Political Science category: 78432 books
Arguing for Our Lives
A User's Guide to Constructive Dialog
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
We live in a time when public discourse is more skewed than ever by the propaganda that big money can buy, with trust in the leadership of elected officials at an all-time low. The "news" has degenerated into sensationalist sound bites, and the idea of debate has become a polarized shouting...
Politics and Vision
Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought - Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Politics and Vision is a landmark work by one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. This is a significantly expanded edition of one of the greatest works of modern political theory. Sheldon Wolin's Politics and Vision inspired and instructed two generations of political theorists after its...
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin
Politics, Justice, Action
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin has made key contributions to the field of political philosophy, pushing forward and clarifying the ways that political theorists think about action as the exercise of political freedom. In so doing, she has offered insightful studies of the problems of modern politics that theorists...
. . . And His Lovely Wife
A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Writing with warmth and humor, Connie Schultz reveals the rigors, joys, and absolute madness of a new marriage at midlife and campaigning with her husband, Sherrod Brown, now the junior senator from Ohio. She describes the chain of events leading up to Sherrod’s decision to run for the Senate (he...
Revolt of the Tar Heels
The North Carolina Populist Movement, 1890â??1901
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
During the 1890s, North Carolina witnessed a political revolution as the newly formed Populist Party joined with the Republicans to throw out do-nothing, conservative Democrats. Focusing on political transformation, electoral reform, and new economic policies to aid poor and struggling farmers, the...
Understanding Central America
Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Understanding Central America explains how domestic, global, political and economic forces have shaped rebellion and regime change in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras throughout their histories, during the often-turbulent 1970s and since. The text provides students a comprehensive...
The Politics of Historic Districts
A Primer for Grassroots Preservation
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
The worst thing in politics is to be right and to lose. This how-to guide will give citizens who are fighting to designate a local historic district the political know-how to win the support of fellow residents and city hall. Everything is here: learning to think politically, mastering the political...
by Sylvester Dombo
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017
This book examines the role played by two popular private newspapers in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe, one case from colonial Rhodesia and the other from the post-colonial era. It argues that, operating under oppressive political regimes and in the dearth of credible opposition political...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2009
An essential resource for anyone interested in U.S. history and politics, this two-volume encyclopedia covers the major forces that have shaped American politics from the founding to today. Broad in scope, the book addresses both the traditional topics of political history--such as eras, institutions,...
Improving Public Opinion Surveys
Interdisciplinary Innovation and the American National Election Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
The American National Election Studies (ANES) is the premier social science survey program devoted to voting and elections. Conducted during the presidential election years and midterm Congressional elections, the survey is based on interviews with voters and delves into why they make certain choices....
by Paul Street
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Many Americans believe Barak Obama represents a hopeful future for America. But does he also reflect the American politics of the past? This book offers the broadest and best-informed understanding on the meaning of the "Obama phenomenon" to date. Paul Street was on the ground throughout...
The Relevance of Religion
How Faithful People Can Change Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Former United States senator and ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth offers a fascinating, thoughtful, and deeply personal look at the state of American politics today—and how religion can be a bridge over our bitter partisan divide.
In an era of extreme partisanship, when running...
Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
An Introduction to Governments and Political Regimes
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the political systems of all ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste from a comparative perspective. It investigates the political institutions, actors and processes in eleven states, covering democracies as well as autocratic regimes. Each country study...
After Work, After Play, After All
A political memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2017
AFTER WORK, AFTER PLAY, AFTER ALL is the story of Dr John Cornwall’s remarkable life from modest beginnings to an outstanding reformer as a Labor Government Minister. Spanning eight decades it covers a childhood in Bendigo, two decades of veterinary practice from the 1950s to the 1970s, and life as...