Constitution: government and the state

The Indian Constitution is one of the world's longest and most important political texts.

In Ireland, 2018, a constitutional ban that equated the life of a woman to the life of a fertilised embryo was overturned and abortion was finally legalised.

During President Barack Obama's first term in office, the United States expanded its military presence in Afghanistan and increased drone missile strikes across Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia.

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

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

It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition.

For centuries, particular readings of the biblical text have shaped the course of Western history.

The third edition of Gender and Elections describes the role of women as voters and candidates in the 2012 elections.

George Mason (1725-92) is often omitted from the small circle of founding fathers celebrated today, but in his service to America he was, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "e;of the first order of greatness.

Law's Indigenous Ethics examines the revitalization of Indigenous peoples' relationship to their own laws and, in so doing, attempts to enrich Canadian constitutional law more generally.

Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations.

Party in the Street explores the interaction between political parties and social movements in the United States.

This book analyses the fraught history and politics of the Stability and Growth Pact from its origins to the present economic crisis.

With an introduction that traces the long constitutional history of Florida, Talbot D'Alemberte provides a thorough understanding of Florida's state constitutional history.

In this analysis of the roots and objectives of Chinese economic and industrial policy, Mastel outlines the implications of China's rise for the world economy.

This book uses surveys, statistics, and case studies to explain why and how cultural norms affect political attitudes and behavior.

From colonial times to the information age, an exhaustive survey of one of America's most contentious constitutional rights.

This volume combines 24 essays by a remarkable group of leading Canadian political scientists.

This book provides a standard to gauge partisan gerrymandering, which increased after the Supreme Court ruled it a non-justiciable issue.

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 government operations and international affairs.

Now more than ever, public servants must consider and reassess how to keep moral courage in public life alive.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the Congressional Research Service during the month of March, grouped according to topics.

Describes the creation and evolution of Chinese security and intelligence agencies as well as their role in influencing Chinese Communist Party politics throughout the party''s history.

Who should decide what is constitutional?

“White unites a novelist's knack of dramatization and a historian's sense of significance with a synthesizing skill that grasps the reader by the lapels.

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.

Some ethnic communities receive generous material rewards for their political support, whilst others only receive very modest payoffs.

This book explores India''s rise on the global economic stage from the perspective of both international and domestic interests and activities.

N’est-ce pas notre Constitution qui est responsable de bien des difficultés politiques actuelles ?

Accepting his party's presidential nomination in the summer of 2008, Barack Obama beamed while Denver's stadium rocked with gauzy chants from adoring admirers.

Constitutionalism under Stress reflects on comparative constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe through the work of eminent constitutional scholar Wojciech Sadurski.

Explains how state transformation processes–the fragmentation, decentralisation and internationalisation of China''s party-state–shape China''s external relations.

For most of us, the Bill of Rights is sacred.

A fresh and compelling interpretation of Russian politics, focusing on the political development of Russia under Putin and Medvedev.

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

In Freedoms Anchor, famed legal commentator Judge Andrew P.

Constitutional politics has become a major terrain of contemporary struggles.

At a time of unprecedented national power, why do so many Americans believe that our nationhood is fragile and precarious?

Comprehensive overview of the Eurozone crisis from a multidimensional constitutional perspective which incorporates the underlying economic assumptions and developments.

Reconstructions is a book about international development and several of its conceptual, theoretical, and some of its practical and behavioural facets.