Product Description: The United States is often perceived as sceptical, if not hostile, to the need to address man-made climate change. US government policy has undoubtedly disappointed environmentalists and scientists who believe more concerted action is needed, but a careful examination of the evidence reveals a number of policy actions designed to investigate, mitigate, and adapt to climate change have been implemented...read more

The long drawn out and heavily politicized presidential election process in 2000 with the winner - Republican George W. Bush--taking a smaller percentage of the popular vote than his Democratic rival, raised important issues of legitimacy. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington posed a major new challenge to the American political system. Written by a team of leading authorities and tightly edited to provide an accessible and coherent student text, Developments in American Politics 4 assesses the implications of both and the early record of the second Bush in the White House. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This text offers a comprehensive and thought-provoking assessment of government, politics, and policy in the United States. Written by an international team of leading scholars and focused on the trends of the 1990s, this book sets the scene for a thorough understanding of American politics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The means, methods and efficiency of America's efforts to control air pollution have been the subject of considerable public debate in recent years. This book explains the timing and shape of these efforts and explores the possibility of change...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Developments in American Politics 3 offers a timely, comprehensive, and thought-provoking assessment of government, politics, and policy in the United States. Written by a team of leading international scholars and focused on the trends of the 1990s, this book sets the scene for a thorough understanding of American politics into the new century...read more

Product Description: This is a short political history of the United States since 1929, focusing on the national political agenda. The book deals with civil rights, the anti-communist crusade, social reform, foreign policy and includes a discussion of military strategy in World War II, concentrating on those arenas that were to effect the development of the Cold War...read more

Product Description: The purpose of this book is to offer a coherent and systematic study of the U.S. Congress. It presents a detailed description of the organisation and procedures of the Senate and the House of Representatives and pays particular regard to the ways in which the structure of Congress has varied over time since the forming of the Constitution...read more

Product Description: Book by Bailey, Christopher J.