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A searching examination of a political institution which has largely escaped scrutiny.

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This is the tale of two parties struggling to maintain the first coalition government at Westminster for over 60 years. What have been the challenges they have faced in the first 15 months, and how have they managed it The book is based on interviews with over 140 ministers, MPs, Lords, civil servants, party officials and interest groups.

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More specifically, it examines three levels of policies adopted by the Chinese Communist Party (general policies, organizational policies, and anti-corruption policies) to see how certain policy patterns have affected the identification of corruption, corruption forms, and anti-corruption measures.

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This book challenges the idea that Brexit was a contest between heads and hearts, and offers a fresh account of political feelings and the stories we tell about them.

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This book challenges the idea that Brexit was a contest between heads and hearts, and offers a fresh account of political feelings and the stories we tell about them.

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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many questioned whether the large number of political appointees in the Federal Emergency Management Agency contributed to the agency's poor handling of the catastrophe. This book examines how and why Presidents use political appointees and how their choices impact government performance - for better or worse.

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Taking Northern Nigeria during the years 1946 to 1966 as an example, Professor Whitaker shows how modern institutions--parliamentary representation, a cabinet system, popular suffrage, and political parties--were introduced and how they resulted not in a displacement of tradition but in an astute absorption by traditional forces. Originally publis

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A guide to the Constitution which attempts to provide the political terminology for modern political studies. An introductory survey of concepts relating to the constitutional framework leads on to a glossary in which basic terminology is defined in clear terms. Aimed at A level students and first year Undergraduates in Politics and Government.

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Provides the definitive study of voting behaviour in the 2016 Irish election

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Establishes love as an indispensable pillar of democracy, imagining and rethinking political and social philosophy by building on the thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cornel West.

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Challenges the notion that the eighteenth-century principles underlying the American separation of powers system are incompatible with the demands of twentieth-century governance. This book demostrates the continuing relevance of these principles by questioning the dominant scholarship on the legislative veto.

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This volume aims to deliver a better understanding of the period of Jimmy Carter's presidency of the United States, and its development. Deadlock with Congress, special interests, and ultimately, the Iran hostage crisis, led to the defeat of many of Carter's programmes and to his loss of office.

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Media coverage and popular interpretations of American government typically concentrate on the presidency. Observers often attribute the fortunes of an entire government to one person or his small circle of advisers.

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In spite of all that has been written on the U.S. presidency, no book before this has come forth in the 20th century on the president as party leader.

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In spite of all that has been written on the U.S. presidency, no book before this has come forth in the 20th century on the president as party leader.

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Fred I Greenstein has long been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. This book provides an account of the presidential qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with Franklin D Roosevelt's first hundred days.

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This book is an examination of the central role of incumbency in the televised world of American presidential elections and analyzes how an individual incumbent, Bill Clinton, influenced the recurring and predictable patterns of televised news in ways that secured his reelection.

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