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Still an Open Door?: U.S. Immigration Policy and the American Economy by Vernon M. Briggs 9781879383326
RRP: $49.02$43.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879383326Author Vernon M. BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 175Imprint American University PressPublisher American University PressWeight(grams) 281g -
Transhuman Citizen: Zoltan Istvan's Hunt for Immortality Ben Murnane 9781803415284
RRP: $21.92$18.85This is the story of America’s zaniest presidential candidate - who wants to turn the whole population into cyborgs. It's a true story… stranger than fiction. “Don’t stand there!” Zoltan almost stepped on a landmine. He was in Vietnam, reporting for... -
Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith: Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania Hansjörg Dilger 9781009077972
RRP: $38.69$35.35Christian and Muslim schools have become important target points in families and pupils' quests for new study opportunities and securing a 'good life' in Tanzania. These schools combine secular education with the moral (self-)formation of young people,... -
Polarized by Degrees: How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American Politics Matt Grossmann 9781316512012
RRP: $32.25$23.52Over the past several decades, American society has experienced fundamental changes – from shifting relations between social groups and evolving language and behavior norms to the increasing value of a college degree. These transformations have polarized... -
Understanding Presidential Doctrines: U.S. National Security from George Washington to Joe Biden by Aiden Warren 9781538155264
RRP: $119.97$105.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538155264Author Aiden WarrenFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 152g -
Red Tape: Its Origins, Uses, and Abuses by Herbert Kaufman 9780815726609
RRP: $23.21$20.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815726609Author Herbert KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 177g -
Rediscovering a Nation: Will the Real America Please Stand Up? by Michael Wayne Santos 9781538169216
RRP: $38.70$34.42Polarization. Division. Hate. Many Americans wonder how our politics became dysfunctional-and what it will take to fix it. Historian Michael Santos takes readers on a journey to the heart of the American nation and the values that have allowed us to... -
The Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality: A Response to John Rawls by David Peddle 9780739194560
RRP: $55.47$48.74The metaphor of a "wall of separation" between church and state obscures the substantial connection that exists between the Christian religion and American liberalism. The central thesis of this work challenges the legitimacy of this metaphor... -
The Quest to Understand Human Affairs: Essays on Collective, Constitutional, and Epistemic Choice by Vincent Ostrom 9780739168110
RRP: $90.30$79.77The second volume of The Quest to Understand Human Affairs presents thirty-six previously unpublished manuscripts written by Vincent Ostrom, cofounder of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. The essays are divided among three parts:... -
An Introduction to Political Science in Nigeria by Adeoye A. Akinsanya 9780761857433
RRP: $59.34$52.57An Introduction to Political Science in Nigeria attempts to fill the void in the literature for undergraduate and graduate students in the Third World, particularly Nigeria, that are studying the arts, humanities, social sciences, education, and law... -
Medieval America: Cultural Influences of Christianity in the Law and Public Policy by Andrew M. Koch 9780739188101
RRP: $54.18$47.64Well into the twenty-first century, the United States remains one of the most highly religious industrial democracies on earth. Recent Gallup surveys suggest that 76 percent of Americans believe that the Bible is divinely inspired or the direct word of... -
The Accidental Candidate: The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene by Corey Hutchins 9780786474295
RRP: $14.18$11.53In 2010 a 32-year-old, socially awkward, unemployed African-American Army Veteran, who had been kicked out of the service and was living with his father in the South Carolina countryside while facing federal pornography charges, spent a significant... -
The First American Declaration of Independence?: The Disputed History of the Mecklenburg Declaration of May 20, 1775 by Scott Syfert 9780786475599
RRP: $28.37$23.93This is a comprehensive history of one of the greatest historical mysteries in American history--did Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, declare independence from Great Britain more than a year before anyone else? According to local legend, on May 20,... -
America Recovered by Chad Ress 9781945150937
RRP: $36.12$27.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945150937Author Chad RessFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint ActarD IncPublisher ActarD Inc -
Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation by Professor Anna Marie Smith 9780521820950
RRP: $59.34$53.50Inspired by the political interventions of feminist women of color and Foucauldian social theory, Anna Marie Smith explores the scope and structure of the child support enforcement, family cap, marriage promotion, and abstinence education measures that... -
Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future by Jesse Jackson 9781565846852
RRP: $29.61$19.43With public opinion polls showing opposition to the death penalty at its highest level in twenty years, this timely book by two of America's most important civil rights leaders and the Nation's criminal justice reporter makes a passionate and persuasive... -
Bloomberg: A Billionaire's Ambition by Chris McNickle 9781510722576
RRP: $36.11$21.22Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Evolution of Presidential Polling by Robert M. Eisinger 9780521816809
RRP: $96.75$87.38The Evolution of Presidential Polling is a book about presidential power and autonomy. Since Roosevelt, virtually all presidents have employed private polls in some capacity. This book attempts to explain how presidential polling evolved from a rarely... -
The Mass Media and the Dynamics of American Racial Attitudes by Paul M. Kellstedt 9780521821711
RRP: $56.76$51.23Paul M. Kellstedt explains the variation in Americans' racial attitudes over the last half-century, particularly the relationship between media coverage of race and American public opinion on race. The analyses reveal that racial policy preferences have... -
The American Congress 7ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set by Steven S. Smith 9781107603165
RRP: $81.26$72.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781107603165Author Steven S. SmithImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University PressWeight(grams) 1540g -
The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics by Charles S. Bullock 9781442222618
RRP: $54.18$47.64The New Politics of the Old South, Sixth Edition is available August 2017. Paperback ISBN 9781538100158 Now in its fifth edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and... -
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: New Policies, New Politics? Policy Feedback, Power-Building, and American Governance by Jacob S Hacker 9781544398365
RRP: $39.99$37.96The literature on policy feedback has examined how public policies, once enacted, reshape elements of politics. This research, however, has yet to be translated into practical recommendations for addressing societal problems and creating effective,... -
Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of Incorporation: Ethnicity, Exception, or Exit by Reuel R. Rogers 9780521859226
RRP: $116.10$104.53This book examines the political behavior of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer a familiar, but nagging question about American democracy. Does racism still complicate or limit the political integration patterns of racial minorities in... -
Good Citizenship in America by David M. Ricci 9780521835800
RRP: $96.75$87.38Good Citizenship in America describes a civic ideal of who enjoys membership in the state and what obligations that entails, and traces its history in America. Until 1865, this ideal called for virtuous political behavior (republicanism) but extended the... -
Gay Rights and American Law by Daniel R. Pinello 9780521812740
RRP: $69.66$63.08Gay Rights and American Law investigates how American appellate courts dealt with the struggle for lesbian and gay civil rights during the last two decades of the twentieth century. The study is grounded on an exhaustive database of both federal and... -
Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the U.S. and their Homelands by Yossi Shain 9780521642255
RRP: $49.02$42.56This book, first published in 1999, examines the interaction of domestic and foreign issues in the lives of ethnic Americans. Arguing that the damaging impact of ethnic influences on US foreign affairs has been overstated and misrepresented, Shain brings... -
All Things to All Men: The False Promise of the Modern American Presidency by GODFREY HODGSON 9780671431655
$19.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671431655Author GODFREY HODGSONFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
The Supreme Court and Constitutional Theory, 1953-93 by Ronald Kahn 9780700607112
RRP: $42.51$35.35Ronald Kahn greatly revises our understanding of Supreme Court decision making and its relation to constitutional theory in the eras of chief justices Earl Warren, Warren Burger, and William Rehnquist. In the process, he refutes the longstanding... -
The Constant Two Plan: Reforming the Electoral College to Account for the National Popular Vote by Jay Wendland 9781666916249
RRP: $104.49$91.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666916249Author Jay WendlandFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress AcademicPublisher Lexington Books -
The Garden and the Wilderness: Church and State in America to 1789 by David Dean Bowlby 9780739184233
RRP: $58.05$50.94In this well-researched, informative history, David Dean Bowlby examines church and state in the American colonies and the early national period up to the framing of the religion clauses of the First Amendment by the First Congress. Bowlby describes the... -
Debatable Humor: Laughing Matters on the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaign by Patrick A. Stewart 9780739166970
RRP: $60.63$53.15Debatable Humor represents the first systematic foray into understanding the use of humor by politicians on the campaign trail. Using content analysis of primary debates for both Republican and Democratic parties during the 2008 presidential election,... -
True Green: Executive Effectiveness in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by Gerald Andrews Emison 9780739190708
RRP: $58.05$50.94Drawing on the careers of senior executives of the US Environmental Protection Agency, True Green identifies the concrete actions that work in protecting our nation's environment. By examining the exquisitely difficult tasks of executive leadership in... -
Partisanship and Polarization: American Party Platforms, 1840-1896 by Adam M. Silver 9781498585569
RRP: $125.13$109.96This volume explores the development of political parties in nineteenth-century United States of America through an extensive analysis of the official statements by a party in an election, the party platforms, and their connection with political elites... -
Votes at 16: Youth Enfranchisement and the Renewal of American Democracy by Niall Guy Michelsen 9781793611444
RRP: $45.15$39.93At a time when American political institutions are under intense criticism and facing internal and external pressures, Americans must identify opportunities for changing the status quo. Rather than reject the system as fatally flawed, Niall Guy Michelsen... -
Fractured Parties: How Recent Elections Have Exposed Weaknesses in American Political Parties by Anthony Stasi 9781498540018
RRP: $54.18$47.64America is so ethnically, geographically, socially, and spiritually diverse that a book on party strength in any other country would be less complex. The American state of democracy, however, is a pastiche of culture, economics, and community. ... -
The Article V Amendatory Constitutional Convention: Keeping the Republic in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas E. Brennan 9781498501057
RRP: $54.18$47.64This book describes the process of amending the federal constitution as defined in Article V by means of a convention for proposing amendments. It shows that the constitution can be amended in two ways: either by ratifying an amendment proposed by the... -
The Article V Amendatory Constitutional Convention: Keeping the Republic in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas E. Brennan 9781498501033
RRP: $118.68$103.88This book describes the process of amending the federal constitution as defined in Article V by means of a convention for proposing amendments. It shows that the constitution can be amended in two ways: either by ratifying an amendment proposed by the... -
Doomed Interventions: The Failure of Global Responses to AIDS in Africa by Kim Yi Dionne 9781316646885
RRP: $29.66$25.23Between 2002 and 2013, bilateral donors spent over $64 billion on AIDS intervention in low- and middle-income countries. During the same period, nearly 25 million died of AIDS and more than 32 million were newly infected with HIV. In this book for... -
Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution by Evan Gerstmann 9781316626467
RRP: $29.66$25.23In 2015 the Supreme Court made history by ruling that the constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to get married. The third edition of perhaps the most influential book on the subject explains the Court's reasoning and what the consequences... -
Campus Sexual Assault: Constitutional Rights and Fundamental Fairness by Evan Gerstmann 9781108709316
RRP: $29.66$25.23Sexual assault on college campuses has drawn tremendous public attention and colleges are under great pressure to respond. In many cases, the result has been a system of sexual assault tribunals that violates the rights of alleged assailants and assault...