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Energy Policy in America since 1945: A Study of Business-Government Relations by Professor Richard H. K. Vietor 9780521335720
RRP: $72.13$64.86In the political economy of energy, World War II was a significant watershed: it accelerated the transition from dependence on coal to petroleum and natural gas. At the same time, mobilization provided an unprecedented experience in the management of... -
Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms by Michael B. Berkman 9780521148863
RRP: $56.53$42.69Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Energy Policy in America since 1945: A Study of Business-Government Relations by Professor Richard H. K. Vietor 9780521266581
RRP: $212.55$191.39In the political economy of energy, World War II was a significant watershed: it accelerated the transition from dependence on coal to petroleum and natural gas. At the same time, mobilization provided an unprecedented experience in the management of... -
Collective Action in Organizations: Interaction and Engagement in an Era of Technological Change by Bruce Bimber 9780521191722
RRP: $146.25$131.14Challenging 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... -
The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution by Keith L. Shimko 9780521111515
RRP: $148.18$127.28Many saw the United States' decisive victory in Desert Storm (1991) as not only vindication of American defense policy since Vietnam but also confirmation of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). Just as information-age technologies were... -
The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Volume 1, Apprenticeships 1873-1892 by Norman Mackenzie 9780521084956
RRP: $85.78$80.87Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Volume 2, Partnership 1892-1912 by Webb 9780521084918
RRP: $85.78$80.87Sidney and Beatrice Webb were among the outstanding political personalities in the period 1890-1945. They were leading figures in the Fabian Society, prominent historians, and founders of the London School of Economics and the New Statesman. They... -
Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917 by Julie Greene 9780521028806
RRP: $60.43$55.15Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the dominant labor organization, rejected political action in favor of economic strategies. Based upon extensive research into labor and... -
The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics by Richard Johnston 9780521890786
RRP: $46.78$39.72In the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, campaigns suddenly seem to matter, as do questions about the electoral process. Professors Johnston, Hagen and Jamieson have examined the US electoral process as an integrated event spanning a full... -
Portugal's Revolution: Ten Years On by Hugo Gil Ferreira 9780521154857
RRP: $60.43$55.15This 1986 book was written to mark the first decade since a group of young Portuguese army officers ended fifty years of right-wing dictatorship, and is a major socio-political study of the fate of Portugal in the decade since the coup d'etat. In over... -
The American Direct Primary: Party Institutionalization and Transformation in the North by Alan Ware 9780521109727
RRP: $60.43$55.15Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Natural Rights and the Right to Choose by Hadley Arkes 9780521604789
RRP: $60.43$52.20Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Legislative Deferrals: Statutory Ambiguity, Judicial Power, and American Democracy by George I. Lovell 9780521168700
RRP: $60.43$55.15Why do unelected federal judges have so much power to make policy in the United States? Why were federal judges able to thwart apparent legislative victories won by labor organizations in the Lochner era? Most scholars who have addressed such questions... -
Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865-1965 by Lee J. Alston 9780521035798
RRP: $60.43$55.15Using institutional economics, Professors Alston and Ferrie show how paternalism in Southern agriculture helped shape the growth of the American welfare state in the hundred years following the Civil War. It was an integral part of agricultural contracts... -
Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation by Keith L. Dougherty 9780521782098
RRP: $175.50$140.73Rather than focusing on why the states did not contribute to the national government under the Articles of Confederation, Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation asks why they, in fact, did - even when they should not have been expected to... -
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament by Simon Hix 9780521694605
RRP: $60.43$49.63With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures, languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the Parliament to be highly-fragmented and unpredictable. By studying... -
Party Polarization in Congress by Sean M. Theriault 9780521888936
RRP: $83.85$75.72The political parties in Congress are as polarized as they have been in 100 years. This book examines more than 30 years of congressional history to understand how it is that the Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become so divided. It finds... -
Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism in America by Carol M. Swain 9780521016933
RRP: $50.68$38.98This book presents ten alarmingly candid interviews by some of the most prominent members of what co-editors Carol M. Swain and Russ Nieli warn is a growing White Nationalist movement. The ten people interviewed in this volume make statements that are... -
The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might by Daniel L. Byman 9780521007801
RRP: $77.98$64.86Successful coercion should be relatively simple for the United States. Since the demise of the Soviet Union, the United States is without rivals in military might, political influence, or economic strength. Yet despite the lopsided US edge in raw power,... -
Divided Arsenal: Race and the American State during World War II by Daniel Kryder 9780521004589
RRP: $56.53$42.69Divided Arsenal compares the causes and effects of federal race policy during World War II in factories, the Army, and agriculture. While scholars such as Gunner Mydrdal have suggested that wars promote the salience of the nation's founding democratic... -
Government against Itself: How Public Employee Unions Weaken America's Government and Economy by Daniel DiSalvo 9780199990740
$54.21As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and retirement ages that are moving further and further out onto the horizon, unionized gym teachers and lifeguards employed by the public sector retire in their... -
Four Crises of American Democracy: Representation, Mastery, Discipline, Anticipation by Alasdair Roberts 9780190459895
RRP: $51.66$45.45Since 2008, there has been a flood of literature worrying about the state of democracy in the United States and abroad. Observers complain that democratic institutions are captured by special interests, incompetent in delivering basic services, or... -
Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting by Dennis W. Johnson 9780190272692
RRP: $83.83$70.28Though they work largely out of the eye of the public, political consultants - "image merchants" and "kingmakers" to candidates - play a crucial role in shaping campaigns. They persuaded Barry Goldwater to run for president, groomed... -
Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror by Stuart Croft 9780521867993
RRP: $146.25$124.23Since the infamous events of 9/11, the fear of terrorism and the determination to strike back against it has become a topic of enormous public debate. The 'war on terror' discourse has developed not only through American politics but via other channels... -
The European Union Decides by Robert Thomson 9780521861892
RRP: $204.75$181.80European legislation affects countless aspects of daily life in modern Europe but just how does the European Union make such significant legislative decisions? How important are the formal decision-making procedures in defining decision outcomes and how... -
Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era by Kenneth M. Roberts 9780521856874
RRP: $165.75$133.03This 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... -
The European Court and Civil Society: Litigation, Mobilization and Governance by Rachel A. Cichowski 9780521855853
RRP: $175.50$141.51The European Union today stands on the brink of radical institutional and constitutional change. The most recent enlargement and proposed legal reforms reflect a commitment to democracy: stabilizing political life for citizens governed by new regimes,... -
La economía política de una expansión segmentada: Política social latinoamericana en la primera década del siglo XXI by Camila Arza 9781009478892
RRP: $97.48$97.21Los primeros años del siglo XXI fueron un período de expansión de la política social en América Latina. Se crearon nuevos programas en salud, jubilaciones y pensiones, y asistencia social, y se incorporaron grupos previamente excluidos de las políticas... -
Coming to Terms with the European Refugee Crisis by Hanspeter Kriesi 9781009456531
RRP: $195.00$176.05The refugee crisis which hit the European Union and its member states during 2015–16 was just one in a series of recent crises, but perhaps the most critical for the EU's resilience. This book shows how policymakers in the EU polity have tried to come to... -
Elections and Satisfaction with Democracy: Citizens, Processes and Outcomes by Jean-François Daoust 9781009454469
RRP: $97.48$97.21Satisfaction with democracy is a vastly studied research topic. In this Element, the authors aim to make sense of this context by showing that elections (electoral processes and outcomes) influence citizens' satisfaction with democracy in different ways... -
Which Lives Matter?: Factors Shaping Public Attention to and Protest of Officer-Involved Killings by Traci Burch 9781009454377
RRP: $97.48$97.21This Element explores the factors that lead the public to pay attention to and mobilize in support of victims of officer-involved killings. The author argues that race is the most important factor shaping both attention and mobilization. Black victims... -
Intersectional Advocacy: Redrawing Policy Boundaries Around Gender, Race, and Class by Margaret Perez Brower 9781009433099
RRP: $136.50$123.45What happens to those living at the margins of US politics and policy – trapped between multiple struggles: gender-based violence, poverty, homelessness, unaffordable healthcare, mass incarceration and immigration? In this book, Margaret Perez Brower... -
Intersectional Advocacy: Redrawing Policy Boundaries Around Gender, Race, and Class by Margaret Perez Brower 9781009433044
RRP: $44.83$38.14What happens to those living at the margins of US politics and policy – trapped between multiple struggles: gender-based violence, poverty, homelessness, unaffordable healthcare, mass incarceration and immigration? In this book, Margaret Perez Brower... -
The Political Writings of George Washington: Volume 2, 1788–1799: Volume II: 1788–1799 by George Washington 9781009344043
$228.15The Political Writings of George Washington includes Washington's enduring writings on politics, prudence, and statesmanship in two volumes. It is the only complete collection of his political thought, which historically, has received less attention than... -
Theorizing in Comparative Politics: Democratization in Africa by Goran Hyden 9781009429511
RRP: $156.00$140.73This book addresses a pertinent issue in comparative politics: how can the discipline do analytical justice to regions of the world that differ historically from the Western experience? For decades the West has served as a baseline against which all... -
Means, Motives, and Opportunities: How Executives and Interest Groups Set Public Policy by Christian Breunig 9781009428590
RRP: $156.00$140.73Means, Motives, and Opportunities illuminates how states spend public money through the lens of governmental structure, executive power, and interest group competition. Christian Breunig and Chris Koski argue that policymaking is a function of not only... -
Disarming Apartheid: The End of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Programme and Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968–1991 by Robin E. Möser 9781009307048
RRP: $165.75$149.37South Africa remains the only state that developed a nuclear weapons capability, but ultimately decided to dismantle existing weapons and abandon the programme. Disarming Apartheid reconstructs the South African decision-making and diplomatic... -
Real News about the News: Media and British Politics by Kenneth Newton 9781009387071
RRP: $50.68$42.88What role does the media play in British politics? There is growing concern that the media environment is biased, and that online news and social media spread fake news, conspiracy theories, propaganda, and foreign interference. Examining TV, radio,... -
Real News about the News: Media and British Politics by Kenneth Newton 9781009387033
RRP: $156.00$140.73What role does the media play in British politics? There is growing concern that the media environment is biased, and that online news and social media spread fake news, conspiracy theories, propaganda, and foreign interference. Examining TV, radio,... -
The Origins and Consequences of Congressional Party Election Agendas by Scott R. Meinke 9781009379243
RRP: $97.50$87.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009379243Author Scott R. MeinkeFormat HardbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press