Constitution: government & the state
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Opportunity 08
Voters say they want to hear more from candidates about the critical issues facing our nation and less about partisan politics. Opportunity 08 answers the call with authoritative analysis and innovative policy solutions for the problems that matter most to the future of our society, our prosperity, and our world. Learn More£23.50 Inc. VATAvailability: In stock
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Opportunity 08
American voters say they want to hear more about the issues and less about partisan politics. An unusually wide-open presidential race presents a unique opening for frank discussion and innovative solutions to pressing policy challenges. Learn More£40.95 Inc. VATAvailability: In stock
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After Engagement
In this timely book, leading scholars of US-China relations and China's foreign policy address recent changes in American assessments of China's capabilities and intentions and consider potential risks to international security, the significance of a shifting international distribution of power, problems of misperception, and the risk of conflicts. Learn More£31.95Availability: In stock
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Implementing Term Limits
Through 13 years of intensive research and 460 interviews, this study assesses changes since Michigan's implementation of term limits in 1993 and explores their implications. Paying special attention to term limits' institutional effects, the authors also consider legislative representation, political accountability, and the role of the bureaucracy and interest groups in state legislatures. Learn More£69.95Availability: In stock
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Bush v. Gore
In this third expanded edition Charles Zelden offers a powerful history of voting rights and elections in America since 2000. Bush v. Gore exposes the growing crisis by detailing the numerous ways in which the unlearned and wrongly learned ‘lessons of 2000' have impacted American election law. Learn More£27.95Availability: In stock
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Demagogue for President
Donald Trump's 2016 campaign speeches and other rhetoric seemed on the surface to be simplistic, repetitive, and disorganized to many. But as this book shows, his campaign strategy was anything but simple. Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue. Learn More£30.50Availability: In stock
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Watergate
The Watergate scandal has been extensively dissected and vigorously debated. Keith Olson, however, offers a "layman's guide to Watergate", a concise and readable one-volume history that highlights the key actors, events, and implications in this dark drama. Learn More£40.95Availability: In stock
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The Plains Political Tradition
Features twelve essays on a range of topics that consider South Dakota’s underlying political culture. Each essay addresses an aspect of history, politics, or art, subtly exposing the contradictory nature of South Dakotans and elucidating the many elements that comprise the larger political tradition. Scholars from around the country discuss topics such as war and peace, literature, environmentalism, the American Indian Movement, left-wing and liberal politics, immigration, and defeat. Learn More£18.95 Inc. VATAvailability: In stock
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Presidential Leadership in Political Time
In this expanded third edition, Stephen Skowronek addresses Donald J. Trump's presidency. Skowronek's insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. A classic widely used in courses on the presidency, Skowronek's book has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. Learn More£51.50Availability: In stock
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Storm over the Bay
On September 14, 1919, a massive hurricane struck Corpus Christi, burying the downtown area under ten feet of debris and killing as many as a thousand people. In gripping detail, Mary Jo O'Rear chronicles the efforts of the newly unified Corpus Christi - efforts that culminated in the dedication of the Port of Corpus Christi on September 14, 1926, seven years to the day after the storm that devastated the city. Learn More£18.95 Inc. VATAvailability: In stock
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Leak
"Deep Throat" was regarded for decades as a conscientious but highly secretive whistleblower who shunned the limelight. Yet even after he finally revealed his identity in 2005, questions about his true motivations persisted. Max Holland has found the missing piece of that Deep Throat puzzle. He reveals in detail what motivated the FBI's number-two executive to become the most fabled secret source in American history. Learn More£20.50Availability: In stock
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Africa
Articulates the manner in which international sovereignty is translated into domestic legal command. Combining theory, cross-national quantitative methods, and case studies, this book reveals a pattern of reproduction of a predatory, dysfunctional state in which human integrity is sacrificed to its territorial counterpart. Learn More£51.95 Inc. VATAvailability: In stock
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Africa
Articulates the manner in which international sovereignty is translated into domestic legal command. Combining theory, cross-national quantitative methods, and case studies, this book reveals a pattern of reproduction of a predatory, dysfunctional state in which human integrity is sacrificed to its territorial counterpart. Learn More£21.50 Inc. VATAvailability: In stock
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Getting Right with Reagan
To try to get a clearer picture of what the real Ronald Reagan legacy is, in this book Marcus Witcher details conservatives' frequently tense relationship with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and explores how they created the latter-day Reagan myth. Learn More£40.95Availability: In stock
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Famous First Facts About American Politics
Covers the memorable elections, public figures, political parties, legislation and administrations that have contributed to the rich history of the United States. This is an essential resource for historians, students, scholars, librarians, and teachers who need comprehensive, authoritative and accessible information about American politics. Learn More£184.00 Inc. VATAvailability: In stock
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The Israeli Nation-State
Offers a series of state-of-the art, accessible analyses of Israel's ever-evolving theatre of statecraft, public debates, and legal and cultural dramas, its deep divisions and – more surprisingly, perhaps – its internal affinities and common denominators. Learn More£27.50Availability: In stock