Government category: 19669 books
Clean House
Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Corruption Chronicles comes a devastating expose of the scandals of Obama's second term. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton reveals what the largest watchdog agency in America has uncovered in its battles against Obama secrecy.
Clean House...
Conservative Heroes
Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America, from Jefferson to Reagan
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Conservatism in America, as one early twentieth-century politician said, is “as old as the Republic itself.” But what are its foundational principles, and how did they form the modern conservative movement? Author Garland S. Tucker III tells the story in this lively look at fourteen champions...
by Zachary Callen, J. Eric Oliver, Shang E. Ha
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations...
The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa
A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
For the past two decades, experiments in decentralization and federalization have been developing in Africa, Asia, and the formerly communist states of Eastern Europe. Many of the powers previously in the hands of the central government or its deconcentrated structures have been transferred to lower...
Shakedown
The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
As their infatuation with President Obama fades, millions of Americans anxiously ask, Is this the change we were waiting for? The current administration represents change, for sure, Steven Malanga argues - a momentous transformation of the fundamental structure of American politics. A self-interested...
by Matthew Zencey
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
How much do you really know about former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin? The revelations in Matthew ZenceyÆs account of her tenure will surprise you. Although Palin is widely seen as a conservative social ideologue, her political career in Alaska was marked by a progressive approach that is at odds with...
by Anton Casian
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2015
This paper (i) explores #50 positive goals of world state and (ii) provides a point of reference for those who seeks positive goals of world state.
At world level there are paper with positive goals, but there is no paper that gather and explore in-extenso the positive goals of world state.
The...
Fed Up!
Our Fight to Save America from Washington
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Now, do not misunderstand me, America is great.
But we are fed up with being over-taxed and over-regulated. We are tired of being told how much salt to put on our food, what kind of cars we can drive, what kinds of guns we can own, what kind of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can...
by Capitol Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Stephen A. Slivinski in his book “Buck Wild: How Republicans Blew the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However...
The Rise of the Norwegian Parliament
Studies in Norwegian Parliamentary Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
This work presents eight studies of different but interrelated aspects of parliamentary government in post-war Norway. Split into three sections, it focuses on the formation of government, organization of parliament and the changing relations between parliament, executives, and organized interests.
by John B. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Leading economist John B. Taylor’s straightforward plan to rebuild America’s economic future by returning to its founding principles.
Mired in a crippling economic slump and hamstrung by partisan political debates, America faces substantial economic challenges, from widespread unemployment...
The Handy American Government Answer Book
How Washington, Politics and Elections Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
A primer on the three branches of American government plus the politics and elections that influence how it works (and how it sometimes doesn’t work). The easy-to-use, question-and-answer approach makes it the perfect gift for anyone. Students, history teachers, and political junkies will find the text approachable and useful.
Beyond Democracy
Why democracy leads to social conflict, runaway spending and a tyrannical government
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Democracy is widely considered to be the best political system imaginable. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that democracy has become a secular religion. The largest political faith on earth. To criticize the democratic ideal is to risk being regarded an enemy of civilized society.
Yet...
by Major Garrett, Tim J. Penny
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
In the world of politics, it's hard to separate the truth from the lies. In this strongly argued but nonpartisan book, Major Garrett and Timothy J. Penny draw on their combined decades of experience watching government work to illuminate the deceptions and delusions to which we as citizens are subjected...