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That was the controversial question in two landmark lawsuits: the California case of Larry P. It is also an important case study of the role of social science testimony in the courtroom and the role of the courts in setting social policy.

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A former New York Times editor reassesses how the second amendment came to be enshrined in the Bill of Rights, why the political debate over gun control has ground to an uneasy stalemate, and what gun control advocates have to understand to change the conversation.

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In recent years there has been growing recognition of the role played in American politics by groups such as Common Cause, the Sierra Club, and Zero Population Growth. This book considers their work in terms of their origins and development, resources, patterns of recruitment, decision-making processes, and lobbying tactics. How do public interest

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A comprehensive presentation of the way lobbying and interest-based political activism works in the United States.

Lobbying in America: A Reference Handbook offers readers an insightful survey of interest group politics in the United Statesthe strategies, techniques, and impact both positive and negative.

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This book assesses the challenges that lobbying, particularly by big business and 'lobbyists for hire' poses for democracy and suggests how it can be effectively regulated. -- .

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Local and regional government information is essential to government workers, corporate researchers, students, and many other citizens, but finding a city ordinance or a county report can be a daunting experience.

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Focuses on local democratic politics in Britain over the last decade and a half from the election of the New Labour Government right up to the current Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government. -- .

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Focuses on local democratic politics in Britain over the last decade and a half from the election of the New Labour Government right up to the current Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government. -- .

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This book examines the crisis in UK local government, looking at how the system has changed throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and asking what lies ahead.

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This book focuses on the training, education, and assistance needs of municipal governments as they prepare to face the challenges of the 21st century. These crises include increased citizen demands, dwindling financial support, technological advances, and demographic trends which result in the additional layering of diversity in the work force.

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Explores options available to local public officials in providing services.

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An introduction to the issues and procedures in local government collective bargaining.

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The fourth edition of Local government today is currently the most up-to-date textbook on local government in Britain. It analyses the structure and role of local government in the light of the most recent changes to the system. -- .

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The essays link peacemaking and peace-building initiatives at the local level with national peace processes aimed at ending civil wars and secessionist conflicts.

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The essays link peacemaking and peace-building initiatives at the local level with national peace processes aimed at ending civil wars and secessionist conflicts.

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The Locarno Conference of 1925 and the five treaties concluded there have been seen as the turning point of the interwar years, i.e., Germany's acceptance of the 1919 peace settlement and the beginning of a new era of peace. Studying the documentary evidence, much of it available only recently, Jon Jacobson explores the personalities and politics o

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John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government" is one of the most influential texts in the history of political theory. Part of the Continuum's "Reader's Guides", this book offers an account of this key philosophical work. It provides a review of the key themes and a lucid commentary.

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John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government" is one of the most influential texts in the history of political theory. Part of the Continuum's "Reader's Guides", this book offers an account of this key philosophical work. It provides a review of the key themes and a lucid commentary.

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Steinberg addresses such questions as: How did the notion of a social contract develop What did social contract mean to Locke and Rousseau Can social contract describe the working basis of representative democracy