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This book examines the history of the generational gap in American politics, with an emphasis on the remarkable contemporary gap.

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Horror-Klassiker mit dem DRACULA-Duo Christopher Lee und Peter Cushing.

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Not Enough Representation: The Disconnect between Congress and Its Citizens examines how representative the United States Congress is among different demographic groups and how representational issues affect Americans' perception of Congress, potentially threatening its legitimacy. The opening chapter analyzes political representation from the perspective of the nature of the relationship between voters and legislators, addressing why Congress...

In Congressional Budgeting, Patrick Fisher analyzes the problems inherent in the congressional budget process, and studies why congress makes the budgetary decisions that it does. In their desire to limit the 'tyranny of the majority, ' the framers of the Constitution designed a legislature that would be constrained and deliberate. While the institutional structure of Congress (i.e. bicameralism and the committee system) and American governmen...

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How are budget decisions made by the US government? Is it fair to blame skyrocketing deficits on an inability to curtail spending? Emphasizing budgetary politics rather than economic theories, this title offers an overview of how money flows through our government coffers.

Demographic Gaps in American Political behaviour examines the political behaviour of various groups in the United States in an effort to demonstrate how demographic backgrounds and socialization affect political behaviour. Media coverage has disproportionately focused on the red state versus blue state divide, leaving the impression that American political behaviour is determined solely by place of residence. This, however, ignores the numerou...

JOHN PARKER has no idea what disease has killed so many and will kill so many more. He doesn't understand what brings a murderous fever to otherwise harmless people. He can't begin to understand how of why a fetus might rip its own way out of the womb. Science and Satan have pushed human evolution to the brink and in five years, civilization will very nearly be lost. JOHN PARKER doesn't know why this will be, not yet. Genetic engineers and a s...

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