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 Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia Volume 32American Bandstand, one of the most popular television shows ever, broadcast from Philadelphia in the late fifties, a time when that city had become a battleground for civil rights. Counter to host Dick Clark's claims that he integrated American Bandstand, this book reveals how...
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The Oxford Handbook of State and Local GovernmentThe Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government is an historic undertaking. It contains a wide range of essays that define the important questions in the field, evaluate where we are in answering them, and set the direction and terms of discourse for future...
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Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies, an AnthologyIntelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehensive, and highly accessible set of thirty-three readings by leading experts in the field. This unique volume features...
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American Political ThoughtAmerican Political Thought: Readings and Materials presents a diverse collection of writings, speeches, judicial opinions, and other political documents, offering an introduction to the controversies and disputes that have mobilized Americans since the first settlements in North America. Ranging from the Colonial era to...
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In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided ContinentAuthor: Timothy Garton AshPublisher: VintagePublished: 11/01/1994Pages: 700Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.01lbsSize: 8.66h x 5.50w x 1.68dISBN: 9780679755579Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 10/10/1994About the AuthorTimothy Garton Ash is a fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. Celebrated for his essays in the New York Review of Books, he...
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Britain Against ItselfAuthor: Samuel H. BeerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 05/01/1982Pages: 252Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60dISBN: 9780393952889
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King of the Killing Zone: The Story of the M-1, America's Super TankAuthor: Orr KellyPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 02/01/1989Pages: 292Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66dISBN: 9780393332933
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All Fall Down: America's Tragic Encounter with IranAuthor: Gary G. SickPublisher: iUniversePublished: 11/01/2001Pages: 472Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 8.06h x 5.00w x 1.12dISBN: 9780595202539This title is not returnable
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A History of the Middle East: Fifth EditionThe definitive history of the Middle East that provides the historical context to today's headlines The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries and economics of the contemporary Arab World. -The Washington Post One of the most crucial, volatile, and complex regions of...
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The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom UpThe Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a...
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Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of NationsThe bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua offers a bold new prescription for reversing our foreign policy failures and overcoming our destructive political tribalism at home Humans are tribal. We need to belong to groups....
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Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to ReaganRichard E. Neustadt presents research and analysis on the judgement of presidential leadership and creates a framework of the modern president. In an effort to identify what America uses to measure the success of a president and his leadership, Presidential Power and the Modern...
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Power Wars: The Relentless Rise of Presidential Authority and SecrecyPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state. Barack Obama campaigned on changing George W. Bush's "global war on terror" but ended up entrenching extraordinary executive powers, from warrantless surveillance and indefinite detention to military commissions...
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Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle EastONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR David D. Kirkpatrick, a correspondent for The New York Times, was banned from Egypt for writing this book: the definitive account of the turn back toward authoritarianism in Cairo and across the Middle East. Egypt has...
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Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern DemocracyFirst published in German in 1911, this book introduces the concept of iron law oligarchy. Considered a classic text of social sciences, Political Parties analyzes the power structures of organizations such as political parties and trade unions. Robert Michels argues that all organizations, even...
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Order Without Design: How Markets Shape CitiesAn argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground--the...
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Red Flags: Why Xi's China Is in JeopardyA trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at home and abroad, but the country also faces serious challenges. In this critical take...
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After Net Neutrality: A New Deal for the Digital AgeA provocative analysis of net neutrality and a call to democratize online communication This short book is both a primer that explains the history and politics of net neutrality and an argument for a more equitable framework for regulating access to the internet. Pickard...
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The New Science of CitiesA proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows and networks.In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in...
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Adam Smith: Father of EconomicsA dazzlingly original, remarkable account of the life and thought of legendary economist Adam Smith (Financial Times). Adam Smith (1723-1790) is now widely regarded as the greatest economist of all time. But what he really thought, and the implications of his ideas, remain fiercely...
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