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POLITICS, LAW, AND GOVERNMENT

Today’s Campaigning for Drugs in
Economic Issues President in America, American Society

Democrats and 1788–2016 An Encyclopedia of
Republicans SCOTT JOHN HAMMOND, History, Politics,
ROBERT NORTH ROBERTS, Culture, and the Law
NANCY S. LIND, ERIK T. RANKIN, AND VALERIE A. SULFARO
AND GARDENIA HARRIS
3 VOLUMES | NANCY E. MARION
AND WILLARD M. OLIVER, EDITORS

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NANCY S. LIND, PhD, is professor problem with an estimated cost of $559
of political science at Illinois State the Republic through the campaigns of billion a year.
University. the 21st century
ERIK T. RANKIN, MPS, is assistant to
the Department Chair of Politics and NANCY E. MARION, PhD, is a
Government at Illinois State University. SCOTT JOHN HAMMOND is professor of political science at the
professor of political science at James University of Akron, Akron, OH.
GARDENIA HARRIS, PhD, is associate Madison University.
professor in the School of Social Work WILLARD M. OLIVER, PhD, is a
at Illinois State University. ROBERT NORTH ROBERTS, PhD, is professor of criminal justice at Sam
professor of political science at James Houston State University, College of
ALSO OF INTEREST Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. Criminal Justice, Houston, TX.
VALERIE A. SULFARO is professor
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