Constitution: government and the state

An introduction to the politics and society of post-colonial Nigeria, highlighting the key themes of ethnicity, democracy, and development.

When a person is not recognised as a citizen anywhere, they are typically referred to as 'stateless'.

Charts the advance of the state in contemporary China through an analysis of state-market relations in the reform era.

The Anishinabek Nation's legal traditions are deeply embedded in many aspects of customary life.

The First Amendment guarantee that "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"e; rejected the millennium-old Western policy of supporting one form of Christianity in each nation and subjugating all other faiths.

The public sectors of African Portuguese-speaking countries and Timor-Leste (PALOP-TL) have made significant progress in mobilising digital technologies to promote internal efficiency, simplify government procedures and improve the delivery of public services.

This book shows that the design of electoral rules shapes how political leaders make health policies in response to social forces.

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When Clarence Thomas joined the Supreme Court in 1991, he found with dismay that it was interpreting a very different Constitution from the one the framers had written-the one that had established a federal government manned by the people's own elected representatives, charged with protecting citizens' inborn rights while leaving them free to work out their individual happiness themselves, in their families, communities, and states.

Marking the Sesquicentennial of Confederation in Canada, this book examines the growing global influence of Canada''s Constitution and Supreme Court on courts confronting issues involving human rights.

After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Sufi shrines became highly contested.

Beginning with Brown v.

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.

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.

';The problem in America isn't so much what people don't know; the problem is what people think they know that just ain't so.

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.

A comprehensive and focused review of all of the Supreme Court's overturns of Congress on constitutional grounds from 1789 to the present suited to college-level political science and constitutional law courses as well as law school students.

The Gaullist Attack on Canada reveals a phase of French imperialism that poses a threat to Canadian Confederation.

The political philosopher Ryan T.

Examines the law governing American education and proposes social constructivist pedagogy as a model for reform efforts.

Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington.

The key to understanding the current wave of American political division is the attention people pay to politics.

This Element disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers to explain the treatment of ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia.

This book argues that basic demographic forces are essential to understanding the rise of Evangelical Republicans and Secular Democrats.

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

This book is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics and constitution-making in the Middle East.

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

The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution provides an ideal first stop for Canadians and non-Canadians seeking a clear, concise, and authoritative account of Canadian constitutional law.

From campus protests to the Congress floor, the central feature of contemporary American politics is ideological polarization.

What did the Constitution mean at the time it was adopted?

In recent years the Supreme Court has been at the center of such political issues as abortion rights, the administration of police procedures, and the determination of the 2000 presidential election.

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

This tour of the American church/state issue revisits past controversies and personalities in the hope of enlightening present-day debates.

Some of today's most prominent experts on the American presidency offer their perspectives, commentary, and analyses in this volume of studies, commissioned by the Fulbright Institute of International Relations and the Blair Center of Southern Politics and Culture, both at the University of Arkansas.

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

American Gridlock is a comprehensive analysis of polarization encompassing national and state politics, voters, elites, activists, the media, and the three branches of government.

Places constitutional law in its legal, historical and political context using contemporary examples.

The Constitutional Documents ofDenmark , Norway and Sweden is published as volume six of the Europe Part of the series Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century.

Argues that post-Soviet Russia was never on a democratic trajectory because dominant elites always fostered the building of an authoritarian polity.

This book provides the first-ever systematic study of causes and consequences of elite party switching in the US.

Analyzes the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their labor force participation and success.

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 thoroughly researched study provides an invaluable account of Hong Kongs political evolution from its founding as a British colony to the present.

In the modern period of American constitutional law--the period since the U.

Explores how the history of the Hong Kong–China nexus defies many common assumptions about nationalism, colonialism, and decolonization.

This book examines the gradually increasing role of national parliaments in the European Union and asks how and why this came about.