Constitution: government and the state

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.

Regardless of how the presidency of Donald J.

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.

It has great seeds of wisdom.

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

The populist phenomenon is often identified with the election of Donald Trump in November 2016.

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?

What is special about small states?

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

This book explores Latino representation by taking a comprehensive look at the role of ethnicity throughout the legislative process in seven states.

In Enemy Within, Don Watson takes a memorable journey into the heart of the United States in the year 2016 - and the strangest election campaign that country has seen.

An ';absorbing, provocative, and far-reaching' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) look at what power is, who gets it, and what happens when they do, based on over 500 interviews with those who (temporarily, at least) have had the upper handfrom the creator of the Power Corrupts podcast and Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas.

In A NATION OF SHEEP, Judge Andrew P.

From Russia to South Africa, from Turkey to the Philippines, from Venezuela to Hungary, authoritarian leaders have smashed restraints on their power.

Examines different forms of resistance among Muslim women in the Middle East and in the diaspora.

Tracks China''s transformation from the establishment of the People''s Republic to its rise as a superpower in the twenty-first century.

A unique defense of Federalism, making the case that constitutional law in America--encompassing the systems of all 51 governments--should have a role in assessing the right balance of power among all branches of our state and federal governments.