Political Science
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Why Irrational Politics Appeals: Understanding the Allure of TrumpAcross the United States and around the world, people are struggling to understand why so many turned to Donald Trump--an individual described as rude and insensitive at best, and as racist, hateful, and ignorant at worst--as their champion. Trump's nomination as the Republican presidential...
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Interdisciplinary and Comparative PerspectivesGiven the recent re-politicization of forced migration and refugees in Europe and the U.S., this edited collection presents an in-depth, multi-dimensional analysis of the history of policies and laws related to the status of refugees and asylum seekers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe...
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The Death Penalty: A Reference HandbookDoes the possibility of being put to death deter crime? Do the methods of execution matter? Is it possible for a state-ordered execution to be botched? Are innocent people ever sent to death row? Are there racial biases or other prejudices associated with the...
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Midterm Campaigning and the Modern Presidency: Reshaping the President's Relationship with CongressCongress has been shaped by an unlikely force--presidential involvement in midterm campaigning. This book argues that midterm campaigning is a presidential Trojan horse and that in undertaking it, presidents have brought their parties to heel; indebted individual representatives and senators to them; and broken...
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9/11 and the War on Terror: A Documentary and Reference Guide9/11 and the War on Terror: A Documentary and Reference Guide provides readers with a rare opportunity to read and examine a variety of primary documents related to the September 11, 2001 attacks and the larger War on Terror--both in the United States and...
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Votes for Women! the American Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment: A Reference GuideVotes for Women provides an updated consideration of the questions raised by the mass movement to gain equality and access to power in our democracy. It interprets the campaigns for woman suffrage from the 1830s until 1920, analyzes the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment,...
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Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian ImperialismUkraine dominated international headlines as the Euromaidan protests engulfed Ukraine in 2013-2014 and Russia invaded the Crimea and the Donbas, igniting a new Cold War. Written from an insider's perspective by the leading expert on Ukraine, this book analyzes key domestic and external developments...
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A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its AmendmentsA document that is well past two centuries old, the U.S. Constitution remains as relevant and important today as during the time of our country's founding. Now in its sixth edition, this single-volume work offers a fair, non-partisan treatment of one of the most...
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Cult and Ritual Abuse: Narratives, Evidence, and Healing ApproachesRevised, updated, and expanded, this third edition of a classic study is one of the most authoritative and evenhanded volumes to tackle its hotly debated subject matter. Incorporating the authors' firsthand observations, the book provides historical, anthropological, and psychological context for contemporary reports of...
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The LawThe Law was originally published in French in 1850 by Fr d ric Bastiat. It was written two years after the third French Revolution of 1848 and a few months before his death of tuberculosis at age 49. It is the work for which...
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Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial CityAs recently as the early 1960s, Latinos were almost totally excluded from city politics. This makes the rise of Latino mayors in the past three decades a remarkable American story--one that explains ethnic succession, changing urban demography, and political contexts. The vibrant collection Latino...
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We Decide!: Theories and Cases in Participatory DemocracyParticipatory democracy calls for the creation and proliferation of practices and institutions that enable individuals and groups to better determine the conditions in which they act and relate to others. Michael Menser's timely book We Decide is arguably the most comprehensive treatment of participatory...
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Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in "The Best Location in the Nation"Detractors have called it "The Mistake on the Lake." It was once America's "Comeback City." According to author J. Mark Souther, Cleveland has long sought to defeat its perceived civic malaise. Believing in Cleveland chronicles how city leaders used imagery and rhetoric to combat...
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The Great Refusal: Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social MovementsHerbert Marcuse examined the subjective and material conditions of radical social change and developed the "Great Refusal," a radical concept of "the protest against that which is." The editors and contributors to the exciting new volume The Great Refusal provide an analysis of contemporary...
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Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator LegislationConvicted sexually violent predators are more vilified, more subject to media misrepresentation, and more likely to be denied basic human rights than any other population. Shaming the Constitution authors Michael Perlin and Heather Cucolo question the intentions of sex offender laws, offering new approaches...
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The Politics of Staying Put: Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-To-Buy in Washington, DCWhen cities gentrify, it can be hard for working-class and low-income residents to stay put. Rising rents and property taxes make buildings unaffordable, or landlords may sell buildings to investors interested in redeveloping them into luxury condos. In her engaging study The Politics of...
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Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer AmericaOut in the Union tells the continuous story of queer American workers from the mid-1960s through 2013. Miriam Frank shrewdly chronicles the evolution of labor politics with queer activism and identity formation, showing how unions began affirming the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and...
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Natural Hazard MitigationOne of the four core phases of emergency management, hazard mitigation is essential for reducing disaster effects on human populations and making communities more resilient to the impacts of hazards. Presenting an up-to-date look at the changing nature of disasters, Natural Hazard Mitigation offers...
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Can America Survive? Updated Edition: Startling Revelations and Promises of HopeThis paperback version of Pastor John Hagee's newest book has ripped-from-the-headlines updates. New material has been added regarding the death of the dollar, a nuclear Iran, and the rejection of Israel. Further, this New York Times best-selling author says the United States is heading...
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How to Make Peace in the Middle East in Six Months or Less: Without Leaving Your ApartmentGregory Levey's modest goal is to solve the Middle East conflict--all by himself. After returning to North America following a stint in his midtwenties writing speeches for the Israeli government--first at the United Nations and then for the prime minister in Jerusalem--he thinks he...
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