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Larry Sabato, one of the leading experts in American politics, has brought together respected journalists and academics from across the political spectrum to examine every facet of the 2012 election, and what its development and outcome will mean for the nation moving forward....

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What will Brexit mean for Britain's unwritten constitution Constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor explores the greatest political question of the moment

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This work's objective is to examine the prospects for unified government and structural reform during the Clinton presidency.

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Maps the death of politics based on the traditional opposition between Left and Right, and offers a provocative argument for the emergence of a new values-based politics in Australia.

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The book phenomenon of `Club Government' in the mid-nineteenth century, when many of the functions of government were alleged to have taken place behind closed doors, in the secretive clubs of London's St. James's district, has not been adequately historicized.

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Colonial ambition tells the story of the politicians and would be politicians of Sydney who were driven by a determination to push themselves and their new colony to a higher level.

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The near conjunction of the bicentennial of the United States Constitution in 1989 and the completion of the European common market in 1992 provides a unique opportunity for the comparative consideration of constitutional federalism.

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An analysis of judicial review and public policy in different parts of the world today. The authors set forth a framework for comparative analysis into the origins of judicial review, its use as a policy tool and its exercise and impact in the policy-making process.

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The processes of constitutional change in America are particularly difficult to understand because of the constant interaction between the constitutional document of 1787 and the wider set of understandings and practices surrounding that document.

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Challenging those who accept or advocate executive supremacy in American foreign-policy making, this book proposes that we abandon the supine roles often assigned our legislative and judicial branches in that field.

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The reliance on state declarations of rights to expand rights protections during the last two decades has highlighted the political importance of state constitutions.

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Explores questions ranging from the nature of creating the US Constitution to the philosophy behind amending it. This collection brings together 14 essays that consider the meaning of having a constitution, the implications of choices in the design of constitutions, and the meaning of judicial supremacy in the interpretation of the Constitution.

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In this revised edition of his highly acclaimed 1986 volume, James Sundquist reviews the origins and rationale of the constitutional structure and the current debate about whether reform is needed, then raises practical questions about what changes might work best if a consensus should emerge that the national government is too prone to stalemate to meet its responsibilities.

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Labour's reforms of the UK's constitutional arrangements promise an overhaul of the constitution. A conference was held Cambridge University to discuss the legal and practical implications of the reforms. Papers given are reproduced in this volume.

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This volume has been written specifically for students of the U.S. system of government, and for students interested in federalism in practice.

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America's courts are injecting themselves into what many critics consider fundamentally moral or political disputes. In this text thinkers in constitutional theory and practice consider the impact of judicial engagement in moral, religious and cultural realms - such as school prayer and abortion.

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In one of the lengthiest, noisiest, and hottest legal debates in U.S. history, Cruel and Unusual Punishment stands out as a levelheaded, even-handed, and thorough analysis of the issue.

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Debatable Humor focuses on understanding the behavior of individual candidates within the context of political debates, and uses an evolutionary psychology perspective to understand the roots of this behavior. Specifically, it considers the role humor and laughter plays in sel...

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In Russia, as in other new federations and those undergoing constitutional reform, wealthy and politically cohesive regions can substantially alter the rules of intergovernmental relations to their benefit within the context of bilateral bargaining.

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And all Latin Americanists will welcome the advent of scholarly writing informed by the consociational model that provides us an approach to contemporary Latin American politics that is at once enlightening and convincing. They combine the Liberal Democratic/Anglo-American model and the Latin American model.

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This volume is based on a study which brought together scholars from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia, each potential members of the European Union, to develop a methodology for assessing the degree of democratization attained by them.

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