Constitution: government and the state

Canada's fifth effort at "e;mega-constitutional politics"e; was a period of popular discussion and leadership negotiation, that ran from the defeat in 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord through the Charlottetown Accord and the referendum of 26 October 1992.

The developments of early 2011 changes the political landscape of the Middle East.

A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand''s political, economic, social, and cultural history.

Webber begins by showing how different conceptions of culture, language, and nation shaped Canada's constitutional negotiations from 1960 until the referendum of 1992.

Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama's 2008 campaign.

This remarkable book shatters just about every myth surrounding American government, the Constitution, and the Founding Fathers, and offers the clearest warning about the alarming rise of one-man rule in the age of Obama.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) during the month of March, grouped according to topics.

In this book David Karol explains important variations in party position change, enhancing our understanding of parties, interest groups, and representation.

This "e;Encyclopaedia of World Constitutions"e; contains the full text for the constitutions of all important countries of the world.

Explores reasons why a specific group of organized conservatives threaten its own leadership, and what could improve its likelihood of success.

The actions or inactions of elected and appointed leaders determine whether the people they serve flourish or suffer.

Nature is no longer the leading cause of death; society is.

A new introduction to the European Union which uses the lens of comparative politics.

"Die Frage, wer die Welt regiert, kann nicht eindeutig beantwortet werden.

Today''s struggle for free speech is placed into historical context to explore how laws protect, or threaten, less-powerful speakers.

First published in 1989, The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany has become an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners of comparative, international, and constitutional law, as well as of German and European politics.

The Bush Administration has notoriously argued that detainees at Guantanamo do not enjoy constitutional rights because they are held outside American borders.

The United States military has evolved from a tiny and distrusted institution at the margins of government into a central element of America and American power, yet the military is sometimes hard to comprehend because of its unique language, history, and culture.

Hacking the Electorate is the most comprehensive study to date about the consequences of campaigns using microtargeting databases to mobilize voters in elections.

Crisis and Constitutionalism argues that the late Roman Republic saw, for the first time in the history of political thought, the development of a normative concept of constitution--the concept of a set of constitutional norms designed to guarantee and achieve certain interests of the individual.

This book argues that voters'' willingness to hold lawmakers accountable produces insights into legislative organization, behavior and output.

In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia.

Sous la forme d’un dialogue qui passe en revue les principales interrogations que soulève la Constitution européenne, dans un langage accessible à tous, voici l’instrument indispensable qui permettra à chacun de se forger une opinion informée et de comprendre enfin la Constitution européenne.

Were Americas Founders Christians or deists?

The astonishing story of FDR's yearlong, defining battle with Churchill in 1943, as the war raged in Africa and Italy: "e;Superb.

In These Estimable Courts, Damon M.

William Taylor's Cavalier and Yankee was one of the most famous works of American history written in the 1960s.

This book offers a new account of the power of federal courts in the United States to hear and determine uncontested applications to assert or register a claim of right.

This book develops a new political-institutional explanation of South America''s ''two lefts'' and the divergent fates of the region''s democratic regimes.

In this book, Verkuil uses his inside perspective on government to examine the increasing impact of private contractors on governance.

This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates variables from the models of Supreme Court decision making.

This book explores some of the most glaring misunderstandings about the U.

What makes a juvenile delinquent develop into an adult criminal?

The Supreme Court term that began on October 7, 2019 was one of the most eventful in recent history.

The Constitution states that "e;"e;no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States,"e;"e; yet it seems political nobility is as American as apple pie.

Who could forget the Supreme Courts controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v.

This book makes a realpolitik argument for supporting democracy in the Arab world, drawing on four decades of policy experience.

This work will provide an authoritative and illuminating overview of the U.

Brexit means exit, but what exactly will we be leaving behind?

Demonstrates how colleges routinely deny students fair hearings in sexual assault cases and define sexual assault in an unconstitutionally broad manner.