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By God and Granite by Kristi Noem
RRP: £30.00£22.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538707050Author Kristi NoemFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 160mm * 27mm -
Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State by Brian P. Janiskee 9781442247536
£34.00Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State is a readable and thought-provoking textbook, which clearly explains the politics and character of California's governmental institutions and the dynamics affecting the lives of... -
Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State by Brian P. Janiskee 9781442247512
£84.35Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State is a readable and thought-provoking textbook, which clearly explains the politics and character of California's governmental institutions and the dynamics affecting the lives of... -
Illinois Politics: A Citizen's Guide to Power, Politics, and Government Melissa Mouritsen 9780252087974
RRP: £17.99£15.94Shifting demographics. Downstate versus Chicago. Billionaires and bribery. Even veteran observers need a roadmap to track Illinois’ ever-changing political landscape. Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D. Redfield, and James D. Nowlan provide an up-to-date primer... -
An Introduction to Connecticut State and Local Government by Edward C. Sembor 9780761826279
RRP: £55.00£48.03An Introduction to Connecticut State and Local Government is a timely, comprehensive, and well-referenced college level text for political science courses focused on state and local government. Author Edward Sembor covers the major governmental... -
Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State by Brian P. Janiskee 9781538184301
RRP: £30.00£26.68A readable and thought-provoking textbook designed to introduce students to California politics, the updated sixth edition of Democracy in California explains the Golden State’s governmental institutions and how their dynamics affects the lives of... -
Fighting With FEMA: A Practical Regulations Handbook Michael Martinet 9781032770338
RRP: £91.99£79.80In this book, disaster finance and cost recovery expert Michael Martinet provides unparalleled coverage of the practical, real-world key principles necessary to successfully navigate the nuances of federal regulations surrounding FEMA’s Public Assistance... -
Why Are You Here?: A Primer for State Legislators and Citizens by Franklin L. Kury 9780761864622
RRP: £25.00£21.79Why Are You Here? A Primer for State Legislators and Citizens is a challenge to America's 7,382 state legislators and their constituents to critically examine their state legislature and take appropriate action to improve it. This is a handbook telling... -
State and Local Pensions: What Now? by Alicia H. Munnell 9780815734147
RRP: £30.00£26.68In the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue. Elected officials, academic experts, and the media alike have pointed to funding shortfalls with alarm,... -
Jigsaw Puzzle Politics in the Sunshine State by Seth C. McKee 9780813060712
£87.28This brief review of the evolution of redistricting standards, processes, and outcomes underscores the importance of scholarship examining the dynamics of each redistricting cycle. Jigsaw Puzzle Politics in the Sunshine State, edited by the highly... -
Current Debates in the Lone Star State by Brandon J. Rottinghaus 9780190855086
£78.80Current Debates in the Lone Star State is an exciting new reader for introductory Texas Government courses. The selections are drawn from a variety of sources including academic journals, scholarly books, think tank white papers, and major national,... -
The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Tradition by Jon K. Lauck 9780982274927
RRP: £19.95£13.81First impressions of the political landscape in South Dakota tend towards an assumption of hard-line conservatism, and yet such a conclusion barely scratches the surface of what constitutes political tradition in the Mount Rushmore State. Editors Jon K... -
Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State by Brian P. Janiskee 9781538184295
RRP: £85.00£74.51A readable and thought-provoking textbook designed to introduce students to California politics, the updated sixth edition of Democracy in California explains the Golden State’s governmental institutions and how their dynamics affects the lives of... -
Bill Ratliff: A Profile of Courage and Leadership in American Politics by Robert Edward Sterken 9781498546959
RRP: £39.00£34.37Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff is an engineer, a widely respected senator, and according to Caroline Kennedy he is "an inspiration to all who serve in government, and to all Americans." Senator Ratliff, nicknamed "Obi Wan Kenobi" by his... -
California: The Politics of Diversity by David G. Lawrence 9781538180327
RRP: £35.00£31.35California: The Politics of Diversity examines the diverse and hyperpluralistic nature of California, particularly its people and the groups to which they belong. In their accessible style, Lawrence and Cummins bring an informed, insightful perspective... -
Cooperation and Conflict between State and Local Government by Russell L. Hanson 9781538139318
RRP: £81.00£71.06This collection of essays on state-local relations provides undergraduate students in political science and public administration with an overview of both cooperation and conflict in state-local relations. By engaging leading experts from around the... -
Governing States and Localities: The Essentials by Kevin B. Smith 9781483308111
RRP: £121.00£114.25This text retains all the hallmarks of Governing States and Localities - a combination of smart scholarship with journalistic writing, the effective deployment of the comparative method as an analytic approach, and the well-developed features that help... -
Leadership At The Apex: Politicians and Administrators in Western Local Governments by Poul Erik Mouritzen 9780822957850
£50.28Although the relationship between elected officials and appointed executives has often been viewed as a struggle between master and servant-with disagreements as to which individuals occupy which roles-Poul Erik Mouritzen’s and James Svara’s comparison... -
Takeover: Race, Education, and American Democracy by Domingo Morel 9780190678982
RRP: £33.99£22.37State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In most U.S. cities, local governments are responsible for decisions concerning matters such as the local water... -
If We Were Kin: Race, Identification, and Intimate Political Appeals by Lisa Beard 9780197517338
£82.26In June 1973, amid ideological rifts in the U.S. gay liberation movement, thousands of people gathered in New York City's Washington Square Park to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. Partway through the rally, Street... -
State and Local Politics: Institutions and Reform by Christopher Mooney 9781111833107
£98.40In this Third Edition of STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS: INSTITUTIONS AND REFORM, Donovan, Mooney, and Smith go beyond the purely descriptive treatment usually found in state and local texts. Offering an engaging comparative approach, the Third Edition shows... -
Implementing the Endangered Species Act on the Platte Basin Water Commons by David M. Freeman 9781607321835
RRP: £23.95£21.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607321835Author David M. FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint University Press of ColoradoPublisher University Press of ColoradoWeight(grams) 692g -
Cooperation and Conflict between State and Local Government by Russell L. Hanson 9781538139325
RRP: £35.00£30.95This collection of essays on state-local relations provides undergraduate students in political science and public administration with an overview of both cooperation and conflict in state-local relations. By engaging leading experts from around the... -
California: The Politics of Diversity by David G. Lawrence 9781538180310
RRP: £73.00£64.58California: The Politics of Diversity examines the diverse and hyperpluralistic nature of California, particularly its people and the groups to which they belong. In their accessible style, Lawrence and Cummins bring an informed, insightful perspective... -
Takeover: Race, Education, and American Democracy by Domingo Morel 9780190678975
RRP: £117.50£97.63State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In most U.S. cities, local governments are responsible for decisions concerning matters such as the local water... -
Exchange Politics: Opposing Obamacare in Battleground States by David K. Jones 9780190677237
RRP: £110.00£97.63The Affordable Care Act (ACA) contained a threat that any state refusing to set up a health insurance exchange would lose control to the federal government. Republicans had supported the concept before it became part of Obamacare, and so virtually every... -
California: The Politics of Diversity by Jeff Cummins 9781538129296
£38.43While this new edition will include key political developments over the last few years, California politics remains affected by the diverse and hyperpluralistic nature of the state itself, particularly its people and the groups to which they belong... -
An Insider's Guide to Maine Politics by Christian P. Potholm II
RRP: £35.00£27.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568331058Author Christian P. Potholm IIFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 699g -
As Maine Went: Governor Paul Lepage and the Tea Party Takeover of Maine by Mike Tipping
RRP: £9.99£8.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884483588Author Mike TippingFormat PaperbackPage Count 159Imprint Tilbury House PublishersPublisher Tilbury House PublishersWeight(grams) 195g -
Wisconsin Politics and Government: America's Laboratory of Democracy by James K. Conant
£33.92Throughout the twentieth century, Wisconsin won national visibility and praise for its role as a "laboratory of democracy" within the American federal system. In Wisconsin Politics and Government James K. Conant traces the development of the... -
The Public Papers of Governor Brereton C. Jones, 1991-1995 by Brereton C. Jones
RRP: £107.00£69.34In the early nineteenth century, a young man belonging to the prominent Byrd family of Virginia, the grandson of William Byrd III, took up residence in the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Over the next two years, 1826--1828, he wrote a... -
The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens
RRP: £14.95£9.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948742511Author Lincoln SteffensFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Belt PublishingPublisher Belt PublishingWeight(grams) 227g -
Staying in Life - Paving the Way to Dementia-Friendly Communities Verena Rothe 9783837638905
RRP: £44.99£36.74We are constantly growing older, and there are an increasing number of elderly people living with dementia who are merely being "taken care of". There is no question that we need alternatives to the established procedures.What can we do to create spaces... -
Presidential Swing States by David A Schultz
RRP: £45.00£39.89The 2020 United States presidential race is arguably already over except for about 12 states and 20 counties. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2020, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as... -
Regulation in the States by Paul Teske
RRP: £19.99£17.61Deregulation continues to be a hot-button issues in the United States. While the national debates rage, however, regulation at the state level still flies below the public's radar screen, although it is critically important. Paul Teske provides the... -
Regulating Prostitution in China: Gender and Local Statebuilding, 1900-1937 by Elizabeth J. Remick
£58.53In the early decades of the twentieth century, prostitution was one of only a few fates available to women and girls besides wife, servant, or factory worker. At the turn of the century, cities across China began to register, tax, and monitor... -
Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication by Sandford F. Borins
RRP: £19.99£17.61The Innovations in American Government Awards Program began in 1985 with a grant from the Ford Foundation to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard to conduct a program of awards for innovations in state and local government. The foundation's... -
Morality Politics in American Cities by Elaine B. Sharp
RRP: £26.95£22.37Topless bars, casino gambling, needle exchange programs for drug addicts—theres no question, morality issues remain front and center in urban politics.Presenting a systematic analysis of culture-war issues at the local level, Elaine Sharp shows how... -
Delaware Politics and Government by William W. Boyer
£31.21This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of both the historical and the contemporary dimensions of the politics and government of the "First State." Once a sparsely populated, agrarian, and relatively insignificant polity, Delaware has... -
The Rebirth of Urban Democracy by Jeffrey M. Berry
RRP: £19.99£17.61In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion. Yet nothing is more crucial to the future of American democracy than to develop some way of spurring greater citizen...