Princeton University Press: 2605 books
Imperial Masochism
British Fiction, Fantasy, and Social Class
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
British imperialism's favorite literary narrative might seem to be conquest. But real British conquests also generated a surprising cultural obsession with suffering, sacrifice, defeat, and melancholia. "There was," writes John Kucich, "seemingly a different crucifixion scene marking...
History Man
The Life of R. G. Collingwood
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2009
This is the first biography of the last and greatest British idealist philosopher, R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943), a man who both thought and lived at full pitch. Best known today for his philosophies of history and art, Collingwood was also a historian, archaeologist, sailor, artist, and musician....
The Other Alliance
Student Protest in West Germany and the United States in the Global Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
Using previously classified documents and original interviews, The Other Alliance examines the channels of cooperation between American and West German student movements throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and the reactions these relationships provoked from the U.S. government. Revising the standard...
The China Model
Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and “bad” authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as “political meritocracy.”...
by John Tomasi
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2012
Can libertarians care about social justice? In Free Market Fairness, John Tomasi argues that they can and should. Drawing simultaneously on moral insights from defenders of economic liberty such as F. A. Hayek and advocates of social justice such as John Rawls, Tomasi presents a new theory of liberal...
The Art of the Public Grovel
Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Whether you are a politician caught carrying on with an intern or a minister photographed with a prostitute, discovery does not necessarily spell the end of your public career. Admit your sins carefully, using the essential elements of an evangelical confession identified by Susan Wise Bauer in The...
Religion in American Politics
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion. But they could not keep religion out of American politics. From the election of 1800, when Federalist clergymen charged that deist Thomas Jefferson was unfit to lead a "Christian nation,"...
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....
All the Missing Souls
A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Within days of Madeleine Albright's confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in 1993, she instructed David Scheffer to spearhead the historic mission to create a war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. As senior adviser to Albright and then as President Clinton's ambassador-at-large...
The Dollar Trap
How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
The U.S. dollar's dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008–2009, political paralysis that has blocked effective policymaking, and emerging competitors such as the Chinese renminbi have heightened speculation about the dollar’s looming displacement as...
The Gamble
Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
"Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest—and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election—with a big difference. Using...
by Matthew Hindman
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
Is the Internet democratizing American politics? Do political Web sites and blogs mobilize inactive citizens and make the public sphere more inclusive? The Myth of Digital Democracy reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet has done little to broaden political discourse but in fact empowers...
The Spirit of Compromise
Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2014
To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis—dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson show why compromise is...
Reforms at Risk
What Happens After Major Policy Changes Are Enacted
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Reforms at Risk is the first book to closely examine what happens to sweeping and seemingly successful policy reforms after they are passed. Most books focus on the politics of reform adoption, yet as Eric Patashnik shows here, the political struggle does not end when major reforms become enacted....