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Mexicano and Latino Politics and the Quest for Self-Determination: What Needs to Be Done by Armando Navarro 9781498500982
RRP: $130.20$119.64This book examines the current status of Mexicano and Latino politics in the United States. Political scientist and community activist Armando Navarro maintains that both represent a dysfunctional and failed mode of politics, attributable to their system... -
Under the Dome: Politics, Crisis, and Architecture at the United States Capitol by Alan M. Hantman 9781647124243
RRP: $67.20$52.33An inside account of politics, crisis, and architecture on Capitol Hill The domed US Capitol Building is recognized around the world as America’s most iconic symbol, the forum for representative democracy, and the physical stage for the transfer of... -
Purging the Republican Party: Tea Party Campaigns and Elections by Ronald T. Libby 9780739187630
RRP: $184.80$169.11This is the first book that explains the Tea Party's successful "primary" campaign against Republicans in Name Only (RINOs). Grassroots Tea Party activists adopted this strategy in 2009 shortly after the movement emerged. The first successful... -
Irreconcilable Differences: Limits to United States National Unity by David R. Cole 9781793623782
RRP: $144.90$134.78Irreconcilable Differences is an attempt to peer into the future in the light of recent and ongoing events. Author David Cole proposes that Americans may be living through the beginning of the devolution of the United States of America - a development... -
FBI Files on Mexicans and Chicanos, 1940–1980: The Eagle Is Watching by José Angel Gutiérrez 9781793624536
RRP: $178.50$165.50A multi-chapter book that examines the FBI files on two well known persons of Mexican origin, Luisa Moreno and Ernesto Galarza; four Chicanos, Ambassador Raymond Telles and his wife Delfina Navarro, Francisco "Pancho" Medrano, Freddy Fender; two... -
Congressional Pathfinders: "First" Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History by J. Michael Martinez 9781793616043
RRP: $178.50$165.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793616043Author J. Michael MartinezFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
Faith-Based Policy: A Litmus Test for Understanding Contemporary America by John Chandler 9780739179024
RRP: $172.20$160.08In 2001, George W. Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The driving force behind the policy was to create a "level playing field" where faith-based organizations could compete on an equal footing with... -
Public Opinion in Alabama: Looking Beyond the Stereotypes by Cal Clark 9780739145418
RRP: $161.70$149.23The attitudes of individual citizens play a central role in a democracy. In the United States today, the two major parties are each associated with a broad set of policy positions representing the conservative and liberal political ideologies. The two... -
FBI Files on Mexicans and Chicanos, 1940-1980: The Eagle Is Watching by Jose Angel Gutierrez 9781793624550
$65.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793624550Author Jose Angel GutierrezFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
Purging the Republican Party: Tea Party Campaigns and Elections by Ronald T. Libby 9781498521345
RRP: $88.20$82.93This is the first book that explains the Tea Party's successful "primary" campaign against Republicans in Name Only (RINOs). Grassroots Tea Party activists adopted this strategy in 2009 shortly after the movement emerged. The first successful... -
Presidential Swing States by David Schultz 9781793614964
RRP: $201.60$188.03The 2020 US presidential race was one of the most hotly contested and contentious in recent American history. While the election produced the greatest turnout in American history and the highest percentage turnout in 60 years, the election still came... -
Trysts with Democracy: Political Practice in South Asia by Stig Toft Madsen 9780857287731
RRP: $147.00$139.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857287731Author Stig Toft MadsenFormat HardbackPage Count 324Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 680g -
The Anti-Politics Machine in India: State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development by Vasudha Chhotray 9780857287670
RRP: $147.00$139.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857287670Author Vasudha ChhotrayFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 680g -
Monopolies Suck: 7 Ways Big Corporations Rule Your Life and How to Take Back Control by Sally Hubbard 9781982149710
RRP: $35.70$21.13An urgent and witty manifesto, Monopolies Suck "lucidly explains how monopolies threaten democracy, worsen inequality, and imperil the American Dream-and why it's more important than ever to take action" (David Cicilline). Something's not... -
The Basics of American Government by Carl Cavalli 9781940771410
RRP: $53.97$49.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940771410Author Carl CavalliFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint University of North GeorgiaPublisher University of North GeorgiaWeight(grams) 626g -
Losing Control: Canada's Social Conservatives in the Age of Rights by Tom Warner 9781897071410
RRP: $44.00$35.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897071410Author Tom WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Between the LinesPublisher Between the Lines -
Songs and Secrets: South Africa from Liberation to Governance by Barry Gilder 9781849042376
RRP: $42.00$37.51A decade into its hard-won democracy, South Africa and its ruling party, the ANC, have been through turbulent times. Confrontation between Thabo Mbeki, and his then deputy, Jacob Zuma; the dismissal of Zuma as Deputy; Zuma's defeat of Mbeki in ANC... -
Liberal Peace In Question: Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka by Kristian Stokke 9781843318965
RRP: $147.00$139.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843318965Author Kristian StokkeFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 590g -
Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America by David McCormick 9781546001966
RRP: $33.58$22.95Discover a groundbreaking vision for how to unlock America's full potential for greatness from one of the country's foremost conservative leaders: David McCormick, the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates.It's easy to be pessimistic about the state of... -
We've Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity by Phillip C McGraw 9781797177496
RRP: $94.48$52.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797177496Author Phillip C McGrawImprint Simon & Schuster AudioPublisher Simon & Schuster AudioWeight(grams) 318g -
Congressional Giants: Influential Leaders of Congress and How They Shaped American History by J. Michael Martinez 9781793616074
RRP: $170.10$156.47The Congress of the United States operates in the shadow of the American presidency, which can make the legislative branch appear less important than the executive in our constitutional system of government. And yet Congress is a co-equal branch of... -
Operation Drain the Swamp by Adam Andrzejewski 9781641770293
$13.59President Donald J. Trump said he wants to "drain the swamp." But is it a swamp or an ocean? It's about time the American people had some hard facts regarding the federal bureaucracy. In Operation Drain The Swamp, we expose all of it. We... -
Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy by Sheldon Whitehouse 9781620972076
$45.55A U.S. senator, leading the fight against money in politics, chronicles the long shadow corporate power has cast over our democracy In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate... -
The False Promise of Big Government: How Washington Helps the Rich and Hurts the Poor by Patrick M. Garry 9781610171441
RRP: $22.05$13.63The debate over the size and scope of the federal government has raged from the New Deal right up through the 2016 presidential race. So why have opponents of big government so rarely made political headway? Because they fail to address the fundamental... -
DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington by David Schoenbrod 9781594039119
RRP: $39.88$36.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039119Author David SchoenbrodFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making by George C. Edwards, III 9781538189467
RRP: $136.50$121.74Long established as a leading introduction to the American presidency, Presidential Leadership, Thirteenth Edition, provides students with a comprehensive survey that addresses the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their... -
63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read by Jesse Ventura 9781510759589
RRP: $35.68$23.50New York Times Bestseller! Now with five additional documents and a new introduction, let Governor Jesse Ventura take you through the paperwork that the US government tried to keep secret from the world--JFK and Vietnam, chemical and biological warfare,... -
The Twenty-Second Amendment and the Limits of Presidential Tenure: A Tradition Restored by Martin B. Gold 9781498562683
RRP: $73.50$71.21For nearly a century and a half, Americans lived by a powerful tradition in which no President served more than two terms. Then came Franklin Delano Roosevelt, restricted by custom but not by law, who won a third term in 1940 and a fourth in 1944... -
The Twenty-Second Amendment and the Limits of Presidential Tenure: A Tradition Restored by Martin B. Gold 9781498562669
RRP: $224.70$206.12For nearly a century and a half, Americans lived by a powerful tradition in which no President served more than two terms. Then came Franklin Delano Roosevelt, restricted by custom but not by law, who won a third term in 1940 and a fourth in 1944... -
Our Damaged Democracy: We the People Must Act by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. 9781501144622
RRP: $35.70$21.13"A Washington insider draws on decades of experience to deliver a blistering critique of the state of American government" (Kirkus Reviews) in an authoritative scrutiny of the forces that run our society and a call to fix our democracy before... -
The Fault Lines of Farm Policy: A Legislative and Political History of the Farm Bill by Jonathan Coppess 9781496205124
RRP: $151.20$127.93At the intersection of the growing national conversation about our food system and the long-running debate about our government's role in society is the complex farm bill. American farm policy, built on a political coalition of related interests with... -
The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama by Gregory S. Parks 9781479826797
RRP: $48.28$41.16Examines the coded language of the Republican Party In The Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his... -
Sixteen for '16: A Progressive Agenda for a Better America by Salvatore J. Babones 9781447324409
RRP: $25.18$19.78The progressive movement is on the march in America and this accessible book points toward a destination. Sixteen for '16 offers a new agenda for the 2016 US election crafted around sixteen core principles that all progressives can believe in, from... -
The Surge: 2014's Big GOP Win and What It Means for the Next Presidential Election by Larry J. Sabato 9781442246324
RRP: $176.40$166.85The 2014 midterm election was one of the most significant in recent memory, with a decisive turning of the tables in favor of Republicans. With a now-Republican-controlled Senate and House at odds with a Democratic president with only two years left in... -
Inspired Citizens: How Our Political Role Models Shape American Politics by Jennie Sweet-Cushman 9781439923481
RRP: $168.00$143.58Political role models are people that voters form a connection with, and who provoke them to think differently about and engage with politics. Inspired Citizens examines the impact role models have in American politics through the lens of political... -
American Government: A Brief Introduction by Theodore J. Lowi 9781324039808
$171.13American Government: A Brief Introduction teaches students how to interpret and question data in charts, graphs, and polls that they encounter daily in social media. Drawing on her expertise as both a teacher and researcher, new co-author Hahrie Han... -
The Supreme Court and Military Justice by Jonathan Lurie 9780872899742
RRP: $283.50$249.69This book addresses the body of statutory and case law covering both the military and military conduct. Four chapters discuss the relationship between the Supreme Court and military justice, covering the Civil War era, World War II, the post-war period... -
Freedom, Justice and the State by Ronald H. Nash 9780819111968
RRP: $96.60$87.30What do the terms 'freedom' and 'justice' mean? What is the State? Is the existence of the State justified? What are the proper limits of the power of the State? What about the intervention of the State in economic matters that gives rise to the disputes... -
The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama by Gregory S. Parks 9780814760543
RRP: $54.58$46.28Examines the coded language of the Republican Party In The Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his... -
Child Labor and the Urban Third World: Toward a New Understanding of the Problem by Subrata Sankar Bagchi 9780761852988
$65.00The Third World cities have been reinvented by the forces of globalization as the destinations of new investments, causing the migration of a teeming million to the major urban centers without any corresponding increase in the creation of new jobs and...