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Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago by Mike Royko
RRP: £18.00Booksplease Price: £11.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452261679Author Mike RoykoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 133mm * 13mm -
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro 9781847923653
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.51The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is 'simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years' (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times): a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by 'the greatest political... -
The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 US Election and the People Who Stopped It by Mark Bowden 9781611854275
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.74In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - Trump's supporters claimed... -
Town Hall Meetings and the Death of Deliberation by Jonathan Beecher Field
RRP: £9.00Booksplease Price: £8.40Tracing the erosion of democratic norms in the US and the conditions that make it possible Jonathan Beecher Field tracks the permutations of the town hall meeting from its original context as a form of democratic community governance in New England into... -
Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy by Andy Ngo 9781546059578
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £10.93When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack was only the... -
Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy by Andy Ngo
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £16.50In this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group's history and tactics.When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed... -
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling 9781541788510
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.45Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road, turned that... -
Political Problems and Personalities in Contemporary Maryland by Theodore F. Sheckels 9781666928976
RRP: £89.00Booksplease Price: £69.60Political Problems and Personalities in Contemporary Maryland provides a comprehensive rhetorical analysis of contemporary politics and political communication in Maryland at both the state and local levels. Theodore F. Sheckels and Carl Hyden approach... -
The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £12.84In his modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class, urbanist Richard Florida identifies the emergence of a new social class that is reshaping the twenty-first century's economy, geography, and workplace. This Creative Class is made up of... -
Shortest Way Home: One mayor's challenge and a model for America's future Pete Buttigieg 9781529398069
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.03'The best American political biography since Obama's Dreams from My Father' GuardianNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal.Once described... -
Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite by Peter Schweizer
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.29NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: When a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact.For over a decade, the work of six-time New York Times bestselling investigative reporter Peter Schweizer has sent... -
What Brexit Means: An Anthropology of Polarization and Cultural Change in Britain Max Horder 9781032602936
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £32.88What Brexit Means explores the rise of populism in Britain. Drawing on several years of ethnographic fieldwork amongst ideologically committed Brexit activists, it examines the discourse of populism across language, culture, politics, psychology, and... -
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.20Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road, turned that... -
Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett 9780060536619
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060536619Author Wayne BarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 316gDimensions(mm)... -
Urban Neighborhoods in a New Era: Revitalization Politics in the Postindustrial City by Clarence N Stone
RRP: £26.00Booksplease Price: £24.85For decades, North American cities racked by deindustrialization and population loss have followed one primary path in their attempts at revitalization: a focus on economic growth in downtown and business areas. Neighborhoods, meanwhile, have often been... -
Explaining Local Government: Local Government in Britain Since 1800 by J. Chandler 9780719067075
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.09Explaining local government, available at last in paperback, uniquely presents a history of local government in Britain from 1800 until the present day. The study explains how the institution evolved from a structure that appeared to be relatively free... -
Trump's Democrats by Stephanie Muravchik 9780815738633
Booksplease Price: £31.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815738633Author Stephanie MuravchikFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Regional Administration in Japan: Departure from uniformity by Shunsuke Kimura 9780815361527
Booksplease Price: £24.56In Japan, the main local administrative affairs are traditionally allotted to prefectures and municipalities, while communal disposal systems, fire-fighting and regional development takes secondary importance. However, two new changes to the frame of... -
TAKE BACK AMERICA: Winning the 2022 and 2024 Elections by Dick Morris
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £13.56"Dick Morris and I conferred regularly throughout the 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He helped me hone my message and aim it at the right audience. His father was my attorney, and he is my counselor. And I am grateful to them both." - President... -
When the State Meets the Street: Public Service and Moral Agency by Bernardo Zacka
RRP: £33.95Booksplease Price: £28.02When the State Meets the Street probes the complex moral lives of street-level bureaucrats: the frontline social and welfare workers, police officers, and educators who represent government's human face to ordinary citizens. Too often dismissed as... -
The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 US Election and the People Who Stopped It by Mark Bowden
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.45In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - Trump's supporters claimed... -
The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism by Bruce Katz
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815731641Author Bruce KatzFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 667gDimensions(mm) 230mm... -
The Last Days of New York: a reporter's true tale of how a city died by Seth Barron
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.55BILL DE BLASIO SET THE STAGE FOR THE RUIN OF NEW YORK CITY The Last Days of New York tells the story of how a corrupted political system hollowed out New York City, leaving it especially vulnerable, all in the name of equity and "fairness." ... -
A History of Local Government in the Twentieth Century Bryan Keith-Lucas 9781032950006
RRP: £70.00Booksplease Price: £60.95Originally published in 1978, this book covers all aspects of the development of local authorities; the changing types of people who worked in them – solicitors, trade unionists, politicians and reformers; the growing influence of political parties in... -
Organisation Theory and Local Government Robert J. Haynes 9781032950068
RRP: £70.00Booksplease Price: £60.95Originally published in 1980, this book provides an analysis and assessment of events in local government management during the late 20th Century set within an overall conceptual framework of organisation theory. The book fills the gap between... -
The Finance of Local Government N. P. Hepworth 9781032950396
RRP: £70.00Booksplease Price: £60.95Originally published in 1970 this book quickly became a classic textbook. This edition reissues the 7th edition of 1984. An indispensable text for students, local government employees and those members of local authorities who have an interest in the... -
The English Local Government System J. H. Warren 9781032902920
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £72.71First Published in 1946, The English Local Government System has undoubtedly been one of the most successful introductory books on this subject. The purpose of this book is not so much to describe the various local government services, but rather to... -
Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership by Richard M. Flanagan 9780761828952
RRP: £51.00Booksplease Price: £44.26Big city mayors rank among the most powerful and colorful politicians in America. Yet few books focus on the leadership challenges the occupants of the office face. Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership examines twelve case studies of mayoral... -
Party Politics in the Continental Congress by James H. Henderson, LTC (Ret.) 9780819165251
RRP: £72.00Booksplease Price: £63.11Reexamines the immense documentation still extant for the Congress, and judiciously evaluates the Congress's accomplishments and points out its frailties. The book's most distinctive feature is its focus on congressional politics and factions. The author... -
Careers in City Politics: The Case for Urban Democracy by Timothy Bledsoe 9780822985501
Booksplease Price: £51.62Careers in City Politics provides an in-depth view of the vital aspects of local politics-access to political office, individual office holder's accountability to the public, the performance of councils as collective political bodies, and the often high... -
Local Tax Policy: A Primer by David Brunori 9781538131169
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £27.40Local Tax Policy: A Primer provides the definitive discussion of how local governments raise revenue. The fourth edition addresses the fundamental influences on local tax and revenue policy including interjurisdictional competition, the politics of... -
Empowered!: Latinos Transforming Arizona Politics by Lisa Magana 9780816542246
RRP: £26.95Booksplease Price: £26.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816542246Author Lisa MaganaFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 245g -
Gold Rush Stories: 49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss, and Luck by Gary Noy 9781597143844
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.44This volume explores the deeply human stories of the California Gold Rush generation, drawing out all the brutality, tragedy, humor, and prosperity as lived by those who experienced it. In less than ten years, more than 300,000 people made the journey to... -
Local Government in Crisis by W. A. Robson 9781032225401
RRP: £31.99Booksplease Price: £28.64First published in 1966, Local Government in Crisis presents a comprehensive overview of the challenges and limitations of the local government in Britain. William A. Robson discusses major themes like loss of municipal functions and public utilities;... -
Local Governments in Multilevel Governance: The Administrative Dimension by Robert Agranoff 9781498530606
Booksplease Price: £117.96Local governments serve their communities in many diversified ways as they increasingly engage in multiple connections: international, regional, regional-local, with nongovernmental organizations and through external nongovernmental services county... -
Suburban Crossroads: The Fight for Local Control of Immigration Policy by Thomas J. Vicino 9780739197271
RRP: £46.00Booksplease Price: £41.29The political debate over comprehensive immigration reform in the United States reached a pinnacle in 2006. When Congress failed to implement federal immigration reform, this spurred numerous local and state governments to confront immigration policy in... -
Suburban Crossroads: The Fight for Local Control of Immigration Policy by Thomas J. Vicino 9780739170182
Booksplease Price: £101.61The political debate over comprehensive immigration reform in the United States reached a pinnacle in 2006. When Congress failed to implement federal immigration reform, this spurred numerous local and state governments to confront immigration policy in... -
What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality by Theda Skocpol 9780691138367
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £23.29From the nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, millions of American men and women participated in fraternal associations--self-selecting brotherhoods and sisterhoods that provided aid to members, enacted group rituals, and engaged in community... -
Governing Ourselves?: The Politics of Canadian Communities by Mary Louise McAllister 9780774810623
RRP: £87.00Booksplease Price: £77.25Popular rhetoric suggests that the twenty-first century has ushered in an era of homogeneity. Urbanization, globalization, amalgamation, media conglomeration, and technological convergence have become familiar terms. Given the pressures of integration... -
Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance by Merilee S. Grindle 9780691140988
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £21.80Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have introduced decentralization to increase democracy and improve services, especially in small communities far from...