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Urban Democracy by Oscar W. Gabriel 9783810019547
$102.06Der Band enthalt eine Bestandsaufnahme der Struktur und Entwicklung grossstadtischer Demokratien im Ubergang zur postindustriellen Gesellschaft. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, in welcher Weise der Strukturwandel der westlichen Gesellschaften die... -
Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom by William P. Ruger 9781944424336
RRP: $39.88$35.32This study ranks the American states according to how their public policies affect individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres. Updating, expanding, and improving upon the three previous editions of Freedom in the 50 States, the... -
California: The Politics of Diversity by Jeff Cummins 9781538132593
RRP: $149.10$121.32While 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... -
Local Politics Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Making a Difference by Richard J. Meagher 9781590566190
RRP: $31.48$23.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566190Author Richard J. MeagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US -
Political Status of Puerto Rico by James O. Erhard 9781594547195
RRP: $121.78$80.91The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has a unique history as a part of the United States. United States suzerainty over Puerto Rico originated with the acquisition of the islands in 1898 after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. For decades, the... -
Multual Empowerment of State & Peasantry: Village Self-Government in Rural China by Xu Wang 9781590337721
RRP: $111.28$90.95This new and timely book addresses a series of questions regarding one of the most important political developments in contemporary China: the state-led democratic practice of village self-government in rural areas. Why would an authoritarian state... -
State & Local Government in the United States by M.H. Timm 9781590330456
RRP: $178.48$144.71State & Local Government in the United StatesBook InformationISBN 9781590330456Author M.H. TimmFormat HardbackPage Count 174Imprint Nova BiomedicalPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 560g -
An Insider's Guide to Maine Politics by Christian P. Potholm 9781568331065
RRP: $35.68$27.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568331065Author Christian P. PotholmFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 522g -
Ohio Government and Politics by Paul A. Sracic 9781452290508
RRP: $71.38$63.76Ohio Government and Politics provides a thorough, highly readable overview of the history, processes, and institutions of the state's government and politics. In a country increasingly divided into blue and red states, Ohio is "purple" - one of... -
From Collective Bargaining to Collective Begging: How Public Employees Win and Lose the Right to Bargain by Dominic D. Wells 9781439919590
RRP: $46.18$40.30How do public employees win and lose their collective bargaining rights? And how can public sector labor unions protect those rights? These are the questions answered in From Collective Bargaining to Collective Begging. Dominic Wells takes a... -
Governing California in the Twenty-First Century by Melissa Michelson 9781324039266
$80.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781324039266Author Melissa MichelsonImprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 717g -
Safe at Work?: Ramazzini Versus the Attack on Health and Safety by Dave Putson 9780851248226
RRP: $33.60$32.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851248226Author Dave PutsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books -
Governing New Mexico by Flaviano Chris Garcia 9780826341280
$57.67The beginning of the twenty-first century was marked by the presence of more than 1.8 million New Mexicans, continued growth in the Rio Grande corridor, and changes in the state's governorship and top legislative posts. This revision of ""New... -
Remaking New York: Primitive Globalization And The Politics Of Urban Community by William Sites 9780816641567
RRP: $46.18$40.30Uses New York City to discuss the ways that policy has mismanaged the effects of globalizationInequality increases, instability grows, communities fragment: this is the fate of a city in the wake of globalization-but is globalization really the cause?... -
Gangsters to Governors: The New Bosses of Gambling in America by David Clary 9780813584546
RRP: $75.60$67.16Winner of the 2018 Current Events/Social Change Book Award from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner of the 2018 Bronze Current Events Book Award from the Independent Publisher Book Awards Generations ago, gambling in America was an illicit... -
Christian Political Ethics by John A. Coleman 9780691134819
RRP: $73.50$58.25Christian Political Ethics brings together leading Christian scholars of diverse theological and ethical perspectives--Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist--to address fundamental questions of state and civil society, international law and... -
Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America by Melissa Checker 9780231128506
RRP: $210.00$163.65Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as... -
Food Issues, Policies, & Safety Considerations: Volume 5 by Cynthia M. Truman 9781634851053
$250.51This book discusses several topics on food issues, policies, and safety. The topics include legal issues with federal labeling of genetically engineered food; revisions of nutrition facts label; the U.S. wine industry and selected trade issue with the... -
Outsourcing: Background, Current Issues & Future Perspectives by James E. Blain 9781594547638
RRP: $130.18$86.33Foreign direct investment is provoking a national debate. Local communities compete for investment projects, while many of the residents of those communities fear losing their jobs to foreign outsourcing. Some opponents argue that such job losses have a... -
Squandered Opportunities: New York's Pataki Years by George J Marlin 9781587318047
RRP: $58.80$48.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587318047Author George J MarlinFormat HardbackImprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 540g -
Managing America's Cities: A Handbook for Local Government Productivity by Roger L. Kemp 9780786431519
RRP: $46.18$38.58This work describes the operations of a typical municipal government and examines the many productivity trends that are occurring in city halls across America. Much of the focus is on the increasing need for planning in city government to ensure that... -
Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America by Melissa Checker 9780231128513
RRP: $63.00$48.91Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as... -
Fiscal Health for Local Governments by Beth Walter Honadle 9780123547514
RRP: $92.38$85.24Fiscal Health for Local Governments offers a how-to approach to identifying and solving financial problems. Its principal selling point lies in its assumptions: instead of using the vocabulary and research agendas of economist, finance scholars, and... -
Local Democracy in Post-Communist Europe by Harald Baldersheim 9783810031921
$99.94Der englischsprachige Band fuhrt ein in die Lokal- und Regionalpolitik der mittel-osteuropaischen Reformlander. Der Band beleuchtet aktuelle Probleme der Kommunal- und Regionalpolitik in den Landern Mittel-Osteuropas, einschliesslich Russlands. Zentral... -
Local Power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia Andrea Seri 9781908049001
RRP: $52.50$48.87This book focuses on certain local powers in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (ca. 2000 - 1595 B.C.), namely the chief of the city (rabianum), the elders, the "city," and the assembly. This is a novel approach to Old Babylonian history that allows us to... -
Villages in Cities - Community Land Ownership and Cooperative Housing in Milton Parc and Beyond by Joshua Hawley 9781551646879
RRP: $33.60$28.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551646879Author Joshua HawleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 252gDimensions(mm) 227mm *... -
Power of Persuasion by Kirsten Kozolanka 9781551642888
RRP: $37.78$31.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551642888Author Kirsten KozolankaFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 390g -
Bill Ratliff: A Profile of Courage and Leadership in American Politics by Robert Edward Sterken 9781498546935
RRP: $168.00$154.56Lt. 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... -
Arizona Firestorm: Global Immigration Realities, National Media, and Provincial Politics by Otto Santa Ana 9781442214156
RRP: $220.50$193.47In 2010, the governor of Arizona signed a controversial immigration bill (SB 1070) that led to a news media frenzy, copycat bills in twenty-two states, and a U.S. Supreme Court battle that put Arizona at the cross-hairs of the immigration debate. Arizona... -
Food Safety, Fresh Produce & FDA Oversight by Russell P. Barton 9781606927885
RRP: $302.38$199.42In recent years, both domestic and imported produce have been linked to reported outbreaks of food-borne illness. Contamination in produce is of particular concern because produce is often consumed raw. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has primary... -
State Politics, Parties, and Policy by Sarah McCally Morehouse 9780742511002
$174.93This major revision of a classic text demonstrates the principle that responsible and responsive government still depends upon state level political parties, especially when it comes to the most vulnerable citizens—children, the poor, and the elderly... -
The Power of the Texas Governor: Connally to Bush by Brian McCall 9781477310182
RRP: $33.58$29.90George W. Bush called it "the best job in the world," yet many would argue that the Texas governorship is a weak office. Given few enumerated powers by the Texas Constitution, the governor must build a successful relationship with the state... -
On The Borders of State Power: Frontiers in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region by Martin Gainsborough 9780415541848
RRP: $88.18$77.18On The Borders of State Power explores the changing nature, meaning and significance of international borders over time in the area referred to today as the Greater Mekong Sub-region, incorporating Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and China's... -
The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders by Melvin G. Holli 9780271018775
RRP: $65.00$57.44The American Mayor offers a unique ranking of the nation's big-city mayors by expert scholars. Although the mayoralty is one of the most important political executive offices, it has escaped the kind of evaluations by which scholars have ranked American... -
City Limits Paul E. Peterson 9780226662930
RRP: $63.00$61.43Winner of the 1981 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs. "City Limits radically reinterprets urban politics by deriving its dominant forces from the logic of... -
Conservative Innovators: How States Are Challenging Federal Power Ben Merriman 9780226620312
RRP: $58.80$57.52As American politics has become increasingly polarized, gridlock at the federal level has led to a greater reliance on state governments to get things done. But this arrangement depends a great deal on state cooperation, and not all state officials have... -
Conservative Innovators: How States Are Challenging Federal Power by Ben Merriman 9780226620282
RRP: $191.10$182.55As American politics has become increasingly polarized, gridlock at the federal level has led to a greater reliance on state governments to get things done. But this arrangement depends a great deal on state cooperation, and not all state officials have... -
City Trenches: Urban Politics and the Patterning of Class in the United States Ira Katznelson (Norton) 9780226426730
RRP: $63.00$61.43In City Trenches, Ira Katznelson looks at an important phenomenon of the sixties-the resurgence of community activism-and explains its sources, challenges, and failure. Katznelson argues that the American working class perceives workplace politics and... -
Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man by William O'Shaughnessy 9780823274260
RRP: $65.10$57.46A personal, behind-the-scenes look at a Democratic icon Governor Mario Cuomo's life and accomplishments are part of the public record, but in Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man, William O'Shaughnessy gives readers an exclusive and a deeply... -
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 2: Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions, and Amendments by Frank P. Grad 9780791466483
RRP: $48.97$42.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791466483Author Frank P. GradFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...