democracy

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democracy

Office of the President

2015
In this book the author describes how the U.S. Government works. The role the national, state, and local governments play is explained. The national has three branches, the legislative, the judicial, and the executive. The executive branch includes the president of the United States and the president's cabinet. The president is the head of state and commander in chief of the military. The president signs into law bills passed by the legislature and signs treaties with other nations after they have been approved in Congress. The president represents the United States to the rest of the world. This book tells the history of the presidency including memorable events and special people. It also offers a well balance, two-sided debate concerning the issues that face the president today.

House of Representatives

2015
In this book the author tells how the U.S. Government works. The role the national, state, and local governments play is explained. The national has three branches, the legislative, the judicial, and the executive. The legislative branch, which makes laws, has two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. This book describes in detail the House of Representatives and how it interacts with the Senate and the other two branches. History of its beginning, memorable events, and special people is given. It also offers a well balanced, two-sided debate concerning the issues that face the House today.

Supreme Court

2015
In this book the author tells how the U.S. Government works. The role the national, state, and local governments play is explained. The national has three branches, the legislative, the judicial, and the executive. The judicial branch is called the Supreme Court. Its role is to interpret laws and to decide if they are legal according to the U.S. constitution. History of its beginning, memorable events, and special people is given. It also offers a well balanced, two-sided debate concerning the issues that face the Court today.

Egypt

2015
"The changing political climate in Egypt is explored in this volume of Opposing Viewpoints with such topics as how to view recent political events in Egypt, the impact of recent political and social upheaval in Egypt, the political, economic, and social policies Egypt should adopt, and what the US Policy should be on Egypt"--.

They know everything about you

how data-collecting corporations and snooping government agencies are destroying democracy
2015
"In the first week of June 2013, the American people discovered that for a decade, they had abjectly traded their individual privacy for the chimera of national security. The revelation that the federal government has full access to all phone records and the vast trove of presumably private personal data posted on the Internet has brought the threat of a surveillance society to the fore. But the erosion of privacy rights extends far beyond big government. Big business has long played a leading role in the hollowing outof personal freedoms. In this new book, Robert Scheer shows how our most intimate habits, from private correspondence, book pages read, and lists of friends and phone conversations have been seamlessly combined in order to create a detailed map of an individual's social and biological DNA"--OCLC.

On Tocqueville

democracy and America
2014
Summarizes the observations of French sociologist Alexis de Toqueville about the structure of American democracy in the early 1800s.

What is a democracy?

Compares different countries’ governments, and focuses on the United States democracy and the various roles citizens and leaders play in a democracy.

State Government

2015
This book discusses how the U.S. is a Federalist government, meaning powers are split between states and the national government. The similarities and differences between the state and national government are discussed and how each play a role in making sure their states are run responsibly and in the best interest of the people within each state!.

President and Cabinet

2015
Learn all about the responsibilities and qualifications need to President of our country, the people, or Cabinet, who he chooses to help him carry out and perform these responsibilities. Elections, term limits, and how we depend on our president to represent our country. It is are all in a day's work for the United States president!.

How a bill becomes a law

2015
This book takes you through the many processes the legislative branch of our government must follow to introduce a bill, and the steps it goes through to make it an actual law. The different committees, voting procedures, debates, amendments, and finally to the President’s pen which is the last step in making a bill a law!.

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