Rowman Littlefield Publishers imprint: 5577 books
Predicting the Next President
The Keys to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Do you think that Mitt Romney’s “47%” comment caused him to lose the 2012 presidential election? Or that Richard Nixon lost the 1960 presidential election because he sweated on TV? Maybe John Kerry was “swiftboated” out of the presidency in 2004? Think again! In Predicting the Next President,...
Brent Scowcroft
Internationalism and Post-Vietnam War American Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
As National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford, advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and as National Security Advisor to President George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft was at the center of the ongoing debate over how to shape American foreign policy in the post-war world. As David F. Schmitz makes...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
China, with its geographical, historical, cultural, and political distance from the West, long has been a black box upon which we readily paste labels—communist, non-Western, developing country—but whose internal logic remains a mystery to us. Arguing that it would be a major step forward in our...
Steel Gate to Freedom
The Life of Liu Xiaobo
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
On December 10, 2010, on stage in Oslo City Hall, an empty chair sat before more than one thousand people, holding only the medal and diploma of the year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. A larger-than-life photo of a smiling Liu Xiaobo hung in the background.
This striking image is now known throughout...
US-China Relations
Perilous Past, Uncertain Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
This comprehensive assessment of historical and contemporary determinants of Sino-American relations has been brought up to date with full treatment of rising tensions over salient differences since the ascendance of China’s dynamic leader Xi Jinping (2012– ). Incoming President Barack Obama (2009–2017)...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008
The role that race and religion play in American presidential elections is attracting national attention like never before. The 2008 presidential candidates reached out to an unprecedented number of racial and religious voting constituencies including African Americans, Latinos, Muslims, Mainline...
Wartime America
The World War II Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Designed to give students a concise compass to probe the history of World War II America and to assess the war’s impact on American life, the new edition of Wartime America retains the framework of the original edition but adds new important focus on topics such as other home fronts, the lives of...
Failure to Adjust
How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Americans know that something has gone wrong in this country’s effort to prosper in the face of growing global economic competition. The vast benefits promised by the supporters of globalization, and by their own government, have never materialized for most Americans. This book is the story of what...
Women and Politics
Paths to Power and Political Influence
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence examines the role of women in politics from the early women’s movement to the female politicians in power today. Following the historic 2016 presidential election, this timely edition includes analysis of the challenges of navigating gender...
Cities of the World
Regional Patterns and Urban Environments
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
This fully updated and revised sixth edition offers readers a comprehensive set of tools for understanding the urban landscape and, by extension, the world’s politics, cultures, and economies. Providing a sweeping overview of world urban geography, noted experts explore the eleven major global regions....
Words Over War
Mediation and Arbitration to Prevent Deadly Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2000
The international community can creatively and aggressively address deadly conflict through mediation, arbitration, and the development of international institutions to promote reconciliation. The editors of this book designed a systematic framework with which contributors compare third party intervention...
Freedom in the World 2011
The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 194 countries and 14 territories are used by policymakers,...
National, International, and Human Security
A Comparative Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
This clear and concise new edition offers a comprehensive comparison of national, international, and human security concepts and policies. Laura Neack skillfully argues that security remains elusive because of a centuries-old ethic insisting that states are the primary and most important international...
Reassessing Order and Disorder in the Middle East
Regional Imbalance or Disintegration?
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
The Middle East is undergoing a period of profound change, partly brought about by the United States’ interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also by the Arab Spring. This is affecting regional relations between states and between the region and the US. For example, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the...