Political Science category: 78432 books
by Andrew Carl Sobel
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
The growth of global finance since 1960 constitutes one of the most important transformations in social relations during the twentieth century. Using historical, statistical, and graphical techniques, State Institutions, Private Incentives, and Global Capital examines three important aspects of this...
by Jim Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Whether striving to protect citizens from financial risks, climate change, inadequate health care, or the uncertainties of the emerging sharing” economy, regulators must routinely make difficult judgment calls in an effort to meet the conflicting demands that society places on them.
Operating...
by IntroBooks
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Doing and evolving with a political theory becomes easier for the students when they are reading the concepts presented here, in this book. Social and political philosophies learning become easier for the students where the mainstream academic political philosophies, take lead in the normative issues,...
Inventive Politicians and Ethnic Ascent in American Politics
The Uphill Elections of Italians and Mexicans to the U.S. Congress
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
This innovative book investigates the process through which ethnic minorities penetrate into higher echelons of political power: specifically, how they succeed in getting elected to the U.S. Congress. Analysts today see ethnic politicians largely in relation to their collectivities, but by actually...
Political Game Theory
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2007
Political Game Theory is a self-contained introduction to game theory and its applications to political science. The book presents choice theory, social choice theory, static and dynamic games of complete information, static and dynamic games of incomplete information, repeated games, bargaining theory,...
by Paul deLespinasse
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Political science is the systematic study of governments, of the methods by which governments seek to control people, and of the techniques through which people try to influence government. It is a science that attempts to connect the "micro" level of individual lives and actions with the...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
This book presents state-of-the-art research in political economy dealing with the decision making process under different political institutions. It focuses on the role that states and governments have on political outcomes and on the well-being of individuals, taking into account the differences...
Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution
Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
This book offers new insights into the close relationship between political discourses and conflict resolution through critical analysis of the role of discursive change in a peace process.
Just as a peace process has many dimensions and stakeholders, so the discourses considered here come...
Political Science
An Outline For The Intending Student of Government, Politics and Political Science
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This book, originally published in 1959, makes explicit the social principles which underlie the procedures and political practice of the modern democratic state. The authors take the view that in the modern welfare state there are problems connected with the nature of law, with concepts like rights,...
Democracy without Associations
Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
India's party system has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. The Congress Party, a catch-all party that brought independence in 1947 and governed India for much of the period since then, no longer dominates the electoral scene. Political parties which draw support from particular...
by Scott Gehlbach
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Formal Models of Domestic Politics offers the first unified and accessible treatment of canonical and important new formal models of domestic politics. Intended for students in political science and economics who have already taken a course in game theory, the text covers eight classes of models:...
The Political Mind
A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
A groundbreaking scientific examination of the way our brains understand politics from a New York Times bestselling author
One of the world 's best-known linguists and cognitive scientists, George Lakoff has a knack for making science make sense for general readers. In his new book, Lakoff...
Your Brain's Politics
How the Science of Mind Explains the Political Divide
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
At first glance, issues like economic inequality, healthcare, climate change, and abortion seem unrelated. However, when thinking and talking about them, people reliably fall into two camps: conservative and liberal. What explains this divide? Why do conservatives and liberals hold the positions they...
by Gary Becker
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903-1987) was known in the United States primarily as a political scientist. His best-known works--On Power, Sovereignty, and The Pure Theory of Politics--all made distinctive contributions to our understanding of the modern state, and to the creation of a political science...