University Press Of Kansas imprint: 325 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
In the polarized governing environment of American politics today, the problem of leadership becomes ever more pressing and ever more vexed. What defines leadership, what determines its importance and effectiveness, and how does it differ from one sphere of influence to another: these are the questions...
A Third Term for FDR
The Election of 1940
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
In 1940, for the first time since America’s founding, a sitting president sought a third term in office. But this was only one remarkable aspect of that year’s election, which was, as John Jeffries makes clear in his new book, one of the most interesting and important elections in American history.
Franklin...
Defending Faith
The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2017
When, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the US Supreme Court held that bans on same-sex marriage violate the Constitution, Christian conservative legal organizations (CCLOs) decried the ruling. Foreseeing an “assault against Christians,” Liberty Counsel president Mat Staver declared, “We are entering...
Pursuing Horizontal Management
The Politics of Public Sector Coordination
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs for all public services inevitably produces costly redundancies and inefficiencies. In this long-awaited...
by Dick Simpson, Betty O'Shaughnessy
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
A national cochair of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama when few thought he could ever be elected, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is here to tell you: Yes you can! And the book she recommends for candidates, campaign staff, volunteers, and citizens is Winning Elections in the 21st Century, a...
Two Cities
The Political Thought of American Transcendentalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Since the late eighteenth century the ideals of political democracy and individual flourishing have become so entangled that most people no longer differentiate them. The American Transcendentalists did. Two Cities is the first comprehensive account of the original but still underrated political thought...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
The Missouri legislature passes a bill to flout federal gun-control laws it deems unconstitutional. Texas refuses to recognize same-sex marriages, citing the state's sovereignty. The Tenth Amendment Center promotes the “Federal Health Care Nullification Act.” In these and many other similar instances,...
Cinematic Cold War
The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
The Cold War was as much a battle of ideas as a series of military and diplomatic confrontations, and movies were a prime battleground for this cultural combat. As Tony Shaw and Denise Youngblood show, Hollywood sought to export American ideals in movies like Rambo, and the Soviet film industry fought...
The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders
Reason, Revelation, and Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Were America's Founders Christians or deists? Conservatives and secularists have taken each position respectively, mustering evidence to insist just how tall the wall separating church and state should be. Now Gregg Frazer puts their arguments to rest in the first comprehensive analysis of the Founders'...
The Constitutional Rights of Children
In re Gault and Juvenile Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2017
This new edition upon the 50th anniversary of In re Gault includes expanded coverage of the Roberts Court’s juvenile justice decisions including Miller v. Alabama; explains how disregard for children’s constitutional rights led to the “Kids for Cash” scandal in Pennsylvania; new legal developments...
Varmints and Victims
Predator Control in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it. Better yet, a bear. Best of all, perhaps? A wolf. How we've gotten from there to here, where such predators are reintroduced, protected, and in some cases revered, is the story Frank Van Nuys tells in Varmints and Victims, a thorough and enlightening look...
Forgotten Warriors
The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, the Corps Ethos, and the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the Marine Corps was ordered to deploy an air-ground brigade in less than ten days, even though no such brigade existed at the time. Assembled from the woefully understrength 1st Marine Division and 1st Marine Air Wing units, the Brigade shipped out only six...
Revolving Door Lobbying
Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of “revolving door lobbyists”—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving...
Making Rocky Mountain National Park
The Environmental History of an American Treasure
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
On September 4, 1915, hundreds of people gathered in Estes Park, Colorado, to celebrate the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. This new nature preserve held the promise of peace, solitude, and rapture that many city dwellers craved. As Jerry Frank demonstrates, however, the park is much more...