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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Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration PolicyHistorians have long assumed that immigration to the United States was free from regulation until anti-Asian racism on the West Coast triggered the introduction of federal laws to restrict Chinese immigration in the 1880s. Studies of European immigration and government control on the East...
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Structural Injustice: Power, Advantage, and Human RightsMadison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of structural injustice that links human rights norms and fairness norms. Norms of both kinds are grounded in an account of well-being. Their well-being account provides the foundation for human rights, explains the depth...
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Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Drug Offenses in the Federal Criminal Justice SystemUsing fiscal year 2016 data, this publication provides sentencing data on offenses carrying drug mandatory minimums, the impact on the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) population, and differences observed when analyzing each of five main drug types. In addition to reporting general data regarding...
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The FBI: A Centennial History, 1908-2008This official coffee-table history of the FBI celebrates the agency's 100th anniversary in July 2008. The book traces the FBI's journey from fledgling startup to one of the most respected and recognized names in national security. It takes you on a walk through the...
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Essential Anatomy of Britain: Democracy in CrisisThis thoroughly revised edition of a classic examines the recent deterioration of democratic representation in Great Britain. New Preface by the Author; Index.Author: Anthony SampsonPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 09/16/1993Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 8.05h x 5.34w x 0.48dISBN: 9780156290586Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 07/26/1993
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A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights MovementIn 2004, the United States will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. As our country begins a national retrospective of the civil rights movement, here is the perfect book to help explore the long struggle toward racial equality. Part guidebook,...
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Believer: My Forty Years in Politics"A portrait of political campaigning that is more like what we hope than what we fear . . . a stout defense--indeed, the best I have read--of the Obama years." --David Gergen, The New York Times Book Review NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER David Axelrod...
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Jfk's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great PresidentA revelatory, minute-by-minute account of JFK's final days that asks what might have been Fifty years after his assassination, President John F. Kennedy's legend endures. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke reexamines the last months of the president's life to show a man in...
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Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme CourtFrom renowned political theorist James MacGregor Burns, an incisive critique of the overreaching power of an ideological Supreme Court For decades, Pulitzer Prize-winner James MacGregor Burns has been one of the great masters of the study of power and leadership in America. In Packing...
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The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its PoliticsA groundbreaking scientific examination of the way our brains understand politics from a New York Times bestselling author One of the world 's best-known linguists and cognitive scientists, George Lakoff has a knack for making science make sense for general readers. In his new...
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The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine"The Way to the Spring is a riveting and powerful work . . . . Readers near and far who seek greater understanding of how Palestinians live--and the violence they endure--are well served by Ehrenreich's book." --Haaretz "Ehrenreich's haunting, poignant and memorable stories add...
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Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of TerrorFrom the bestselling author of The Assault on Intelligence, an unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, demonstrating in a time of new threats that espionage and the search for facts are essential to our democracy For General Michael Hayden, playing to the...
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Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War CabinetWhen George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn't name the president of Pakistan and momentarily suggested he thought the Taliban was a rock-and-roll band. But he relied upon a group called the...
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The Athenian ConstitutionProbably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds...
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Russia Under the Old Regime: Second Edition"For anyone who wants an insight into the nature of Russian society before the revolution, there is no doubt that Professor Pipes has written the book."--Lionel Kochan, Jewish Chronicle This highly acclaimed study from Richard Pipes analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from...
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Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women"One of the very best things ever written about homeless people in the nation."--Jonathan Kozol.Author: Elliot LiebowPublisher: Penguin Publishing GroupPublished: 04/01/1995Pages: 368Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 7.71h x 5.03w x 0.68dISBN: 9780140241372Audience: Young AdultAbout the AuthorElliot Liebow was a celebrated anthropologist and sociologist, best known...
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Supervision of Police PersonnelFor courses in police administration, management, and supervision.The oft-cited "bible of police supervision"Longtime best-selling Supervision of Police Personnel addresses the essential knowledge, skills, and characteristics every professional law enforcement supervisor and manager should have. This authority in the field examines what it takes to...
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Revel for Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction to Theory and History -- Combo Access CardDIGITAL UPDATE available now For courses in Introduction to International Relations A clear presentation, with historical examples, highlighting conflict and cooperation among and within statesRevel(R) Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction to Theory and History provides a concise, insightful introduction to world politics...
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Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future ThreatsPractical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats, Third Edition is a complete guide to the aviation security system, from crucial historical events to the policies, policymakers, and major terrorist and criminal acts that have shaped the procedures in use today, as well as...
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Running with the Firm: My Double Life as an Undercover Hooligan"Of course I'm a f**king hooligan, you pr**k. I am a hooligan...there I've said it...I'm a hooligan. And, do you know why? Because that's my f**king job." In 1995, a film called "I.D.," about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track...
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