Contemporary American conservatism--a mélange of ideas, people, and organizations--is difficult to define; even conservatives themselves are unable to agree about its essential meaning. Yet the conser
Contemporary American conservatism--a mélange of ideas, people, and organizations--is difficult to define; even conservatives themselves are unable to agree about its essential meaning. Yet the conser
This book examines the reasons behind the surprising growth of congressional oversight. Using original data collected for this project, Joel D. Aderbach documents the increase in oversight activity a
In uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites. In se
Most people think of governmental bureaucracy as a dull subject. Yet for thirty years the American federal executive has been awash in political controversy. From George Wallace's attacks on "pointy h
According to editors Aberbach, David Dollar, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff, "The economic growth of Taiwan over the past four decades has been little short of remarkable." This volume examines the nature of
To many observers, the 2008 elections augured the end of the conservative era in American politics. Buoyed by a reaction against Great Society liberalism and the Republican Party's shrewd race-based
To many observers, the 2008 elections augured the end of the conservative era in American politics. Buoyed by a reaction against Great Society liberalism and the Republican Party's shrewd race-based
The presidency and the agencies of the executive branch are deeply interwoven with other core institutions of American government and politics. While the framers of the Constitution granted power to t
The presidency and the agencies of the executive branch are deeply interwoven with other core institutions of American government and politics. While the framers of the Constitution granted power to t
The Hebrew Bible is the main legislative and literary influence on European Poor Law and on literature on poverty and the poor. No extant literature from the ancient world placed more importance upon
It's less than six months after the events of Got and our nameless narrator has vanished off the Brooklyn grid only to end up in Atlanta, where he now lives with his ambitious but somewhat dim-witted
There's a young man living in the infamous Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. He is an orphaned college student trying to get through his sophomore year at age twenty-three, year behind the traditiona
