Search Results - "Elections"

James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights by Labunski, Richard E.

Table of Contents: “…The Philadelphia Convention -- The reluctant candidate -- The road to Richmond -- The Virginia Ratifying Convention -- The ratification vote -- The anti-federalists fight back -- The election -- Madison introduces the Bill of Rights -- Congress proposes the Bill of Rights -- Ratification of the Bill of Rights.…”
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An opportunity lost the Truman administration and the farm policy debate / by Dean, Virgil W.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The search begins -- The Eightieth Congress tries to "fix the roof" -- Farm policy and the election of 1948 -- The Brannan farm plan: agricultural panacea or political football? …”
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Without fear or favor judicial independence and judicial accountability in the states / by Tarr, G. Alan (George Alan)

Table of Contents: “…Creating and debating judicial independence and accountability -- Institutionalizing judicial independence and accountability -- The changing face of state judicial selection -- Analyzing judicial independence and accountability -- Reconsidering judicial elections -- Ensuring judicial independence and accountability in the twenty-first century.…”
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Without fear or favor judicial independence and judicial accountability in the states / by Tarr, G. Alan (George Alan)

Table of Contents: “…Creating and debating judicial independence and accountability -- Institutionalizing judicial independence and accountability -- The changing face of state judicial selection -- Analyzing judicial independence and accountability -- Reconsidering judicial elections -- Ensuring judicial independence and accountability in the twenty-first century.…”
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An opportunity lost the Truman administration and the farm policy debate / by Dean, Virgil W.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The search begins -- The Eightieth Congress tries to "fix the roof" -- Farm policy and the election of 1948 -- The Brannan farm plan: agricultural panacea or political football? …”
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Scandal and Democracy : Media Politics in Indonesia / by McCoy, Mary E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding democratic consolidation -- The origins and evolution of media controls -- Delegitimating authoritarianism -- Suharto's fall -- Reformasi and legal reform -- Media retreat in the 1999 parliamentary elections -- Baligate and the politics of scandal -- Scandal and democratic consolidation -- Media and civil society.…”
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Scandal and Democracy : Media Politics in Indonesia / by McCoy, Mary E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding democratic consolidation -- The origins and evolution of media controls -- Delegitimating authoritarianism -- Suharto's fall -- Reformasi and legal reform -- Media retreat in the 1999 parliamentary elections -- Baligate and the politics of scandal -- Scandal and democratic consolidation -- Media and civil society.…”
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The occupation of Iraq winning the war, losing the peace / by Allawi, Ali A., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…-- April 2004 : the turning point -- The interim Iraqi government -- Arabs and Persians -- Showdown at the shrine -- To hold or abort an election -- Corruption and the Potemkin state -- Iraqi society on the eve of free elections -- The vote -- Negotiating a constitution -- Crises and the Jaafari government -- Into uncharted waters.…”
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Framed America's fifty-one constitutions and the crisis of governance / by Levinson, Sanford, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…-- How does a "republican form of government" differ from "democracy"? -- Elections and a republican form of government -- Bicameralism -- If two opinions are good, is a third opinion (with the power of most of the time absolutely to kill the decision of the first two opinion-makers) even better? …”
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The occupation of Iraq winning the war, losing the peace / by Allawi, Ali A., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…-- April 2004 : the turning point -- The interim Iraqi government -- Arabs and Persians -- Showdown at the shrine -- To hold or abort an election -- Corruption and the Potemkin state -- Iraqi society on the eve of free elections -- The vote -- Negotiating a constitution -- Crises and the Jaafari government -- Into uncharted waters.…”
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Framed America's fifty-one constitutions and the crisis of governance / by Levinson, Sanford, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…-- How does a "republican form of government" differ from "democracy"? -- Elections and a republican form of government -- Bicameralism -- If two opinions are good, is a third opinion (with the power of most of the time absolutely to kill the decision of the first two opinion-makers) even better? …”
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Free hearts and free homes gender and American antislavery politics / by Pierson, Michael D.

Table of Contents: “…Liberty party gender ideologies -- From liberty to free soil : gender and emancipation -- Antislavery women and the triumph of domestic feminism -- Democrats and the defense of patriarchy -- Gender in the 1856 Republican campaign -- Republican women and the 1856 election -- Republican gender ideology in 1860.…”
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Bloomberg's New York class and governance in the luxury city / by Brash, Julian

Table of Contents: “…The neoliberalization of governance in New York City -- Electing the CEO mayor -- Running government like a business -- The luxury city -- The Bloomberg Way -- Far West side stories -- Why the RPA mattered -- The logic of investment -- The Bloomberg Way and its others.…”
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The temptation of innocence living in the age of entitlement / by Bruckner, Pascal

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the incredible shrinking man -- The victorious individual or the sacred king of dust -- Re-enchanting the world -- Tiny little grown-ups -- Election through suffering -- The new war of secession (between men and women) -- The innocence of the torturer (the victim, in Serb propaganda).…”
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Restoring the power of unions it takes a movement / by Getman, Julius G.

Table of Contents: “…The story of Unite Here -- pt. 3. Why the NLRB election process doesn't work for unions -- pt. 4. …”
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The new politics of protest indigenous mobilization in Latin America's neoliberal era / by Rice, Roberta

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: social protest in regional perspective -- Theoretical considerations: explaining protest -- Collective action in the neoliberal era -- Ecuador: ethnicity and elections -- Bolivia: protests and proposals -- Peru: crisis and contention -- Chile: repression and restructuring -- Conclusion: bridging protest and electoral coalitions.…”
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Bloomberg's New York class and governance in the luxury city / by Brash, Julian

Table of Contents: “…The neoliberalization of governance in New York City -- Electing the CEO mayor -- Running government like a business -- The luxury city -- The Bloomberg Way -- Far West side stories -- Why the RPA mattered -- The logic of investment -- The Bloomberg Way and its others.…”
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The temptation of innocence living in the age of entitlement / by Bruckner, Pascal

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the incredible shrinking man -- The victorious individual or the sacred king of dust -- Re-enchanting the world -- Tiny little grown-ups -- Election through suffering -- The new war of secession (between men and women) -- The innocence of the torturer (the victim, in Serb propaganda).…”
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Restoring the power of unions it takes a movement / by Getman, Julius G.

Table of Contents: “…The story of Unite Here -- pt. 3. Why the NLRB election process doesn't work for unions -- pt. 4. …”
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The new politics of protest indigenous mobilization in Latin America's neoliberal era / by Rice, Roberta

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: social protest in regional perspective -- Theoretical considerations: explaining protest -- Collective action in the neoliberal era -- Ecuador: ethnicity and elections -- Bolivia: protests and proposals -- Peru: crisis and contention -- Chile: repression and restructuring -- Conclusion: bridging protest and electoral coalitions.…”
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