Political Science
Explore a comprehensive selection of political science books, including essential titles on the fundamentals and principles of the field. Discover the best political science booklist and best-selling books at our online bookstore.
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Civil Rights and Liberties in the 21st CenturyThis up-to-date analysis of the Supreme Court's landmark rulings on civil rights and liberties is a discussion of the facts, legal issues, and constitutional questions surrounding those rulings. Domino's book serves as either a core text in courses on civil liberties and civil rights,...
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China's Self-Conception and the Security Environment in East Asia: Is There (Still) a Chance for Cooperative Security?China's economic, technological, political, scientific, and military rise has significant implications for both the international system and the regional dynamics in East Asia. The People's Republic views this development as a resurgence, a return to a leading global position. This study reflects on this...
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Canada: The First 20,000 YearsThe history of Canada can seem like a subject as large and expansive as the country itself, and for those of us who haven't attended a history class in a while, it may just feel too big to tackle. Academic histories full of footnotes...
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Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect UnionFrom journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up (Eric Foner). The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: The United States has never lived...
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Big Brother and the Grim Reaper: Political Life After DeathStates are thought only to exercise power over the land of the living. Benjamin Ginsberg argues otherwise, exploring the state's reach into the realm of the Grim Reaper, bureaucratizing death to strengthen the state's hold on life. He notes that increasingly institutions are using...
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Between Extremes: Seeking the Political Center in the Civil War NorthBetween 1861 and 1865, northern voters fortified Abraham Lincoln's administration as it oversaw the end of the institution of slavery and an unprecedented expansion in the size and scope of the federal government. Since the United States never considered suspending the democratic process during...
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Beach Politics: Social, Racial, and Environmental Injustice on the ShorelineExplores how elites restrict access to public beaches around the globe Beaches are a beloved form of public space. Yet there has been an alarming global trend of restricting access to public sections of beaches to ensure that waterfront property owners can enjoy the...
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Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American DemocracyAuthor: Francis S. BarryPublisher: Steerforth PressPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 560Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsISBN: 9781586424060
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A Victim's Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles: Desire Objects and Human RightsEveryday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims' garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves, and prisons have become staples of memorial museums,...
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Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy Under AuthoritarianismAuthoritarianism seems to be everywhere in the political world--even the definition of authoritarianism as any form of non-democratic governance has grown very broad. Attempts to explain authoritarian rule as a function of the interests or needs of the ruler or regime can be misleading....
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A Study on AuthorityThe great theorist of radical liberation analyzes the complex relationship between authority and freedom.Author: Herbert MarcusePublisher: VersoPublished: 01/17/2008Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.37dISBN: 9781844672097Review Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 149About the AuthorHerbert Marcuse, 1898-1979, was a member...
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Aporophobia: Why We Reject the Poor Instead of Helping ThemWhy "aporophobia"--rejection of the poor--is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it In this revelatory book, acclaimed political philosopher Adela Cortina makes an unprecedented assertion: the biggest problem facing the world today is the rejection...
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A Political Theory of MoneyAuthor: Anush KapadiaPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/04/2024Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.98h x 5.91w x 0.71dISBN: 9781009331463
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A Mirror for History: How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class AmericaIn A Mirror for History, author Marc Egnal uses novels and art to provide a new understanding of American society. The book argues that the arc of middle-class culture reflects the evolution of the American economy from the near-subsistence agriculture of the 1750s to...
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America Under the Hammer: Auctions and the Emergence of Market ValuesReveals how, through auctions, early Americans learned capitalism As the first book-length study of auctions in early America, America Under the Hammer follows this ubiquitous but largely overlooked institution to reveal how, across the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, price became an accepted expression...
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American Stasi: The Domestic Surveillance Targeting You And Your ChildrenYou and your children are targeted, your lives limited, by someone who works for the American Secret Police. Modeled after the East German Stasi, their operation assigned them to live in a house in your neighborhood, pretend to be just another resident, and use...
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American Stasi: The Domestic Surveillance Targeting You And Your ChildrenYou and your children are targeted, your lives limited, by someone who works for the American Secret Police. Modeled after the East German Stasi, their operation assigned them to live in a house in your neighborhood, pretend to be just another resident, and use...
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A Livable Future Is Possible: Confronting the Threats to Our SurvivalA sweeping yet penetrating collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, exploring the most pressing global concerns of our time. In these illuminating interviews conductedby C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky yet again shares his brilliant insights on an array of struggles and challenges facing humanity. A...
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9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USAThe thesis of Webster Tarpley's 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA has been enthusiastically received with its working model of the 9/11 plot: a rogue network of moles, patsies, and a commando cell in the privatized intelligence services, backed by corrupt political and corporate...
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200 Dangerous Truths About Project 2025: Exposing the Real Threat to America's Freedom and DemocracyThe Project 2025 book no American can afford to ignore. 200 Dangerous Truths About Project 2025: Exposing the Real Threat to America's Freedom and Democracy tears down the mystery surrounding Project 2025, exposing the calculated assault on our rights and democracy. Best-selling author J....
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