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BC, Paperback - Trade, POL006000, University of Pittsburgh Press
Between The Branches
Because of the power-fearing drafters of the U.S. Constitution, the president’s tools for influencing Congress are quite limited. Presidents have had to look beyond the formal powers of the office…
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BC, Ohio State University Press, Paperback, POL006000, POL008000, POL015000
CHEAP SEATS
The longest continuous majority in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives came to a dramatic close with the 1994 midterm elections. The Democratic Party had controlled the House…
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BB, Palgrave Macmillan, POL003000, POL004000, POL006000, POL022000
Interpreting Hong Kong’s Basic Law
On July 1, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated its tenth anniversary as a special administrative region of China. It also marked the first decade of its unique constitutional order in which…
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BB, BIO010000, Grand Central Publishing, POL006000, POL015000
Like a House on Fire
David N. Cicilline serves Rhode Island’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cicilline is a leader in Congress on issues of core American values, serving as Chairman…
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BB, BIO010000, Hardcover, Harper, HarperCollins, HIS036060, POL006000
Profiles in Courage
THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CLASSIC OF POLITICAL INTEGRITY With a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy and introduction by Caroline Kennedy John F. Kennedy’s enduring classic resounds with timeless lessons on the…
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BC, Paperback - Trade, POL006000, University of Pittsburgh Press
Strategic Disagreement
Politics may be the art of compromise, but accepting a compromise can be hazardous to a politician’s health. Politicians worry about betraying faithful supporters, about losing the upper hand on…
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BC, Ohio State University Press, Paperback, POL006000, POL030000, POL064000
WARRING FACTIONS
Warring Factions focuses on the United States Senate’s confirmation process, the constitutional process the Senate uses to approve or reject the president’s choices to fill federal government positions. It is…