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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Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of IncarcerationTracing the narratives of five incarcerated individuals, Corridors of Contagion speaks to the devastating impact of surviving the pandemic inside prison walls. Corridors of Contagion brings to light the experiences of five people incarcerated across the United States as they navigate the onset of...
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Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention: Power, Punishment and ControlAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This book examines what happens when states and other authorities use detention to abuse their power, deter dissent and maintain social hierarchies. Written by an author with decades of practical experience in the human rights field, the...
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Common SenseIn January of 1776 Thomas Paine published Common Sense; the book inflamed its readers and ignited the American Revolution. In truth the fires of dissent were already smoldering but Paine's impassioned writing gave focus to the many disparate voices and united a country. One...
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Civic Education in Polarized Times: Nomos LXVIReveals the possibilities and challenges of civic education in circumstances of extreme polarization, and how civic learning and political divisiveness can interact and influence each other As fears about polarization--and its contribution to democratic crisis and corrosion--rise, many people have posited civic education as...
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Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global PoliticsThe utilization--and weaponization--of charm in contemporary global politics Politics is a site of performance, and contemporary politicians often perform the role of a regular person--perhaps someone we would like to have a beer with. They win elections not because of the elevated rhetorical performances...
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Buffalo's Waterfront Renaissance: Citizen Activists, Ngos, and the Canalside ProjectThis book tells the remarkable story of howBuffalo's post-industrial waterfront was reclaimed for public use and enjoyment and pays tribute to the many local citizens and nongovernmental organizations that made the city's waterfront renaissance possible. After years of litigation, public controversy and debate, preservationists...
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Breakdown: Lessons for a Congress in CrisisIn his thirty-year career representing the citizens of New Mexico in the US Senate, Jeff Bingaman witnessed great things accomplished through the legislative process. He also had a front-row seat for the breakdown of governing norms and the radical increases in polarization and partisanship...
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Brainwashing: The Story of Men who Defied It2024 Reprint of the 1958 Edition. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Hunter is widely acknowledged as having coined the term brainwashing in a 1950 article for Miami News. In this article and in later works, Hunter claimed...
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A Promised LandA riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making--from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY...
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Applying Political Theory: Issues and DebatesFully revised and extended, the new edition of this innovative and engaging textbook introduces the central elements of political theory from an applied perspective. Focusing on 12 high-profile contemporary social and political case studies, both domestic and global, this text shows how political theory...
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Analytical Perspectives: Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2025Contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on federal receipts and collections; analyses of federal spending; information on federal...
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America, Why?: Money. Party. Politics. What Happened to Our Democracy?Is justice a commodity? Why does effective gun control elude us? What influences people's voting decisions? "America, Why?" navigates the expansive political landscape of our nation, from Fox News orchestrating one of the greatest deceptions in American history to AR15s morphing into symbols of...
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America's New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus RepairA sobering portrait of the United States' divided racial politics. For nearly two decades, Rogers M. Smith and Desmond King have charted the shifting racial policy alliances that have shaped American politics across different eras. In America's New Racial Battle Lines, they show that...
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American Political Rhetoric: Essential Speeches and Writings on Founding Principles and Contemporary ControversiesIn its eighth edition, American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics and political communication that explores fundamental political principles through political rhetoric. Contributors include America's founders, modern public officials, Supreme Court opinions, and representatives of social movements.Author: Peter...
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A Marxist Mosaic: Selected Writings 1968-2022Historical materialism as Marx understood this was always an integrated conception or field of research, not one divided into separate disciplines. The essays gathered in this volume are a remarkable example of how this works across a wide range of subjects as diverse as...
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AI for the Sustainable Development GoalsWhat is artificial intelligence? What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? How does AI affect the SDGs? Artificial Intelligence has a real impact on our lives and on our environment, and the Sustainable Development Goals enable us to evaluate these impacts in a systematic...
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Administrative Traditions: Understanding the Roots of Contemporary Administrative BehaviorContemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book argues that there are administrative traditions that have their roots centuries ago but continue to influence administrative behaviour. Further within...
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A Brief Inquiry Into The True Nature And Character Of Our Federal Government: Being A Review Of Judge Story's Commentaries On The Constitution Of The""A Brief Inquiry Into The True Nature And Character Of Our Federal Government"" is a book written by Abel Parker Upshur, which provides a critical analysis of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. The book aims to examine the true...
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Woodrow Wilson: The Light WithdrawnA timely reassessment of Woodrow Wilson and his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women's voting rights. More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his...
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W. E. B. Du Bois, Ethiopianism, and Black Internationalism: A New Interpretation of the Global Color LineScholarship on Black internationalism has experienced a revival. Whilst this scholarship has increasingly turned towards examining Du Bois's thoughts on the "color line" in a global rather than national context, none do so by centering his Ethiopian-centered perspective. This book provides an examination of...
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