Leadership Agendas in Congress and the "Contract With America"
Shows that majority party leaders in Congress have set and successfully pushed their own policy agendas for decades. This title probes the strategies and evaluates the effectiveness of House and Senate leaders operating in a divided government, when Congress and the presidency are controlled by different political parties.
Discretion and Legitimacy in Front-Line Public Service
Examining public service from the perspective of the worker, this book provides a framework for understanding the roles and responsibilities of front-line public servants and assessing the appropriateness of their actions.
How the Media Reacted to the Livestreaming of Supreme Court Oral Argumen
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court livestreamed their oral arguments for the first time, an unprecedented shift that allowed access to proceedings in real time to the news media and public, alike.
How the Media Reacted to the Livestreaming of Supreme Court Oral Argumen
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court livestreamed their oral arguments for the first time, an unprecedented shift that allowed access to proceedings in real time to the news media and public, alike.
In this book, H. Sidky examines how a cadre of American academics influenced by French postmodern philosophy during the 1980's and 1990's informed and empowered the assault on science and truth by corporate organizations, post-truth politicians, religious extremists, and right-wing populists in the present post-truth era.
In this book, H. Sidky examines how a cadre of American academics influenced by French postmodern philosophy during the 1980's and 1990's informed and empowered the assault on science and truth by corporate organizations, post-truth politicians, religious extremists, and right-wing populists in the present post-truth era.
Intended for students, scholars, public officials, and the general public, Rivals for Power offers an accessible and engaging analysis of executive and legislative rivalry across a span of eras, with particular attention to developments from the Obama, Trump, and Biden presidencies.
Intended for students, scholars, public officials, and the general public, Rivals for Power offers an accessible and engaging analysis of executive and legislative rivalry across a span of eras, with particular attention to developments from the Obama, Trump, and Biden presidencies.
A Critique of Post-Feminist and Post-Racial Melodrama in Culture and Pol
"This book dissects "post-politics"--the repertoire of fantasies that hope for an afterlife beyond the social activism of the mid-Twentieth Century. Fusing political science, women's studies, media studies, and psychoanalysis, it provides a tour-de-force of Black politics, tackling gender and other subjects repressed or disavowed in the study of ......
A Critique of Post-Feminist and Post-Racial Melodrama in Culture and Pol
"This book dissects "post-politics"--the repertoire of fantasies that hope for an afterlife beyond the social activism of the mid-Twentieth Century. Fusing political science, women's studies, media studies, and psychoanalysis, it provides a tour-de-force of Black politics, tackling gender and other subjects repressed or disavowed in the study of ......
The author proposes and defends a constitutional amendment to require that laws of Congress be upheld unless the Supreme Court by unanimous vote decides that a particular law is unconstitutional. This will strengthen the people's right to be governed by majority rule, including in cases where rights are concerned.
Budgeting has long been considered a rational process using neutral tools of financial management, but this outlook fails to consider the outside influences on leaders' behavior. This title shows that political culture and ideological orientations are at least as important as financial tools in shaping budgets.
A revealing look at the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from Woodrow Wilson through Donald J. Trump Drawing from the monumental publication The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History in 2016, the nation's foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution tell the intertwined stories ......
Presidents and Place: America's Favorite Sons examines the interrelationship between America's leading political icons and various facets of space and place, including places of birth and death as well as regional allegiances.
Long established as a leading introduction to the American presidency, Presidential Leadership, Thirteenth Edition, provides students with a comprehensive survey that addresses the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their powers, and utilize their organizational structures to affect the output of government. The authors ......
Long established as a leading introduction to the American presidency, Presidential Leadership, Thirteenth Edition, provides students with a comprehensive survey that addresses the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their powers, and utilize their organizational structures to affect the output of government. The authors ......
