Political Science
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Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and PurposeJapan is on the verge of a sea change. After more than fifty years of national pacifism and isolation including the lost decade of the 1990s, Japan is quietly, stealthily awakening. As Japan prepares to become a major player in the strategic struggles of...
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Civil DisobedienceOriginally published in 1849 as "Resistance to Civil Government," Thoreau's classic essay on resistance to the laws and acts of government that he considered unjust was largely ignored until the Twentieth Century when Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and anti-Vietnam War activists applied...
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The Principles of CommunismFriedrich Engels (November 28, 1820 - August 5, 1895) was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, working in close collaboration alongside Karl Marx. In 1845, he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based...
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Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed AmericaThis New York Times bestselling "deep dive into the terms of eight former presidents is chock-full of political hijinks--and déjà vu" (Vanity Fair) and provides a fascinating look at the men who came to the office without being elected to it, showing how each...
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The Tragedy of American CompassionCan a man be content with a piece of bread and some change tossed his way from a passerby? Today's modern welfare state expects he can. Those who control the money in our society think that giving a dollar at the train station and...
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Picking, Politicking, and Pontificating (How an Ex-Cop Legalized Cannabis While Fighting Corruption)Wisdom finds us through regular introspection as we reflect on our life experience while searching for our purpose. In October 2013, Mike Ball was about to enter his 12th year as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives when he was driven to...
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Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better FutureThere is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won't die.In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these misunderstandings,...
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The Age Of ReasonThe Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine, arguing for the philosophical position of deism. It follows in the tradition of 18th-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized religion and...
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Technocracy: The Hard Road to World OrderIn 1974, Trilateral Commission member and academic Richard Gardner wrote an article "The Hard Road to World Order" for Foreign Affairs magazine, predicting the future of the Commission's self-proclaimed New International Economic Order. Gardner spoke of an "end-run around national sovereignty", a "booming, buzzing...
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Plato's Critique of Impure Reason: On Goodness and Truth in the RepublicPlato's Critique of Impure Reason offers a dramatic interpretation of the Republic, at the center of which lies a novel reading of the historical person of Socrates as the "real image" of the good. Schindler argues that a full response to the attack on...
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The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued EditionOne of America's most important writers takes on the arrest of Wayne Bertram Williams for the murder of twenty-eight black children in Atlanta to offer this searing indictment of the nation's racial stagnation. This edition of James Baldwin's classic work offers a new foreword...
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A Theory of Justice: Original EditionJohn Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition--justice as fairness--and to provide an alternative to utilitarianism, which had dominated the Anglo-Saxon tradition of political thought since the nineteenth century. Rawls substitutes the ideal of the social...
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The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in AsiaFrom the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent. In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths...
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Energy, the Environment, and Public Policy: Issues for the 1990sWith contributions by experts in economics, geography, marketing, agriculture, business, international affairs and more, this book addresses the extent and gravity of the current environmental situation. From toxic industrial and medical waste to acid rain and radioactive waste, from the Alaskan oil spill to...
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Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive SocietyRenowned social justice advocate john a. powell persuasively argues that we have not achieved a post-racial society and that there is much work to do to redeem the American promise of inclusive democracy. Culled from a decade of writing about social justice and spirituality,...
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Political Philosophy: A Very Short IntroductionThis Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the key concepts of political philosophy: authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. Accessibly written and assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, it encourages the reader to think clearly and critically about...
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Countering Mainstream Narratives: Fake News, Fake Law, Fake FreedomFaced with the startling and blaring unity of global Western mainstream messaging, the public has become ever more distrustful of the MSM narratives--and with good reason. Authoritative sources have begun pushing back and offering cogent challenges to these proclaimed truths--and in turn, the digital...
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New Threats to Academic Freedom in AsiaNew Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia examines the increasingly dire state of academic freedom in Asia. Using cross-national data and in-depth case studies, the authors shed light on the multifaceted nature of academic censorship and provide reference points to those working in restrictive...
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Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism2021 Hardcover Reprint of 1934 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism", by Lenin, describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism, as the final stage of capitalist...
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American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short IntroductionFew Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is...
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