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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Ragged Coast, Rugged Coves: Labor, Culture, and Politics in Southeast Alaska CanneriesRagged Coast, Rugged Coves explores the untold story of cannery workers in Southeast Alaska from 1878, when the first cannery was erected on the Alexander Archipelago, through the Cold War. The cannery jobs brought waves of immigrants, starting with Chinese, followed by Japanese, and...
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Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet RussiaHow have the fall of the USSR and the long dominance of Putin reshaped Russian politics and culture? Ilya Budraitskis, one of the country's most prominent leftist political commentators, explores the strange fusion of free-market ideology and postmodern nationalism that now prevails in Russia,...
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Having Their Say: Athletes and Entertainers and the Ethics of Speaking OutAfter Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks expressed her opposition to the Iraq War and President Bush in a country music concert, she was told to "shut up and sing." When NFL player Colin Kaepernick protested police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem,...
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Globalization: A Basic TextAn accessible and comprehensive introduction to key concepts in globalization written by leading authors in the field In the comprehensively revised Third Edition of Globalization: A Basic Text, distinguished researchers and authors George Ritzer and Paul Dean deliver an up-to-date introduction to major trends...
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The Environmentalist's Dilemma: Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate CrisisHonorable Award Mention, The Rachel Carson Environment Book Award "Timely and relevant, this offers plenty to think about." -- Publishers Weekly From the winner of the 2014 Edna Staebler Award comes a lively, intelligent and nuanced discussion of climate change -- a hopeful take...
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Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in AppalachiaSet in Appalachian coal country, this "superb" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) legal drama follows one determined lawyer as he faces a coal industry giant in a seven-year battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community. For two decades, the water in the taps and...
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Teacher Unions and Social Justice: Organizing for the Schools and Communities Our Students DeserveAn anthology of more than 60 articles documenting the history and the how-tos of social justice unionism. Together, they describe the growing movement to forge multiracial alliances with communities to defend and transform public education.Author: Michael CharneyPublisher: Rethinking SchoolsPublished: 02/01/2021Pages: 448Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize:...
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The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times[DePalma] renders a Cuba few tourists will ever see . . . You won't forget these people soon, and you are bound to emerge from DePalma's bighearted account with a deeper understanding of a storied island . . . A remarkably revealing glimpse into...
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Article by Article: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights for a New GenerationThe 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is one of the most important and debated sociopolitical documents of the twentieth century. A leading authority on the UDHR, Johannes Morsink is the author of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent...
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How We Stay Free: Notes on a Black UprisingThe national protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020, made clear what many already knew to be true: policing--in all its iterations--must be abolished. The nationwide uprisings saw the burning of the third precinct in Minneapolis, the creation...
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Far-Right Vanguard: The Radical Roots of Modern ConservatismDonald Trump shocked the nation in 2016 by winning the presidency through an ultraconservative, anti-immigrant platform, but, despite the electoral surprise, Trump's far-right views were not an aberration, nor even a recent phenomenon. In Far-Right Vanguard, John Huntington shows how, for almost a century,...
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PersistThe inspiring, influential senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation. Elizabeth Warren is a beacon for everyone who believes that real change can improve the lives of all Americans. Committed, fearless, and famously persistent, she brings...
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Toward CamdenIn Toward Camden, Mercy Romero writes about the relationships that make and sustain the largely African American and Puerto Rican Cramer Hill neighborhood in New Jersey where she grew up. She walks the city and writes outdoors to think about the collapse and transformation...
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States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on SecurityUnder what circumstances might climate change lead to negative security outcomes? Over the past fifteen years, a rapidly growing applied field and research community on climate security has emerged. While much progress has been made, we still don't have a clear understanding of why...
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Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of TrumpFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women--also a New York Times bestseller--comes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, including the surprising friendships they...
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Insider's Guide to Security Clearances: Get the Clearance and Land the JobWith a security clearance you can get a job or bid on classified government contracts with the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, Department of Energy, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and so much more. In fact, people with security clearances earn up to 15%...
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Baby Loves Political Science: Congress!Is your future voter election-day ready? This cute and clever addition to the best-selling Baby Loves series offers an accurate and simple introduction to political science and the US government perfect for babies. Baby learns that just as there are rules in daycare, there...
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Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice Volume 192019 National Native American Hall of Fame Inductee This stirring memoir is the story of Ada Deer, the first woman to serve as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Deer begins, "I was born a Menominee Indian. That is who I was born...
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The Art of War in an Age of Peace: U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute RestraintAn informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension "A masterful examination of past American grand strategy and foreign policies. A compelling, thoughtful, and thought-provoking proposal of a new grand strategy by one of America's...
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Barth, Bonhoeffer, and Modern PoliticsRecent political events around the world have raised the spectre of an impending collapse of democratic institutions. Contemporary concerns about the decline of liberal democracy are reminicent to the tumult of the 1930s and 1940s in Europe. Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer lived in...
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