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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The Judicial Tug of War: How Lawyers, Politicians, and Ideological Incentives Shape the American JudiciaryWhy have conservatives decried 'activist judges'? And why have liberals - and America's powerful legal establishment - emphasized qualifications and experience over ideology? This transformative text tackles these questions with a new framework for thinking about the nation's courts, 'the judicial tug of war',...
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Right-Wing AuthoritarianismAltemeyer begins by closely examining the scientific lieterature on right-wing authoritarianism. This timely volume surveys the history of social psychological research on right-wing authoritarianism and describes a more fruitful direction for future work. It concludes with a disturbing comment on the pervasiveness of autoritarian...
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Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist LifeAn urgent challenge to the prevailing moral order from one of the freshest, most compelling voices in radical politics today Being Numerous shatters the mainstream consensus on politics and personhood, offering in its place a bracing analysis of a perilous world and how we...
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Cycling for Sustainable CitiesHow to make city cycling--the most sustainable form of urban transportation--safe, practical, and convenient for all cyclists. Cycling is the most sustainable mode of urban transportation, practical for most short- and medium-distance trips--commuting to and from work or school, shopping, visiting friends, going to...
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Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume IIIAnarchism and religion have historically had an uneasy relationship. Indeed, representatives of both sides have regularly insisted on the fundamental incompatibility of anarchist and religious ideas and practices. Yet, ever since the emergence of anarchism as an intellectual and political movement, a considerable number...
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Unlearning Marx: Why the Soviet Failure Was a Triumph for MarxThe theories of Karl Marx and the practical existence of the Soviet Union are inseparable in the public imagination, but for all the wrong reasons. This book provides detailed analyses of both Marx's theory of history and the course of Russian and Soviet development...
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The God That Failed: Liberalism and the Destruction of the WestSomething's not right. All around us, society seems to be sinking into decay, and we don't recognize, let alone even know, the people living right next door to us. The media sells illusory progress with the latest gadgets and fads, and for all the...
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Saigon to Pleiku: A Counterintelligence Agent in Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1962‒1963Initially stationed at the U.S. Army's counterintelligence headquarters in Saigon, David Noble was sent north to launch the army's first covert intelligence-gathering operation in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Living in the region of the Montagnards--Vietnam's indigenous tribal people, deemed critical to winning the war--Noble documented...
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Lessons from the Least of These: The Woodson PrinciplesAs seen on Tucker Carlson Become the agent of your own uplift. This book is about "the least among us," and the extraordinary power of grassroots leaders who are transforming the lives of forgotten men and women in the most toxic neighborhoods. The strategies...
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Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save DemocracyOur country is dominated by a political party that has no interest in governing, and that seeks to entrench its power by limiting democracy--going so far as to force people to the polls in the middle of a pandemic. Yet there is hope, as...
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Deliberative Mini-Publics: Core Design FeaturesBringing together leading researchers in the field of deliberative democracy, this important book examines the features of a Deliberative Mini-Public (DMP). Examining the core design features of DMPs, the book offers valuable insights into the contributions that DMPs can make not only to the...
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The Religion of White Rage: White Workers, Religious Fervor, and the Myth of Black Racial ProgressThis book sheds light on the phenomenon of white rage, and maps out the uneasy relationship between white anxiety, religious fervour, American identity and perceived black racial progress. Contributors to the volume examine the sociological construct of the 'white labourer', whose concerns and beliefs...
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The School I Deserve: Six Young Refugees and Their Fight for Equality in AmericaUncovers the key civil rights battle that immigrant children fought alongside the ACLU to ensure equal access to education within a xenophobic nation Journalist Jo Napolitano delves into the landmark case in which the School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was sued for refusing to...
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PR and Communication in Local Government and Public ServicesFull of expert advice, tools and case studies, this book is a practical reference guide to internal and external communication issues for anyone working in local councils or regional governmental offices. It offers a detailed analysis of the issues that are unique to this...
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Credible Threat: Attacks Against Women Online and the Future of DemocracyGreta Thunberg. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Anita Sarkeesian. Emma Gonzalez. When women are vocal about political and social issues, too-often they are flogged with attacks via social networking sites, comment sections, discussion boards, email, and direct message. Rather than targeting their ideas, the abuse targets their...
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Communication and Capitalism: A Critical TheoryCommunication and Capitalism outlines foundations of a critical theory of communication. Going beyond Jürgen Habermas' theory of communicative action, Christian Fuchs outlines a communicative materialism that is a critical, dialectical, humanist approach to theorising communication in society and in capitalism. The book renews Marxist...
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RageRage is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. Woodward, the #1 international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the...
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The Prologue: The Alternative Energy Megatrend in the Age of Great Power CompetitionA comprehensive study of the geopolitical, security, economic, and environmental future of a major game-changing phenomenon--the alternative energy megatrend. This is not another alternative energy study. Rather, The Prologue identifies and charts the security-related trajectory of a relatively new global phenomenon: the ascent of...
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Organizing the PresidencyExamining how the White House works--or doesn't--before and after TrumpDonald Trump has reinvented the presidency, transforming it from a well-oiled if sometimes cumbersome institution into what has often seemed to be a one-man show. But even Trump's unorthodox presidency requires institutional support, from a...
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Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban-Rural Divide in America's Swing StatesAssessing where the red/blue political line lies in swing states and how it is shiftingDemocratic-leaning urban areas in states that otherwise lean Republican is an increasingly important phenomenon in American politics, one that will help shape elections and policy for decades to come. Blue...
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