Cq Press imprint: 255 books
by Paul A. Sracic, William C. Binning
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Ohio Government and Politics provides a thorough, highly readable overview of the history, processes, and institutions of the state’s government and politics. In a country increasingly divided into blue and red states, Ohio is “purple” – one of the few states that is not dominated by a single...
Public Servants Studied in Image and Essay
A Fanfare for the Common Bureaucrat
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
This latest work by highly regarded scholar of bureaucracy Charles T. Goodsell uses narrative essays and accompanying video profiles to bring to life the work and careers of individuals working for the common good in 12 essential jobs at all three levels of American government. The first book to explicitly...
Public Human Resource Management
Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Public Human Resource Management: Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century offers a novel take on public human resource management (PHRM) by providing practical guidance for practitioners operating in a drastically reformed HR environment. Author R. Paul Battaglio assesses how the traditional...
Practical Program Evaluations
Getting from Ideas to Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2006
Program evaluation requires attention to rationality, rigor, and careful methods. Yet precision and accuracy alone do not guarantee that program evaluations will be implemented. What prevents an evaluation from being thrown on a shelf to gather dust?
Author Gerald Emison, a practitioner with...
The Politics of Public Budgeting
Getting and Spending, Borrowing and Balancing
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Using a “power struggles” theme to examine the dynamics of budgeting, Rubin’s classic text shines a bright light on the political jockeying between interest groups, parties, officials, policymakers, and the public. Expert at explaining budgeting changes over time, Rubin sets issues like the...
by M. Donald Hancock, Henry Krisch
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2008
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Introduction
Chapter 1
Germans born in the second decade of the last century will have been a subject of...
Limits and Loopholes
The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2007
From the authors of Legislative Labyrinth: Congress and Campaign Finance Reform.
Elections, the basic mechanism of representative democracy, should be untainted by corruption and provide a platform for free speech. But running for office takes money—a lot of it, usually—which means campaign...
Cases in International Relations
Pathways to Conflict and Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Students love good stories. That is why case studies are such a powerful way to engage students while teaching them about concepts fundamental to the study of international relations. In Cases in International Relations, Glenn Hastedt, Vaughn P. Shannon, and Donna L. Lybecker help students understand...
Lone Star Politics
Tradition and Transformation in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
In Texas, myth often clashes with the reality of everyday government. Explore the state's rich political tradition with Lone Star Politics as this local author team explains who gets what and how.
Utilizing the comparative method, Ken Collier, Steven Galatas, and Julie Harrelson-Stephens...
Environmental Choices
Policy Responses to Green Demands
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Within a federal system, government agencies and regulatory policies can be fractured -- even at odds with each other. National actors share power with their counterparts in states and localities, as do presidents with Congressional leaders, and bureaucrats with judges. Understanding the broad economic...
Tools for Decision Making
A Practical Guide for Local Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Known for encouraging step-by-step problem solving and for connecting techniques to real-world scenarios, David Ammons’ Tools for Decision Making covers a wide range of local government practices—from the foundational to the advanced. Brief and readable, each chapter opens with a problem in a...
American Difference
A Guide to American Politics in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Examining democracies from a comparative perspective helps us better understand why politics—or, as Harold Lasswell famously said, “who gets what, when, and how”—differ among democracies. American Difference: A Guide to American Politics in Comparative Perspective takes you through different...
Going Public
New Strategies of Presidential Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2006
Presidents are uniquely positioned to promote themselves and their polices directly to the public. Using sympathetic crowds as a backdrop, a president can rally public opinion to his side, along the way delivering a subtle yet unmistakable message to his intended audience in Congress. Samuel Kernell...
The Art of Lobbying
Building Trust and Selling Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
Often the whipping boys of politicians and pundits, lobbyists are the recipients of lampooning stump portrayals and sensationalized news coverage. Little attention is given to how most lobbyists simply do their job or become effective at what they do. Whether it’s helping staff draft legislative...