Steven S Smith: 17 books
The Senate Syndrome
The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the U.S. Senate might easily be deemed unworthy of attention, if not downright irrelevant. This book tells us that would be a mistake. Because the Senate has become the place...
The Politics of Institutional Choice
The Formation of the Russian State Duma
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2000
Events in Russia since the late 1980s have created a rare opportunity to watch the birth of democratic institutions close at hand. Here Steven Smith and Thomas Remington provide the first intensive, theoretically grounded examination of the early development of the State Duma, the lower house of the...
Politics Over Process
Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Although the U.S. Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for final approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Hong...
by Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, Ryan J. Vander Wielen
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
The American Congress provides the most current treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text. Informed by the authors' Capitol Hill experience and scholarship, this book presents a crisp introduction to major features of Congress: parties and committee systems, leadership,...
by Mr. Christopher J. Deering, Dr. Steven S Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Providing a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and status of committees and committee systems in both the House and Senate, this edition carries on the book's tradition of comprehensive coverage, empirical richness, and theoretical relevance in its discussion of these essential...
by Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, Ryan J. Vander Wielen
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
The American Congress Reader provides a supplement to the popular and updated American Congress undergraduate textbook. By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a crisp introduction and analysis of Congress's inner mechanics, the Reader...
Waiting
An Anthology of Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
The verb esperar means to wait. It also means to hope.—“The Past Was a Small Notebook, Much Scribbled-Upon”, Cora Siré Waiting, that most human of experiences, saturates all of our lives. We spend part of each day waiting—for birth, death, appointments, acceptance, forgiveness, redemption....
by Don S. Walker, Steven Craig Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2002
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Fiction River: Fantasy Adrift
An Original Anthology Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
From fairy tales fractured into unrecognizability to Russian mobsters hanging out with zombies, from New World slavery to modern Alaskan cruise ships, the stories in Fantasy Adrift sail across the genre. Two writers make their fiction debuts next to bestsellers Steve Perry and Dean Wesley Smith to...
Writing Religion
The Case for the Critical Study of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
In 2002, the University of Alabama's Department of Religious Studies established the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and social sciences. Writing...
by Gail Z. Martin, Jody Lynn Nye, Alex Shvartsman
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. - English proverb
Cat stories set in ancient Egypt, pre-history Mexico, Victorian England, space stations, grim magical worlds, during the zombie apocalypse, and a typical neighborhood give a glimpse into the mysterious lives of felines. And each cat,...
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine
Issue #7
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2019
The Cutting Edge of Modern Short Fiction
A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up eighteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude,...
Fiction River: Universe Between
An Original Anthology Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Between the earth and the sky, between the past and the present, between the musical notes and the silence exist universes. Millions of them. The eighth volume of Fiction River presents fourteen universes, all different, all powerful. From a planetary survey ship moored in an alien ocean to a comic...
In Search of Humanity
Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...
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