House of Lords Reform Since 1911: Must the Lords Go? by P. Dorey,A. Kelso

Learning While Governing: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

Even supposing their leaders and employees will not be elected, bureaucratic firms have the facility to make coverage judgements that hold the total strength of the legislation. during this groundbreaking ebook, Sean Gailmard and John W. Patty discover a topic imperative to political technological know-how and public management: How do Congress and the president make sure that bureaucratic organisations enforce their most popular guidelines?

Europeanization and Domestic Policy Change: The Case of Italy (Europe and the Nation State)

This ebook examines the effect of Europeanization at the household politics of ecu member states, focussing on agricultural coverage, unity coverage and employment coverage with a close comparative case research on Italy. notwithstanding a founding member, Italy has frequently had an uneasy courting with the ecu and located it tough to be influential in european politics and to conform successfully with ecu guidelines and institutional pressures.

Comparing and Classifying Legislatures (Library of Legislative Studies)

Fresh years have witnessed huge paintings within the legislative reviews box. yet what will we find out about legislatures today and are there transparent standards for evaluating and classifying them? this can be a new overview of the kingdom of our wisdom of parliament and tackles key questions: Do legislatures topic in legislative phrases, and, if that is so, how a lot?

The Eisenhower Presidency: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century

St century that we have to query how a lot of his variety may possibly paintings in our personal period. The chapters during this quantity tackle the teachings we'd draw from the Eisenhower adventure for presidential management this present day. even supposing many of the authors locate a lot to respect within the Eisenhower list, they convey various critiques on how acceptable his method will be for our personal time.