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The Evolution of Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections: Landmark Documents, 1787-2007 by Randall E. Adkins
RRP: $159.60$140.20Primary source materials are a great way for students to experience firsthand a historic event, to more fully understand a pivotal actor or figure, or to explore legislation or a judicial decision. Students leave these readings better prepared to grapple... -
The Military and the State in Central Asia: From Red Army to Independence by Erica Marat
RRP: $113.38$98.43The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian states from the early twentieth century until the present. This book is the first major, in-depth... -
Maryland Politics and Government: Democratic Dominance by John T. Willis
RRP: $58.78$50.69Tucked between the larger commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia and overshadowed by the political maneuverings of its neighbor, Washington, D.C., Maryland has often been overlooked and neglected in studies of state governmental systems. With the... -
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 3: The Agenda of State Constitutional Reform by G. Alan Tarr
RRP: $56.64$49.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791467121Author G. Alan TarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Utah Politics and Government: American Democracy among a Unique Electorate by Adam R. Brown
RRP: $58.78$50.69As unique as is Utah's formative history of civil and religious conflict, its political institutions today broadly resemble those found in other American states. While its majority Mormon population translates into an enormous Republican advantage in... -
America's State Governments: A Critical Look at Disconnected Democracies by Jennifer Bachner
RRP: $77.68$68.31This timely and important new work takes a critical look at government in the American states and illustrates the disconnect between state government institutions and their constituents. The text illuminates three basic political problems of state... -
Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of US Cities by Robert A. Beauregard
RRP: $88.18$77.18[FOR HISTORY CATALOGS]Drawing on the pronouncements of public commentators, this book portrays the 20th century history of U.S. cities, focusing specifically on how commentators crafted a discourse of urban decline and prosperity peculiar to the... -
Why States Matter: An Introduction to State Politics by Gary F. Moncrief
RRP: $75.60$66.80When it comes to voting, taxes, environmental regulations, social services, education, criminal justice, political parties, property rights, gun control, marriage and a whole host of other modern American issues, the state in which a citizen resides... -
The Decline of Regionalism in Putin's Russia: Boundary Issues by J. Paul Goode
RRP: $100.78$87.80This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms... -
State Constitutional Politics: Governing by Amendment in the American States John J. Dinan 9780226532813
RRP: $65.10$63.40Since the US Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended just twenty-seven times, with ten of those amendments coming in the first two years following ratification. By contrast, state constitutions have been completely rewritten on a... -
Idaho Politics and Government: Culture Clash and Conflicting Values in the Gem State by Jasper M. LiCalzi
RRP: $50.38$43.76Examining politics in Idaho through the lens of ideology (i.e., conservative versus liberal) or partisanship (i.e., Democrat versus Republican) does not illuminate the more fundamental dynamics of the state's political environment. Unlike other states... -
The Undeserving Poor: America's Enduring Confrontation with Poverty: Fully Updated and Revised by Michael B. Katz 9780199933952
RRP: $59.83$38.98First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last quarter century, Michael B. Katz's new edition of this classic is virtually a... -
The Scottish Parliament 1999-2009: The First Decade by Charlie Jeffrey
RRP: $20.98$15.27In May 1999 the Scottish Parliament opened with high expectations. The decade since has seen a transformation in Scottish politics. As the Parliament's 10th anniversary approaches, now is the perfect time to reflect on its role in the Scottish and wider... -
Reform and Reaction: The Arc of Modern Kansas Politics Michael Smith 9780700636617
RRP: $203.70$168.69Originating under the leadership of the late Burdett Loomis, Reform and Reaction tells the complex story of recent Kansas politics, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with the reversal of Governor Sam Brownback’s red-state policies in the 2016 and... -
Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer Christopher A. Cooper 9781469681719
RRP: $46.10$39.19North Carolina represents a perfect distillation of the promise and peril of modern American democracy: hyperpartisanship, gerrymandering, dissatisfaction with the two-party system, the rural/urban divide—these issues are all brought into sharp relief in... -
Reform and Reaction: The Arc of Modern Kansas Politics Michael Smith 9780700636624
RRP: $69.20$57.54Originating under the leadership of the late Burdett Loomis, Reform and Reaction tells the complex story of recent Kansas politics, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with the reversal of Governor Sam Brownback’s red-state policies in the 2016 and...