American Government – alle Bücher, CDs und LPs, Seite 9

James W Riddlesperger

Reflections on Wright

"Reflections on Wright is a collection of essays on Jim Wright from his early years through his retirement from the House of Representatives. Wright was one of the most influential members of Congress in …

David Ricci

Post-Truth American Politics

"America needs shared Stories, or narratives, sometimes called myths, to help citizens to know who they are together and how to go forward. These Stories promote democracy but, as this book shows, they ar…

American Utopia On Broadway Original Cast Recording

Katharina P. W. Doering

African Military Politics in the Sahel

"Based on extensive empirical research, Katharina P.W. Dèoring analyses the politics surrounding military deployments in the Sahel since 2012 and stresses the agency of regional organizations in African-l…

James M McCormick

American Foreign Policy and Process

"A comprehensive analysis of the values and beliefs that have shaped American foreign policy, exploring how they have evolved over time. The author provides comparison of the changing policy making approa…

Jeff Bingaman

Breakdown

In his thirty-year career representing the citizens of New Mexico in the US Senate, Jeff Bingaman witnessed great things accomplished through the legislative process. He also had a front-row seat for the …

James L Gibson

Democracy's Destruction? Changing Perceptions of the Supreme Court, the Presidency, and the Senate After the 2020 Election

On January 6, 2021, an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. This assault on America's democratic system was orchestrated by then Pres…

Fred Paxton

Restrained Radicals

"Comparing cases in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland, Restrained Radicals explains the different approaches to local government taken by populist radical right parties, the extent of their radicalis…

Kevin Arceneaux

The House That Fox News Built?

"Partisan news' influence is presumed to be powerful, but evidence for its effects on political elites is limited. This book uses quasi-experimental research designs, observational data, and open science …

Sarah Staszak

Privatizing Justice

While the use of arbitration in the private sector has grown dramatically in recent decades, arbitration itself is not new. Yet the practice today looks very different than it did at its origins. How did …

Goran Hyden

Theorizing in Comparative Politics

"This book moves comparison beyond a narrow focus on democratization to better understand politics in developing regions of the world. Using Africa as empirical reference, it shows the gaps in knowledge l…

E J Fagan

The Thinkers

In The Thinkers, E.J. Fagan tells the story of how partisan think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Center for American Progress displaced non-partisan experts to become the closest policy advisors t…

Kenneth Newton

Real News about the News

"Unravels the real effects of the mainstream and alternative news media on British politics. Covering TV, radio, newspaper and the internet, Kenneth Newton collates evidence to show that, contrary to popu…

Ben Nelson

Death of the Senate

Death of the Senate is a clear-eyed look inside the Senate chamber in an unprecedented, brutally honest account of the current political reality.

Anthony Seldon

The Impossible Office?

"Why has the office of Prime Minister endured longer than any other democratic political office? Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street, explores the intimate details and experiences of…

Harvey Flaumenhaft

The Framework of the Federalist

The Federalist Papers offers an expansive vision of the American Constitution and the original sense of the federal character of the American government. What is contained in these eternally studied argum…

Ritchie

Backdoor Lawmaking

Civics textbooks focus on how Congress makes policy through the legislative process, but the reality is that members of Congress have limited opportunities to advance their policy priorities. In fact, les…

Joe Neguse

Courage in the People's House

"Courage in the People's House tells the gripping stories of nine individuals who served in the US House of Representatives--the "People's House"--During a span of over one hundred years, from the 1870s t…

Charles R Beitz

For the People?

Many observers of American politics believe that representative government, particularly in the Congress, is failing. This book examines the case for failure: what are the outward signs, and how do they r…