Arguing that 'Congress has substantially ceded its fundamental constitutional role in foreign policy, ' Stephen R. Weissman reveals how Congress's acquiescence to the president and special interests in foreign policy has caused American interests to suffer around the globe. A Culture of Deference offers a behind-the-scenes look at how policy decisions are made--and not made--in Washington.
Existing explanations of national security policy are overwhelmingly structuralist in orientation. They are thus blind to, and even shunt aside, the politics of national security. This chapter brings politics back in via the often-ignored, yet crucial, process of mobilization and its constituent processes, notably legitimation and coalition management. Drawing on existing rationalist and co…
Contents: 1. The history and character of the speakership 2. Choosing the speaker 3. The speaker as party leader 4. The speaker: A republican perspective 5. The speaker and the budget etc.
Buku ini adalah karya seorang mantan anggota DPR/MPR selama beberapa periode keanggotaan yang telah ikut merumuskan berbagai Ketetapan MPR dan Undang-Undang yang di antaranya berkaitan dengan MPR, maka dengan demikian beliau telah menghayati sepenuhnya apa sebenarnya MPR dan bagaimana seharusnya MPR menjalankan tugas konstitusionalnya. Buku ini berusaha menggambarkan seobyektif mungkin apa yang…
Refleksi Sidarto dalam memandang DPR yang pernah disebut taman kanak-kanak oleh Presiden Abdurrahman Wahid. Menurut Sidarto kinerja DPR cukup produktif dan maju dalam membuat produk legislasi, tetapi banyak produk undang-undang yang dibuat tidak bisa diterapkan. Salah satu dari kritik tersebut dicoba dijelaskan dalam buku ini.
Buku ini berisi: 1. Pendahuluan 2. Pengertian Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat 3. Sejarah perkembangan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat 4. Tata tertib dan mekanisme kerja Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat 5. Produk-produk Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat 6. Garis=garis besar haluan negara 7. Masalah pemilihan Presiden dan Wakil Presiden serta keadaan Presiden dan Wakil Presiden berhalangan.
This book focused on debt sustainability in Africa, contains two points, Oasis and Mirage.
With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures, languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the Parliament to be highly-fragmented and unpredictable. By studying more than 12,000 recorded votes between 1979 and 2004 this 2007 book establishes that the opposite is in fact true: transnational parties in the E…
The European Parliament is designed to provide a practical textbook and desktop reference on every aspect of the functioning of the Parliament. Over eight editions, The European Parliament has established itself as an important landmark in the literature on the European Union. The book provides an invaluable guide to the institution's history, power and politics. It explains both what drives…
Emerging Africa describes the too-often-overlooked positive changes that have taken place in much of Africa since the mid-1990s. In 17 countries, five fundamental and sustained breakthroughs are making old assumptions increasingly untenable: - The rise of democracy brought on by the end of the Cold War and apartheid - Stronger economic management - The end of the debt crisis and a more cons…