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American Presidents and the Presidency by Cunliffe, Marcus

Presidents & terminal logic behavior : term limits and executive action in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina / Presidents and terminal logic behavior by Kehoe, Genevieve M., 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Presidents and executive term structure -- Introduction -- Becoming terminal: presidents operating in dual frames -- Research design and methodological overview -- Plan of the book -- Institutionalism: presidential behavior and the rule of law -- Developing a definitional framework -- Before and after the Twenty-Second Amendment: norms vs. institutions -- Executive term structure: an unexplored area of inquiry -- The term limit debate -- Choice in executive term structure: the political reality -- Conclusion -- The motivational structure of terminal presidents: what to expect and why -- Introduction -- Dual frames of reference -- The cycle of presidential periods -- Legacy agenda of presidents: domestic vs. foreign policy -- Conclusion -- Changing the status quo: the decree power of US presidents -- Introduction -- Proactive power and the initiative to decree -- Decree power in the United States -- Executive initiative vs. delegated authority: how the Court and Congress handle presidential decrees -- The collection and coding of US presidential decrees -- Conclusion -- Terminal logic behavior of US presidents -- The model: some expectations -- Data results -- Emergency power decrees: after the 1976 National Emergencies Act -- Emergency powers and terminal logic behavior -- Conclusion -- Decree power in Argentina and Brazil -- Introduction -- Term limits and decree power -- The changing constitutional boundaries of MPVs and DNUs -- How the Court and Congress handle MPVs and DNUs -- Conclusion -- Terminal logic behavior in Argentina and Brazil: a comparative look -- Introduction -- Using the case study method -- The effect of reforms on decree issuance: the evidence in brief -- Data and analysis: explaining trends of frequency -- Concluding remarks: moving beyond individual differences -- Anticipating the effects of terminal logic behavior: avenues of future inquiry -- Appendix. formal decree power as stipulated by Brazil's 1988 constitution -- Notes -- Bibliography.…”
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The Presidents' Wives : the Office of the First Lady in US Politics. by Watson, Robert P.

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The U.S. technology skills gap : what every technology executive must know to save America's future by Beach, Gary J., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…2005: The Knowledge Economy: Is the United States Losing Its Competitive Edge? --…”
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American experience. / American experience.

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The fate of freedom elsewhere : human rights and U.S. Cold War policy toward Argentina by Schmidli, William Michael, 1979-

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What it means to be a White Sox : the South Side's greatest players talk about White Sox baseball by Vorwald, Bob, 1962-

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The American women's movement, 1945-2000 : a brief history with documents by MacLean, Nancy

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I want you! : the evolution of the all-volunteer force by Rostker, Bernard

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The Vietnam War and international law.

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1995: A New Beginning for the NPT? by Pilat, Joseph F.

Table of Contents: “…-- APPENDIX: Toward 1995: United Nations Documents Relating to the Establishment and Functioning of the NPT, 1959-1993 -- General Assembly Resolution 1380 (XIV): Prevention of the Wider Dissemination of Nuclear Weapons, November 20, 1959 -- General Assembly Resolution 1576 (XV): Prevention of the Wider Dissemination of Nuclear Weapons, December 20, 1960 -- General Assembly Resolution 1664 (XVI): Question of Disarmament, December 4, 1961 -- General Assembly Resolution 1665 (XVI): Prevention of the Wider Dissemination of Nuclear Weapons, December 4, 1961 (Proposed by Ireland) -- General Assembly Resolution 2028 (XX): Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, November 19, 1965 -- General Assembly Resolution 2149 (XXI): Renunciation by States of Actions Hampering the Conclusion of an Agreement on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, November 4, 1966 -- General Assembly Resolution 2153 (XXI): Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, November 17, 1966 -- General Assembly Resolution 2346 (XXII): Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, December 19, 1967 -- General Assembly Resolution 2373 (XXII): Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, June 12, 1968 -- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons -- Signatories and Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons -- General Assembly Resolution 3184 (XXVIII): General and Complete Disarmament, December 18, 1973 -- General Assembly Resolution 3261 (XXIX): General and Complete Disarmament, December 9, 1974 -- Final Declaration of the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, May 30, 1975 -- General Assembly Resolution 3484 (XXX): General and Complete Disarmament, December 12, 1975 -- General Assembly Resolution 31/75: Implementation of the Conclusions of the First Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, December 10, 1976 -- General Assembly Resolution 33/57: Implementation of the Conclusions of the First Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of a Preparatory Committee for the Second Conference, December 14, 1978 -- The Second Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1980 -- General Assembly Resolution 38/74: Implementation of the Conclusions of the Second Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of the Preparatory Committee for the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty, December 15, 1983 -- The Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1985, Final Declaration -- General Assembly Resolution 40/94 M: Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, December 12, 1985 -- General Assembly Resolution 43/82: Implementation of theConclusions of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of a Preparatory Committee for the Fourth Review Conference, December 7, 1988 -- The Fourth NPT Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1990 -- Note by the President of the Security Council -- Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly -- Letter Dated 12 March 1993 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People-s Republic of Korea to the United Nations Addressed to the President of the Security Council -- Resolution 825 (1993) -- About the Authors.…”
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Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific : 50 Years of the Asian Development Bank. by McCawley, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Other Economic ChallengesRegional Cooperation; International Trends; Chapter 3-Establishing the Bank; Earlier Proposals; Takeshi Watanabe and the Tokyo Study Group; Help from the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East; Two Streams Merge; The Scope of Membership; Japan and the United States; Serious Preparations; Drafting the Charter; Headquarters of the bank; The First President; First Decade (1967-1976) ; Chapter 4-Asia: Building Momentum and Facing shocks; Strengthening Agriculture; The drive for Industrialization; Coping with Economic Shocks.…”
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