Constitution: government and the state

In this new perspective, Iran's quest for nuclear power-in the context of the global energy challenge and the Cold War-era nuclear arms race-takes on new dimension.

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What is the 'state' and how can we best study it?

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

LaSelva argues that Canadian federalism is founded on a vision of a nation in which multiple identities and multiple loyalties can flourish within a framework of common political nationality.

This is the "e;everything"e; women's suffrage and Nineteenth Amendment book, coming just as the country celebrates the centenary of the constitutional amendment that finally brought the vote to all American women.

This book explores India''s rise on the global economic stage from the perspective of both international and domestic interests and activities.

Noted political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg has written an essential text for courses on the United States presidency.

In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

The essential verdict on Britain''s first coalition government since the Second World War delivered by an unrivalled team of experts.

This book places the 2010 elections in Florida in historical context and offers insight into and an explanation for the substantial gains made by the Republicans that year.

In the first full-scale biography of Calvin Coolidge in a generation, Robert Sobel shatters the caricature of our thirtieth president as a silent, do-nothing leader.

This book focuses on the contested meanings of norms in a world of increasing international encounters.

The complexity of the American economy and polity has grown at an explosive rate in our era of globalization.

The Department of Justice is America's premier federal law enforcement agency.

Anarchy, State, and Utopia: An Advanced Guide presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the ideas expressed in Robert Nozick s highly influential 1974 work on free-market libertarianism considered one of the most important and influential works of political philosophy published in the latter half of the 20th-century.

Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history.

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The global movement of culture and religion has brought about a serious challenge to traditional constitutional secularism.

A contradictory creation indeed, the European Union has most of the institutions of a modern democracy, yet it does not function as one.

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

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

An exploration of the strategies that both governments and insurgents employed in the liberation wars in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan.

The standard wisdom among political scientists has been that "e;iron triangles"e; operated among regulatory agencies, the regulated industries, and members of Congress, all presumably with a stake in preserving regulation that protected the industries from competition.

This book examines the countervailing arguments in the religious exemption debate and explains why this issue continues to be so heated and controversial in modern-day America.

Leading political scientists analyze how Congress tackles - and fails to tackle - national challenges, from health care to immigration.

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 work provides a philosophical framework within which the free speech clause of the Constitution's First Amendment may be understood.

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

The role of religion in the founding of America has long been a hotly debated question.

In these essays, written during the last fifteen years, Whitaker analyses the paradoxes of federalism and democracy in a society which is deeply divided by region, language, and class.

This book argues that a significant amount of bias in representation traces its roots to the information, opinions, and attitudes that politicians bring to office.

The Internet is facilitating a generational transition among American political advocacy organizations.

This thorough examination of the roots and motivations for U.

This book analyzes Morocco''s unique response to counter-terrorism through the development of a religious bureaucracy to define and disseminate Islam.

This introduction to public policy applies analytic models to key policymaking challenges, enabling students to independently evaluate core dilemmas.

The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, and torture.

In Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights, Javier Garcia Oliva and Helen Hall coin the term "e;constitutional culture"e; to encapsulate the collective rules and expectations that govern the collective life within a jurisdiction.

The first edition of The Welfare State and Canadian Federalism focused on the impact of federalism on social policy during a period of economic growth and expanding social expenditures.

For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States.