Constitution: government and the state

Welfare and the Constitution defends a largely forgotten understanding of the U.

Negative views of the United States abound, but we know too little about how such views affect politics.

Letters to America was written to energize Americans at a time of economic stress and self-doubt.

If there has been a unifying theme of Barack Obamas presidency, it is the inexorable growth of the administrative state.

Este volumen recoge las actas del XII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Colombiana de Juristas Católicos, acogido por la Universidad Católica de Colombia, y organizado como siempre por la Unión Internacional de Juristas Católicos (Roma), el Grupo Sectorial en Ciencias Políticas de la Federación Internacional de Universidades Católicas (París) y el Consejo de Estudios Hispánicos Felipe II (Madrid).

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the wide-ranging body of law that applies to public protest activity.

A Brookings Institution Press and Governance Institute publicationThe war on terrorism has raised profound questions of domestic governancenot primarily about power or policy, but about the capacities of government agencies, their personnel, procedures, work habits and styles, and ability to interface with each other.

American voters say they want to hear more about the issues and less about partisan politics.

The Constitution states that "e;"e;no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States,"e;"e; yet it seems political nobility is as American as apple pie.

The legitimacy of the American electoral system depends on sustaining reasonable levels of fairness, accountability, responsiveness, and common sense.

A Washington Post Book World Best Seller  “Robert A.

Before it became a federation, the United States was briefly a confederation, a much looser union composed of states rather than of peoples.

The Times - Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the YearAn entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics - and the pivotal moments that got us where we are now.

A new introduction to the European Union which uses the lens of comparative politics.

Government is under enormous pressure to change.

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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.

The Missouri legislature passes a bill to flout federal gun-control laws it deems unconstitutional.

As their infatuation with President Obama fades, millions of Americans anxiously ask, Is this the change we were waiting for?

Die Französische Revolution eine Revolution des Volkes?