Congress

the first branch--companion readings

This reader offers an examination of such topics as congressional elections, the internal structure of Congress, the legislative process, Congress and the president, and Congress and the courts. It is designed to accompany the course text Congress: The First Branch, which introduces Congress as America ...

La habitación donde sucedió

Un relato desde el corazón de la Casa Blanca

Número 1 de ventas en Estados Unidos, estas memorias son el relato más completo y sustancial sobre la Administración Trump publicado hasta la fecha, y uno de los pocos, si no el único, escrito por un funcionario del más alto nivel. La cercanía diaria a ...

Lost on division

party unity in the Canadian parliament

Compared to other countries, Canada's Parliament shows a high level of party unity when it comes to legislative voting. This was not always the case, however. One hundred years ago, this sort of party discipline was not as evident, leading scholars to wonder what ...

El Parlamento

su historia, constitución y práctica

La voz parlamento vale, originariamente, tanto como conversación. Las reglas monásticas del siglo XIII la aplican, en su forma latina, a las conversaciones de los monjes en sus claustros, después de la cena, conversaciones que las Reglas condenaban como poco edificantes. Algo más tarde, la ...

El momento populista

¿Derecha - Izquierda? ¡Se acabó!

El populismo constituye, sin duda, la palabra clave de diversos fenómenos políticos acaecidos en los últimos años en Europa (o, por extensión, en Occidente). Así se ha manifestado con ocasión de diversos acontecimientos la elección de Donald Trump en Estados Unidos, el Brexit, la consagración ...

Metaphor in political conflict. Populism and discourse

Metaphors play a central role in political discourse: the images we use to speak about an issue both reveal and configure the way we think about it. In situations of conflict, the metaphors people choose are particularly significant, as they can be used to provoke ...

Democratic federalism

the economics, politics, and law of federal governance

Around the world, federalism has emerged as the system of choice for nascent republics and established nations alike. In this book, leading scholars and governmental advisers Robert Inman and Daniel Rubinfeld consider the most promising forms of federal governance and the most effective path to ...

The living presidency

an originalist argument against Its ever-expanding powers

A constitutional originalist sounds the alarm over the presidency’s ever-expanding powers, ascribing them unexpectedly to the liberal embrace of a living Constitution. Liberal scholars and politicians routinely denounce the imperial presidency—a self-aggrandizing executive that has progressively sidelined Congress. Yet the same people invariably ...

República y monarquía parlamentaria

caracterización y procesos evolutivos

En la obra se realiza un estudio de los dos grandes sistemas políticos existentes en las áreas geográficas con cultura democrática, partiendo de los filósofos de la Gracia clásica y de Roma, recogiendo aportaciones del Renacimiento y de la Ilustración y enlazando con pensadores contemporáneo ...

Modernidades periféricas

archivos para la historia conceptual de América Latina

Esta obra se propone problematizar los conceptos a través de las cuales académicos e intelectuales han intentado aclarar cómo y por qué las tradiciones premodernas, las expectativas de la modernidad y los efectos de la condición posmoderna resultan indiscernibles a la hora de describir las ...

La formación del Estado

Este libro se ocupa de la formación del Estado. La palabra formación puede entenderse de dos modo: como el proceso que desemboca en el nacimiento del Estado, es decir, el proceso es decir, el proceso de su formación, o como el resultado final del proceso ...

El poder ejecutivo en Marruecos

Comprender el Poder Ejecutivo en Marruecos define su sistema político. Esto se debe a la existencia de una monarquía presente, activa e importante, además de ser protagonista de una presencia conservadora, espiritual y simbólica, como resultado de la “legitimidad” histórica y clásica. Existe un debate ...

Fearless cities

a guide to the global municipalist movement

In a world in which fear and insecurity are being twisted into hate, and inequalities, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise, a renewed municipalist movement is standing up to defend human rights, radical democracy and the common good. In 2015 in Spain, housing rights ...

The myth of independence

how Congress governs the Federal Reserve

An in-depth look at how politics and economics shape the relationship between Congress and the Federal Reserve Born out of crisis a century ago, the Federal Reserve has become the most powerful macroeconomic policymaker and financial regulator in the world. The Myth of Independence marshals ...

Bending the rules

procedural politicking in the bureaucracy,

Who determines the fuel standards for our cars? What about whether Plan B, the morning-after pill, is sold at the local pharmacy? Many people assume such important and controversial policy decisions originate in the halls of Congress. But the choreographed actions of Congress and the ...

Políticas públicas neoliberales y desigualdad

México, Estados Unidos, Francia y España (1973-2013)

La presente obra, centrada en el tema de la desigualdad económica, es fruto de una intensa y extensa investigación llevada a cabo por el autor a lo largo de más de tres años. Basándose en relevantes fuentes primarias y secundarias, se analizan las políticas públicas ...

Following the leader

ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping

With unique access to Chinese leaders at all levels of the party and government, best-selling author David M. Lampton tells the story of China's political elites from their own perspectives. Based on over five hundred interviews, Following the Leader offers a rare glimpse into ...

Comparative policy agendas

theory, tools, data

This book summarizes recent advances in the work on agenda-setting in a comparative perspective. The book first presents and explains the data-gathering effort undertaken within the Comparative Agendas Project over the past ten years. Individual country chapters then present the research undertaken within the many ...

Comparative politics

integrating theories, methods, and cases

Do you ever wonder how transnational social movements get started? Or how economic development can differ so much from one country to the next? Or what the relationship might be between world religions and conflict across the globe? Dickovick and Eastwood's approach to the ...

The State and politics in Japan

Politics in Japan is undergoing a major transformation. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has, since 2012, embarked upon an ambitious program of policy reforms as well as changes to Japan's governing structures and processes. At the ...