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  • Accounting for Ministers

    Scandal and Survival in British Government 1945–2007

    by Samuel Berlinski, Torun Dewan, Keith Dowding ...
    Accounting for Ministers uses the tools of modern political science to analyse the factors which determine the fortunes of Cabinet ministers. Utilising agency theory, it describes Cabinet government as a system of incentives for prime ministerial and parliamentary rule. The authors use a unique dataset of ministers from 1945 to 2007 to examine the structural and individual characteristics that ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

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    Our Fight to Save America from Washington

    by Rick Perry ...
    Now, do not misunderstand me, America is great.But we are fed up with being over-taxed and over-regulated. We are tired of being told how much salt to put on our food, what kind of cars we can drive, what kinds of guns we can own, what kind of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can say them, what we are allowed to do to elect political candidates, what kind of energy we can use, what ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • National Insecurity

    The Cost of American Militarism

    by Melvin A. Goodman ...
    "Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military, and now, in National Insecurity, he tells us what we must do to change the way the system works, and how to fix it. Goodman is not only telling us how to save wasted billions—he is also telling us how to save ourselves."—Seymour M. Hersh, The New YorkerUpon leaving the ... Read more

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  • Government against Itself

    Public Union Power and Its Consequences

    by Daniel DiSalvo ...
    As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and rising retirement ages, unionized public employees retire in their fifties with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits. The unions defend tooth and nail the generous compensation packages and extensive job security measures they've won for their members. However, the costs they impose crowd ... Read more

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  • What's Wrong With America And How To Change It

    by Peter Jacobs ...
    In the 1950s, the USA was the most powerful and successful nation on earth. In this book, the author categorically explains what happened and what caused this once great nation's decline.What's Wrong With America examines the major problems facing America today, including a fact-filled discussion of the economy and our soaring national debt, a distressing analysis of the unemployment and jobs ... Read more

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  • Greening International Law

    Edited by Philippe Sands ...
    Environmental problems do not respect international boundaries; they affect the entire globe, and dealing with them is a matter for international political negotiation, law and institutions.Greening International Law assesses the extent to which the international community has so far adapted to address environmental problems, and examines the fundamental changes needed to the structure and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Sovereignty and Liberty

    A Study of the Foundations of Power

    by Amnon Lev ...
    The attitude we take to power is almost invariably one of distrust, never more so than when it claims to be sovereign. And yet, we have always been drawn to sovereignty. Out of fear or fascination, we accepted that it was a condition of our liberty; that to assert ourselves as free, we would have to work not against but through sovereign power. This book retraces the history of the implication of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • They Promised Us the Moon (And Then Proceeded to Give Everything Else Away)

    by William Parker Archibald ...
    Either a Clinton or a Bush has been in the White House for nearly half, or twenty years, of our precipitous decline. Both seek the office again. This book offers an alternative, a fresh approach to the same land Lincoln referred to when he passionately argued for "our last, best hope". ... Read more

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  • Judicial Review and American Activism

    by Robert Winn ...
    Judicial review was introduced into the American government by a Supreme Court decision, Marbury v. Madison, in 1803. This book details the effects of judicial review on the United States up to the present day. ... Read more

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  • Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law

    by Bruce P. Frohnen, George W. Carey ...
    Americans are increasingly ruled by an unwritten constitution consisting of executive orders, signing statements, and other forms of quasi-law that lack the predictability and consistency essential for the legal system to function properly. As a result, the U.S. Constitution no longer means what it says to the people it is supposed to govern, and the government no longer acts according to the rule ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Selling Ronald Reagan

    The Emergence of a President

    by Gerard DeGroot ...
    Before 1966, the idea of Reagan in politics provoked widespread scorn. To most people, he seemed a has-been actor, a right-wing extremist and a 'dunce'. Journalists therefore ridiculed his aspirations to be governor of California. No one, however, doubted his incredible ability to communicate with a crowd. In order to succeed in his campaign, Reagan had to be packaged as an outsider - an antidote ... Read more

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  • The Social Process of Lobbying

    Cooperation or Collusion?

    by John C. Scott ...
    Series series Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance
    Despite a wealth of theorizing and research about each concept, lobbying and norms still raise a number of interesting issues. Why do lobbyists and politicians engage in cooperative behavior? How does cooperative behavior in lobbying affect policy making? If democratic participation is good, why do we view lobbying as bad?Lobbying engenders debate about its effects on the political process and on ... Read more

    $34.99 USD