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Jake by Jake Pickle 9780292719507
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £18.80"My life has been given special purpose," Jake Pickle says. "Some men live to make money, drink, chase women, collect art, excel at a sport, or pursue other things that give them pleasure. The thing... -
The Great Broadening: How the Vast Expansion of the Policymaking Agenda Transformed American Politics Bryan D Jones 9780226625942
Booksplease Price: £28.55Beginning 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... -
The Politics of Information: Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America by Frank R. Baumgartner 9780226198095
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £77.30How does the government decide what's a problem and what isn't? Like individuals, Congress is subject to the "paradox of search." If policy makers don't look for problems, they won't find those that... -
The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family's History Bryan Jones 9780197770429
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £19.90A highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. The Southern Fault Line explores the... -
Public Policy Investment: Priority-Setting and Conditional Representation In British Statecraft by Anthony Bertelli 9780199663972
RRP: £110.00Booksplease Price: £81.72This book addresses one of the enduring questions of democratic government: why do governments choose some public policies but not others? Political executives focus on a range of policy issues, such... -
The Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the US Government: How Congress and Federal Agencies Process Information and Solve Problems by Samuel Workman 9781107061101
RRP: £90.00Booksplease Price: £86.14This book develops a new theoretical perspective on bureaucratic influence and congressional agenda setting based on limited attention and government information processing. Using a comprehensive new... -
Information and Democracy: Public Policy in the News by Stuart Soroka
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £30.45Around the world, there are increasing concerns about the accuracy of media coverage. It is vital in representative democracies that citizens have access to reliable information about what is... -
Policy Agendas in Australia by Keith Dowding 9783319408040
Booksplease Price: £90.56This book contributes to and expands on the major international Comparative Policy Agendas Project. It sets the project in context, and provides a comprehensive assessment of the changing policy... -
Poor Representation: Congress and the Politics of Poverty in the United States by Kristina C. Miler 9781108461818
RRP: £23.00Booksplease Price: £22.09Tens of millions of Americans live in poverty, but this book reveals that they receive very little representation in Congress. While a burgeoning literature examines the links between political and... -
Pathways of Power: The Dynamics of National Policymaking by Timothy J. Conlan 9781626160392
RRP: £26.50Booksplease Price: £25.21While civics textbooks describe an idealized model of "how a bill becomes law;" journalists often emphasize special interest lobbying and generous campaign contributions to Congress; and other... -
Pathways of Power: The Dynamics of National Policymaking by Timothy J. Conlan 9781626161061
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £71.34While civics textbooks describe an idealized model of "how a bill becomes law;" journalists often emphasize special interest lobbying and generous campaign contributions to Congress; and other... -
When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963 by Bob Huffaker 9781589791398
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £18.83When routine coverage of JFK's Dallas visit suddenly evolved into reporting a worldwide tragedy, KRLD reporters assumed the duty of reassuring a shocked nation and an anxious world. Broadcast... -
American Public Opinion, Advocacy, and Policy in Congress: What the Public Wants and What It Gets by Paul Burstein 9781107040205
RRP: £78.00Booksplease Price: £71.09Between one election and the next, members of Congress introduce thousands of bills. What determines which become law? Is it the public? Do we have government 'of the people, by the people, for the...