Constitution: government and the state

Democracy in America, written by French lawyer Alexis de Tocqueville in 1831, documents his travels through America where he finds an equality unknown in Europe.

Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism is a sustained exercise in historical sociology that shows how the slave-based societies of Ancient Greece and Rome eventually became the feudal societies of the Middle Ages.

The Element assesses theories about wartime attitudes toward militant groups.

Why it's time to enshrine the right to vote in the ConstitutionThroughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to voting.

Migrant children separated from their parents.

He is the star of a hit Broadway musical, the face on the ten dollar bill, and a central figure among the founding fathers.

Presenting new theoretical perspective, this book shows how law and politics shape state high court use of Supreme Court precedent.

Using income surveys and various political-economic data, this book shows that income inequality is fundamental to the dynamics of US politics.

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

Constitutional democracy is more fragile and less 'natural' than autocracy.

Reflections on, and interviews with, US presidents from Nixon to George W.

The New York Times bestselling autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence.

It is safe to say that a sizeable majority of the world's population would agree with the proposition that that property rights are important for political and social stability as well as economic growth.

This book examines how polarization threatens democracy and the sources of political and institutional resilience that can help sustain it.

By advancing ''Jacobinism'' as a historically specific geopolitical economy in world history, this book provides a new reading of the Ottoman and Turkish road to modernity.

One of the most enduring dreams is of a Utopian society in which all possessions are held in common ownership, and there is never a quarrel over "e;mine"e; and "e;thine"e;.

It is only a decade ago that the eighteenth-century distinction between civil society and the state seemed old-fashioned, an object of cynicism, even of outright hostility.

This work, written by an expert in the politics of Mainland China and Taiwan, looks at the role the Constitution of the Republic of China has played in the development of Taiwan since 1949 and its potential influence on the People's Republic of China.

This Element examines the affective polarization present in American politics, arguing that intergroup discussions can mitigate animosity.

Provides a coherent way to think about the intersection of religious practice and taxes.

Shows how local actors shape social policy in China through distinct priorities and different approaches to governing.

In Secularism as Misdirection, Nivedita Menon traces how the discourse of secularism fixes attention to and hypervisualizes women and religion while obscuring other related issues.

An examination of how legacies of authoritarian rule shaped the outcome of Egypt''s 2011 founding elections.

This book reviews VA benefits and services.

"e;How does a man go from .

A comprehensive study of dynasticism in modern democracies, providing a new perspective on where dynasties come from and why they matter.

The message of this extraordinary election [in November 2010] is clear enough: the American citizenry has rejected the secular dogma, socialist policies, and machine-driven politics that comprise the Obama agenda.

Anxious Politics argues that political anxiety affects the news we consume, who we trust, and what public policies we support.

This volume studies the reception of the works of the acclaimed post-colonial philosopher Michel Foucault by South Asian scholars.

Provides the first comprehensive post-Heller account of the Second Amendment as constitutional law - dispelling many myths along the way.

Argues that the Founders intended the Constitution to be interpreted according to the text''s meaning and its framers'' original intentions.

Armed interventions in Libya, Haiti, Iraq, Vietnam, and Korea challenged the US president and Congress with a core question of constitutional interpretation: does the president, or Congress, have constitutional authority to take the country to war?

Winner: Bancroft PrizeWinner: Henry Adams PrizeWinner: Ohio History Association Book PrizeIn time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process of amending the US Constitution.

The South was not always the South.

How Bush-hating CIA Bureaucrats Are Sabotaging the War on Terror .

Evaluates the successes and failures of the 1996 South African Constitution following the twentieth anniversary of its enactment.

This book analyzes postwar Germany to show how social movements shape public memory and influence democratization through cooperation and conflict with government.

Engel examines changing politicians'' perceptions of the threat posed by opposition and how it influenced manipulations of judicial authority.

In the Fall of 1992, public events in Canada reached a climax that had far-reaching effects for the future of the country.

This Element examines the affective polarization present in American politics, arguing that intergroup discussions can mitigate animosity.