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Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America

by John Nichols & Robert W. Mcchesney

In the wake of the Citizen’s United decision, elections will be controlled by moneyed interests as never before.


The Beholden State: California's Lost Promise and How to Recapture It

by Brian C. Anderson

While there is plenty of literature on California’s history, topography, and attractions, The Beholden State: California's Lost Promise and How to Recapture It is the first book examining in rigorous detail...


Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions: An Attributional Approach

by Bernard Weiner

Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions proposes an attribution theory of interpersonal or social motivation that distinguishes between the role of thinking and feeling in determining action. The...


Science & Governance - Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously

by Various

“This report is the product of an expert working group acting under mandate from the European Commission Directorate General for Research (DG RTD), on the topic of European science and governance. We interpreted...


Developmental State and the Dalit Question in Madhya Pradesh: Congress Response

by Sudha Pai

Dalit assertion has been a central feature of the states in the Hindi heartland since the mid-1980s, leading to the rise of political consciousness and identity-based lower-caste parties. The present study focuses...


The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation

by Bill Schmickle

Politics of Historic Districts is your political battle plan in a fight to designate a local historic district. Thirty-four brief chapters cover everything you need to know about the politics of organizing a...


Told You So: The Big Book of Weekly Columns

by Ralph Nader & Jim Hightower

“What sets Ralph Nader apart is that he has moved beyond social criticism to effective political action.”

The New York Times 

The column is the most natural literary form for a citizen’s advocate, and...


Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialog

by Robert Jensen

With public discourse more skewed than ever by big money's propaganda, our future hinges on our capacity for critical thinking.


Migration Theory: Talking Across the Disciplines

by Caroline B. Brettell & James F. Hollifield

During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among the host countries around the world. Continuing their interdisciplinary approach, editors Catherine...


Critical Theory of International Politics: Complementarity, Justice, and Governance

by Steven C. Roach

Critical international theory encompasses several distinct, radical approaches that focus on identity, difference, hegemonic power, and order. As an applied theory, critical international theory draws on critical...


Senses and Citizenships: Embodying Political Life

by Susanna Trnka, Christine Dureau & Julie Park

What does disgust have to do with citizenship? How might pain and pleasure, movement, taste, sound and smell be configured as aspects of national belonging? Senses and Citizenships: Embodying Political Life...


Negotiating Ethnicity in China: Citizenship as a Response to the State

by Chih-Yu Shih

This challenging study brings together anthropology and political science to examine how ethnic minorities are constructed by the state, and how they respond to such constructions.

Disclosing endless mini negotiations...


America and the Limits of the Politics of Selfishness

by Sidney Waldman

America and the Limits of the Politics of Selfishness examines Congress, the Presidency, the public, and public policy, demonstrating the important impact of the public's selfishness, morality, compassion, and...


The Canadian Constitution

by Adam Dodek

This first-ever primer on Canada's Constitution contains the complete text of the Constitution and many useful tools to help readers understand how the chief body of law in the land works, including how the...


The Changing Role of Nationality in International Law

by Serena Forlati & Alessandra Annoni

The book explores the current role of nationality from the point of view of international law, reassessing the validity of the 'classical', state-centered, approach to nationality in light of the 'new' role...


Democratic Futures: Re-Visioning Democracy Promotion

by Milja Kurki

Democracy promotion has been an influential policy agenda in many Western states and international organisations, and amongst many NGO actors. But what kinds of models of democracy do democracy promoters promote?...


REAGAN: What Was He Really Like? Vol. 2

by Curtis Patrick

These stories, revelations & anecdotes were told by the boys & girls, men & women, 49 of them, who started out in the trenches; some before Reagan ever decided to run for political office. They tell the stories...


An Italian Lady Goes to the Bronx

by Marianella Sclavi

A field-research and contribution for the de-bronxification of ordinary social life. “The Art of Listening, reduced to the most essential terms, is an art for the transformation of pains and anxieties into...


The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place & Community in a Global Age

by Mark T Mitchell

Explores the need for a new vision of postpartisan politics


Contours of Citizenship: Women, Diversity and Practices of Citizenship

by Margaret Abraham & Esther Ngan-ling Chow

This book examines the complexity of citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts. It draws on empirical research from a range of countries, contexts and approaches in addressing women and citizenship...