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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How to Read the Constitution and the Declaration of IndependenceHave you ever wanted to read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and really understand what they're saying? Learn how they impact your life; your rights and freedoms? How the branches of government were formed, and why?You're not alone. Millions of Americans want...
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Why Work?: Arguments for the Leisure SocietyWhy Work? is a provocative collection of essays and illustrations by writers and artists from the nineteenth century through to today, dissecting "work," its form under capitalism, and the possibilities for an alternative society. It asks: Why do some of us still work until...
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Movements of Movements: Part 2: Rethinking Our DanceOur world today is not only a world in crisis but also a world in profound movement, with increasing numbers of people joining or forming movements: local, national, transnational, and global. The dazzling diversity of ideas and experiences recorded in this collection captures something...
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Big Red Songbook: 250+ Iww Songs!In 1905, representatives from dozens of radical labor groups came together in Chicago to form One Big Union--the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), known as the Wobblies. The union was a big presence in the labor movement, leading strikes, walkouts, and rallies across...
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Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong ActivistDavid Hartsough knows how to get in the way. He has used his body to block Navy ships headed for Vietnam and trains loaded with munitions on their way to El Salvador and Nicaragua. He has crossed borders to meet "the enemy" in East...
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John William McCormack: A Political BiographyIn the first biography of U.S. House Speaker John W. McCormack, author Garrison Nelson uncovers previously forgotten FBI files, birth and death records, and correspondence long thought lost or buried. For such an influential figure, McCormack tried to dismiss the past, almost erasing his...
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Calexit, Vol 1, 1What if a fascist, autocratic President took over the United States? And what if that President lost California, the sixth largest economy on Earth, by nearly 2-to-1...a margin of almost 3 1/2 million votes? What if the day after that President took power, the...
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We Need a Department of Peace: Everybody's Business, Nobody's JobWith the prospect of a never-ending war on terror before us, the need for a Department of Peace in the federal government has never been more urgent. Bills for establishing one have been introduced to Congress throughout the twentieth century until today. The authors...
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Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal Beyond Left, Right, and CenterEnough of the imbalance that is causing the degradation of our environment, the demise of our democracies, and the denigration of ourselves. Enough of the pendulum politics of left and right and paralysis in the political center. We require an unprecedented form of radical...
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The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town, 1922-1945, Revised EditionWilliam Sheridan Allen's research provides an intimate, comprehensive study of the mechanics of revolution and an analysis of the Nazi Party's subversion of democracy. Beginning at the end of the Weimar Republic, Allen examines the entire period of the Nazi Revolution within a single...
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Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges Off the BenchJudges have enormous power. They determine whom we can marry, whether we can own firearms, whether the government can mandate that we buy certain products, and how we define "personhood." But who gets to occupy these powerful positions? Up until now, there has been...
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International Institutions and Power Politics: Bridging the DivideThis book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of whether or not international institutions matter in order to examine how they matter, even in a world of power politics. Power politics and international institutions are often studied as two separate domains, but this...
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Surrogate Warfare: The Transformation of War in the Twenty-First CenturyThis book explores the emerging phenomenon of "surrogate warfare" in twenty-first century conflict. The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by one military versus the other state's military. But the reality today is that both state and non-state actors...
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Refugees' Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond BeneficiariesToday, there are more people uprooted by conflict than at any time since World War II, and persecution and disasters further increase the record numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons. This book takes a new approach to examining the obstacles to resolving forced...
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The Marines, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Culture: Lessons Learned and Lost in America's WarsThe US Marine Corps has traditionally been one of the most innovative branches of the US military, but even it has struggled to learn and retain lessons from past counterinsurgency wars. Jeannie L. Johnson looks at the clash between strategic culture and organizational learning...
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Biosecurity Dilemmas: Dreaded Diseases, Ethical Responses, and the Health of NationsBiosecurity Dilemmas examines conflicting values and interests in the practice of "biosecurity," the safeguarding of populations against infectious diseases through security policies. Biosecurity encompasses both the natural occurrence of deadly disease outbreaks and the deliberate or accidental release of biological weapons. Enemark focuses on...
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The Pro-War Movement: Domestic Support for the Vietnam War and the Making of Modern American ConservatismIn the vast literature on the Vietnam War, much has been written about the antiwar movement and its influence on U.S. policy and politics. In this book, Sandra Scanlon shifts attention to those Americans who supported the war and explores the war's impact on...
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Rebuilding America: The Biblical BlueprintIn this book, the President and Founder of Capitol Ministries explores an important biblical principle for restoring a nation, with an insight and perspective from Scripture that many have not considered. If you are concerned about the direction of America, and what the Bible...
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Peace and Conflict Studies Research: A Qualitative PerspectiveA volume in Peace Education Series Editors Jing Lin, University of Maryland, Edward Brantmeier, James Madison University, and Ian Harris, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee This edited book is a new and valuable resource for students, teachers, and practitioners, providing a detailed exploration of how...
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The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis PapacyThe Dictator Pope by Marcantonio Colonna--pen name of Henry Sire--has rocked Rome and the entire Catholic Church with its portrait of an authoritarian, manipulative, and politically partisan pontiff. Occupying a privileged perch in Rome during the tumultuous first years of Francis's pontificate, Colonna was...
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