Central Government

When the framers of the Constitution gathered in the summer of 1787, their deliberations were shrouded in secrecy. The Pennsylvania State House ...

This is a study of royal government in the southern counties of the principality of Wales between the beginning of Edward Is conquest in 1277 and H...

Inspired by his parents love for the written word, former Speaker of the House Jim Wright developed a passion for books and writing at a young age....

The Rise of a Prairie Statesman is the first volume of a major biography of the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate who became America's most el...

Trading Places is about urban land markets in African cities. It explores how local practice, land governance and markets interact to shape the way...

It is the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority, wrote Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. T...

Barbara Sinclair does an excellent job of showing how contemporary lawmaking departs from the traditional legislative process. I cant imagine teach...

Despite the destabilizing potential of governing of a vast territory and a large multicultural population, the centralized government of the People...

This study is not written from the narrow perspective of Who gets the oil? It is a thoughtful probing of an issue-the ownership and control of th...

How do transformative changes in public policy take place? Why do some issues rise to the top of the political agenda, while others are completely ...

The relation of White House assistants to the president, their appropriate role in the governmental process, and the most effective means for organ...

David Taylor was a supremely resourceful backbencher, a polymath and a unique parliamentary craftsman whose sudden death on Boxing Day 2009 shocked...

Peru and the United States have a strong and cooperative relationship. Several issues in U.S.-Peruvian relations are likely to be considered in dec...

The number one bestselling memoir of one of New Labours three founding architects, now with a revealing new chapter updating this paperback edition...

An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectualW...

As Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spo...

A bid protest is a formal, written objection to an agency''''s solicitation for bids or offers, cancellation of a solicitation, or award or propose...

The Constitution requires that the House and Senate approve the same bill or joint resolution in precisely the same form before it is presented to ...

What is special about small states? How do they adapt their policies and patterns of governance to meet turbulent times such as a new security envi...

Congress is required by the Constitution to determine its own pay. In the past, Congress periodically enacted specific legislation to alter its pay...

This series gathers and presents original research in the study of the Presidency of the United States. Each article has been carefully selected in...

The biography of a true Irish political legend As harsh economic times return to Ireland, it is time to celebrate this inspirational Irishman who ...

This book is intended to provide a basic outline of the numerous steps of our federal lawmaking process from the source of an idea for a legislativ...

In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, ph...

Michael Spicer, Baron Spicer of Cropthorne, has had a varied and remarkable political career by anyone''s standards. During three and a half decade...

The FDA, which is responsible for ensuring the safety of most of the U.S. food supply, is not required to review substances, such as spices and pre...