Practical Politics category: 1369 books
by Ray C. Rist
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Great intellectual effort has gone into the development of sophisticated designs and methodologies to study individual policies, programs, and projects. Costly efforts to find the smallest evidence of a policy or program impact have been undertaken in the presumption that such data are central to...
Race Over Party
Black Politics and Partisanship in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
In late nineteenth-century Boston, battles over black party loyalty were fights over the place of African Americans in the post–Civil War nation. In his fresh in-depth study of black partisanship and politics, Millington W. Bergeson-Lockwood demonstrates that party politics became the terrain upon...
Performing Representation
Women Members in the Indian Parliament
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Seven decades after India’s independence women members occupy 1 in 10 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. In analysing women’s limited presence in the Indian Parliament, Performing Representation breaks new ground in scholarship on gender and politics. It explores...
Jordan and the Arab Uprisings
Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
In 2011, as the Arab uprisings spread across the Middle East, Jordan remained more stable than any of its neighbors. Despite strife at its borders and an influx of refugees connected to the Syrian civil war and the rise of ISIS, as well as its own version of the Arab Spring with protests and popular...
The Business of America is Lobbying
How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying, 95 represent business. The largest companies now have upwards of 100 lobbyists representing them. How did American businesses become so invested in politics? And what does all their money buy?...
Power & Choice
An Introduction to Political Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
W. Phillips Shively’s Power & Choice offers an in-depth look into the nuances of politics, both domestic and international, through the use of multiple comparative perspectives and theoretical approaches. The major theme reflected in the title is based on Shively’s definition of politics as...
by Dr. Justin Zaremby
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
In the first part of the 20th century, a group of law scholars offered engaging, and occasionally disconcerting, views on the role of judges and the relationship between law and politics in the United States. These legal realists borrowed methods from the social sciences to carefully study the law...
by Justin Fisher, David Denver, John Benyon
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Central Debates in British Politics focuses on British politics in a changing social, economic and institutional context. The book explores issues and debates using a variety of approaches and techniques. It is written and edited by a team of leading experts who analyse key issues in a highly structured and thematic manner.
Alpha Dogs
The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Alpha Dogs is the story of the men from an enormously influential campaign business called Sawyer Miller who served as backroom strategists on every presidential contest from Richard Nixon's to George W. Bush's. David Sawyer was a New England aristocrat with dreams of a career as a filmmaker; Scott...
All Things Possible
Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
In this full and frank memoir—a personal story of duty, family, justice, politics and resilience—New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reflects on his rise, fall, and rise in politics, and recounts his defining personal and political moments and tough but necessary lessons he has learned along the way.
With 16-page of color photos.
The Change I Believe In
Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
On the night of the 2008 presidential election, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke for many: “For the first time in decades, electoral politics became a vehicle for raising expectations and spreading hope.” But, she cautioned, “We progressives need to be as clear-eyed, tough, and pragmatic...
Winning Right
Campaign Politics and Conservative Policies
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
It's been nearly two decades since Chris Matthews' national bestseller Hardball opened a door onto the inner workings of Washington politics, and now the time is ripe for a sharp, new insider's perspective on how the game is played and on the challenges facing the Republican Party in the future. No...
Redmond – A Life Undone
The Definitive Biography of John Redmond, the Forgotten Hero of Irish Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Dramatic and immersive, Redmond is a provocative reassessment of John Redmond, Home Rule campaigner and one of Ireland’s most brilliant political minds.
‘A vivid portrayal of one of the great political campaigns in Irish history.’
Stephen Collins, Political Editor, The Irish Times
Redmond...
by Bob Plamondon
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Full Circle tells the dramatic story of how the Canadian conservative movement was fractured in the 1990s and how it was restored to glory and was returned to power in 2006. It recounts the humiliating defeat of the Progressive Conservative Party, the rise of the Reform Party, and a decade-long sojourn...