The U.S. Congress
20
%
196 Kč 243 Kč
Sleva až 70% u třetiny knih
In the second edition of The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes readers on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English. No mere civics lesson, this eye-opening book provides an insider's perspective on Congress, matched with a professional historian's analytical insight. After§a swift survey of the creation of Congress by the constitutional convention, he begins to unscrew the nuts and pull out the bolts. What is it like to campaign for Congress? To attract large donors? To enter either house with no seniority? He answers these questions and more, explaining committee assignments§and committee work, the role of staffers and lobbyists, floor proceedings, parliamentary rules, and coalition building.§Ritchie explores the great effort put into constituent service-as representatives and senators respond to requests from groups and individuals-as well as media relations and news coverage. He also explores how the grand concepts we all know from civics class-checks and balances, advise and consent, congressional oversight-work in practice in an age of strong presidents and a muscular Senate minority.
Autor: | Ritchie, Donald A. |
Nakladatel: | Oxford University Press |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Jazyk : | Angličtina |
Vazba: | Paperback / softback |
Počet stran: | 168 |
Mohlo by se vám také líbit..
-
The Stubborn Scotsman
Ritchie, Donald A.
-
Jung: A Very Short Introduction
Stevens, Anthony
-
Affective Neuroscience
Panksepp, Jaak
-
Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Psychol...
Popov, Alexey
-
Psychopathy: A Very Short Introduction
Viding, Essi (Professor of Developmental Psychology, University College London)
-
Becoming A Critical Thinker
Ivory, Sarah Birrell
-
The Qur'an
-
Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy
Lemma, Alessandra
-
The Enlightenment that Failed
Israel, Jonathan
-
The Globalization of Addiction
Alberts Bruce, Bray Dennis, Hopkin Karen, Johnson Alexander, Lewis Julian, Raff Martin, Roberts Keith, Walter Peter
-
No Shortcuts
McAlevey, Jane F. (Post Doctoral Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School)
-
Blackstone's Emergency Planning...
Dillon, Brian
-
The Beau Monde
Greig, Hannah (Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century British History, University of York)
-
Cultural Strategy
Holt, Douglas B.; Cameron, Douglas
-
How to Change the World
Bornstein, David; Davis, Susan
-
The Globalization Paradox
Rodrik, Dani