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Comparative Legislative Studies Serie de eBooks

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  • Legislative Party Campaign Committees in the American States

    de Anthony Gierzynski ...
    Series series Comparative Legislative Studies
    In a time of increasing campaign costs and decreasing state political party activity, legislative party campaign committees have grown to play a major role in the politics of elections in a large number of American states. Anthony Gierzynski's book focuses on these committees.In this first multi-state analysis, Gierzynski explores the nature and practices of the committees through interviews with ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

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  • Clashing Over Commerce

    A History of US Trade Policy

    de Douglas A. Irwin ...
    Series series Markets and Governments in Economic History
    A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year: "Tells the history of American trade policy . . . [A] grand narrative [that] also debunks trade-policy myths." — EconomistShould the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction

    de L. Sandy Maisel ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Limits of Party

    Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era

    de James M. Curry, Frances E. Lee ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum, winner-take-all approach to congressional politics has replaced the bipartisan comity of past eras. If the parties cannot get everything they want in national policymaking, then they prefer gridlock and stalemate ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Obama on the Home Front

    Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks

    de John D. Graham ...
    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    "The best comprehensive review of the Obama administration's policies available," by the author of Bush on the Home Front (Daniel P. Franklin, author of Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final Term).Barack Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since the Great Depression. On the political front, he would be challenged by the same intense congressional ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Softwood Lumber War

    "Politics, Economics, and the Long U.S.-Canadian Trade Dispute"

    de Daowei Professor Zhang ...
    As a forester interested in economics and policy, Daowei Zhang followed the softwood lumber dispute between the U.S. and Canada for nearly 20 years. Dubbed the 'Softwood Lumber War,' the conflict enveloped politicians and business leaders on both sides of the border and placed strains on the historically close economic and political relations between the two countries. This book is an ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD

  • Michigan Government, Politics, and Policy

    Edición de John S Klemanski, David A Dulio ...
    The State of Michigan has experienced both tremendous growth and great decline in its history. After many decades of growth up to the 1950s, a wide variety of challenges had to be confronted by citizens and all levels of government in Michigan. The late 20th and early 21st centuries have seen pockets of growth but also long-term economic decline in several areas in the state. As one example, steep ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • In Defense of Judicial Elections

    de Chris W. Bonneau, Melinda Gann Hall ...
    Series series Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
    One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or should they be subject to the approval of the electorate and the processes that accompany popular control? While this debate is interesting and often quite heated, it usually occurs without reference to empirical ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Peddling Protectionism

    Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression

    de Douglas A. Irwin ...
    "A vivid, anecdotal, judicious telling of timeless story: what happens when cocksure politicians fall into the grip of a really bad economic idea."—Financial TimesAn authoritative history of the disastrous U.S. tariffs that worsened the Great Depression around the worldThe Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most ... Leer más

    $19.49 USD

  • Budgetary Politics in American Governments

    de James J. Gosling ...
    This comprehensive book describes and analyzes the substance and politics of public budgeting at the national, state, and local levels of government. In doing so, it takes a comparative approach, illustrating the distinctiveness of budgeting at each level, as well as highlighting the features common to all three. A unifying focus is the extent to which budgetary decision makers use the budget as a ... Leer más

    $94.99 USD

  • Economic Integration in Africa

    The East African Community in Comparative Perspective

    de Richard E. Mshomba ...
    In this work, Richard E. Mshomba offers an in-depth analysis of economic integration in Africa with a focus on the East African Community (EAC), arguably the most ambitious of all the regional economic blocs currently in existence in Africa. Economic Integration in Africa provides more than just an overview of regional economic blocs in Africa; it also offers a rich historical discussion on the ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • The Governors' Lobbyists

    Federal-State Relations Offices and Governors Associations in Washington

    de Prof. Jennifer M. Jensen ...
    Today, approximately half of all American states have lobbying offices in Washington, DC, where governors are also represented by their own national, partisan, and regional associations. Jennifer M. Jensen’s The Governors’ Lobbyists draws on quantitative data, archival research, and more than 100 in-depth interviews to detail the political development of this constellation of advocacy ... Leer más

    $46.99 USD