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Psychology of a Superpower: Security and Dominance in U.S. Foreign Policy by Christopher Fettweis 9780231187718
RRP: £28.00£21.36With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States was left as the world's sole superpower, which was the dawn of an international order known as unipolarity. The ramifications of imbalanced power extend around the globe-including the country at... -
The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America by Daniel M. Brinks 9781108702331
RRP: £30.99£29.35Analysts and policymakers often decry the failure of institutions to accomplish their stated purpose. Bringing together leading scholars of Latin American politics, this volume helps us understand why. The volume offers a conceptual and theoretical... -
The Politics of the Real World: A Major Statement of Public Concern from over 40 of the UK's Leading Voluntary and Campaigning Organisations by Real World Coalition
RRP: £19.99£17.69Many people today feel that something has gone wrong with British society and British politics. The quality of like seems to be declining. Crime soars. Traffic and pollution spiral. Mass unemployment is undiminished, while many people experience... -
The Six-Shooter State: Public and Private Violence in American Politics by Jonathan Obert 9781108454148
£23.80American violence is schizophrenic. On the one hand, many Americans support the creation of a powerful bureaucracy of coercion made up of police and military forces in order to provide public security. At the same time, many of those citizens also demand... -
Liberty in Peril: Power and Democracy in American History by Randall G. Holcombe
RRP: £24.95£20.26When the United States was born in 1776, Americans viewed the role of government as the protection of their individual rights, or liberty. At that time, and now again 200 years later, the enemy of individual liberty is an intrusive and regulation... -
The Space between Us: Social Geography and Politics by Ryan D. Enos
RRP: £24.99£19.54The Space between Us brings the connection between geography, psychology, and politics to life. By going into the neighborhoods of real cities, Enos shows how our perceptions of racial, ethnic, and religious groups are intuitively shaped by where these... -
Where Have All the Liberals Gone?: Race, Class, and Ideals in America by James R. Flynn
RRP: £31.00£27.80Professor James R. Flynn is renowned for his belief that the IQ gap between black and white Americans is not genetic, but environmental in origin. Flynn's controversial new book offers an alternative to the vision of American society popularized by... -
The Politics of Switzerland: Continuity and Change in a Consensus Democracy by Hanspeter Kriesi
RRP: £28.99£23.80Despite Switzerland's small size, its political system is one of the most complex and fascinating among contemporary democracies. The rich, complex mixture of centuries-old institutions and the refined political arrangements that exist today constitute a... -
Political Participation and Democracy in Britain by Geraint Parry
RRP: £41.99£32.68Why do some people involve themselves in politics and others not? Which issues are they concerned with? What do they get out of it? Answering such questions is fundamental to understanding political life and the workings of liberal democracies. This book... -
The Administrative Behavior of Federal Bureau Chiefs by Herbert Kaufman
RRP: £14.99£13.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815748434Author Herbert KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g -
Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics by Avidit Acharya 9780691203720
RRP: £20.00£15.54The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American SouthDespite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to... -
Religion, Violence, and Local Power-Sharing in Nigeria by Laura Thaut Vinson
RRP: £36.99£22.85Why does religion become a fault line of communal violence in some pluralistic countries and not others? Under what conditions will religious identity - as opposed to other salient ethnic cleavages - become the spark that ignites communal violence?... -
Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World by Julian Agyeman 9781853837296
RRP: £49.99£43.90Environmental activists and academics alike are realizing that a sustainable society must be a just one. Environmental degradation is almost always linked to questions of human equality and quality of life. Throughout the world, those segments of the... -
Yankee Leviathan: The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877 by Richard Franklin Bensel
RRP: £30.99£27.09This book describes the impact of the American Civil War on the development of central state authority in the late nineteenth century. The author contends that intense competition for control of the national political economy between the free North and... -
Governing with the News: The News Media as a Political Institution by Timothy E. Cook
RRP: £27.00£26.47The ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just that - an ideal. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a... -
Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union by Ramona Coman
RRP: £79.99£76.11The European Union of today cannot be studied as it once was. This original new textbook provides a much-needed update on how the EU's policies and institutions have changed in light of the multiple crises and transformations since 2010. An international... -
A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America by Sebastian L. Mazzuca
RRP: £17.00£15.24Latin America is currently caught in a middle-quality institutional trap, combining flawed democracies and low-to-medium capacity States. Yet, contrary to conventional wisdom, the sequence of development - Latin America has democratized before building... -
Patronage at Work: Public Jobs and Political Services in Argentina by Virginia Oliveros
RRP: £85.00£84.96In countries around the world, politicians distribute patronage jobs to supporters in exchange for a wide range of political services - such as helping with campaigns and electoral mobilization. Patronage employees (clients) engage in these political... -
Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America by Hans Noel
RRP: £22.99£21.89Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America puts ideology front and center in the discussion of party coalition change. Treating ideology as neither a nuisance nor a given, the analysis describes the development of the modern liberal and... -
Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control by Amy E. Lerman
RRP: £24.00£23.03One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. Many more have never been convicted, but are still subject to surveillance by the state. Never before has the government maintained so... -
Election Campaigning: The New Marketing of Politics by Dennis Kavanagh 9780631198116
RRP: £42.95£38.42The advent of new technology and the importation of 'professional communicators' has transformed the nature of British election campaigning. In this book, Dennis Kavanagh explores this so-called process of 'Americanization', characterized by the... -
Ideology in America by Christopher Ellis
RRP: £25.99£22.85Public opinion in the United States contains a paradox. The American public is symbolically conservative: it cherishes the symbols of conservatism and is more likely to identify as conservative than as liberal. Yet at the same time, it is operationally... -
The Ones We've Been Waiting for: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America by Charlotte Alter
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525561521Author Charlotte AlterFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert B Reich
RRP: £17.00£9.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593082003Author Robert B. ReichFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Judicial Tug of War: How Lawyers, Politicians, and Ideological Incentives Shape the American Judiciary by Adam Bonica
RRP: £34.99£30.73Why have conservatives decried 'activist judges'? And why have liberals - and America's powerful legal establishment - emphasized qualifications and experience over ideology? This transformative text tackles these questions with a new framework for... -
Frustrated Majorities: How Issue Intensity Enables Smaller Groups of Voters to Get What They Want by Seth J. Hill
£26.43Democratic elections do not always deliver what majorities want. Many conclude from frustrated majorities a failure of democracy. This book argues the opposite may be true - that politicians who represent their constituents sometimes frustrate majorities... -
Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better by Peter H. Schuck
RRP: £22.00£17.39From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent,... -
When Soldiers Rebel: Ethnic Armies and Political Instability in Africa by Kristen A. Harkness
RRP: £30.99£22.85Military coups are a constant threat in Africa and many former military leaders are now in control of 'civilian states', yet the military remains understudied, especially over the last decade. Drawing on extensive archival research, cross-national data,... -
The Politics of LGBT Rights Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean by Javier Corrales
RRP: £17.00£15.24The first section of this Element reviews the history of LGBTQ rights in the region since the 1960s. The second section reviews explanations for the expansion of rights and setbacks, especially since the mid 2000s. Explanations are organized according to... -
Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice by Daniel Lathrop 9780596804350
RRP: £19.99£13.75In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading... -
Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again by Harvey J. Kaye 9781789043556
RRP: £10.99£9.37The eighteen essays and speeches in Take Hold of Our History render a manifesto - a call to remember, redeem, and embrace the American radical story and tradition in favor of cultivating American historical memory and imagination and making America... -
German Politics Today by Geoffrey Roberts 9780719095702
RRP: £19.99£17.44This revised and updated third edition provides readers with a comprehensive description and analysis of the German political system, and of the political behaviour within the context of that system. It surveys the historical development of German... -
Political Parties in Africa: Ethnicity and Party Formation by Sebastian Elischer
RRP: £22.99£20.94This book examines the effects of ethnicity on party politics in sub-Saharan Africa. Sebastian Elischer analyzes political parties in Ghana, Kenya and Namibia in detail, and provides a preliminary analysis of parties in seven other countries including... -
American Government: Stories of a Nation: For the Ap(r) Course by Scott Abernathy 9781319195366
£79.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319195366Author Scott AbernathyFormat HardbackImprint Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher Macmillan Learning -
Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions by Daniel M. Brinks
RRP: £17.00£15.24This Element introduces the concept of institutional weakness, arguing that weakness or strength is a function of the extent to which an institution actually matters to social, economic or political outcomes. It then presents a typology of three forms of... -
Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better by Peter H. Schuck 9780691168531
RRP: £20.00£15.54From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent,... -
Right-Wing Politics in the New Latin America: Reaction and Revolt by Francisco Dominguez 9781848138117
£29.59The focus for students of Latin America in the past decade has been on the political forces of the left and the so-called 'pink tide' presidencies attempting to bring about social and economic change in the region. However, there has been far less... -
Democracy in America?: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About it by Benjamin I. Page
RRP: £22.50£18.95America faces daunting problems stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. Yet the government consistently ignores the needs of its citizens, paying attention instead to donors and organized interests. Real... -
God, Faith, and Reason by Michael Savage
RRP: £20.00£13.35Michael Savage is learned in many walks of science and respects much of it as much as he respects his religion but he will talk conclusively of the existence of God and the necessity of faith in our nation.Politics will have to be touched on because the... -
Africa since Decolonization: The History and Politics of a Diverse Continent by Martin Welz
RRP: £30.99£19.99Home to more than 1.2 billion people, living in 54 recognized states, speaking around 3,000 languages, Africa is a diverse and complex continent made up of states which differ in regard to their colonial history, political system, socio-economic...