Government category: 19669 books
Calling the Shots
The President, Executive Orders, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Modern presidents are CEOs with broad powers over the federal government.
The United States Constitution lays out three hypothetically equal branches of government-the executive, the legislative, and the judicial-but over the years, the president, as head of the executive branch, has emerged...
Revolving Door Lobbying
Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of “revolving door lobbyists”—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving...
Local Participatory Governance and Representative Democracy
Institutional Dilemmas in European Cities
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Over the past few decades and throughout the world, numerous government-initiated experiments and attempts at directly engaging and including citizens have emerged as remedies for a variety of problems faced by modern democracies, including political disaffection and insufficient capacity to deal...
by Ian Beesley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book is the official history of British Cabinet Secretaries, the most senior civil servants in UK government, from the post-war period up to 2002.
In December 1916 Maurice Hankey sat at the Cabinet table to take the first official record of Cabinet decisions. Prior to this there had been...
Employment Relations under Coalition Government
The UK Experience, 2010-2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Drawing on a wide range of up-to-date research, Employment Relations under Coalition Government critically examines developments in UK employment relations during the period of Conservative-Liberal Democrat government between 2010 and 2015, against the background of the 2007-08 financial crisis, subsequent...
No Child Left Alone
Getting the Government Out of Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Uncle Sam is the worst helicopter parent in America.Children are taken from their parents because they are obese. Parents are arrested for letting their children play outside alone. Sledding and swaddling are banned. From games to school to breast-feeding to daycare, the overbearing bureaucratic state...
by Louis Asare
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2017
The country laid out a development plan on Thursday to become the world leader in A.I. by 2030, aiming to surpass its rivals technologically and build a domestic industry worth almost $150 billion.
The State Council on behalf of the Chinese government has published the policy or statement of intent...
Red Hot Lies
How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Liars--Al Gore, the United Nations, the New York Times. The global warming lobby, relentless in its push for bigger government, more spending, and more regulation, will use any means necessary to scare you out of your wits--as well as your tax dollars and your liberties--with threats of rising oceans,...
Singapore Perspectives 2009
The Heart of the Matter
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
The Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social, economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought...
by Stan Uhlig
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Follow the Path to Success in Federal Construction Contracting
Opportunities abound in federal government construction contracting, but the devil is in the details. Companies performing work for the federal government must plan and operate based on very specific guidelines and regulations. Knowing...
The Other Rights Revolution
Conservative Lawyers and the Remaking of American Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
In 1973, a group of California lawyers formed a non-profit, public-interest legal foundation dedicated to defending conservative principles in court. Calling themselves the Pacific Legal Foundation, they declared war on the U.S. regulatory state--the sets of rules, legal precedents, and bureaucratic...
Implementing Term Limits
The Case of the Michigan Legislature
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Today, 70 percent of the American public supports reforms that would limit the number of terms a state legislator may serve, and the advocacy group U.S. Term Limits promotes this reform at all levels of government. But are advocates correct that term limits ensure citizens dedicated to the common...
Conservative Hurricane
How Jeb Bush Remade Florida
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Against the backdrop of the Tea Party–dominated GOP, former Florida governor Jeb Bush may appear comparatively moderate, but his record tells a different story. In Conservative Hurricane, Matthew Corrigan probes beyond the mild veneer, the sound bites, and the photo ops to examine the real evidence...
by Michael J. Daugherty
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
"The Devil Inside the Beltway". This chilling and personal story that reveals, in detail, how the Federal Trade Commission repeatedly bungled a critically important cybersecurity investigation and betrayed the American public. Michael J. Daugherty, author and CEO of LabMD in Atlanta, uncovers...