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The Futures of Europe by Wayland Kennet 9780521134569
RRP: $60.43$46.41This book was originally published in 1976. Two years before publication, the European Community decided it was suffering from a lack of long-term planning and forecasting, and its Council of Ministers called for a study of how to put this right. The... -
Voices From The Blue States: Commentary From The Rest of America by Mack Williams 9780595369713
$14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595369713Author Mack WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 191g -
The Macro Polity by Robert S. Erikson 9780521563895
RRP: $185.25$133.83The Macro Polity, first published in 2002, provides a comprehensive model of American politics at the system level. Focusing on the interactions between citizen evaluations and preferences, government activity and policy, and how the combined acts of... -
Bitter Harvest: FDR, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch by Matthew J. Dickinson 9780521481939
RRP: $146.25$94.19Bitter Harvest identifies the principles governing Franklin Roosevelt's development and use of a presidential staff system and offers a theory explaining why those principles proved so effective. Dickinson argues that presidents institutionalize staff to... -
Funding Science in America: Congress, Universities, and the Politics of the Academic Pork Barrel by James D. Savage 9780521794619
RRP: $50.68$35.28Since the 1950s, the federal government has relied on the peer review system for funding high quality academic science. Yet, despite the success of American science, peer review is under attack for being a biased 'good old boy' network that helps rich... -
Margaret Chase Smith: Model Public Servant by Marlene Boyd Vallin 9780313291630
$182.52The selected speeches of Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine made throughout her 32 year career in the U.S. Congress are critically analyzed in this rhetorical study. The inquiry focuses on the factors of her political persona that garnered her the... -
The Social Health of the Nation: How America is Really Doing by Marc L. Miringoff 9780195133486
$59.88For the past twelve years, the annual release of the Index of Social Health has been a major event, cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other national media our most reliable barometer of progress in addressing America's social ills... -
The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism by Dennis J. Goldford 9780521845588
RRP: $146.25$101.81Located at the intersection of law, political science, philosophy, and literary theory, this is a work of constitutional theory that explores the nature of American constitutional interpretation through a reconsideration of the long-standing debate... -
Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property in Africa by Christian Lund 9780521886543
RRP: $175.50$120.06Access to land and property is vital to people's livelihoods in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas in Africa. People exert tremendous energy to have land claims recognized as rights with a variety of political, administrative, and legal institutions... -
Liberal Parties in Western Europe by Emil J. Kirchner 9780521323949
RRP: $234.00$181.80This book is a comparative study of liberal parties in Western Europe, examining the role and development of liberal parties within individual countries; their internal party structure and organization; electoral audience; coalitions and government... -
Serious Money: Fundraising and Contributing in Presidential Nomination Campaigns by Clifford W. Brown 9780521497800
RRP: $60.43$46.41Serious Money offers detailed analysis of the relationship between fundraising methods and contributing decisions in presidential nomination campaigns, based largely upon newly conducted surveys of contributors to both the 1988 and 1992 campaigns. Brown,... -
Decision Making by the Modern Supreme Court by Richard L. Pacelle, Jr. 9780521717717
RRP: $50.68$29.70There are three general models of Supreme Court decision making: the legal model, the attitudinal model and the strategic model. But each is somewhat incomplete. This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates... -
We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend Our Money by Edward D. Kleinbard 9780190496685
RRP: $57.51$51.01We Are Better Than This fundamentally reframes budget debates in the United States. Author Edward D. Kleinbard explains how the public's preoccupation with tax policy alone has obscured any understanding of government's ability to complement the private... -
Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy: Critical Perspectives from Around the World by Peter H. Russell 9780813920160
$58.21This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional democracy - judicial independence - from an international comparative perspective. Peter H. Russell's introduction outlines a general... -
The Civil Rights Society: The Social Construction of Victims by Kristin Bumiller 9780801845109
$50.60"Bumiller is among several scholars who have questioned the excessive reliance on law, especially constitutional law and the Supreme Court, as a means of solving social problems in the United States. The book will generate much discussion among... -
Bureaucratic Responsibility by John P. Burke 9780801836541
$52.51A civil servant in the Pentagon blows the whistle on the Defense Department by leaking to the press stories of gross overspending. A high-level official in the Environmental Protection Agency publicly reports irregularities in the handling of toxic waste... -
America Through the Looking Glass: An Outsider's Look at American Society by E. R. Ozomeyo 9780759619401
$35.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759619401Author E. R. OzomeyoFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 455g -
Inventing the American Presidency by Thomas E. Cronin 9780700604067
RRP: $70.10$64.78Now widely regarded as the best available guide to the study of the Founding, the first edition of Interpreting the Founding provided summaries and analyses of the leading interpretive frameworks that have guided the study of the Founding since the... -
Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power by Joel Deane 9780702249808
RRP: $48.65$36.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780702249808Author Joel DeaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint University of Queensland PressPublisher University of Queensland PressWeight(grams) 488g -
The American Party by Robert D Mailho 9780595520909
$13.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595520909Author Robert D MailhoFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 152g -
The Truth by David J Johnson 9780595431281
$13.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595431281Author David J JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 186g -
None Dare Call It Reason: How the Average American Has Hanged Himself by Dr Richard Sutherland 9780595410286
RRP: $9.75$9.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595410286Author Dr Richard SutherlandFormat PaperbackImprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 95g -
Democracy And Political Life In Nigeria: Second Edition by Victor E Dike 9780595402663
$29.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595402663Author Victor E DikeFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 635g -
Islam, Democracy and Governance in the North African Countries: The Zero Stage of States by Ahmed Jazouli 9780595408986
$16.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595408986Author Ahmed JazouliFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 290g -
Broken America by David Cooper 9780595377749
$23.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595377749Author David CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 404g -
Hoteko's Laws: A Manager's Guide to Success, Survival and Sanity in the Federal Government by Sarge Hoteko 9780595376742
$23.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595376742Author Sarge HotekoFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 372g -
Political Women and American Democracy by Christina Wolbrecht 9780521886239
RRP: $146.25$112.46What do we know about women, politics, and democracy in the United States? The last thirty years have witnessed a remarkable increase in women's participation in American politics and an explosion of research on female political actors, and the... -
Beyond the Law: The Bush Administration's Unlawful Responses in the "War" on Terror by Jordan J. Paust 9780521884266
RRP: $146.25$94.19Provides a detailed exposition of violations of international law authorized and abetted by secret memos, authorizations and orders of the Bush administration. It describes why several executive claims were in error, what illegal authorizations were... -
European Identity by Jeffrey T. Checkel 9780521883016
RRP: $146.25$94.19Why are hopes fading for a single European identity? Economic integration has advanced faster and further than predicted, yet the European sense of 'who we are' is fragmenting. Exploiting decades of permissive consensus, Europe's elites designed and... -
Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House by Gary W. Cox 9780521872331
RRP: $146.25$104.85The second edition of Legislative Leviathan provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era. Re-evaluating the role of parties and committees, Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins view... -
The Women's Movement against Sexual Harassment by Carrie N. Baker 9780521879354
RRP: $146.25$101.03This book recounts the story of how a diverse social movement placed sexual harassment on the public agenda in the 1970s and 1980s. The collaboration of women from varying racial, economic, and geographic backgrounds strengthened the movement by... -
Evaluating Campaign Quality: Can the Electoral Process be Improved? by L. Sandy Maisel 9780521877299
RRP: $146.25$93.41For a number of years, voters and academic observers have been dissatisfied with a number of elements of American campaigns. Contemporary races are seen as too negative, too superficial, and too unfair or misleading. Based on these complaints, a variety... -
Law and Governance in Postnational Europe: Compliance Beyond the Nation-State by Michael Zurn 9780521841351
RRP: $175.50$120.84This 2005 book argues that Europeanization and globalization have led to ever-more intensive legalization at transnational level. What accounts for compliance beyond the nation-state? The authors tackle this question by comparing compliance with... -
Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It) by Anthony J. Nownes 9780521838177
RRP: $146.25$112.46This book offers a scholarly yet accessible overview of the role of lobbying in American politics. It draws upon extant research as well as original data gathered from interviews with numerous lobbyists across the United States. It describes how... -
The Winning Message: Candidate Behavior, Campaign Discourse, and Democracy by Adam F. Simon 9780521807333
RRP: $146.25$101.03This study investigates candidate behavior in American electoral campaigns. It centers on a question of equal importance to citizens and scholars: how can we produce better political campaigns? The project takes an innovative approach to answering this... -
A Voting Rights Odyssey: Black Enfranchisement in Georgia by Laughlin McDonald 9780521812320
RRP: $146.25$108.65From slavery to the white backlash of the 1990s, A Voting Rights Odyssey is a riveting account of the crusade for equal voting rights in Georgia. Written by a veteran civil rights lawyer the book draws upon expert reports and other court records, as well... -
Race and Place: Race Relations in an American City by Susan Welch 9780521792158
RRP: $146.25$104.85A striking but little recognized change in race relations during the past two decades has seen the declining levels of racial segregation in most of America's major metropolitan areas. More American cities are beginning to have black and white residents... -
State-building in Europe: The Revitalization of Western European Integration by Volker Bornschier 9780521786195
RRP: $60.43$46.41Why and how was the process of Western European integration relaunched in the 1980s and 1990s? This volume suggests a new framework of analysis of the European statebuilding tradition. Based on qualitative research (including more than 30 interviews with... -
Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror by Stuart Croft 9780521687331
RRP: $60.43$42.69Since 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... -
Leadership and Negotiation in the European Union by Jonas Tallberg 9780521683036
RRP: $60.43$46.41In this 2006 book, Jonas Tallberg offers a novel perspective on some of the most fundamental questions about international cooperation and European Union politics. Offering the first systematic theoretical and empirical exploration of the influence...