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The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that forged American history's great compromises? In this work, the authors, provide an insider's history of the United States Senate. One a historian emeritus of the Senate, and the other a former chief congressional correspondent for Time magazine, integrate...

An exploration of politics and government in Mexico during the first decade of the twenty-first century that covers political development, institutions, culture, society, domestic policy issues, and foreign relations.

In this comprehensive book, Victor L. Mote illuminates the dichotomy between Siberia's rich treasure-house of resources and its peripheral relationship to the rest of the world. With this paradox in mind, he traces the region's history from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the unique blend of wit and will developed by inhabitants to survive one of the most brutal environments in the world - a land that has been part colony, part prison, and...

Describes the internal power struggle between conservative and reform Islamic elements in Iran and the resulting destablization of the country.

"Containing an Introductory essay, a section on Theories of Japanese politics, and around 250 A-Z entries, the Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan remedies this imbalance and answers the need for an accessible work of reference bringing together information and authoritative analysis on all aspects of the politics of Japan and the Japanese political system." "Written by a leading academic authority and commentator on the domestic and international...

"Mexican Governance is a timely and important book. By chronicling the good and bad of the contemporary revolution in Mexico, Armand Peschard-Sverdrup and Sara Rioff have compiled a book that expertly examines the evolution of a country of great importance to the United States as the two countries head into the twenty-first century."--James A. Baker III, former White House Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the President; U.S. Secretary of State;...

For the past two decades, Russian leaders have attempted to launch a series of political reforms purportedly aimed at moving the country toward democracy. Have these reforms taken hold? If not, what kind of political regime will sustain in post-Soviet Russia? How has Vladimir Putin's rise to power influenced the country's course? The authors seek to give a comprehensive answer to these fundamental questions about the nature of Russian politics.

"Japan's deepening economic crisis is fundamentally a political crisis. Economic reform is crucial to the recovery of the Japanese economy, yet the political system is not delivering the necessary reforms. The Koizumi Administration has enjoyed most of the political conditions identified as conducive to economic reform. Why then, has the Koizumi revolution failed? Aurelia George Mulgan provides an up-to-the-minute account of the politics of economic...