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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Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's DreamIn this new edition of Charlie Angus's award-winning and bestselling book, he brings us up-to-date on the unrelenting epidemic of youth suicides in Indigenous communities, the Thunder Bay inquiry into the shocking deaths of young people there, the powerful impact of the Truth and...
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Economic Sanctions ReconsideredEconomic sanctions continue to play an important role in the response to terrorism, nuclear proliferation, military conflicts, and other foreign policy crises. But poor design and implementation of sanctions policies often mean that they fall short of their desired effects. This landmark study, first...
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Politics as UsualThe presidential election of 1944, which unfolded against the backdrop of the World War II, was the first since 1864--and one of only a few in all of US history--to take place while the nation was at war. After a brief primary season, the...
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Divine Law and Political Philosophy in Plato's LawsAll over the world secular rationalist governments and judicial authorities have been challenged by increasingly forceful claims made on behalf of divine law. For those who believe that reason--not faith--should be the basis of politics and the law, proponents of divine law raise theoretical...
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Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics"Lincoln and the Indians has stood the test of time and offers this generation of readers a valuable interpretation of the U.S. government's Indian policies--and sometimes the lack thereof--during the Civil War era. Providing a critical perspective on Lincoln's role, Nichols sets forth an...
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New World of Indigenous Resistance: Noam Chomsky and Voices from North, South, and Central AmericaIndigenous societies throughout Latin America are facing difficult choices. After centuries of colonization, the ongoing struggle to preserve communal knowledge, rituals, language, traditions, teaching and learning practices has taken on even more significance in the increasingly standardized world of globalization. For many indigenous societies,...
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The Myth of America's Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False PropheciesHailed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2013, The Myth of America's Decline is a highly provocative look at how the United States, for all its failings, continues to be the leading business, political, and intellectual model for...
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All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and PovertyWith All the Trouble in the World, P. J. O'Rourke once again landed on best-seller lists around the country, confirming his reputation as the pre-eminent political humorist of our time. Attacking fashionable worries - all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds...
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Collected Works of John Stuart Mill: Volume 2 & 3: Principles of Political EconomyLiberty Fund is pleased to make available in paperback eight of the original thirty-three cloth volumes of the Collected Works of John Stuart Mill that were first published by the University of Toronto Press that remain most relevant to liberty and responsibility in the...
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Liberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth CenturyLiberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth Century presents ten new essays on central themes of the American Founding period by some of today's preeminent scholars of American history. The writers explore various aspects of the zeitgeist, among them Burke's theories on property rights...
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View of the Constitution of the United StatesSt. George Tucker's View of the Constitution, published in 1803, was the first extended, systematic commentary on the United States Constitution after its ratification. Generations learned their Blackstone and their understanding of the Constitution through Tucker.Clyde N. Wilson is Professor of History and editor...
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Making of an Atlantic Ruling ClassWith The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class, Kees van der Pijl put class formation at the heart of our understanding of world politics and the global economy. This landmark study dissects one of the most decisive phenomena of the twentieth century--the rise of...
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No Day Shall Erase You: The Story of 9/11 as Told at the September 11 MuseumPublished to coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11, this book emphasizes the highlights of the museum's interpretation of this somber day. This book is the definitive, official companion volume to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It provides visitors with a lasting...
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Politics and the Occult: The Left, the Right, and the Radically UnseenThe gritty business of politics is not something we usually associate with the occult. But esoteric beliefs have influenced the destiny of nations since the time of ancient Egypt and China, when decisions of state were based on portents and astrology, to today, when...
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American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an IdeaEver since John Winthrop told his fellow colonists in 1630 that they were about to establish a City upon a Hill, the idea of having a special place in history has captured the American imagination. Through centuries of crises and opportunities, many have taken...
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Plaza of Sacrifices: Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 MexicoThe government-sanctioned killing of student protesters in Mexico City on October 2, 1968, continues to haunt the city and the nation. Elaine Carey's Plaza of Sacrifices is the first English-language book-length study to situate this watershed event in an analytic framework. She provides a...
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Social Work Practice: A Competency-Based ApproachThis primary social work practice text, built around the nine core 2015 CSWE competencies, is the only book available that provides students with the benefits of a fully integrated competency-based approach. Social Work Practice: A Competency-Based Approach immediately immerses students in the competencies required...
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Lincoln on DemocracyBack in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address,...
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Equaliberty: Political EssaysFirst published in French in 2010, Equaliberty brings together essays by tienne Balibar, one of the preeminent political theorists of our time. The book is organized around equaliberty, a term coined by Balibar to connote the tension between the two ideals of modern democracy:...
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Asia as Method: Toward DeimperializationCentering his analysis in the dynamic forces of modern East Asian history, Kuan-Hsing Chen recasts cultural studies as a politically urgent global endeavor. He argues that the intellectual and subjective work of decolonization begun across East Asia after the Second World War was stalled...
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