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Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency by Archon Fung 9780521876179
RRP: £38.99£33.40Governments employ public disclosure strategies to reduce risks, improve public and private goods and services, and reduce injustice. In the United States, these targeted transparency policies include financial securities disclosures, nutritional labels,... -
Inclusion without Representation in Latin America: Gender Quotas and Ethnic Reservations by Mala Htun 9780521870566
RRP: £57.00£51.13This book analyzes why and how fifteen Latin American countries modified their political institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples. Through analysis and comparison of experiences in Argentina, Bolivia,... -
Housing Segregation in Suburban America since 1960: Presidential and Judicial Politics by Charles M. Lamb 9780521839440
RRP: £45.00£40.59This book examines national fair housing policy from 1960 through 2000 in the context of the American presidency and the country's segregated suburban housing market. It argues that a principal reason for suburban housing segregation lies in Richard... -
Sharpening Strategic Intelligence: Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to Be Done to Get It Right by Richard L. Russell 9780521878159
RRP: £77.99£63.67This book critically examines the weaknesses of American intelligence led by the Central Intelligence Agency in informing presidential decision making on issues of war and peace. It evaluates the CIA's strategic intelligence performance during the Cold... -
Abortion Politics in Congress: Strategic Incrementalism and Policy Change by Scott H. Ainsworth 9780521740043
RRP: £23.99£20.37This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures, looking at how both external factors (such as public opinion) and internal factors (such as the ideological composition of committees and... -
The Legislative Legacy of Congressional Campaigns by Tracy Sulkin 9780521730488
RRP: £25.99£21.99Do members of Congress follow through on the appeals they make in campaigns? The answer to this question lies at the heart of assessments of democratic legitimacy. This study demonstrates that, contrary to the conventional wisdom that candidates' appeals... -
Dynamics of American Political Parties by Mark D. Brewer 9780521708876
RRP: £25.99£22.61Dynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics. Parties and the politicians that comprise them seek control of government in order to implement their visions of proper... -
Pushing the Agenda: Presidential Leadership in US Lawmaking, 1953-2004 by Matthew N. Beckmann 9780521760140
RRP: £75.00£67.74Today's presidents enter office having campaigned on an ambitious policy agenda, eager to see it enacted, and willing to push so that it is. The central question of presidents' legislative leadership, therefore, is not a question of resolve, it is a... -
A Union of Diversity: Language, Identity and Polity-Building in Europe by Peter A. Kraus 9780521676724
RRP: £30.99£28.28The European Union's motto 'United in Diversity' contrasts with the cultural standardization entailed in the formation of nation-states and the forging of political identities in Europe. So what does being 'united in diversity' mean? Focusing on language... -
Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era by Kenneth M. Roberts 9780521673266
RRP: £29.99£25.94This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of market reform align and stabilize party systems, whereas other patterns... -
Good Citizenship in America by David M. Ricci 9780521543705
RRP: £23.99£20.37Good 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... -
American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism by Jack Citrin 9780521535786
RRP: £30.99£26.77The civil rights movement and immigration reform transformed American politics in the mid-1960s. Demographic diversity and identity politics raised the challenge of e pluribus unum anew, and multiculturalism emerged as a new ideological response to this... -
Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation by Professor Anna Marie Smith 9780521527842
RRP: £28.99£24.42Inspired 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... -
Economic Politics in the United States: The Costs and Risks of Democracy by William R. Keech 9780521178679
RRP: £30.99£26.77Employing macroeconomic performance as a lens to evaluate democratic institutions, the author uses models of political behavior that allow for opportunism on the part of public officials and shortsightedness on the part of voters to see if democratic... -
Obama's Bank: Financing a Durable New Deal by Michael Likosky 9780521197540
RRP: £50.00£45.38The Obama administration aims to lay a sound foundation for growth by investing in high-speed rail, clean energy, information technology, drinking water, and other vital infrastructures. The idea is to partner with the private sector to produce these... -
Collective Action in Organizations: Interaction and Engagement in an Era of Technological Change Bruce Bimber (University of California, Santa Barbara) 9780521139632
RRP: £23.99£20.37Challenging the notion that digital media render traditional, formal organizations irrelevant, this book offers a new theory of collective action and organizing. Based on extensive surveys and interviews with members of three influential and distinctive... -
Church, State, and Original Intent by Donald L. Drakeman 9780521134521
RRP: £30.99£26.77This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which the justices have portrayed the framers' actions in a light favoring their own views... -
Understanding Modern Nigeria: Ethnicity, Democracy, and Development by Toyin Falola 9781108837972
RRP: £74.99£68.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781108837972Author Toyin FalolaFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy by Sarah Kreps 9780190865306
RRP: £37.99£36.59Shortly after speaking with a bullhorn amidst the still-smoking wreckage at the World Trade Center site, President George W. Bush urged Americans to 'get down to Disney World in Florida...take your families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be... -
Social Media and Morality: Losing our Self Control by Lisa S. Nelson 9781316616574
RRP: £30.99£26.77Is social media changing who we are? We assume social media is only a tool for our modern day communications and interactions, but is it quietly changing our identities and how we see the world and one another? Our current debate about the human... -
Hybrid Regimes within Democracies: Fiscal Federalism and Subnational Rentier States by Carlos Gervasoni 9781316510735
RRP: £90.00£81.03From the racially segregated 'Jim Crow' US South to the many electoral but hardly democratic local regimes in Argentina and other federal democracies, the political rights of citizens around the world are often curtailed by powerful subnational rulers... -
Building the Bloc: Intraparty Organization in the US Congress by Ruth Bloch Rubin 9781316510421
RRP: £95.00£85.85Traversing more than a century of American history, this book advances a new theory of congressional organization to explain why and how party dissidents rely on institutions of their own making, arguing that these intraparty organizations can radically... -
The Politics of Blackness: Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) 9781316637043
RRP: £29.99£25.94This book uses an intersectional approach to analyze the impact of the experience of race on Afro-Brazilian political behavior in the cities of Salvador, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. Using a theoretical framework that takes into account racial group... -
Building the Bloc: Intraparty Organization in the US Congress by Ruth Bloch Rubin 9781316649923
RRP: £30.99£26.77Traversing more than a century of American history, this book advances a new theory of congressional organization to explain why and how party dissidents rely on institutions of their own making, arguing that these intraparty organizations can radically... -
The Audience Decides: Applause-Cheering, Laughter, and Booing during Debates in the Trump Era by Patrick A. Stewart 9781666935097
RRP: £73.00£64.18The Audience Decides argues that the political parties, aided and abetted by mass media, have abdicated one of their most important responsibilities: that of providing and vetting the best leadership options available. The search for followers, ratings,... -
Incentivizing Injustice: The 2008 Financial Crisis and Prosecutorial Indiscretion by Sari Krieger 9781793654496
RRP: £69.00£59.99In a time of painful economic and legal inequities, we are still plagued by a gnawing question: why did no major bank executive face any meaningful consequences for the 2008 financial crisis? Meanwhile, average Americans lost 8.8 million jobs and $19.2... -
The Politics of the European Union by Herman Lelieveldt 9781009318310
RRP: £85.00£74.91The European Union is a key player in determining policies and politics in Europe, and yet understanding how it works remains a challenge. The Politics of the European Union introduces students to its functioning by showing the similarities and... -
Beyond Rationality: Behavioral Political Science in the 21st Century by Alex Mintz 9781316516355
RRP: £99.99£87.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781316516355Author Alex MintzFormat HardbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
Homeland Security: An Introduction by Austen D. Givens 9780190861858
RRP: £87.99£82.89This textbook-written by experts in the field-delivers a comprehensive, systematic introduction to homeland security Throughout the course of the book, particular emphasis will be placed on three paradigm shifts in homeland security: the new role of... -
Latin American Politics and Society: A Comparative and Historical Analysis by Gerardo L. Munck 9781108477314
RRP: £99.99£89.01Taking a fresh thematic approach to politics and society in Latin America, this introductory textbook analyzes the region's past and present in an accessible and engaging style well-suited to undergraduate students. The book provides historical insights... -
Counting Women's Ballots: Female Voters from Suffrage through the New Deal by J. Kevin Corder 9781316505878
RRP: £22.99£19.56How did the first female voters cast their ballots? For almost 100 years, answers to this question have eluded scholars. Counting Women's Ballots employs new data and novel methods to provide insights into whether, how, and with what consequences women... -
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky
RRP: £28.99£17.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593443071Author Steven LevitskyFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Political Leadership in Africa: Leaders and Development South of the Sahara by Giovanni Carbone
RRP: £87.99£79.64Do political leaders matter for development in Africa? Political leaders south of the Sahara have taken centre stage since countries in the region gained independence in the 1960s, yet a 'leadership trap' soon emerged with power-holders overstaying in... -
Veterans' Lament: Is This the America Our Heroes Fought For? by Oliver L North
RRP: £27.00£16.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642935011Author Oliver L NorthFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Fidelis BooksPublisher Fidelis BooksWeight(grams) 454g -
American Government, Core: Power and Purpose by Theodore J. Lowi
RRP: £105.00£85.71A dynamic authorial team of leading American politics scholars and a teachable Five Principles of Politics framework made American Government: Power and Purpose the gold standard in its field for more than 30 years. The Seventeenth Edition introduces the... -
Put Y'All Back in Chains: How Joe Biden's Policies Hurt Black Americans by Horace Cooper
RRP: £28.00£15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637587065Author Horace CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bombardier BooksPublisher Bombardier BooksWeight(grams) 331g -
The Public Sector in Hong Kong, Second Edition by Ian Scott
£28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888754038Author Ian ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press -
The Secretary of Defense by Douglas Kinnard
RRP: £75.50£34.16Pola Negri (1897--1987) rose from an impoverished childhood in Warsaw, Poland, to become one of early Hollywood's greatest stars. After tuberculosis ended her career as a ballerina in 1912, she turned to acting and worked under legendary directors Max... -
Business and Social Crisis in Africa by Antoinette Handley
RRP: £75.00£67.74Much of the time, when confronted with a crisis of national dimensions, businesses do exactly what we expect them to do: they look to their own survival. Occasionally, however, firms in some contexts go beyond this. Based on qualitative, country-based... -
Citizenship in the American Republic by Brian L. Fife
£21.91While there are a number of survey textbooks in American politics, Citizenship in the American Republic is based on a fundamental premise that many have contended for the last century--a more informed, participatory citizenry is required for a more...