This paper is an examination of the role of the President's gatekeeper in a national emergency created by the serious illness of the President. (Author)

A two-part article, with one author giving reasons for and the other, reasons against. (SP)

Examines factors which affect access as it applies to the federal depository library program and studies the articulation between federal, state, and local programs. An alternative organizational structure is proposed for coordination of a multilevel government depository and information dissemination program, using a system-as-a-whole approach.…

To help elementary school social students understand how a government works, the article describes an activity which requires a combination of government-related knowledge and procedural skills. The activity focuses on citizenship decision making and includes a mock presidential election. (DB)

Examines some shared assumptions about the relationship of human nature and human behavior held by the U.S. Founding Fathers. Points out that the belief in the selfishness and corruptibility of man, as well as the experiences of the Revolution, led to the system of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution. (LS)

Political governance and quality management are often contested concepts, meaning different things to different people; and often their meanings have shifted historically. The collapse of the governance system behind the iron curtain countries triggered an avalanche in international politics and instituted new governance and management system to…

The U.S.'s history has gone through significant cultural changes. None have been more profound than those related to a basic philosophical understanding of the foundation of our constitutional structure. This essay asks the reader to reconsider a central theory and organizational viewpoint of the founding generation, which adhered to a more…

This essay traces the history of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment freedoms of assembly and petition--the "right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." These freedoms had their origins in English law and were included in a number of colonial and then state constitutions…

The relationship between the federal German state ("Bund" or Federation) to the 16 constituent states known as Laender is explored in this document. The first part explains the federal structure; it contains the following sections: (1) Unity in Diversity; (2) Distribution of Responsibility; (3) Legislative Powers; (4)…

A collection of essays designed to provide educators and other interested individuals with contemporary perspectives on the U.S. Constitution and separation of powers is presented. Separation of powers refers to one of the enduring principles of the U.S. constitutional system of government, in which governmental powers are subject to a division of…

Until 1968, the supply of water in Peru had been in the control of a few influential families. When this "hacienda" system was finally abolished, the new laws made water more available to all the farmers who could use it for irrigation, and other agrarian purposes. (MA)

Examines the general problem of contextual analysis as applied to organizations; the way organizations are or may be classified; how governments, considered as organizations, relate to other kinds of organizations within their domain; and how the different way governments are organized affects nongovernmental organizations under their rule.…

Attempts to study the interbureaucratic political process of budget formulation; to deal with the allocation of money by the interaction of specific federal agencies, departments, and bureaus; to explain how bureaucracies behave toward one another; and to estimate the power of those involved in this one arena of bureaucratic politics. (Author/IRT)

The role of decentralization in fomenting ethnic exclusiveness, ending citizen estrangement from government, and providing a model of society and government for both liberals and conservatives is examined. (DE)

This bibliography focuses on the origins and development of the United States Constitution. This single bibliography is organized into two versions: (1) The Abbreviated Bibliography provides a long catalog of some major sources for a basic understanding of the events and ideas of the writing and ratification of the Constitution; and (2) the…