Constitution: Government & The State

With gridlock, presidents increasingly rely on unilateral actions - means not requiring legislative statutes - which many view as tantamount to pow...

The effectiveness of international law depends upon the willingness of states to comply with its provisions. Despite the current move towards bindi...

Issues around the policing of public order and political expression are as topical today as in the past, and are likely to remain so in the future....

What can be done against corruption? If we trust most assessments, the global anti-corruption movement has so far not managed to markedly reduce th...

Trending Topics from CQ Press Gain a deeper understanding of today's most evocative political topics with a series of modules from CQ Press, the ...

Secure property rights are central to economic development and stable government, yet difficult to create. Relying on surveys in Russia from 2000 t...

Political Suicide is a history of the best and most interesting missteps, peccadilloes, bad calls, back room hijinks, sordid pasts, rotten breaks, ...

Seasoned CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson reveals how she has been electronically surveilled while digging deep into the Obama Administration and its ...

This book suggests that Pakistan has been stuck in a transition characterized by countervailing values and attitudes. The countrys governing elite ...

Meyer London (1871-1926), a Russian Jewish immigrant, settled in New York's Lower East Side in 1891. He became a lawyer, labor activist, foundin...

The gross federal debt, which represents the federal government''''s total outstanding debt, consists of debt held by the public and debt held in g...

Federal inspectors general (IGs) are authorized to combat waste, fraud, and abuse within their affiliated federal entities. To execute their missio...

Volume 1 of 2. Full of flavor and zest, this collection of over 650 letters, two-thirds of them never printed before, is a companion piece to Rush'...

Volume 1 of 2. Full of flavor and zest, this collection of over 650 letters, two-thirds of them never printed before, is a companion piece to Rush'...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

A new perspective on political organisation in Hellenistic Rhodes and the ancient Greek citystateThe first comprehensive study of Rhodes in more th...

This book illustrates why and how informality in governance is not necessarily transitory or temporary, but a constant in most systems of the world...

The 1996 South African Constitution was promulgated on 18th December 1996 and came into effect on 4th February 1997. Its aspirational provisions pr...

We tend to view the character of an administration through the persona of its president, especially that of Barack Obama, with his unique baggage o...

Social conservatives and libertarians: Is a meeting of the minds possible?Feuding among US conservatives for the title True Conservative is nothing...

Do vice presidential candidates play any significant role in presidential elections? Challenging the conventional wisdom, Stacy Ulbig shows the imp...

Presidential scholars, former and current policymakers, and a former president bring varied insights and analyses to consider the impact, influence...

Few of America''s founders influenced its political system more than Alexander Hamilton. He played a leading role in writing and ratifying the Cons...

In August 2007, asset-backed securities (ABS), particularly those backed by subprime mortgages, suddenly became illiquid and fell sharply in value ...

The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is an event of major significance in American politics. Each appointment is of consequence because of th...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the Congressional Research Serv...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the Congressional Research Serv...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

Why does religion become a fault line of communal violence in some pluralistic countries and not others? Under what conditions will religious ident...

The Middle East and North Africa have recently experienced one of the highest population growth rates in the world, something which has profoundly ...

Secure property rights are central to economic development and stable government, yet difficult to create. Relying on surveys in Russia from 2000 t...

In 2015 the Supreme Court made history by ruling that the constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to get married. The third edition of ...