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Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest o
Schweizer, Peter
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Schweizer, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, is the author of "The Bushes, Reagan's War, " and "Do as I Say, Not as I Do." In this controversial new political book, "Throw Them All Out", he discusses the state of... [More...]


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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--And a Plan to Stop It
Lessig, Lawrence
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Using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left, "Republic, Lost" not only makes clear how the economy of influence defeats the will of the people, but also offers cogent strategies to correct our course—from a constitutional... [More...]


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War Stories from Capitol Hill
Campbell, Colton C.
Paperback: $54.00 [64,800₩]
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An insider account of how Congress works, this book contains insightful first person reminisces, from former congressional fellows and staffers, about the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of everyday life on Capitol Hill. Each reader-friendly essay focuses... [More...]


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Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting
Poole, Keith T.
Hardcover: $134.70 [161,640₩]
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In this wide-ranging and innovative study, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal use 200 years of congressional roll call voting as a framework for a new interpretation of important episodes in American political and economic history. Despite the wide array... [More...]


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How Congress Evolves: Social Bases of Institutional Change
Polsby, Nelson W.
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From the end of the New Deal until quite recently, the U.S. House of Representatives was dominated by a conservative coalition that thwarted the Democratic majority and prevented the enactment of measures proposed by a succession of liberal Presidents.... [More...]


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The House of Lords at Work: A Study Based on the 1988-1989 Session
Shell, Donald
Hardcover: $162.00 [194,400₩]
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When reform or abolition of the House of Lords is discussed assertions are frequently made about the relative value of its work; yet there has been little scholarly study of what it actually does. This book is the first to offer a systematic and... [More...]


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The Politics of Presence
Phillips, Anne
Paperback: $84.00 [100,800₩]
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One of the most hotly-contested debates in contemporary democracy revolves around issues of political presence, and whether the fair representation of disadvantaged groups requires their presence in elected assemblies. In this innovative contribution... [More...]


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Why Congressional Reforms Fail: Reelection and the House Committee System
University of Chicago Press
Paperback: $30.00 [36,000₩]
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For decades, advocates of congressional reforms have repeatedly attempted to clean up the House committee system, which has been called inefficient, outmoded, unaccountable, and even corrupt. Yet these efforts result in little if any change, as members of... [More...]


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Going Home: Black Representatives and Their Constituents
Fenno, Richard F., Jr.
Paperback: $30.00 [36,000₩]
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Acknowledgments 1. African American House Members and RepresentationChange and DiversityInclusion, Influence and LinkageRepresentation and the Home PerspectiveConceptualization: Process, Connections, Negotiation and StrategyElements of Strategy: Personal... [More...]


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Less Than Meets the Eye Less Than Meets the Eye Less Than Meets the Eye: Foreign Policy Making and the Myth of the Assertive Congressforeign Policy Ma
Hinckley, Barbara
Paperback: $30.00 [36,000₩]
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In this first full-scale account of congressional responses to foreign policy over the last thirty years, Hinckley reveals congressional assertiveness to be a much a myth as the struggle between the elected branches is an illusion.


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