Product Description: With revitalized and stronger political parties should we see more effective and accountable government? Despite the resurgence of parties in America, charges of irresponsible and unreliable government remain. Why the disconnect? In Parties, Politics, and Public Policy in America, Marc Hetherington along with new coauthor Bruce Larson explore this question, while giving readers an overview of how parties work and shape public policymaking in America...read more

Product Description: More than one billion people presently live below the international poverty line of one USD a day. Many more are at the two USD a day level. This collection of articles provides an introduction to the economics literature on property rights and environmental problems, with a main focus on problems in developing countries where access to and control of environmental resources play a significant role in the health and welfare of the population...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Direct democracy is alive and growing in the form of statewide ballot initiatives. Currently, twenty-four states allow individuals and groups to propose laws for direct voter consideration and tens of millions of dollars flow into the initiative industrial complex each election cycle...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies examines and evaluates the recent experience of implementing pollution charges and the use of environmental permits in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.The book focuses on controlling point-source air and water pollution...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)