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  • Stealth Lobbying

    Interest Group Influence and Health Care Reform

    de Amy Melissa McKay ...
    Politicians and lobbyists have incentives to conceal any quid pro quo relationships between them, leaving scholars largely unable to link campaign money to legislative votes. Using behind-the-scenes information gained from novel data sources such as legislators' schedules, fundraising events, legislative amendments, and the campaign contributions of individual lobbyists and the political action ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • DevOps Tools for Java Developers

    Best Practices from Source Code to Production Containers

    de Stephen Chin, Melissa McKay, Ixchel Ruiz, Baruch Sadogursky ...
    With the rise of DevOps, low-cost cloud computing, and container technologies, the way Java developers approach development today has changed dramatically. This practical guide helps you take advantage of microservices, serverless, and cloud native technologies using the latest DevOps techniques to simplify your build process and create hyperproductive teams.Stephen Chin, Melissa McKay, Ixchel ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD

  • Shame, Gender Violence, and Ethics

    Terrors of Injustice

    de Lenart Škof, Shé M. Hawke, Janet H. Anderson, Jane Barter, Benjamin Duerr, Rouba El Helou-Sensenig, Vita Emery, Cecilia Herles, Farida Khalaf0, Aaron Looney1, Danny Marrero2, Melissa McKay3, Eleanor Sanderson4, Vojko Strahovnik5, Sashinungla6, Mateja Centa Strahovnik7 ...
    Series series Feminist Strategies: Flexible Theories and Resilient Practices
    Shame, Gender Violence, and Ethics: Terrors of Injustice draws from contemporary, concrete atrocities against women and marginalized communities to re-conceptualize moral shame and to set moral shame apart from dimensions of subordination, humiliation, and disgrace. The interdisciplinary collection starts with a contribution from a Yazidi-survivor of genocidal and sexual violence, whose case ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

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  • The Limits of Party

    Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era

    de James M. Curry, Frances E. Lee ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum, winner-take-all approach to congressional politics has replaced the bipartisan comity of past eras. If the parties cannot get everything they want in national policymaking, then they prefer gridlock and stalemate ... Leer más

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  • Obama on the Home Front

    Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks

    de John D. Graham ...
    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    "The best comprehensive review of the Obama administration's policies available," by the author of Bush on the Home Front (Daniel P. Franklin, author of Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final Term).Barack Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since the Great Depression. On the political front, he would be challenged by the same intense congressional ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Code Red: Computerized Election Theft And The New American Century

    Post - E2012 Edition

    de Jonathan D. Simon ...
    CODE RED is about what has happened to American elections, American politics, and America since computers took over the vote counting just a few short years ago. It identifies red flags and offers accessible examinations of why those flags are red. It is a disturbing and provocative call to action. It is about saving our democracy and our country. Now, before it's all gone. Free and fair elections ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Revolving Door Lobbying

    Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests

    de Timothy M. LaPira, Herschel F. Thomas III ...
    In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of “revolving door lobbyists”—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving Door Lobbying tells a different, more nuanced story. As an insider interviewed in the book observes, ... Leer más

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  • The Measure of American Elections

    Edición de Barry C. Burden, Charles Stewart, III ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Election Law and Democracy
    Policymaking in the realm of elections is too often grounded in anecdotes and opinions, rather than in good data and scientific research. To remedy this, The Measure of American Elections brings together a dozen leading scholars to examine the performance of elections across the United States, using a data-driven perspective. This book represents a transformation in debates about election reform, ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Insecure Majorities

    Congress and the Perpetual Campaign

    de Frances E. Lee ...
    "[A] tour de force. Building upon her argument in Beyond Ideology, she adds an important wrinkle into the current divide between the parties in Congress." — Perspectives on PoliticsAs Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in recent history is ... Leer más

    $23.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State Legislatures

    The Effects of Institutions and Politics

    de Lynda W. Powell ...
    Series series Legislative Politics And Policy Making
    Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in others. Using a national survey of legislators, she develops an innovative measure of influence and delineates the factors ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Evaluating Elections

    A Handbook of Methods and Standards

    de R. Michael Alvarez, Lonna Rae Atkeson, Thad E. Hall ...
    In competitive and contested democratic elections, insuring integrity is critical. Evaluating Elections shows why systematic analysis and reporting of election performance is important and how data-driven performance management can be used by election officials to improve elections. The authors outline how performance management systems can function in elections and their benefits for voters, ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Legislating in the Dark

    Information and Power in the House of Representatives

    de James M. Curry ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    Political science scholar James M. Curry explores the inner workings of Congress's House of Representatives in this thought-provoking analysis.The 2009 financial stimulus bill ran to more than 1,100 pages, yet it wasn't even given to Congress in its final form until thirteen hours before debate was set to begin, and it was passed twenty-eight hours later. How are representatives expected to digest ... Leer más

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