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The British Labour Party and Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, the Cause of Labour by Laurence Marley
RRP: £90.00£64.42At the beginning of the twentieth century, the British Labour Party was broadly supportive of Irish home rule. However, from the end of the First World War, Labour anticipated a place in government, and as a modern, maturing party in British politics, it... -
Holding Bishops Accountable: How Lawsuits Helped the Catholic Church Confront Clergy Sexual Abuse by Timothy D. Lytton
RRP: £45.95£37.09The sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy is arguably the most acute crisis Catholicism has faced since the Reformation. The prevalence of clergy sexual abuse and its shocking cover-up by church officials have obscured the largely untold story of... -
Japan and the shaping of post-Vietnam War Southeast Asia: Japanese diplomacy and the Cambodian conflict, 1978-1993 by Andrea Pressello
RRP: £41.99£36.75The Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978 and the consequent outbreak of the Cambodian conflict brought Southeast Asia into instability and deteriorated relations between Vietnam and the subsequently established Vietnam-backed government in Cambodia on... -
Ballots, Bullets, and Bargains: American Foreign Policy and Presidential Elections by Michael H. Armacost
RRP: £30.00£23.29Drawing on twenty-four years of experience in government, Michael H. Armacost explores how the contours of the U.S. presidential election system influence the content and conduct of American foreign policy. He examines how the nomination battle impels... -
The Political Consequences of Being a Woman: How Stereotypes Influence the Conduct and Consequences of Political Campaigns by Kim Fridkin Kahn
RRP: £30.00£23.29Examines the impact of sex role stereotyping on the electability of women candidates, and as a central factor in the conduct and consequences of statewide campaigns.Kahn examines the impact of sex role stereotyping on the electability of women... -
Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy by Sheldon Whitehouse
RRP: £17.99£11.91As a U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor, Sheldon Whitehouse has had a front-row seat at the spectacle of dark money in government. In his widely praised book Captured, he describes how corporations buy influence over our government - not only... -
The Time Of Our Lives by Peggy Noonan
RRP: £32.00£31.61Peggy Noonan is one of the most brilliant and influential political thinkers and writers of our time. The author of five bestselling books (What I Saw at the Revolution is now a classic), her column in The Wall Street Journal is a must-read for millions... -
Japan's International Democracy Assistance as Soft Power: Neoclassical Realist Analysis Maiko Ichihara (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) 9781138957053
RRP: £135.00£117.28Japan has increasingly emphasized democracy assistance since the mid-2000s, such that it now constitutes a major part of Japan's foreign policy. This approach is an ostensible departure from the country's traditional foreign policy stance, which tries to... -
Politics and Provincial People: Sligo and Limerick, 1691-1761 by D. A. Fleming
RRP: £85.00£74.91This ground-breaking study is the first to systematically examine the politics and political culture of provincial Ireland. The book compares two distinct localities that provide differing perspectives on how politics and power manifested itself in... -
The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
RRP: £28.00£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593320723Author Lawrence WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
The Great Broadening: How the Vast Expansion of the Policymaking Agenda Transformed American Politics Bryan D Jones 9780226625942
RRP: £28.00£27.39Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the United States experienced a vast expansion in national policy making. During this period, the federal government extended its scope into policy arenas previously left to civil society or... -
Going to War in Iraq: When Citizens and the Press Matter by Stanley Feldman
RRP: £24.00£23.03How was the Bush administration able to convince both Congress and the American public to support the plan to go to war against Iraq in spite of poorly supported claims about the danger Saddam Hussein posed? Conventional wisdom holds that, because... -
After Obama: African American Politics in a Post-Obama Era by Todd C. Shaw
RRP: £32.00£28.61Examines the complicated political legacy of our first black president Written during the presidency of Donald Trump, After Obama examines the impact President Barack Obama and his administration have continued to have upon African American politics. In... -
America's Forgotten Majority: Why The White Working Class Still Matters by Joel Rogers
£18.09A powerful look at the real America, dominated by America's "forgotten majority"-white working-class men and women who make up 55 percent of the voting populationBook InformationISBN 9780465083992Author Joel RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Pork Barrel Politics: How Government Spending Determines Elections in a Polarized Era by Professor Andrew H. Sidman
RRP: £30.00£23.29Conventional wisdom holds that legislators who bring "pork"-federal funds for local projects-back home to their districts are better able to fend off potential challengers. For more than four decades, however, the empirical support for this belief has... -
Gays and Lesbians in the Democratic Process: Public Policy, Public Opinion, and Political Representation by Ellen D. B. Riggle
RRP: £35.00£27.74From "Don't ask, don't tell" to the Defense of Marriage Act, from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to the continued battle against AIDS, gays and lesbians have been in the spotlight during the Clinton administration. They now form a... -
American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure by Cal Jillson
RRP: £68.99£60.52American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure highlights the necessary tension between our constitutional principles and institutions and the populist heat that sometimes roils our national politics, especially at the current political... -
The Disputed Presidential Election of 2000: A History and Reference Guide by E. D. Dover
£38.39This all-in-one reference guide will help students, researchers, and interested readers make sense of the infamous election of 2000. Following an overview of the 2000 presidential race, five essays spotlight separate issues related to the race and its... -
Environmental Policy and Household Behaviour: Sustainability and Everyday Life by Patrik L. Soderholm
RRP: £135.00£117.28Our behaviour in our own homes - our recycling habits, consumer choices and transport preferences - all have a huge impact on the environment locally and globally. Governments across the world are trying to formulate and implement policies to encourage... -
Simulations in the Political Science Classroom: Games without Frontiers by Mark Harvey
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book is premised on the assumption that games and simulations provide welcome alternatives and supplements to traditional lectures and class discussions, especially in political science classrooms where real world circumstances provide ideal... -
In Food We Trust: The Politics of Purity in American Food Regulation by Courtney I. P. Thomas
RRP: £35.00£31.14One of the great myths of contemporary American culture is that the United States' food supply is the safest in the world because the government works to guarantee food safety and enforce certain standards on food producers, processors, and distributors... -
Political Discourse and National Identity in Scotland by Murray Stewart Leith
RRP: £90.00£81.97This book addresses issues of national identity and nationalism in Scotland from a political and linguistic perspective. It compares a variety of attitudes and opinions from the political elite to the masses, examining the nature of national identity... -
Breakdown: Lessons for a Congress in Crisis by Jeff Bingaman 9780826364142
RRP: £25.95£17.31In his thirty-year career representing the citizens of New Mexico in the US Senate, Jeff Bingaman witnessed great things accomplished through the legislative process. He also had a front-row seat for the breakdown of governing norms and the radical... -
Voyeur Nation: Media, Privacy, And Peering In Modern Culture by Clay Calvert 9780813342368
£18.09From 24-hour-a-day "girl cam" sites on the World Wide Web to trash-talk television shows like "Jerry Springer" and reality television programs like "Cops," we've become a world of voyeurs. We like to watch others as their... -
Democracy and Dysfunction by Sanford Levinson
RRP: £24.00£23.03It is no longer controversial that the American political system has become deeply dysfunctional. Today, only slightly more than a quarter of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction, while sixty-three percent believe we are on a... -
Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy by Rachel Augustine Potter
£24.85Who determines the fuel standards for our cars? What about whether Plan B, the morning-after pill, is sold at the local pharmacy? Many people assume such important and controversial policy decisions originate in the halls of Congress. But the... -
Some White Folks: The Interracial Politics of Sympathy, Suffering, and Solidarity Jennifer Chudy 9780226834412
RRP: £92.00£87.86A pioneering exploration of the unexamined roots and effect of racial sympathy within American politics. There is racial inequality in America, and some people are distressed over it while others are not. This is a book about white people who feel that... -
Distorting Democracy: The Forgotten History of the Electoral College—and Why It Matters Today Carolyn Renée Dupont 9781493085989
RRP: £16.99£14.36By the People will awaken Americans to the perils of our system by unveiling the Electoral College’s origins, history, and present operations. This book demonstrates that the system has no principled foundation, that it has changed dramatically over its... -
Time to Get Tough: Make America Great Again Donald J. Trump 9781648210839
RRP: £25.00£16.73The Book That Launched MAGA Nation The media scoffed at Trump’s vision and the people who supported him; they were blinded by the Clinton machine. But their eyes were opened after Trump won sixty-two million votes and the Oval Office in 2016. Even... -
The End of Engagement: America's China and Russia Experts and U.S. Strategy Since 1989 David McCourt 9780197765210
RRP: £19.99£16.99After the Cold War, America's leaders hoped Russia and China could be integrated into the rules-based international order and might even become more like the West. By the late 2010s, their optimism was dead. In The End of Engagement, David M. McCourt... -
The Home Office Frank Newsam 9781032879567
RRP: £90.00£76.50First published in 1954, The Home Office presents a comprehensive overview of the structure and functions of the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom. Sir Frank Newsam describes the principles which underlie the part played by the Home... -
The House of Lords and Contemporary Politics: 1911–1957 P. A. Bromhead 9781032899046
RRP: £105.00£89.25Originally published in 1958, the essential purpose of this book was to present a picture of the unreformed House of Lords at work as part of the effective system of government in Britain at the time, going back to the passing of the Parliament Act of... -
Oath and Honor: the explosive inside story from the most senior Republican to stand up to Donald Trump Liz Cheney 9781035416448
RRP: £14.99£9.80A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution-leading to the violent attack on the Capitol on 6th January 2021-by the House Republican leader who dared... -
The United States Government Manual 2023 National Archives and Records Administration 9798892050296
RRP: £35.00£29.75For over eight decades, The United States Government Manual has been known as the official handbook of the federal government. This annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches,... -
Crossing the Floor Humphry Berkeley 9781032863030
RRP: £80.00£69.61Originally published in 1972, this book is an account of the events which led Humphry Berkeley to join the Labour Party after seven years a Conservative Member of Parliament and twenty years as a member of the Conservative Party. Starting with his own... -
American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change Cal Jillson 9781032780658
RRP: £130.00£110.50How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how it’s likely to change through reform—these are the themes that pervade every chapter of Cal Jillson’s highly lauded American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change... -
The Power of the Prime Minister Humphry Berkeley 9781032863450
RRP: £80.00£69.61Originally published in 1968, the theme of this book is the decline of the influence of the House of Commons in general and the rise in particular in the power of the Prime Minister. The author looks behind the myths of how our constitution operates to... -
The Myth That Will Not Die: The Formation of the National Government 1931 Humphry Berkeley 9781032863382
RRP: £80.00£69.61No figure in the Labour movement has attracted such extremes of emotion as has James Ramsay MacDonald. Loved and almost worshipped for more than 30 years, his formation of the National Government in August 1931 incurred hatred, bitterness and contempt... -
Breakdown: Lessons for a Congress in Crisis Jeff Bingaman 9780826366740
RRP: £16.95£13.73In his thirty-year career representing the citizens of New Mexico in the US Senate, Jeff Bingaman witnessed great things accomplished through the legislative process. He also had a front-row seat for the breakdown of governing norms and the radical... -
American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change Cal Jillson 9781032773261
RRP: £56.99£48.44How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how it's likely to change through reform-these are the themes that pervade every chapter of Cal Jillson's highly lauded American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change...