Politics and Government

Cicatrices provides an understanding of the mood in Central American fiction over the last five years. Many recent novels and short stories are aes...

Periodically, concerns have been raised about the number and variety of products created to document congressional activity. Other concerns focus o...

Lesions affecting the oral cavity are unique and different from those affecting the other parts of our body. Clinical, radiological, histopathologi...

Focusing on the case of Russia during Putins first two presidential terms, this book examines media manipulation strategies in electoral authoritar...

A quarter century after the formation of the Popular Front and a decade since joining the EU, processes of state- and nation-building in Latvia are...

This volume deals with one of the most understudied aspects of everyday life in Russian society. Its main heroes are the providers of goods and ser...

Despite having an underdeveloped supporting infrastructure and limited resources, Kazakhstan was the first CIS country to require IFRS in 2004 for ...

According to general Realist premises, after the end of the Cold War, the United States took an interest in remaining the only super power. Accordi...

The critical appraisal of deforestation and the methods for such investigations have recently become important issues internationally. This book ex...

Recently, the USPS has experienced significant financial challenges. After running modest profits from 2004 through 2006, the USPS lost $5.3 billio...

The General Services Administration (GSA) is the primary federal real property agency, with responsibility for the design, construction and mainten...

This book reviews and discusses President Obama''''s Open Government Initiative and the Open Government Directive, as well as the three central ten...

In a five-to-four ruling, the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC invalidated two provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). It st...

Since 2003, the United States has reported obligating $642 billion for U.S. military operations in Iraq and provided about $24 billion for training...

This book explores the land cover, renewable energy and natural gas issues facing Alaska today. The land surface of Alaska is sparsely populated an...

How can the G20 fulfill their role most efficiently in the post-crisis era, and what role do the emerging economies play in the new global economic...

The Spending Review examines how the Coalition Government will carry out Britain''''s unavoidable deficit reduction plan. This is an urgent priorit...

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

To critics, public campaign financing, generally in conjunction with spending limits, is the ultimate solution to perceived problems arising from e...