Constitution: government and the state

Taking the Arab Spring as its case study, this book explores the role of law and constitutions during societal upheavals, and critically evaluates the different trajectories they could follow in a revolutionary setting.

German constitutionalism has gained a central place in the global comparative debate, but what underpins it remains imperfectly understood.

Understanding how Congressional political parties utilize floor procedure to advance a legislative agenda is fundamental to understanding how Congress operates.

Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.

This book traces the roots of Thailand''s political development from 1932 to the present, accounting for the intervening period''s political turmoil.

The "e;Arab Spring"e; was heralded and publicly embraced by foreign leaders of many countries that define themselves by their own historic revolutions.

Explains the compatibility of economic development and democracy in the United States during industrialization.

This set of fifteen volumes under the title International Encyclopaedia of World Constitutions, Commentaries and Laws provides readers with a complete guide to the commentaries on individual constitutions and respective constitutional amendments of all major nations of the world, their constitutions, and the constitutional laws.

This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America.

This book describes life on the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context.

In Constitutional Revolutions Robert Justin Lipkin radically rethinks modern constitutional jurisprudence, challenging the traditional view of constitutional change as solely an extension or transformation of prior law.

A deep look into the agency that implements the president's marching orders to the rest of the executive branchThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is one of the federal government's most important and powerful agencies-but it's also one of the least-known among the general public.

This book analyzes and explains the ways in which major developing world cities respond to the challenge of urban violence.

Remember when Trump was a great boss, a great father, and a great businessman, before the liberal media rewrote that narrative?

Nach der Auflösung der Sowjetunion durch die stalinistische Bürokratie sind trotz zahlreicher historischer Detailstudien weder der Charakter der Oktoberrevolution noch die Degeneration und das Scheitern des aus ihr hervorgegangenen Arbeiterstaates einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit klar, obwohl die Existenz der Sowjetunion die gesamte Geschichte des 20.

Examines constitutional change in Latin America from 1900 to 2008 and provides the first systematic explanation of the origins of constitutional designs.

Describes what patronage employees do in exchange for their jobs and provides a novel explanation of why they do it.

This book demonstrates similarities in health inequities afflicting Black and disabled people in America to support collaborative, intersectional health justice advocacy.

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In recent years historians have paid substantial attention to the origins of modern political conservatism and the record of the Nixon administration in building a Republican majority in the late twentieth century.

Is the United States Congress dead, alive, or trapped in a moribund cycle?

This book undertakes the first comparative constitutional analysis of the Kyrgyz Republic and Republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in their cultural, historical, political, economic and social context.

A new afterword by Max Holland details developments since the original 2003 publication, including the revelation of Mark Felt as the infamous Deep Throat, the medias role in the scandal, both during and afterwards, including Bob Woodwards Second Man.

In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson opened the nation's door to an era of reform.

Britain Unwrapped provides a wide-ranging discussion of the contemporary system of government.

En este libro se estudia en detalle el fallido experimento chileno de reemplazar la Constitución.

From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa.

Explores ''low policing'' of interpersonal disputes in Jordan to show the inconspicuous methods the state uses to maintain social order.

Until President Jimmy Carter launched an effort to diversify the lower federal courts, the U.

This book examines why some rebel groups abuse civilians and factionalize, presenting an inside look at Liberia''s rebels and using innovative quantitative methods.

The report provides a description and an assessment of the recent actions carried out by the Mexican government to enhance the quality of regulation and regulatory governance in the rail sector in Mexico.

Constitutional law provides the legal framework for the Australian political and legal systems, and thus touches almost every aspect of Australian life.

In The Sovereignty of Law, Trevor Allan presents an accessible introduction to his influential common law constitutional theory - an account of the unwritten constitution as a complex articulation of legal and moral principles.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the Congressional Research Service on Energy and Environment during the month of March.

Argues that rising powers challenge international order when their status ambitions seem to be unjustly and permanently blocked.

Conservative plans for a coalition government, a snap General Election, prime ministers considering whether to resign after an electoral or referendum defeat, and the prospect of Labour and Conservative deals with the Liberals, SNP and Northern Ireland Unionist parties, have become dominant features of British politics since 2010, and the hung parliament in June 2017.

The arrival of European and Euro-American colonizers in the Americas brought not only physical attacks against Native American tribes, but also further attacks against the sovereignty of these Indian nations.

A study of citizenship formation in post-1979 Iran, examining the centrality of non-elite women''s participation in the process.