Constitution: government and the state

This is a novel, transnational exploration of the major Chinese intellectual debates on radicalism in history, culture, and politics after 1989.

A succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War.

This book questions the effectiveness and legitimacy of rights-based judicial review by constitutional courts.

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.

This book examines the key institutional structures and processes of modernity.

Bowers argues that, when correctly interpreted and applied, the Constitution and the theory of liberty on which it is based require government to reject the conventional pro-choice and anti-abortion perspectives as too extreme and incomplete.

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.

This book goes beyond conventional tropes describing women in Saudi Arabia to probe the historical, political and religious forces thwarting their emancipation.

Are you discouraged by our divided, angry culture, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible?

An integral part of Canada's political culture, the constitutional monarchy has evolved over the 150 years since Confederation to become a uniquely Canadian institution.

The future of the U.

The “engrossing” Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning history of FDR’s final years (Barbara Tuchman).

The American people are frustrated with their government-dismayed by a series of high-profile failures (Iraq, Katrina, the financial meltdown) that seems to just keep getting longer.

We use text analysis and experimental methods to explore Americans'' stereotypes of partisans and how those influence partisan polarization.

Of all the written portraits of the delegates who attended the Federal Convention of 1787, few are as complete and compelling as those penned by William Pierce Jr.

In order to understand Iran's religious revolution of 1978-1979, it is important to look closely at an earlier revolution in the country, the constitutional revolution of 1905-1909.

Debates over the separation or accommodation of religion and government have divided Americans since the founding of our country and continue to echo in governmental chambers today, as people argue sharply and heatedly about the exact meaning and correct applications of First Amendment clauses on religious establishment and free exercise of religion.

This Element evaluates the shifting relationship between the state, society, and markets in North Korea in an authoritarian context.

A ground-breaking new study of China''s development paradox - predicated on informal and ambiguous institutions - through property and resources.

A deep insight into the emergence and persistence of new continental development institutions in Africa and their capacity to affect development outcomes.

Die Evaluation des Erfolgs von Instrumenten bei der Bekämpfung kommunaler Schulden stellt angesichts der Problemlage vieler Kommunen eine gleichermaßen praxis- wie wissenschaftsrelevante Forschungslücke dar, ist allerdings mit den Herausforderungen teils geringer Fallzahlen und unklaren Ursache-Wirkungszusammenhängen konfrontiert.

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Constitutional Democracy systematically examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish.

The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections—Harry Truman's victory over Tom Dewey: “Outstanding.

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The election of Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008 was hailed by many as a historic event and by some as the end of the Reagan era in American politics.

Love is a Journey is the remarkable story of Albino Luciani, known to the world as Pope John Paul I, from his harrowing birth to his tragic death just 33 days into his 1978 pontificate-the shortest pontificate in history.

In the late fourteenth and the fifteenth centuries, the Dukes of Valois-Burgundy created a composite monarchy in the Netherlands, an area that had been dominated for centuries by several regional dynasties.

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 September, grouped according to topics.

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

The world is facing many great challenges: from pandemics to climate change, and from increasing inequality to the issues surrounding digitalization.

This book describes what the authors identify as an emerging political crisis in U.

In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness?

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Forget everything you think you know about the making of the most powerful man on the planet.