Political Structure & Processes

How elites shape the use of force in American foreign policyOne of the most widely held views of democratic leaders is that they are cautious about...

Reflections on Wright is a collection of essays on Jim Wright from his early years through his retirement from the House of Representatives. Wright...

A bold and unique introduction to UK Politics. This is the first textbook which breaks free from the conventional approaches that revolve around th...

A bold and unique introduction to UK Politics. This is the first textbook which breaks free from the conventional approaches that revolve around th...

From being labelled 'deliberately barren' to being criticised for her dress sense, hair colour and body, Julia Gillard's Prime Ministership was one...

Guillermo O'Donnell here brings together a collection of significant recent essays in which he considers both the method for and substance of criti...

Are you discouraged by our divided, angry culture, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible? If so, you're not al...

World-leading political economist Maja Göpel shows us how we can set the course for the future in times of upheaval, and why this concerns us all. ...

Looking beyond the novels and short stories of acclaimed South African writer Alex La Guma (19241985), Christopher Lee focuses on the nonfiction th...

A compelling account of one mans journey across hundreds of miles of Virginia wilderness and a moving testament to the optimistic spirit of America...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Begin Again, a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their r...

In Immigrants and Electoral Politics, Heath Brown shows why nonprofit electoral participation has emerged in relationship to new threats to immigra...

This book tells the dramatic story of twenty-eight law studentsone of whom was the authorwho went south at the height of the civil rights era and h...

One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a...

Failed or weak states, miscarried democratizations, and economic underdevelopment characterize a large part of the world we live in. Much work has ...

One of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism - Independent Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks ...

Over the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have proliferated across democratic and non-democratic regimes. In...

A renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the American political tradition to address the perils democracy confronts today.The 1...

America's Identity Crisis  is an in-depth historical and cultural study of what Jung called America's heroic ideal, the driving force ...

Historians have long been engaged in telling the story of the struggle for the vote. In the wake of recent contested elections, the suppression of ...

Discover the history and personal stories of 46 US Presidents in this beautifully illustrated volume.From the first president, George Washington, t...