Constitution: government and the state

In quantity and importance, private standards are rapidly taking over the role of public norms in the international and national regulation of product safety.

This book argues that for a nation to become fully democratic, it must strengthen the interactions between its soldiers, politicians, and civilians.

Föderalismus und Demokratie sind für uns selbstverständliche Merkmale deutscher Gegenwartspolitik.

When will dissident members of a Congress successfully seize power from their party leaders and fellow lawmakers?

This book examines the changing character of European citizenship, focusing on ''acts'' of citizenship.

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

The first English-language scholarly book to provide an overview of the Angela Merkel''s career and influence.

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.

In 13th century, the Szeklers were granted a territory (Terra Sirulorum) on the eastern border of the kingdom of Hungary.

The book liberates James Madison from Madisonian Constitutionalism and focuses on Madison''s treatment of the problem of constitutional imperfection.

As Ronald Reagan declared, the conservative banner is one of bold, unmistakable colors, not pastel shades.

Provides an innovative study of how mixed judicial selection operates to influence judges'' and courts'' decisions.

After Broadcast News challenges the role of professional journalists as the primary source of politically relevant information.

This Element argues that the value of interpersonal political communication depends on the motivations of the people involved.

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

An examination of how peacekeeping is woven into national, regional and international politics in Africa, and its consequences.

This book questions the theoretical assumptions of sovereignty and offers new ways to move the critiques of this subject forward.

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.

This work, written by an expert in the politics of Mainland China and Taiwan, looks at the role the Constitution of the Republic of China has played in the development of Taiwan since 1949 and its potential influence on the People's Republic of China.

A clearly written and accessible explanation of the Supreme Court''s same-sex marriage decision, its reasoning, and the consequences and controversies surrounding it.

The study of institutions, a core concept in comparative politics, has produced many rich and influential theories on the economic and political effects of institutions, yet it has been less successful at theorizing their origins.

Beginning with Brown v.

With its blend of accessible writing and actual excerpts from Court opinions, this book serves to explain the legal and cultural underpinnings of landmark U.

In the fourth of the Federalist Papers, published in 1787, John Jay warned of absolute monarchs who will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it.

Although the friendship between George Washington and James Madison was eclipsed in the early 1790s by the alliances of Madison with Jefferson and Washington with Hamilton, their collaboration remains central to the constitutional revolution that launched the American experiment in republican government.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) and is focused on the following topics: Homeland security; Information Security; National Defense.

A comprehensive but accessible examination of how elite Chinese politics work covering the period from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping.

This book proposes a new way of understanding events throughout the world that are usually interpreted as democratization, rising authoritarianism, or revolution.

An independent establishment of the executive branch, U.

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 January, grouped according to topics.

One of the ironies of the post-Cold War world, in which the power of the United States is without rival, is that the costs of isolationism and ignorance are greater than ever.

The first full-scale biography of the Supreme Court's most provocative-and influential-justiceIf the U.

"e;[White] revolutionized the art of political reporting.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) and is focused on the following topics: Education; Employment; Transportation.

Provides a quantitative history of the development of constitutional law in the United States during the past 150 years.

Drawing on original data, this book is the first account of popular understandings of political ethics in contemporary British politics.

As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and rising retirement ages, unionized public employees retire in their fifties with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits.

This challenging book explores the debates over the scope of the enumerated powers of Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment that accompanied the expansion of federal authority during the period between the beginning of the Civil War and the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Explains impeachment from its English roots through 250 years of American constitutional experience, including the case against President Trump.