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Dispatches from the Cosmic Cobra Breeding Farm by Annie J Wu 9780999710746
RRP: £18.72£14.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999710746Author Annie J WuFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Band of Investment Publishing Co.Publisher Band of Investment Publishing Co.Weight(grams)... -
Ruling Myanmar: From Cyclone Nargis to National Elections by Nick Cheesman 9789814311472
RRP: £39.95£37.66November 2010 sees the first elections in Myanmar/Burma since 1990, to be held as the culmination of the military regime's 'Road Map for Democracy' The conditions under which the elections are being held are far from favourable, although the laws and... -
Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott by Rodney Tiffen 9781742235202
RRP: £19.95£18.05Since 1970 seventy-three political leaders within the major parties have been forcibly removed from their leadership positions. And at the heart of the turmoil is the media, with its 24-hour news cycle making political leadership evermore precarious... -
Myanmar's Transition: Openings, Obstacles and Opportunities by Nick Cheesman 9789814414166
RRP: £39.95£37.61With the world watching closely, Myanmar began a process of political, administrative and institutional transition from 30 January 2011. After convening the parliament, elected in November 2010, the former military regime transferred power to a new... -
Readings in American Politics by Ken Kollman 9780393441697
£50.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393441697Author Ken KollmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 909g -
Jimmy Carter as President: Leadership and the Politics of the Public Good by Erwin C. Hargrove 9780807124253
£20.11Jimmy Carter was, according to Erwin Hargrove, the first modern Democratic president to be substantially ahead of the party coalition. Concerned with issues of the future - inflation, the need for tax reform, energy shortages - Carter anticipated many... -
Letting the People Decide: The Dynamics of Canadian Elections by Professor of Political Science Richard Johnston 9780804720786
RRP: £21.99£21.49The authors have based the book primarily on data derived from the 1988 Canadian Election Study, for which they were co-investigators. The survey was a "rolling cross-section": a daily tracking of the campaign designed explicitly to monitor... -
How Voters Decide: Information Processing in Election Campaigns by Richard R. Lau 9780521613064
RRP: £30.99£26.77This book attempts to redirect the field of voting behavior research by proposing a paradigm-shifting framework for studying voter decision making. An innovative experimental methodology is presented for getting 'inside the heads' of citizens as they... -
Ronald Reagan & Public Lands by Charles Short 9780890964118
£19.95The federal government holds a vast domain of American land. Does it hold these acres in trust for future generations and for the planet itself? Or does it hold them as a resource for economic development and growth? Indeed, should it hold them at all?... -
To Run a Constitution: The Legitimacy of the Administrative State by John A. Rohr 9780700603015
RRP: £32.95£29.85In 1887, the centennial year of the American Constitution, Woodrow Wilson wrote that "it is getting to be harder to run a constitution than to frame one." The context for Wilson's comment was an essay calling for sound principles of... -
The Strategic Presidency: Hitting the Ground Running by James P. Pfiffner 9780700607693
RRP: £29.95£24.71Perfectly timed to anticipate the possible election of a new president in 1996, the second edition of James Pfiffner's The Strategic Presidency provides the most complete and authoritative volume on presidential transitions from JFK to Bill Clinton... -
American Politics Today by William T. Bianco 9780393283600
£100.61The fifth edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features-from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page... -
It Is about You: How American Government Works and How to Help Fix It by Deborah Cupples 9780999677704
RRP: £9.95£8.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999677704Author Deborah CupplesFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Delfinium, LLCPublisher Delfinium, LLCWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
The Invention of the United States Senate by Daniel Wirls 9780801874390
£23.60The invention of the United States Senate was the most complicated and confounding achievement of the Constitutional Convention. Although much has been written on various aspects of Senate history, this is the first book to examine and link the three... -
The American Political System by Ken Kollman 9780393675283
£86.61Unlike texts that overwhelm with irrelevant details, Kollman gives students a simple framework, consistently applied: politics is about collective dilemmas and the institutions that solve them. How can 535 members of Congress get anything done? The... -
Torture and State Violence in the United States: A Short Documentary History by Robert M. Pallitto 9781421402499
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Torture and State Violence in the United States: A Short Documentary History by Robert M. Pallitto 9781421402482
RRP: £55.50£48.85The war on terror has brought to light troubling actions by the United States government which many claim amount to torture. But as this book shows, state-sanctioned violence and degrading, cruel, and unusual punishments have a long and contentious... -
American Politics Today by William T. Bianco 9780393639834
£106.21The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features-from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page... -
The Politics of Judicial Independence: Courts, Politics, and the Public by Bruce Peabody 9780801897726
£30.39The judiciary in the United States has been subject in recent years to increasingly vocal, aggressive criticism by media members, activists, and public officials at the federal, state, and local level. This collection probes whether these attacks as well... -
American Politics Today by William T. Bianco 9780393283594
£118.12The fifth edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features-from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page... -
Uncertain Guardians: The News Media as a Political Institution by Bartholomew H. Sparrow 9780801860362
£28.50The news media are often presumed to be a fourth estate, or fourth branch of government, serving as a check on the other three. In Uncertain Guardians, political scientist Bartholomew Sparrow argues that this is a mistaken notion. Instead, the... -
American Politics Today by William T Bianco 9780393630930
£118.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393630930Author William T BiancoPage Count 768Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 1656g -
The European Social Model: Modernisation or Evolution? by Nick Adnett 9781843761259
£103.61This timely book explores the development of the European Social Model and questions whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision and in the creation of workers' rights and employment... -
American Labor, Congress, and the Welfare State, 1935-2010 by Tracy Roof 9781421400860
RRP: £55.50£48.85Despite achieving monumental reforms in the United States such as the eight-hour workday, a federal minimum wage, and workplace health and safety laws, organized labor's record on much of its agenda has been mixed. Tracy Roof's sweeping examination of... -
American Labor, Congress, and the Welfare State, 1935-2010 by Tracy Roof 9781421400877
£31.76Despite achieving monumental reforms in the United States such as the eight-hour workday, a federal minimum wage, and workplace health and safety laws, organized labor's record on much of its agenda has been mixed. Tracy Roof's sweeping examination of... -
Mass Media and American Politics by Doris A. Graber 9781506340234
RRP: £77.14£68.22A comprehensive, trusted core text on media's impact on attitudes, behaviour, elections, politics, and policymaking, this book has set the standard for the course. It includes a wealth of data in tables, figures, boxes, and features photos and political... -
The Two Majorities: The Issue Context of Modern American Politics by Byron E. Shafer 9780801850196
RRP: £23.00£20.35Why do voters so often exhibit patterns of policy preference vastly different from what analysts and strategists predict? And why do these same voters consistently cast ballots that ensure the continuation of "divided government?" In The Two Majorities... -
Government Performance: Why Management Matters by Patricia W. Ingraham 9780801872280
£28.07Scholars and practitioners of public management have stressed the importance of such varied concepts as efficiency, process, systems, and capacity as key to running effective government programs. While acknowledging the usefulness of each of these... -
Democratization in America: A Comparative-Historical Analysis by Desmond King 9780801893254
£29.65The essays in this volume examine democracy's development in the United States, demonstrating how that process has shaped-and continues to shape-the American political system. Scholars of American politics commonly describe the political development of... -
Presidential Secrecy and the Law by Robert M. Pallitto 9780801885822
RRP: £45.50£40.26State secrets, warrantless investigations and wiretaps, signing statements, executive privilege-the executive branch wields many tools for secrecy. Since the middle of the twentieth century, presidents have used myriad tactics to expand and maintain a... -
American Politics Today by William T. Bianco 9780393639889
£72.61The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features-from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page... -
American Politics Today by William T. Bianco 9780393634471
£118.12The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features-from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page... -
No One Left But All of Us by Stacey Roberts 9780998559049
RRP: £6.99£6.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998559049Author Stacey RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Sons of Joy, LLCPublisher Sons of Joy, LLCWeight(grams) 113g -
Polling Matters by Frank Newport 9780446530644
RRP: £27.00£25.54Integrating lessons from history and social science in a conversational style, Newport, editor in chief of The Gallup Poll, the country's preeminent polling source, explains how polling works and why polls matter in this book for general readers and... -
The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration by Carol M. Swain 9780521545587
RRP: £37.99£30.73Over the past decade, a new white nationalist movement has gained strength in America, bringing with it the potential to disrupt already fragile race relations. Eschewing violence, this movement seeks to expand its influence mainly through argument and... -
$Wing $Tate: Money and Politics in Ohio 2012 by J D Adler 9780692290897
RRP: £26.50£20.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692290897Author J D AdlerFormat PaperbackImprint Epco PressPublisher Epco PressWeight(grams) 195g -
Religious Liberty and the Secular State by John M. Swomley 9780879753733
RRP: £30.00£24.29This book examines the political and religious context in which the Constitution and The Bill of Rights were adopted. Swomley reasons that those who wrote and adopted the Constitution and First Amendment intended a strict separation of church and state,... -
Trade and Security: U.S. Policies at Cross-Purposes by Henry R. Nau 9780844770383
£6.71In this volume, the author shows how a narrow focus on jobs and bilateral trade confrontations undercuts US relations with its allies. It also jeopardises the real economic and security interests of the United States and its allies in Europe, the Far... -
The US Republican Constitution: A Nonfiction Constitutional Thriller by N L Brisson 9780692793206
RRP: £21.00£16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692793206Author N L BrissonFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint N L BrissonPublisher N L BrissonWeight(grams) 358g -
Political Vertigo: Stabilizing Politics in an Upside Down World by Dennis Haugh 9780692734834
RRP: £9.99£8.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692734834Author Dennis HaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Dennis HaughPublisher Dennis HaughWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm