Practical Politics category: 1369 books
Politics in the Pews
The Political Mobilization of Black Churches
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
"Politics in the Pews probes the internal dynamics of political decision making within the Black church."
---William E. Nelson, Jr., Research Professor, Department of African American and African Studies, Ohio State University
As Eric McDaniel demonstrates in his study of Black congregations...
by Ronald M. Peters, Jr., Cindy Simon Rosenthal
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
When the Democrats retook control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2007 after twelve years in the wilderness, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman speaker in American history. In Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics, Ron Peters, one of America's leading scholars of Congress,...
Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Action and Reaction
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran looks at the rise and role of female activism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
Since 1979 women have played a decisive role in elections and assumed political posts. This study assesses this role as well as the impact of domestic and international...
Political Fix
How Should We Get American Politics Back on Track?
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
The view that something is amiss in American government is now widely shared. "We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years," say scholars Tomas E. Mann and Norman Ornstein, "and never have we seen them this dysfunctional."
Even some elected...
In-Your-Face Politics
The Consequences of Uncivil Media
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2015
Americans are disgusted with watching politicians screaming and yelling at one another on television. But does all the noise really make a difference? Drawing on numerous studies, Diana Mutz provides the first comprehensive look at the consequences of in-your-face politics. Her book contradicts the...
Power, Politics and the Emotions
Impossible Governance?
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
How can we rethink ideas of policy failure to consider its paradoxes and contradictions as a starting point for more hopeful democratic encounters?
Offering a provocative and innovative theorisation of governance as relational politics, the central argument of Power, Politics and the Emotions...
Politics on the Internet
A Student Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The Internet is revolutionizing the way we live and interact with the world and is also changing the way we study. When it comes to politics we are faced with an immense volume of information which is often overwhelming, but properly harnessed can be inspiring and enlightening.
This indispensable...
The Politics of Sex
Public Opinion, Parties, and Presidential Elections
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
The American cultural landscape has shifted considerably since the 1990s. As church attendance has declined, seculars have increased in number and in political involvement. The economy was supposed to be the most important issue in the 2008 and 2012 elections, but social issues such as gay rights...
by Steve Dustcircle
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Politics are in our everyday lives. They affect everything and everyone. No matter if you're an elderly person or a young child, politics plays a role in what goes on around you.
Politics affects what meals you eat in school, and what textbooks you have. They affect what your house costs, and...
by Carlos Closa
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Since its inception, the European Union (EU) has revised its foundational treaties several times, resulting in national ratification processes involving different actors, with varying success. This book focuses on the politics of ratification of EU Treaties and reviews the processes of ratification...
Politics (Canadian Edition)
An Introduction to the Modern Democratic State, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
The latest edition of Politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in today's states. The book begins by addressing ways of thinking about politics, community, and society, offering broad outlines of political theory in a historical context....
by Hans J. Eysenck
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
In writing The Psychology of Politics, Hans Eysenck had two aims in mind: to write a book about modern developments in the field of attitude studies which would be intelligible to the layman; and one that would integrate into one consistent theoretical system a large number of contributions on the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics. It addresses the approaches of both established and rising powers and their implications for the advancement of international climate negotiations. The new introduction looks...
Simultaneous Global Policy Making
Bottom-Up Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
John Bunzl is interviewed by Dr Nicholas Beecroft on his vision for global, bottom up simultaneous policy formation- the democratisation of globalisation. John is a businessman with a simple and powerful new vision for global governance. In 2000, John Bunzl founded the International Simultaneous Policy...