• Preface-- Senate Administrative Officers & Officials: A Brief Overview-- Secretary of the Senate: Legislative & Administrative Duties-- Sergeant at Arms & Doorkeeper of the Senate: Legislative & Administrative Duties-- Office of Legislative Counsel: Senate-- Office of Senate Legal Counsel-- The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History & Authority of the Office-- Support Offices in the House of Representatives: Roles & Authorities-- Chief Administrative Officer of the House: History & Organization-- House Sergeant at Arms: Legislative & Administrative Duties-- Office of Legislative Counsel: House-- House Office of General Counsel-- The Office of the Parliamentarian in the House & Senate-- House & Senate Chaplains: An Overview-- Pages of the United States Congress: History & Program Administration-- Index.
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Article I, Section 3, clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution authorises the Senate to choose its officers, but does not specifically identify them by title. The officers currently elected by the Senate are the President pro tempore, Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms, chaplain, secretary for the majority, and secretary for the minority. The Senate has also established appointive offices to handle certain other administrative functions that are under the direction of the legal counsel, legislative counsel, and parliamentarian. This book provides an overview of Senate administrative officers and officials, their authorities, and main responsibilities.
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• Predicting the future of post-industrial society / Seymour Martin Lipset
• The continuing demographic revolution in industrial societies / Kingsley Davis
• Religion and the American future / Peter L. Berger
• Constitutionalism, federalism, and the post-industrial American polity / Daniel J. Elazar
• Judicial activism / Martin Shapiro
• The prophylactic presidency / Sanford Weiner and Aaron Wildavsky
• The American party system today / Everett Carll Ladd, Jr.
• The future of the American labor movement / John T. Dunlop
• American Catholics: the post-immigrant century / Andrew M. Greeley
• American Jews: three conflicts of loyalty / Nathan Glazer
• The Black community: Is there a future? / Orlando Patterson
• The future of women in America's third century / Sheila K. Johnson
• The future of the university / Robert Nisbet
• The adversary culture of intellectuals / Irving Kristol
• The mass media in post-industrial America / Stanley Rothman
• Continuity and change in the American National character / Alex Inkeles.

• Timeline Introduction Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (1849-1853) Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) James Buchanan (1857-1861) Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877).
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The years 1849-1877 were among the most pivotal in the nation's history. Over the course of three decades, the United States endured a catastrophic civil war, abolished slavery, expanded westward and added eight states to the Union, and witnessed the beginnings of industrialization. In politics, the era saw the demise of one national party, the birth of another, and the historic leadership of Abraham Lincoln. The country also faced difficult questions of state sovereignty and federal responsibility answered ultimately by secession and war. In short, it was a time of growth, consolidation, tragedy, and triumph for a dynamic and youthful nation. This resource of primary documents and commentary covers the Taylor through Grant administrations by selecting and describing five to ten of the foremost issues of the day and showing the actual text of the president's position along with the opposing viewpoint. The presidents from 1849-1877 were men of varied backgrounds and talents. Northerners and Southerners and even Northerners with Southern sensibilities occupied the White House. The period began and ended with war heroes as presidents; among the other men who served as president were a former textile worker, a country lawyer, and lifelong diplomat. Most of the chief executives struggled and perhaps even failed to overcome the immense challenges placed before them. By providing helpful background information and commentary about the presidents and the issues of the day in addition to the primary sources, this reference guide accurately depicts this fractious time in the country's past and provides an invaluable resources to any student of American history.
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• Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction;
• 1. The Concept of Party;
• 2. The Historical Tradition;
• 3. The Development of Electoral Institutions;
• 4. Party Institutions in Congress;
• 5. Spatial Analysis of Party Development;
• 6. Factionalism in the Early Years, 1789-1793;
• 7. Polarization and Party Politics, 1793-1797;
• 8. Partisan Competition in Congress, 1797-1803;
• 9. Political Parties in Eighteenth-Century America; Appendix A. Party Affiliation of Members of Congress; Appendix B. Representing Individual Roll Calls in Spatial Configurations.

• NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.

The first appearance of parties on the American political scene has been a subject of debate in both history and political science; most scholars have argued that parties did not develop until the nineteenth century. John F. Hoadley challenges that conclusion, arguing convincingly that substantial parties emerged within the first decade after creation of the new government. Examining patterns of roll-call voting in the early congresses, he finds that discernible coalitions existed between 1789 and 1803. These coalitions began to assume the form of parties as early as the Second Congress, and ...

Volume eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. Following Congress' decision to purchase his library, he oversees the counting, packing, and transportation of his books to Washington. Jefferson uses most of the funds from the sale to pay old debts but spends some of the proceeds on new titles. He resigns from the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, revises draft chapters of Louis H. Girardin's history of Virginia, and advises William Wirt on revolutionary-era Stamp Act resolutions. Jefferson criticizes those who discuss politics from the pulpit, and he drafts a bill to transform the Albemarle Academy into Central College. Monticello visitors Francis W. Gilmer, Francis C. Gray, and George Ticknor describe the mountaintop and its inhabitants, and Gray's visit leads to an exchange with Jefferson about how many generations of white interbreeding it takes to clear Negro blood. Finally, although death takes his nephew Peter Carr and brother Randolph Jefferson, the marriage of his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph is a continuing source of great happiness.
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Volume eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. Following Congress' decision to purchase his library, he oversees the counting, packing, and transportation of his books to Washington. Jefferson uses most of the funds from the sale to pay old debts but spends some of the proceeds on new titles. He resigns from the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, revises draft chapters of Louis H. Girardin's history of Virginia, and advises William Wirt on revolutionary-era Stamp Act resolutions. Jefferson criticizes those who discuss politics from the pulpit, and he drafts a bill to transform the Albemarle Academy into Central College. Monticello visitors Francis W. Gilmer, Francis C. Gray, and George Ticknor describe the mountaintop and its inhabitants, and Gray's visit leads to an exchange with Jefferson about how many generations of white interbreeding it takes to clear Negro blood. Finally, although death takes his nephew Peter Carr and brother Randolph Jefferson, the marriage of his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph is a continuing source of great happiness.
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• Telling your story
• Feeling comes first
• The meaning of a communication is the response you get
• The map is not the territory.

Millions of working Americans talk, act, and vote as if their economic interests match those of the mega-wealthy, multinational corporations, and the politicians who do their bidding. How did this happen? This work argues that the apologists of the Right have become masters of the subtle and largely subconscious aspects of political communication.

• Preface; Frontispiece; Illustrations; Notes; Sources; Index.

This comprehensive book on William Lyon Mackenzie's later life focuses first on the period 1838-1849, Mackenzie's years in exile in the United States. It examines his contribution to the American political scene, including his role in writing the constitution of the State of New York. The book also chronicles Mackenzie's life from 1849, when he was granted amnesty and returned to Canada, to his death in 1861. In this, the only comprehensive look at Mackenzie's life, Lillian Gates offers a meticulous account of one of Canada's liveliest nineteenth century politicians.

• Foreword by Don Tapscott Introduction- YouTube Epiphany
• Part 1: The Underdog: The Rise of a Movement
• Chapter 1 Introducing the Jr. Senator: The Birth of a New Community
• Chapter 2 Up against the Clintons: Rewriting the Rules
• Chapter 3 The Road to Denver: Navigating Controversy
• Part 2: The Candidate: Creating a Compelling Vision
• Chapter 4 The Birth of a Global Brand: Designing Hope
• Chapter 5 Understanding the Past: The History of Online Campaigning
• Chapter 6 MyBO: Keep It Local, Keep It Real
• Chapter 7 Neighbor to Neighbor: The Talks That Matter
• Chapter 8 Email: A Message Written Just for You
• Chapter 9 Text Messaging and Mobile: C U @ The Rally
• Chapter 10 The Blog: The Center of the Obamaverse
• Chapter 11 Social Networks: Obama Everywhere
• Chapter 12 Video: Up Close & Personal
• Chapter 13 Analytics & Online Ads: Driving and Measuring Traffic
• Part 3: The President: A New Beginning
• Chapter 14 The New Face of Government - The Digital Administration.
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FOREWORD by Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital The Obama campaign's mastery of social media for everything from fundraising to volunteer coordination has been widely reported. Until now, there hasn't been an in-depth analysis of how they did it. In Yes We Did, new media strategist and campaign headquarters volunteer Rahaf Harfoush gives us a behind the-scenes look at the campaign's use of technology, from its earliest days through election night. She reveals strategic insights organizations can apply to their own brands. Discover how unwavering strategic vision and collaborative technologies--email, blogs, social networks, Twitter, and SMS messaging--empowered a formidable online community to help elect the world's first "digital" President.
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• Preface-- Introduction: National missile defence (NMD) and IR--
• 1. Michel Foucault and NMD--
• 2. Revisiting missile defence--
• 3. NMD - issues and debates--
• 4. NMD and foreign policy discourse--
• 5. NMD and 'regimes of truth'--
• 6. NMD and the 'everyday'--
• 7. Reflections on NMD and identity-- Conclusion-- References-- Index.
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Why adopt a poststructural lens for the reading of the military strategy of national missile defence (NMD)? No doubt, when contemplating an attack on US territory by inter-continental ballistic missiles, consulting Michel Foucault and critical international relations theory scholars may not seem the obvious route to take. The answer to this lies in another question: Why has there been so much interest and continuous investment in NMD deployment when there is such ambiguity surrounding the status of threat it responds to, controversy over its technological feasibility and concern about its cost? Posed in this manner, the question cannot be answered on its own terms - the terms given in official accounts of NMD that justify the system's significance on the basis of strategic feasibility studies and conventional threat predictions guided by worst-case scenarios.Instead, this book argues that the preferences leading to NMD deployment must be understood as satisfying requirements beyond strategic approaches and issues. In turning towards the interpretative modes of inquiry provided by critical social theory and poststructuralism, this book contests the conventional wisdom about NMD and suggests reading the strategy in terms of US identity. Presented as an analysis of discourses on threats to national security, around which the need for NMD deployment is predominantly framed, this book is an effort to let the two fields of critical international relations theory and US foreign policy speak directly to each other. It seeks to do so by showing how the concept of identity can be harnessed to an analysis of a contemporary military-strategic practice.
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