter was able to articulate, in a single work, a historical vision that inspired and shaped an entire generation.
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Random House USA Inc The Massacre at El Mozote A Parable of the Cold
Book SynopsisA masterpiece of scrupulous investigative journalism that is also a testament to the forgotten victims of a neglected theater of the Cold War.Once in a rare while a writer reexamines a debated episode of recent history with such thoroughness and integrity that the truth can no longer be in doubt. Mark Danner [has done] just that. —The New York TimesIn December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army's select, American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women, and children, often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre—and photographs of its victims—appeared in the United States, the Reagan administration quickly dismissed them as propaganda. In the end, El Mozote was forgotten. The war in El Salvador continued, with American funding.When Mark Danner's reconstruction of these events first appeared in The New Yorker, it sent shock waves through
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DK Roberts Rules of Order Fast Track
Book SynopsisMust-Have Advice on Running Effective and Organized MeetingsEasy, accessible, and to the point. Robert's Rules of Order Fast Track gives you everything you need to know to conduct shorter, fairer, and more orderly meetings. In this new and improved update, you'll find: -The fundamentals of parliamentary procedure, with tips on knowing which rules to use for your meetings. -Simple suggestions for making, seconding, and debating motions. -A primer on voting, from knowing when it's required, to breaking ties, to handling absentee and proxy votes. -Straightforward strategies for setting and sticking to an agenda and efficiently recording your meeting's minutes. -Tips for handling disruptive members and tyrannical chairs. -All-new guidance on conducting the modern virtual meeting.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Idea of the Republic
Book Synopsis* A lively discussion of politics and political theory by one of the world's most distinguished political theorists and philosophers. * Provides an excellent introduction to the work of Bobbio for the newcomer. * Explains the idea of the Republic and some of the major political and ethical themes of the day.Trade Review"This delightful dialogue moves with ease between ideas in the history of political thought and political theory and issues in contemporary politics, Italian, European and global. It breathes new political life into old academic bones." —Philip Pettit, William Nelson Cromwell, Professor of Politics, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction to the English Edition. 1 Virtue and the Republic. 2 Patriotism. 3 What Kind of Freedom? 4 Meekness and Intransigence. 5 Rights and Duties. 6 Fear of God and Love of God. 7 The Republic and its Problems. 8 Hidden Powers. 9 Can the Republic be Renewed? Notes.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Scandal and Silence
Book SynopsisThis timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that: Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage; Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it's not the media but governments and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur; Significant scandals are indeed difficult for news organizations to initiate and harder for them to maintain and bring to appropriate closure; For these reasons cover-ups and lying often work, and truth remains essentially unrecorded, unremembered. Sometimes, bad behavior stimulates an avalanche Trade Review"This book combines insightful theoretical analysis with interesting empirical research, and is a major contribution to the field."Discourse and Communication"This is the definitive work on political scandal in the modern American press. The reader will find engaging and richly detailed accounts of dozens of scandals, along with explanations of why in some cases they became so overblown, and, in others, did not develop at all despite available evidence. The book raises important questions about how journalists tell stories, and why those stories so often fail to embody the ideals we associate with a free press in a democracy."Lance Bennett, University of Washington "Robert Entman has long been one of the most insightful analysts of the news media. Scandal and Silence will add to his reputation. Anyone who thought they had a reasonable understanding of how the media handle scandal will have to think again. A brilliant book that is a must read for those in the classroom, the newsroom, and the political cloakroom."Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsDedicationChapter 1: High Crimes or Misdemeanors?Chapter 2: Analyzing Media and Presidential ScandalChapter 3: Private Lives in the Public Sphere. What Do Journalists Know, and When Do They Tell It?Chapter 4: Secret Sins of 2008: The McCain, Edwards and Clinton Families' ValuesChapter 5: Dodging Scandals - and the DraftChapter 6: Rathergate: From a Scandal of Politics to a Scandal of JournalismChapter 7: Harkening to Other Matters: What News Looks like When a Scandal is SilencedAppendix to Chapter 7: Harken Data TablesChapter 8: Silenced Scandals of Grave MisconductChapter 9: Recalibrating Scandal and SilenceReferencesNotes
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MN - University of British Columbia Press The Terrific Engine
Book SynopsisThe Terrific Engine tells the story of how income taxation effected a profound transformation in the way people talk and think about politics in Canada, and of the energy Canadians invested in taxation's political possibilities.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Political History of PossibilityPart 1: The People’s Enlightenment and the Destruction of the Two-Party System1 A Clear Line? The Great Deception and the Farmers’ Critique of the Tariff , 1910–112 The Brink of the Abyss: The “Conscription of Wealth” and the Party System, 1917–19Part 2: The Citizenship of Contribution and the Construction of the Modern Political Imaginary3 The Curve of Progressivity: “Fiscal Need” and the Constitution, 1921–394 A Modern Measure? The Income Tax Sublime and the Left–Right Spectrum, 1940–45Conclusion: Income Taxation, Democracy, and the Modern Political ImaginaryNotes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Behind Closed Doors
Book SynopsisBehind Closed Doors asks and answers whether the doctrine of Cabinet secrecy still has a role in the Westminster parliamentary system.Trade Review"Yan Campagnolo’s excellent book is rigorous, learned, very well written, clear, and to the point. It is a must-read for scholars as well as public officials and judges." -- Suzanne Comtois, Université de SherbrookeTable of ContentsForeword / The Honourable Louis LeBel, CCIntroduction1 Constitutional Conventions2 Common Law Public Interest Immunity3 Statutory Public Interest Immunity4 The Rule of LawConclusionAppendix: Statutory ProvisionsNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Constituting Federal Sovereignty The European
Book SynopsisAnd she explores the crucial roles played by such factors as sovereignty-honoring elements within the institutional structure of the federation, the circumstances of its formation (revolt against distant empire versus aftermath of war among member states), and notably, the internal culture of respect for the rule of law in the member states.Trade ReviewA very neat, thorough and interesting study for all scholars trying to understand the working of 'shared powers', may it be at the international, supranational or national level. -- Dietmar Braun Swiss Political Science Review A book of substantial interest and considerable scholarship. -- Peter Leslie International History Review A very impressive and thought-provoking book that contributes to the research stream represented by books on the impact of European Courts on European 'constitutional' politics. -- Donald W. Jackson Law and Politics Book Review Professor Goldstein does an admirable job bringing the European Union into comparative context. -- Erik Jones Acta Politica A well-focused application of comparative federalism. -- R. Daniel Kelemen Journal of Politics 2003 A very welcome addition to the literature on federal systems. -- Paolo Dardanelli Regional and Federal Studies An excellent example of the successful merger of the interests of comparative history, politics, and jurisprudence... The writing is clear, the argumentation is fair and precise, and the logic is lucid. The book makes a significant contribution to the field of comparative federalism and should be widely accepted a s a basic reference work for study in this field. -- Jim Seroka Publius 2002Table of ContentsContents: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Member-State Resistance Paradox: American Union (1790-1860) versus European Community (1958-1994) Chapter 2: State Resistance in the United States and the European Community: Unraveling the Puzzle Chapter 3: The Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic and the European Union Chapter 4: The First Half-Century of the Modern Swiss Federation Chapter 5: Conclusions: State Behavior in the Suprastate Unions Appendix A: State Resistance to Federal Authority in the United States Appendix B: European States' Resistance to European Community Authority Abbreviations of Public Documents Notes Cases Cited Works Cited Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisThey make available for the first time in English the frank and insightful letters of the French minister on the subject of the new federal government.Trade ReviewThis complete and well-edited record of the First Federal Congress is a model documentary edition. Historians of the early republic owe thanks to the editors and publisher of this exemplary collection. -- Kenneth R. Stevens Journal of the Early Republic 2006Table of ContentsIllustrationsIntroductionEditorial MethodAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and SymbolsMembers of the House of RepresentativesMembers of the SenateSubjects Debated in the House of RepresentativesSubjects Debated in the SenateAppointees to Office During the First CongressCorrespondence: First SessionMarch 1789April 1789May 1789
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Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisThis volume presents letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress and communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City by 1789. They bring the official record to life by providing details about the political process.Trade ReviewThis complete and well-edited record of the First Federal Congress is a model documentary edition. Historians of the early republic owe thanks to the editors and publisher of this exemplary collection. -- Kenneth R. Stevens Journal of the Early Republic 2006Table of ContentsIllustrationsCorrespondence: First SessionJune 1789July 1789August 1789
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Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisThis volume presents letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress and communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City by 1789. They bring the official record to life by providing details about the political process.Trade ReviewThis complete and well-edited record of the First Federal Congress is a model documentary edition. Historians of the early republic owe thanks to the editors and publisher of this exemplary collection. -- Kenneth R. Stevens Journal of the Early Republic 2006Table of ContentsIllustrationsCorrespondence: First SessionSeptember 1789October 1789November 1789December 1789Residences of MembersNew York City Weather ChartsBiogrphical GazetteerFirst Session House BillsFirst Session Senate BillsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democracy and Administration Woodrow Wilsons
Book SynopsisDemocracy and Administration calls on scholars and practitioners to take Wilson's institutional design and regime-level orientation into account as part of the ambitious enterprise to develop a new science of democratic governance.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through practitioners. Choice 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Power and Public ManagementPart I: Wilson's Ideas1. Remaking the Public Executive2. The Character of Modern Democracy3. Situating Administration in the Modern Democratic State4. Enhancing Democracy through Administrative Design and Organizational PracticePart II: Wilson's Practices5. Administrative Reform and Expansion6. Legal Structure, Cabinet Government, and Interpretive LeadershipPart III: A Wilsonian Perspective on Governance7. The Continuing Relevance of Wilson's Ideas8. Public Management, Representative Government, and the Continuation of Wilson's QuestReferencesIndex
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The University Press of Kentucky Ambition in America Political Power and the
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The University Press of Kentucky The Cold War at Home and Abroad Domestic Politics
Book SynopsisAmericans may cling to the belief that "politics stops at the water's edge," but the reality is that parochial political interests often play a critical role in shaping the nation's interactions with the outside world.In The Cold War at Home and Abroad: Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945, editors Andrew L.
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The University Press of Kentucky Reflections on Constitutional Law
Book SynopsisIn a trend that disturbs nationally known constitutional scholar George Anastaplo, law schools now place very little emphasis on the study of the United States Constitution as a document.Trade ReviewA well-reasoned commentary that is devoid of partisan and ideological bias and complemented by a mastery of philosophy, law, and history. - Joseph R. Fornieri, author of Abraham Lincoln's Political Faith
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Ohio State University Press Hitching a Ride Omnibus Legislating in the
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Ohio State University Press Drawing on Anger
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Politics the Wellstone Way How to Elect
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive set of strategies to help progressives channel the energy of political activism into winning issue-based and electoral campaigns. This is a workshop in book form, providing the detailed framework needed to jump-start a new generation of activists plus helpful tools for old pros.Trade Review“Paul Wellstone had a great ability to win by connecting his politics to people in a profound way. Paul can’t be replaced, but his formula for success can be passed on to others, and this book does just that. Written by the people who guided his successful campaigns, it is a blueprint for those who are committed to making a difference, taking a stand, and winning.” —Walter Mondale “Paul Wellstone was a great American because he was honest and led with his heart. But he was a successful leader because he knew how to organize, and he showed ordinary citizens that they had the power within themselves to change our country.” —Howard Dean, chair of the Democratic NationalCommittee and former presidential candidate “This book is the next best thing to going to a Camp Wellstone if, like me, you are too lazy, or too important.” —Al Franken
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Israel and the Struggle Over the International
Book SynopsisArgues that Israel stands on the frontlines of a new struggle over the international laws of war and exposes abuses of law that have been promulgated by international human rights lawyers, UN bodies, and intellectuals to illegitimately circumscribe the right of liberal democracies to defend themselves against transnational terrorists.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Thinking about the Future
Book SynopsisIn Thinking About the Future, George Shultz has collected and revisited key writings, applying his past thinking to America's most pressing contemporary problems. Each chapter includes new commentary from the author, providing context, colour, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of how decisions are made in the halls of power.
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University of Missouri Press A Fire Bell in the Past
Book SynopsisDrawn from the of participants in two landmark conferences, those who contributed original essays to this second of two volumes answer the Missouri ‘Question’, in bold fashion, challenging assumptions both old and new in the long historiography by approaching the event on its own terms.Table of Contents CONTRIBUTORS xi FOREWORD A Reckoning with Slavery xv D. A. Dunkley INTRODUCTION The 1821 Project 3 Jeffrey L. Pasley and John Craig Hammond CHRONOLOGY The Era of the Second Missouri Compromise 31 PART I: “THE MISSOURI QUESTION" IN NATIONAL POLITICS 1. “We have gained all that was possible, if not all that was desired”: Politics and the Passage of the Missouri Compromise 37 Michael J. McManus 2. The Missouri Crisis and the Uncontested Reelection of James Monroe 71 Christopher Childers 3. Diplomat, Republican, Lady: Louisa Catherine Adams and the Missouri Crisis 99 Miriam Liebman PART II. ANSWERING THE QUESTION IN MISSOURI AND ACROSS AMERICA 4. The Second Missouri Compromise, State Citizenship, and African Americans’ Rights in the Antebellum United States 129 Kate Masur 5. “Clothing and food are nothing compared with liberty”: Undoing the Myth of Mild Missouri Slavery 163 Diane Mutti Burke 6. The Other Fire Bell: African American Politics and the Missouri Compromise before the Civil War 197 Richard Newman 7. A Geography of Free Soil: The Legacy of the 1820 Compromise, Political Conflict, and the Decline of Slavery in Missouri 229 Zachary Dowdle PART III. LEGACIES OF THE MISSOURI CRISIS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE 8. Doughface: The Origins and Legacy of an Antebellum Political Insult 259 Nicholas P. Wood 9. “Contrary to the law of nature”: The Reconstruction and Memory of Rufus King’s Missouri Crisis Speeches 275 David J. Gary 10. “General declarations are insufficient”: The Pressure of Debates and Extreme Rhetoric from the 1760s to the 1820s 301 Matthew Mason PART IV. REFRAMING THE QUESTION CONTINENTALLY 11. The Local Politics of “Indian Affairs”: Diplomacy, Ethnic Cleansing, and Federal Power in the Age of Missouri Statehood 325 Edward P. Green 12. The Multinational History of Missouri Statehood and the Reimagining of North American Polities 357 Peter Kastor ACKNOWLEDGMENT 385 INDEX 389
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University of Wisconsin Press Ratification by the States Virginia Vol 3 10
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Capital Times A Proudly Radical Newspapers
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Georgetown University Press Improving Governance
Book SynopsisProposing a framework for research based on the premise that any particular governance arrangement is embedded in a wider social, fiscal, and political context, this title argues that theory-based empirical research can be a primary source of fundamental, durable knowledge about governance.Trade ReviewProvides insights that come from practical experiences and research disappointments. Improving Governance is a valuable book for those who undertake organizational and policy research and for those desiring to do so. American Political Science ReviewTable of ContentsPreface About the Authors List of Tables and Features 1. Governance in a Democracy What is Governance?Complications of Governance ResearchPurposes of this BookLimits to GovernanceA CaveatNotes 2. A Logic for Governance Research Challenges for Governance ResearchThe Logic of Market GovernancePublic-Sector Governance: An Institutional ViewLevels of GovernanceNotes 3. Institutional Governance Legal IdealismPolitical EconomyThe New InstitutionalismNotes 4. Organizational and Technical Governance The Organizational (Managerial) LevelThe Technical (Primary Work) LevelNotes 5. Designing Research: Applying a Logic of Governance Questions and IssuesA Reduced-Form ModelSummaryNotes 6. Designing Reseach: Models, Methods, and Data Identifying a Literature of GovernanceCritiquing a Literature of GovernanceSummaryNotes 7. Governance Research: Scholarly Applications Governance Research in Three Policy DomainsMore Extensive Reviews of Individual Governance StudiesConlcuding CommentNotes 8. Governance: Research and Practice The Nature of ResearchThe Nature of PracticeEnlightening Practice: Utilizing a LogicEnlightening Practice: ProspectsConclusionNotes References Names Index Subject Index
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Georgetown University Press Globalization and Decentralization Institutional
Book SynopsisExplores the effects of global socio-economic forces on the domestic policies and administrative institutions of Japan and the United States. This title explains how these global factors have shifted power and authority downward from the national government to subnational governments.Table of ContentsForewordR. Scott Fosler and Shinyasu Hoshino Globalization and Decentralization: An OverviewJong S. Jun and Deil S. Wright Part I: Institutional Contexts Introduction 1. From Dual to Coercive Federalism in American Intergovernmental RelationsJohn Kincaid 2. Intergovernmental Relations in Japan: Historical and Legal Patterns of Power DistributionFukashi Horie 3. Innovative Policies and Administrative Strategies for Intergovernmental Change in JapanHiromi Muto 4. Remapping Federalism: The Rediscovery of Civic Governance in the United StatesDeWitt John, Alex Halley, and R. Scott Fosler 5. Emerging Regional Organizational and Institutional Forms: Strategies and Prospects for Transcending Localism in the United StatesJohn Kirlin 6. Understanding Regional Administration in Japan: Dynamism in Stability and Continuity in ChangeTakashi Nishio Part II: Public Policy Issues Introduction 7. The Roles of Central Government and Local Government in Japan's Regional Development PoliciesNaohisa Nagata 8. Public Infrastructure, Capital Investment, and Economic Development in the United StatesBruce McDowell 9. The "Tokyo Problem" and the Development of Urban Issues in JapanAkira Nakamura 10. Metropolitan Growth and Development in the United States: Human Problems and ProspectsRalph Widner 11. Service Integration Revisited and Reinvented: The Strategic Role of Schools in Human ServicesAstrid Merget and William Colman 12. Social Welfare Issues in Japan: Meeting the Needs of an Aging SocietyAkira Morita 13. Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations in Japan: The Problem of Solid Waste ManagementKatsumi Yorimoto 14. The Interstate Transport of Solid Waste: Intergovernmental Tensions and the Conflict Between Law and PolicyRosemary O'Leary and Paul Weiland 15. Fiscal Disparities in the United States: Concepts, Trends, and PoliciesRobert Rafuse 16. The Politics of Local Government Finance in JapanYoshio Kobayashi Part III: Internationalization and Globalization Introduction 17. State and Local Boundary-Spanning Strategies in the United States: Political, Economic, and Social Transgovernmental InteractionsJohn M. Kline 18. Technology Transfer from Iowa to Japan: Internationalization and the Quality of Life in Rural AreasKazunori Ishiguro 19. Japanese Local Government in an Era of Global Economic InterdependencyShinyasu Hoshino 20. The Domestic Consequences of Internationalization: Emerging Conflicts Enid Beaumont
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Georgetown University Press Taking the Initiative
Book SynopsisShows that majority party leaders in Congress have set and successfully pushed their own policy agendas for decades. This title probes the strategies and evaluates the effectiveness of House and Senate leaders operating in a divided government, when Congress and the presidency are controlled by different political parties.
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Georgetown University Press Pluralism by the Rules Conflict and Cooperation
Book SynopsisDespite America's pluralistic, fragmented, and generally adversarial political culture, participants in pollution control politics have begun to collaborate to reduce the high costs of developing, implementing, and enforcing regulations. This title uses examples from this traditionally combative policy arena to propose a model for regulation.
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Krieger Publishing Company The Constitution Our Unwritten Legacy
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St Martin's Press Users Guide to Democracy A How America Works
Book SynopsisFrom Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy, the hosts of New Hampshire Public Radio's Civics 101, and New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro, A User''s Guide to Democracy is a lively crash course in everything you should know about how the US government works.Do you know what the Secretary of Defense does all day? Are you sure you know the difference between the House and the Senate? Have you been pretending you know what Federalism is for the last 20 years? Don't worry--you're not alone. The American government and its processes can be dizzyingly complex and obscure.Until now.Within this book are the keys to knowing what you're talking about when you argue politics with the uncle you only see at Thanksgiving. It's the book that sits on your desk for quick reference when the nightly news boggles your mind. This approachable and informative guide gives you the lowdown on everything from the three branches of government, to what you can actually do to ma
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Celadon Books The January 6th Report
Book Synopsis**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NOTE: The January 6th Report appendices on pages 693716 can be accessed via the QR code below, along with the hyperlinks from the chapter endnotes and witness testimony transcripts.Celadon Books and The New Yorker present the report by the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.On January 6, 2021, insurgents stormed the U.S. Capitol, an act of domestic terror without parallel in American history, designed to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. In a resolution six months later, the House of Representatives called it one of the darkest days of our democracy, and established a special committee to investigate how and why the attack happened.Celadon Books, in collaboration with The New Yorker, presents the committee''s final report, the definitive account of January 6th and what led up to it, based on more
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WW Norton & Co The Failed Promise
Book SynopsisRobert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew JohnsonTrade Review"“...The Failed Promise is an important book for anyone on a quest to deeply understand the racism in America’s history." -- DeNeen L. Brown - Washington Post
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Random House USA Inc Case Closed
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Picture Window Books A Bills Journey Into Law Follow It
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Barcharts, Inc US Congress Quick Study Academic
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Temple University Press,U.S. God Talk
Book SynopsisProvides a compelling framework for understanding the links between religion and politics.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Obama Is a Muslim? What Religion and Politics Research Has to Say 1 Getting to the Heart of Things: The State of the Literature and the Promise of Experiments in Religion and Politics Research PART I With What Effect Do Political Elites Use Religion? 2 God Talk: Religious Cues and Electoral Support 3 Why People Will Not Vote for Atheist Candidates, coauthored with Chelsea Back PART II How Are Religious Elites and Groups and Their Public Arguments Evaluated? 4 Evangelizing the Environment: Decision Process Effects in Political Persuasion, coauthored with Gregory W. Gwiasda 5 Justification Not by Faith Alone: Clergy Generating Trust and Certainty by Revealing Thought 6 Between a Bloc and a Hard Place: Voters’ Perceptions of Group Threat Credibility in Elections 7 Fair and Balanced: Conditional Elite Effects on Threat Perceptions of Homosexuals among Evangelical Protestants, coauthored with Samantha Webb PART III How Can Congregation-Based Elites Affect Members? 8 Divine Intervention? The Influence of Religious Values Communication on U.S. Foreign Intervention Policy 9 The Civil Brake: Values as Contextual Influences on Elite Framing Effects Conclusion: An Emerging Approach to the Study of Religious Influence Appendix References Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. God Talk
Book SynopsisProvides a compelling framework for understanding the links between religion and politics.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Obama Is a Muslim? What Religion and Politics Research Has to Say 1 Getting to the Heart of Things: The State of the Literature and the Promise of Experiments in Religion and Politics Research PART I With What Effect Do Political Elites Use Religion? 2 God Talk: Religious Cues and Electoral Support 3 Why People Will Not Vote for Atheist Candidates, coauthored with Chelsea Back PART II How Are Religious Elites and Groups and Their Public Arguments Evaluated? 4 Evangelizing the Environment: Decision Process Effects in Political Persuasion, coauthored with Gregory W. Gwiasda 5 Justification Not by Faith Alone: Clergy Generating Trust and Certainty by Revealing Thought 6 Between a Bloc and a Hard Place: Voters’ Perceptions of Group Threat Credibility in Elections 7 Fair and Balanced: Conditional Elite Effects on Threat Perceptions of Homosexuals among Evangelical Protestants, coauthored with Samantha Webb PART III How Can Congregation-Based Elites Affect Members? 8 Divine Intervention? The Influence of Religious Values Communication on U.S. Foreign Intervention Policy 9 The Civil Brake: Values as Contextual Influences on Elite Framing Effects Conclusion: An Emerging Approach to the Study of Religious Influence Appendix References Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Changing How America Votes
Book SynopsisChanging How America Votes is an edited volume comprised of 15 short substantive chapters on various specific reform topics that examine how electoral democracy in the United States might be improved. Editor Todd Donovan has organized the readings around three themes: changing who votes, changing how we vote, and the roles of parties and money.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Evaluating American Elections: Are They Working Well?, by Todd Donovan Part I: Voting and Participation: Changing Who Votes 2. Compulsory Voting and the United States, by Shane P. Singh 3. Race and the Right to Vote: The Modern Barrier of Voter ID Laws, by Hannah Walker, Gabriel Sanchez, Stephen Nuño, and Matt Barreto 4. Provisional Votes: An Election Reform to Count More Votes, by Martha Kropf and Holly Whisman 5. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Curious Case of Immigrant Voting Rights, by Ron Hayduk Part II: Electoral Rules and Systems: Changing How We Vote 6. Changing How America Votes for President, by Caroline J. Tolbert and Kellen Gracey 7. Redistricting and Representation: Searching for “Fairness” between the Lines, by Vladimir Kogan and Eric McGhee 8. Ranked Choice Voting: A Different Way of Casting and Counting Votes, by David C. Kimball and Joseph Anthony 9. The Impact of Electoral Rules on Minority Representation, by Jason P. Casellas and Kenicia Wright 10. The Fair Representation Act for Congress, by Rob Richie and Drew Spencer Penrose Part III: Changing the Roles of Parties and Money 11. What’s Rules Got to Do with It? Parties, Reform, and Selection in the Presidential Nomination Process, by Jason S. Byers and Jamie L. Carson 12. Signature Requirements and Ballot Access for Non–Major Party Candidates, by Barry C. Burden and Jordan Hsu 13. Third Parties and the Fight for Electoral Reform, by Brian Brox 14. Campaign Finance in U.S. Politics: An Era without Limits, by Lonna Rae Atkeson and Wendy L. Hansen 15. When Do Election Rules Change?, by Todd Donovan References Index Contributors
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Time Warner Trade Publishing Political Risk
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Simon & Schuster Whats Happened to Politics
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Alfred A. Knopf Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes,
Book SynopsisFrom the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 bestselling memoir, Duty, a candid, sweeping examination of power, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity. Robert Gates argues that this transformation is the result of the failure of political leaders to understand the complexity of American power, its expansiveness and its limitations. He makes clear that the successful exercise of power is not limited to the ability to coerce or demand submission, but must also encompass diplomacy, strategic communications, development assistance, intelligence, technology, and ideology. With forthright judgments of the performance of past presidents and their senior-most advisers, insightful firsthand knowledge, and compelling insider stories, Gates’s candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations argues that U.S. national security in the future will require abiding by the lessons of the past, reimagining our approach, and revitalizing nonmilitary instruments of power essential to success and security.
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Rowman & Littlefield Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy
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PublicAffairs The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology
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Fulcrum Inc.,US Take Back your Government: A Citizen's Guide to
Book SynopsisAn inside look at how state legislatures really work and a hands-on guide to how ordinary citizens can make and change law and policy in their state. The book includes practical tips, checklists and resources to empower any citizen to help make government work for YOU. The book can teach anyone how to be an effective citizen advocate.
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University of Arkansas Press Divided Power: The Presidency, Congress, and the
Book SynopsisDivided Power is a collection of eight original essays written for the Fulbright Institute of International Relations that focuses on timely yet unanswerable questions about the relationship between the executive and legislative branches in the formation of American foreign policy.In trying to answer questions about what the nation's foreign policy is, and who has the upper hand in making it, these essays examine the struggle between the constant of the division of powers mandated by the Constitution (ambiguous though it may be) and the ever-changing political realities and conventional wisdoms of the day. Within that context, the authors also examine the society and culture in which those realities and wisdoms are nested.The goal of these essays is to offer a snapshot in time of the interaction of the executive and legislative branches in the shaping of our foreign policy, framed and informed by the intellectual and political realities that characterize the post–Cold War, post–September 11 world.
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Paragon House Publishers From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative
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Signature Books Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room
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