Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Parliamentary socialisation Parliamentary socialisation Michael Rush "This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are t… OL16282866W
Dangerous convictions Dangerous convictions Thomas H. Allen "The debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 was clear evidence of the dangerous polarization of American politics. Heedless of the warnings of economists, a majority of Republicans in the House refused to allo… OL16715200W
Frank Frank Barney Frank,Barney Frank Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, Barney Frank made two vital discoveries about himself: he was attracted to government, and to men. He resolved to make a career out of the first and to keep the sec… OL17102722W
Underdog politics Underdog politics Matthew N. Green "In the first comprehensive study of the subject in decades, political scholar Matthew Green disputes the conventional belief that the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives is an unimpo… OL19998440W
The U.S. House of Representatives The U.S. House of Representatives Matthew Spieler "The third book in the Fundamentals of American Government civics series explores the inner workings of this important part of the legislative branch. As with Selecting a President and The U.S. Senat… OL20015131W