Political System

In June 2010, Greg Fettig began a battle that would ultimately change the course of his life. Already involved in the Tea Party movement in Indiana, he started a campaign to target an icon of Washing …

This book explains in detail a well organized corruption plan in Quebec. it was instigated by the president of a financial institution and executed by the lawyers and a notaries fabricating false doc …

The idea for this book arose out of a little known political scandal, known as ‘phonegate’, that occurred in Minnesota in the early 1990’s in which a number of legislators were found to have been abu …

The initiative is the product of the populist movement, which in the late nineteenth century sought to increase voter control of what were viewed as unrepresentative state and local governments. Toda …

‘It’s like being in a small town right in the middle of a big city. People belong to their neighborhood first, and that neighborhood belongs to the city.’-Karen Boyle, Seattle neighborhood activist. …

Originally published in 2006, Mississippi Politics quickly became the definitive work on the state’s recent political history, campaigns, legislative battles, and litigation, as well as how Mississip …

A former state legislator and a political scientist team up to show how New York’s legislature was once the nation’s model professional legislature, and how it might recover from its present dysfunct …

Has Texas always been one of the United States’ most conservative states? The answer might surprise you. Bootstrap Liberalism offers a glimpse into the world of Depression-era Texas politics, reveali …

New York contains greater diversity than almost any other state. This diversity creates extensive social and political conflict within the state. Governing New York State, Sixth Edition provides expe …

The level of detail in a given law can have dramatic consequences for how that law is interpreted and applied. In The Devil Is in the Details, Rachel Van Sickle-Ward focuses on the dynamics of social …