CQ's Desk Reference on American Government


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This one-volume desk reference provides quick answers to the most frequently asked questions about all aspects of U.S. government, including elections, Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court. Includes many new questions such as: What was the Teapot Dome scandal? What are the requirements for being a senator? How did the two-party system develop? What was the largest presidential landslide? Cross-references, a bibliography, and an index aid research.




CQ's Desk Reference on the States


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This book presents over 500 answers to questions about state government, including state history, the governorship, legislatures, campaigns and elections, and state courts.







Desk Reference Set


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Every spring and fall, researchers, students, and people who work in the world of politics or simply enjoy reading about it, look forward to the new edition of CQ's Guide to Current American Government. This resource contains the best Congressional Quarterly reporting published during the past six months in CQ Weekly and related CQ publications. The articles are arranged in four sections: elections, institutions, politics and public policy, and foundations of American government. Articles are chosen to complement the content and themes of American government courses, making this an essential resource for school and university libraries. The currency of this series makes it an in-demand resource for a broad spectrum of general readers, and therefore an important acquisition for public libraries as well. The selections in this volume include: - Prospects for realignment in the 2006 mid-term elections - Reaction to the NSA surveillance controversy - Fallout from the widening lobbying scandal - Immigration reform and port security debates - Obesity-related litigation and the food industry




CQ Guide to Current American Government, 2005 Fall


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The selections in this volume include: - Campaigning to keep political ads clean; - The debate over stem cell research; - Privatizing the military; - Congressional debate on the pros and cons of prescription drug importation; - The focus on battleground states in the 2004 election; - Divisions within the GOP in Congress.




Guide to Current American Government


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CQ's Desk Reference on the Presidency


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Provides answers to over five hundred commonly asked questions about state government; grouped in the categories of the states, governorship, legislatures, campaigns and elections, state courts, and facts and figures; and includes profiles of individual states.




CQ Guide to Current American Government 2006 Fall


Book Description

Every spring and fall, researchers, students, people who work in the world of politics or simply enjoy reading about it, look forward to the new edition of CQ Press's Guide to American Government. This resource contains the best Congressional Quarterly reporting published during the past six months in CQ Weekly and related CQ publications. The articles are arranged in four sections: elections, institutions, politics and public policy, and foundations of American government. Articles are chosen to complement the content and themes of American government courses, making this an essential resource for school and university libraries. The currency of this series makes it an in-demand resource for a broad spectrum of general readers, and therefore an important acquisition for public libraries as well.







Guide to Current American Government


Book Description

This guide is a collection of Congressional Quarterly reporting, as published in the last six months in the CQ Weekly and related CQ publications. The articles cover topics such as elections 2000, Congress and the nation 2001, politics and public policy and foundations of American government.