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Reference Titles

U.S. Environmental Policy and Politics: A Documentary History by Kevin Hillstrom
Call Number: GE180 .U185 2010

ISBN: 1604264756

Publication Date: 2010
A History of the U.S. Political System: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions by Harris, Richard A, Tichenor, D.
Call Number: JK31 .H57 2010

ISBN: 1851097139

Publication Date: 2010
Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions by Haider-Markel, Donald P., Card, M.A.
Call Number: JK2408 .P623 2009

ISBN: 0872893774

Publication Date: 2009

Affordable Care Act

Changing the U. S. Health Care System by Gerald F. Kominski
Call Number: RA395.A3 C43 2014

ISBN: 9781118418901

Publication Date: 2013
A New Era in U. S. Health Care by Stephen Davidson
Call Number: RA395.A3 D384 2013eb

ISBN: 9780804787239

Publication Date: 2013

Censorship

China's Censorship of the Internet and social Media: The Human Toll and Trade Impact by Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Call Number: QA76.9.A25 U55 2012

ISBN: 0160912571

Publication Date: 2012
True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries by Valerie Nye; Kathy Barco
Call Number: Z711.4 .T78 2012eb

ISBN: 0838911307

Publication Date: 2011

Electoral College

The Electoral College: An Analysis by Robert T. Miller
Call Number: JK529 .E438 2011eb

ISBN: 9781613248355

Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Electoral College Reform by Gary Bugh (Editor)
Call Number: JK529 .B84 2009

ISBN: 9780754694922

Publication Date: 2010-05-28

Why hasn't the United States reformed the Electoral College system, and how can it best do so? To address these questions, Electoral College Reform: Challenges and Possibilities brings together new essays by law professors and political scientists examining the reasons for reform, the issues surrounding a Constitutional amendment, the effect of the Electoral College on political campaigns and government policymaking, and the possibilities for extra-Constitutional avenues to change, including the courts and the state legislatures.

Eminent Domain

Before Eminent Domain by Susan Reynolds
Call Number: Available online through ebrary

ISBN: 9780807895863

Publication Date: 2010

Emergency Preparedness

Critical Infrastructure by Robert S. Radvanovsky; Allan McDougall
Call Number: HC110.C3 R33 2013eb

ISBN: 1466503459

Publication Date: 2013
The Economic Theory of Eminent Domain by Thomas J. Miceli
Call Number: KF5599 .M45 2011eb

ISBN: 9781139091220

Publication Date: 2011-06-27

Government Secrecy

63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read by Jesse Ventura; Dick Russell
Call Number: JK468.S4 V46 2011

ISBN: 9781616082260

Publication Date: 2011
Necessary Secrets by Gabriel Schoenfeld
Call Number: JC598 .S36 2010

ISBN: 9780393076486

Publication Date: 2010

Lobbying/Lobbyists

The Not-So-Special Interests by Matt Grossmann
Call Number: JK1118 .G76 2012eb

ISBN: 9780804781343

Publication Date: 2012
Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States by Burdett A. Loomis
Call Number: JK1118 .G85 2012eb

ISBN: 9781608717743

Publication Date: 2011

Minimum Wage Laws

Boosting Paychecks by Daniel P. Gitterman
Call Number: HD8072.5 .G56 2010

ISBN: 9780815703082

Publication Date: 2009-12-28
A Measure of Fairness by Robert Pollin; Mark Brenner; Jeannette Wicks-Lim; Stephanie Luce
Call Number: HD4918 .M57 2008

ISBN: 9780801473630

Publication Date: 2008

Tea Party Movement

Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party by Lawrence Rosenthal; Christine Trost
Call Number: JK2391.T43 S74 2012eb

ISBN: 0520274237

Publication Date: 2012
Key States, High Stakes by Charles S. Bullock
Call Number: JK1968 2010 .K49 2012eb

ISBN: 9781442210974

Publication Date: 2011

Wikileaks

WikiLeaks by as told to James Ball; Charlie Beckett
Call Number: JF1525.W45 B43 2012

ISBN: 9780745659763

Publication Date: 2012
The Most Dangerous Man in the World by Andrew Fowler
Call Number: JF1525.W45 F69 2011

ISBN: 9781616084899

Publication Date: 2011

Women in Politics

Off the Sidelines by Kirsten Gillibrand; Hillary Rodham Clinton (Foreword by)
Call Number: E901.1.G55 A3 2014

ISBN: 9780804179072

Publication Date: 2014
Political Women by Michele Lockhart
Call Number: HQ1236.5.U6 P653 2013eb

ISBN: 9780739182048

Publication Date: 2013

Youth Voting

The Evolving Citizen: American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement by Jay P. Childers
Call Number: HQ799.2.P6 C485 2012

ISBN: 9780271054117

Publication Date: 2012
Consuming Politics by Dan Cassino; Yasemin Besen-Cassino
Call Number: HQ799.2.P6 C38 2009

ISBN: 9780838641453

Publication Date: 2009