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The national electoral map has split into warring regional bastions of Republican red and Democratic blue, producing a deep and enduring partisan divide in American politics. In Red Fighting Blue, David A. Hopkins places the current partisan and...

The 31 articles in this book discuss the pros and cons of privatization of public services. Examined are the need for alternative service delivery; the process of privatization; concrete examples of privatizing services generic to local governments;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504344104Author Sandra G HaynesFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Balboa PressPublisher Balboa PressWeight(grams) 349g

Following the Renaissance, democracy was still considered a dangerous form of government. Democracy was often regarded as a fool's folly and a madman's paradise. The well-wishers of the Republican Government would have fanciful debates in intellectual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470983741Author Rick CharlesFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu Press IncWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455533756Author David BrockFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 227g

Presenting case studies and comparisons across seven countries, this book addresses key questions as to the nature of state fragility, policies used to mitigate it, assessment of outcomes and prospects. It offers a novel empirical contribution in...

This book examines the history of the generational gap in American politics, with an emphasis on the remarkable contemporary gap.Using data derived primarily from the American National Election Studies (ANES), 2020 National Election Pool, A.P VoteCast,...

Political corruption is easy to define - the use of public office for private gain - but it isn't so readily seen because politicians cover their tracks so well. Four of America's most corrupt mayors and their shady dealings are covered in this work...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458318213Author Pr JusticeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 218g

This book provides an understanding of the role that Latino communities play in American politics. In a country marked by arbitrary and exclusionary electoral practices, minority political participation is central to remedying the inequity of the...

Cities, Mayors, and Race Relations analyzes the politics behind improving race relations in local communities through the use of mayoral task forces. By investigating three communities with unique cultural, social, economic, and racial characteristics,...

While much is known about the frontline of politics, little is revealed about the professionals who labor in secret to make the system work. Hired Gun: A Political Odyssey examines how political parties function and how elections are won or lost. This...

Civil wars and internal conflicts pose the greatest threat to international peace and security in the twenty-first century. Nowhere is this problem more acute than in East Asia and the Pacific, which has far more of its share of such conflicts...

The proper role of the government operating in a free society and regulating an individual's behavior is a subject that can provoke heated political debate. There is an ongoing discussion among the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court about the...

Cops, Soldiers, and Diplomats is an exceptionally clear exposition of bureaucratic behavior amongst various agencies as each responded to the challenges of the War on Drugs. Chapter by chapter, author Tony Payan exposes the bureaucratic imperatives of...

Starting Over traces the remarkable political career of former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen. Once considered a likely presidential candidate, Allen became a YouTube sensation after a slip of the tongue. But the Allen story is not over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781169973343Author Walter LippmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 576g

This book explains a long-standing puzzle in American politics: why so many Americans support downwardly redistributive social welfare programs, when such support seems to fly in the face of standard conceptions of the American public as anti-government,...

Political inequality is a major issue in American politics, with racial minorities and low-income voters receiving less favorable representation. Scholars argue that this political inequality stems largely from differences in political participation and...

The bureaucracy in the United States has a hand in almost all aspects of our lives, from the water we drink to the parts in our cars. For a force so influential and pervasive, however, this body of all nonelective government officials remains an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615980751Author Mikhail KryzhanovskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Miraclaire PublishingPublisher Miraclaire PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525575481Author Rachel MaddowFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this thoughtful and provocative book, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse develops a social theory of national identity and uses a national survey, focus groups,...

The right to vote is the foundation of democratic government; all other policies are derived from it. The history of voting rights in America has been characterized by a gradual expansion of the franchise. American Indians are an important part of that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393333794Author Leo RangellFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393331219Author Henry Cabot LodgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co

A central concern about the robustness of democratic rule in new democracies is the concentration of power in the executive branch and the potential this creates for abuse. This concern is felt particularly with regard to the concentration of legislative...

Every government engages in budgeting and public financial management to run the affairs of state. Effective budgeting empowers states to prioritize policies, allocate resources, and discipline bureaucracies, and it contributes to efficacious fiscal and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087974057Author Ghazanfar HashmiFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Ghazanfar ShahPublisher Ghazanfar ShahWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997343809Author Dave DoughertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Surviveusa, LLCPublisher Surviveusa, LLCWeight(grams) 499g

The new media environment has challenged the role of professional journalists as the primary source of politically relevant information. After Broadcast News puts this challenge into historical context, arguing that it is the latest of several critical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476689456Author Steven VerrierFormat PaperbackPage Count 165Imprint McFarland & CompanyPublisher McFarland & CompanyWeight(grams) 152g

The clashes between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan during the 1896 and 1900 presidential elections changed the course of American politics. Prior to Bryan's candidacy, the Democratic Party was slightly more conservative than the Republican...

This book, originally published in 1977, is comprised of a selection of documents which have been carefully arranged and edited to illustrate the main characteristics of local government systems in Britain during a period of extensive reform and...

This is the first and only comprehensive, book-length political history of national ID card proposals and developments in identity policing in the United States. The book focuses on the period from 1915 to 2016, including the post-9/11 debates and policy...

US federalism grants state legislators the authority to design many aspects of election administration, including ballot features that mediate how citizens understand and engage with the choices available to them when casting their votes. Seemingly...

This book examines the dynamics of the American party system and explores how contemporary American politics was formed. Specifically, it asks how the Democrats could become sufficiently competitive in the American North as to be able to construct a...

One of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century is to address large, deep, and historic deficits in human development. Democracy at Work explores a crucial question: how does democracy, with all of its messy, contested, and, time-consuming...

When do local communities benefit from natural resource extraction? In some regions of natural resource extraction, firms provide goods and services to local communities, but in others, protest may occur, leading to government regulatory or repressive...