Product Description: In an age when partisan politics has reached a deafening―and arguably impotent―pitch, how does the real work of politics get done? This book opens the door on backroom politics and gives readers an insider’s perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes...read more

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Product Description: During the past decade, Democrats and Republicans each have received about fifty percent of the votes and controlled about half of the government, but this has not resulted in policy deadlock. Despite highly partisan political posturing, the policy regime has been largely moderate...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This highly useful volume contains the complete text of The Constitution of the United States, including all 26 amendments, as well as the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the key sections of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act...read more