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Chapter 12 — National Politics: Governmental Actors Explore Suggested Readings The following readings supplement those suggested in chapter 12 of the text. Baker, Ross. House and Senate. New York: Norton, 2000. Haynes, Jeffrey. Democracy in the Developing World: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. New York: Polity, 2001. Hoffman, David E. Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia. New York: Public Affairs, 2002. Irons, Peter. A People’s History of the Supreme Court. New York: Penguin, 1999. Jones, Charles O. The Presidency in a Separated System. Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 1994. Kernell, Samuel. Going Public: New Strategies of Presidential Leadership. 3d ed. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 1997. Landy, Marc, and Sidney Milkis. Presidential Greatness. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000. McMahon, Kevin J., John Kenneth White, David M. Rankin, Donald W. Beachler. Winning the White House 2004. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.. O’Brien, David. Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics. New York: Norton, 1993. Skowronek, Stephen. The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to George Bush. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993. Varshney, Ashutosh. Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Annotated Links The following links will help you explore the themes of chapter 12 on the Web. The U.S. House of Representatives The home page of the U.S. House of Representatives provides up-to-date information on all issues before Congress. Visitors to this site can read about current legislation and write their congresspeople. There is also a link to “Thomas,” a searchable database of legislative information supported by the Library of Congress. Whitehouse.gov is an excellent site devoted to the U.S. executive branch. In addition to frequently updated news releases and speech transcripts, this informative resource outlines the president’s policy platforms on a variety of different issues. Sections devoted to the vice president and the first lady provide their scheduled appearances and points of view. In addition, photo essays, games, and quizzes make this a fun site to visit. This Web site of the federal judiciary offers brief descriptions of and links to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. courts of appeals, U.S. district courts, and U.S. bankruptcy courts. A newsroom, publications, and statistical reports make this site an excellent resource about the judicial branch. Additional
Links: Beyond America’s Borders This is a link page covering most countries in the world. It will direct you to official government sites as well as to specialized country sites focused on issues such as budgets, civil participation, government officials, intelligence, law, military, politics, and news and media. Additional
Links: Specific Country Sites Selecting valuable and interesting sites in other countries is a daunting task given that there are nearly two hundred countries in the world. What follows are just a few sites that might be of interest. Keep in mind that they represent merely a sample of what is available online. China Internet Information Center Japanese Ministry of Economy,
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