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Building on We the People’s unparalleled focus on participation and the citizen’s role, new coauthor Megan Ming Francis uses her experience as an instructor and scholar of race and ethnicity politics to?energize coverage of race and social movements. New...

A deep and thought-provoking examination of crisis politics and their implications for power and marginalization in the United States.   From the climate crisis to the opioid crisis to the Coronavirus crisis, the language of crisis is everywhere around...

Americans are living through a social crisis. Our politics are polarized and bitterly divided. Culture wars rage on campuses, social media, and sometimes in the streets and public squares. And for too many Americans, alienation can descend into despair,...

Modern Politics (1969) is an introductory study of politics, with an emphasis on politics as a study in which the work particularly of sociologists and psychologists is increasingly relevant. It reflects the transfer of political study away from politics...

This comprehensive study of the Great Recession and its consequences provides comparative analyses of the extent to which social concertation between government, unions, and employers varied over time and across European countries. This edited volume – a...

First published in 1960 and this revised edition in 1965, The Fifth French Republic tries to place the French Constitution of 1958 in its political context. It discusses themes like background to the Constitution; the republican tradition; prelude to the...

Highlights political science research findings, viewed through rational choice, social-psychological, and bio-politics theories, introducing beginning level students to sophisticated scholarship in an accessible, understandable way. Authors are highly...

How do emotions mobilize in politics? How do they frame ideologies? Broadly focusing on these questions, this book explains the role emotions play in Indian politics, and the part they played in the aftermath of the 2019 general elections. It traces the...

The 2019 General election in India was the world's largest democratic exercise in history. Often, elections have been referred to as the dance of democracy or festival of democracy in India. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the broad...

This book focuses on what is arguably the most devastating phenomenon in the history of modern civilization, the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows how, on the one hand, the pandemic has exposed governments the world over to deal with a major health crisis;...

The COVID-19 pandemic struck as a global problem, a virus spreading without respect for territorial boundaries. National responses to mitigate the multi-dimensional effects provoked by the pandemic have been varied. What factors within federal systems...

First published in 1969 The Shadow Cabinet in British Politics attempts to trace and examine the history, growth, and development of the body popularly known as the ‘Shadow Cabinet’ in Britain. This body is concerned with power and aspirations of power...

A bold re-examination of how political attitudes change in response to information. Many mistakenly believe that it is fruitless to try to persuade those who disagree with them about politics. However, Persuasion in Parallel shows that individuals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226804330Author Lisa Jane DischFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago Press

The election of Donald Trump was a shattering moment to the political sensibilities of America; immediately sending the country into a frenzy of commentary, critique, and a never-ending media coverage that has bordered on the absurd. But the question...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674594357Author Saadia TouvalFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams)...

This book examines the seismic impact of Brexit on the British political system, assessing its likely long-term effect in terms of a significantly changed political and constitutional landscape. Starting with the 2015 general elections and covering key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982750483Author Professor Kitty CalavitaFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Quid Pro, LLCPublisher Quid Pro, LLCWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. The figure is above fifty percent among current Supreme Court justices, all nine of whom graduated from either Harvard or Yale. Millionaires also control Congress, where a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476779782Author Associate Professor of History David SehatFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734552553Author Dave HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Dhayes MediaPublisher Dhayes MediaWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250867223Author Francis FukuyamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 454g

Graduate Education in Government presents an empirical study of nine of the best graduate schools for political science degrees in the United States, France and England chosen on the basis of recent surveys and reputation. The author gathered his...

The book critically looks at the available theoretical frameworks, models and approaches in the sub discipline of Public Policy and their contemporary relevance. The normative impacts of policy choices at all stages, nudges a rethinking of our premises...

First published in 1980, Paris and the Provinces explores why reforms of central-local relations in France have been so ineffectual. Professor Gourevitch discovers the cause in party politics and personal rivalries. The struggle for dominance among...

This title was first published in 2000: An examination of some of the key themes and issues central to the understanding of the contemporary political scene in the USA at the beginning of the 21st century. Bringing together the work of a number of...

State of the World 2005 takes a new and deeper look at the theme that has dominated international politics since 9/11: security. Not the armed conflicts that occur when it breaks down, but the underlying social, economic and environmental pressures which...

Measures for regulating the behaviour of nation states in relation to the global environment have increasingly taken the form of international treaties and conventions. Many have argued that this has proved to be an ineffective way of halting...

California is full of myths and legends, but its political system shouldn t be. In this refreshingly critical take, Edgar Kaskla brings an analysis of power how it is distributed, how it is used, and to what end to bear on California s political system...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928232087Author Didi MoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint FanelePublisher Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd

The aim of this text is to analyze the conditions for a good society and, from extensive international research, to show how citizens can be put at the centre of the political process. This has enormous importance for future policy which the authors...

Originally published in 1980. In 1973 the US president's Office of Science and Technology was eliminated, a victim of its own incongruity. It was not, as was popularly proclaimed at the time, simply because the Nixon administration was particularly...

First published in 1972 The Government and Politics of France: Volume One provides a comprehensive overview of the nature, theory, and practice of the French governmental system. It brings themes like the Constitution, the roles of the President and...

In From Inclusion to Influence, Walter Wilson addresses urgent questions regarding the political incorporation of Latinos in America. First, he demonstrates that Latino representatives in the U.S. Congress do, in fact, represent Latino interests more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498596770Author William R NesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789264715547Author OecdFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Publisher Organization for...

First Published in 1967, Politics and Government at Home and Abroad presents William A. Robson's penetrating observations on the basic requirements of democratic politics and government. Divided into two parts the essays cover a wide field. Part I deals...

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the Red Scare seized the American public. While President Eisenhower cautioned restraint, his hand was forced, and NASA's budget had increased five thousand percent over its pre-Sputnik levels by the time President...

Recent American political developments, including the election of Donald Trump, reveal profound disquiet with the highly centralized political regime based on discretionary allocation of funds and powers to interest groups that has developed since the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523085071Author Cedric L. AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers