Constitution: government and the state

The Complete American Constitutionalism is designed to be the comprehensive treatment and source for debates on the American constitutional experience.

This reference guide provides the reader straightforward coverage on the controversial and often complicated topic of how the U.

An examination of the language of law in the area of political representation, this book considers the development and recognition of group claims brought pursuant to the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause in Supreme Court opinions.

Winner: Best Book in American Political Thought, American Political Science Association, American Political Thought sectionIn Cords of Affection: Constructing Constitutional Union in Early American History Emily Pears investigates efforts by the founding generations leadership to construct and strengthen political attachments in and among the citizens of the new republic.

This book provides the first systematic account of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011 and its aftermath using a contentious politics framework.

';War is a terrible thing, but we should see if there is justice in it.

Through the study of Nepal, shows a successful alternative to dominant energy infrastructure development paradigms typically imposed on developing countries.

This book presents a new and conflict-centered theory of successful party-building, drawing on diverse cases from across Latin America.

The Lord did not come as a political deliverer or social reformer.

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 the topic: Government Operations.

DeRose tells the never before told story of the 1789 congressional election in Virginia s 5th district and of the two men who fought it: James Madison and James Monroe.

Imagine a country in which strikes by public-sector unions occupied the public square; where foreign policy wandered aimlessly as America disentangled itself from wars abroad and a potential civil war on its southern border; where racial and ethnic groups jostled for political influence; where a war on illicit substances led to violence in its cities; where technology was dramatically changing how mankind communicated and moved aboutand where the educated harbored increasing contempt for the philosophic underpinnings of our republic.

Bestselling author Robert Morgan explores 100 Bible verses that powerfully impacted our leaders during defining moments in American history and reflects upon what these verses mean for us as a nation today.

This book uncovers the changing way the EU is conducting its foreign policy in response to the Ukraine conflict and tensions with Russia.

This book describes life on the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context.

Evaluates the successes and failures of the 1996 South African Constitution following the twentieth anniversary of its enactment.

Iran s interaction with its neighbours is a topic of wide interest.

Between the Ideal and the Real describes why Iraq state-building and democratic transformation failed by offering a very new, and unusual, perspective, away from the usual blame assigned to the US that has become part of the "e;conventional wisdom"e; about Iraq and the Middle East.

Examines predatory practices in mortgage markets to provide invaluable insight into the racial wealth gap between black and white Americans.

This book explains the adoption of the US Constitution in terms of what the proponents were trying to accomplish.

Tracing the development of originalism, Eric J.

Ben Bernanke's history of the Federal Reserve and its response to the 2008 financial crisisIn 2012, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.

Is the Democratic Party the ';Party of Death'?

The American Congress provides the most up-to-date treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text.

Whether it's the first-past-the-post electoral system or partisan government appointees to the Senate, Canadians want better representation and accountability from the federal government.

American Imperialism and the State recasts imperial governance as an episode of American state building.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

This book provides evaluations of American presidents over the course of 66 years of U.

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"e;[A] valuable account .

Winner: Best Book in American Political Thought, American Political Science Association, American Political Thought sectionIn Cords of Affection: Constructing Constitutional Union in Early American History Emily Pears investigates efforts by the founding generations leadership to construct and strengthen political attachments in and among the citizens of the new republic.

Provides a study of contemporary politics in Ethiopia through an empirical focus on language policy, citizenship, ethnic identity and gender.

This book examines how polarization threatens democracy and the sources of political and institutional resilience that can help sustain it.

This book is the most comprehensive review of all the major proposals to rewrite, revise, or even replace the U.

Kent Greenawalt's From the Bottom Up constitutes a collection of articles and essays written over the last five decades of his career.

This highly influential anti-Machiavellian text is an important primary source for the understanding of early modern political thought.

Forty years after its original publication, Lineages of the Absolutist State remains an exemplary achievement in comparative history.