Collection:
Political Science
Regular price
$179.82
Sale price
$179.82
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Brian C. Black (Author)This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered oozing inconspicuously from the soil. Brian Black brings a global perspective and a wide-ranging technical knowledge clearly explained for general readers, providing a sweeping, forward-looking survey.Author BiographyBrian C. Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies and division head of arts and hu...
Regular price
$77.76
Sale price
$77.76
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Lowell E. Baier (Author)Lowell E. Baier, one of America's preeminent experts on environmental litigation, chronicles the century-long story of Americas' resources management, focusing on litigations, citizen suit provisions, and attorneys' fees. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in environmental policy and the rise of the administrative state.Author BiographyLowell E. Baier is an attorney and a legal and environmental historian and author. Baier holds a B.A. from Valpa...
Regular price
$50.22
Sale price
$50.22
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Philip Brenner (Editor), John M. Kirk (Editor), William M. Leogrande (Editor)This concise overview focuses on Cuba since Raúl Castro stepped down as president, bringing together leading scholars to analyze the island's politics, economy, foreign policy, and society. The book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as a chronology and primary source documents.Author BiographyPhilip Brenner is professor in the School of International Service at American Un...
Regular price
$124.74
Sale price
$124.74
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Gregory Veeck (Author), Clifton W. Pannell (Author), Xiaoping Shen (Author)This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive survey of contemporary China. The authors consider past and current successes and challenges while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming a major global player.Author BiographyGregory Veeck is professor of geography at Western Michigan Un...
Regular price
$82.62
Sale price
$82.62
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Mark F. Cancian (Author)With the return of great power competition, the United States needs every advantage it can get over its adversaries. This CSIS report looks at how the U.S. might revitalize the old but overlooked tool of surprise to gain a strategic advantage in great power conflict.Author BiographyMark Cancian (Colonel, USMCR, ret.) is a senior adviser with the CSIS International Security Program.
Number of Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.27 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: April 15, 2021
Regular price
$89.10
Sale price
$89.10
Regular price
Unit price
per
by John Rennie Short (Author)In this cogent introduction to the state of contemporary geopolitics, Short provides an understanding of the basic themes of geopolitics and an overview of geopolitical issues around the globe. His regional approach to the study of the power relations between states is framed by a discussion of critical and popular geopolitical analysis. Author BiographyJohn Rennie Short is professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland Baltimore County. His rece...
Regular price
$51.84
Sale price
$51.84
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Kathryn Newcomer (Author), Quentin Wilson (Author), Allyson Criner Brown (Author)Engagement for Equitable Outcomes provides practical suggestions for practitioners addressing urgent social problems and reducing inequities in their communities. Newcomer, Wilson, and Criner Brown offer approaches and models customized to local conditions and equity-focused guidance for innovating and adapting encouraging interventions. Their approach stresses intentional end-user engagement and collaboration...
Regular price
$61.56
Sale price
$61.56
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Paul Ganster (Author), Kimberly Collins (Author)This comprehensive survey systematically explores the dynamic historic and contemporary interface between Mexico and the United States along the shared 1,954-mile international land boundary. Now fully updated and revised, the book provides an overview of the history of the region and traces the economic cycles and social movements from the 1880s through the second decade of the twenty-first century. The border region shares characteristics o...
Regular price
$178.20
Sale price
$178.20
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Paul Ganster (Author), Kimberly Collins (Author)This comprehensive survey details the dynamic history and current politics, society, economy, and daily life of the U.S.-Mexican border region. Updated and revised, the richly illustrated book highlights key contemporary issues including migration, security and the wall, climate change, trade and economy, and the pandemic of 2020.Author BiographyPaul Ganster is professor of history and director of the Institute for Regional Studies of the Cal...
Regular price
$89.10
Sale price
$89.10
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Edward L. Jackiewicz (Editor), Fernando J. Bosco (Editor)Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region. Focusing on the dynamic connections among people, places, and environments, this nuanced text will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly changing continent.Author BiographyEdward L. Jackiewicz is professor and chair of the Department of Geography and Environment...
Regular price
$95.58
Sale price
$95.58
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Maryann Cusimano Love (Author)Other Global Issues books are a rather eclectic mash up of topics, headlines du jour, with an "and now this!" organizational scheme. The "hot" topics may have cooled by press time, and the presentation to students is disjointed, not clear. The approach is often a "scare 'em and leave 'em" presentation of a global horror show of problems, without clear arguments about the connections among the issues, or integrated discussions of solutions. In contrast, Global ...
Regular price
$59.94
Sale price
$59.94
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Robert E. Baker (Editor), Craig Esherick (Editor), Pamela Hudson Baker (Editor)Sport has the incredible power to positively influence the world, and it is with this in mind that the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) has seen tremendous growth over the years. Sport can strengthen social ties, advance human rights, aid economic development, promote inclusion, and more. In Sport for Development and Peace: Foundations and Applications, internationally-recognized SDP experts offer ...
Regular price
$97.20
Sale price
$97.20
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Allan J. Cigler (Editor), Burdett A. Loomis (Editor), Anthony J. Nownes (Editor)Interest Group Politics has been and will continue to be the leading (essentially only) comprehensive collection of articles on interest groups and lobbying. The authors provide a theoretical overview of the subject, and address groups as organizations, as coalitions, as electoral actors, and as lobbying entities, broadly conceived.Author BiographyAllan J. Cigler (late) was Chancellor's Club Teaching Professor ...
Regular price
$160.38
Sale price
$160.38
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Nader Uskowi (Author)The story of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and 200,000 Shia militias fighting to establish an arc of influence across the Middle East.Author BiographyNader Uskowi is a subject matter expert on the Islamic Republic of Iran and its military strategy. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He has served as the Senior Policy Advisor to United States Central Command, the branch of the U.S. military whose area...
Regular price
$140.94
Sale price
$140.94
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Mark A. Abramson (Author), Daniel J. Chenok (Author), John M. Kamensky (Author)In recognition of its 20th anniversary, The IBM Center for the Business of Government offers a retrospective of the most significant changes in government management during that period and looks forward over the next 20 years to offer alternative scenarios as to what government management might look like by the year 2040. Part I will discuss significant management improvements in the federal government over the ...
Regular price
$81.00
Sale price
$81.00
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Errol A. Henderson (Author)African Realism? explains Africa's international conflicts of the post-colonial era through international relations theory. It looks at the relationship between Africa's domestic and international conflicts, as well as the impact of factors such as domestic legitimacy, trade, and regional economic institutions on African wars.Author BiographyErrol A. Henderson is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.
Number o...
Regular price
$77.76
Sale price
$77.76
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Chris Koski (Author), Peter Steinberger (Author)By putting students in direct touch with the inner workings of the political system, The Real World of American Politics provides them with direct, concrete access to the nuts-and-bolts-the real world-of American government. In all the standard areas of American political practice, working documents provide serious insight into the stakes, values, and processes that drive and inform the political system. For example, looking carefully at the ...
Regular price
$166.86
Sale price
$166.86
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Peter Gottschalk (Author), Gabriel Greenberg (Author)This book explores the presence of Islamophobia through the political cartoon--a medium with an immediate and powerful impact. Islamophobia offers a fascinating and insightful look at our culture's misperceptions and why it's so important to stop "making Muslims the enemy".Author BiographyPeter Gottschalk is professor of religion at Wesleyan University. His books--which include American Heretics and Religion, Science, and Empire--draw on...
Regular price
$160.38
Sale price
$160.38
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Jeff M. Smith (Editor), Jay L. Batongbacal (Author), Elliot Brennan (Author)In recent years the narrative surrounding China's "peaceful rise" has given way to a more ominous story of friction, ambition, and great-power rivalry. As Chinese foreign policy has grown more nationalist and assertive, its intensifying competition with the U.S. has assumed center stage. The impact on China's neighbors, by contrast, and their evolving responses, have received comparatively less attention. The Reali...
Regular price
$72.90
Sale price
$72.90
Regular price
Unit price
per
by James A. Thurber (Editor)Intended for students, scholars, public officials, and the general public, Rivals for Power offers an accessible and engaging analysis of executive and legislative rivalry across a span of eras, with particular attention to developments from the Obama, Trump, and Biden presidencies.Author BiographyJames A. Thurber is University Distinguished Professor of Government and Founder (1979) and Former Director (1979-2016) of the Center for Congressional and Presidential S...
Regular price
$68.02
Sale price
$68.02
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Gregg A. Brazinsky (Editor), Dajeong Chung (Contribution by), Patrick Chung (Contribution by)This book provides fresh perspectives on the historical development and contemporary problems of North and South Korea.Author BiographyGregg A. Brazinsky is professor of history and international affairs at The George Washington University.
Number of Pages: 220
Dimensions: 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: March 04, 2022
Regular price
$68.02
Sale price
$68.02
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Henry Flores (Author)Racism, Latinos, and the Public Policy Process studies the public policy process of the state and how this process becomes racially biased, looking at the relationship between the state structure and the individual decision-maker.Author BiographyHenry Flores is professor emeritus of political science at St. Mary's University.
Number of Pages: 206
Dimensions: 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: March 04, 2022
Regular price
$72.88
Sale price
$72.88
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Heather E. Harris (Editor), Kimberly R. Moffitt (Editor), Geraud Blanks (Contribution by)Michelle Obama intentionally defined her role and herself in ways that countered and complemented the images and works of previous First Ladies. This book explores the role of the first African-American First Lady, and considers her impending legacy on the American political landscape, and society.Author BiographyHeather E. Harris is professor of communication at Stevenson University. Kimberly R. Moffi...
Regular price
$74.50
Sale price
$74.50
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Sherrie M. Steiner (Editor), James T. Christie (Editor), Sherrie M. Steiner (Contribution by)In our increasingly plural and interconnected world, employing the complex and nuanced vocation of religious diplomacy is increasingly critical to the resolution of global challenges and charting a future course for the human community. The editors and contributors in this volume make a compelling case for expanding the diversity of discourse.Author BiographySherrie Steiner is assistant professor o...
Regular price
$84.22
Sale price
$84.22
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Roger E. Bissell (Editor), Chris Matthew Sciabarra (Editor), Edward W. Younkins (Editor)This collection of essays explores the ways in which the defense of liberty can be bolstered by use of a dialectical method--that is, a mode of analysis devoted to grasping the full context of philosophical, cultural, and social factors requisite to the sustenance of human freedom. Its strength lies in the variety of disciplines and perspectives represented by contributors who apply explicitly dialectic...
Regular price
$170.10
Sale price
$170.10
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Hayat Alvi (Author)The purpose and focus of this study are to illustrate the legal basis for nonviolent activism in Islam, as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad promoted. Maulana Azad's practice of nonviolent activism as a means to expel British colonialism from India provides a potent counterargument against Islamist extremism. Author BiographyHayat Alvi is associate professor in the national security affairs department at the U.S. Naval War College.
Number of Pages: 182
Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN
...
Regular price
$64.78
Sale price
$64.78
Regular price
Unit price
per
by John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji (Editor), Adedoyin Aguoru (Editor), Fonkem Achankeng (Contribution by)Identity Re-creation in Global African Encounters explores race, racial politics, and racial transformation in the context of Africa's encounters with non-African communities through various perspectives including oppression, racialization of ethnic difference, and identity deconstruction.
Number of Pages: 276
Dimensions: 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 06, 2023
Regular price
$74.50
Sale price
$74.50
Regular price
Unit price
per
by John S. Nelson (Author)Defenses Against the Dark Arts argues that performances of magic in Harry Potter show us how to leap into political action, from high politics of governments and elections to everyday politics of private lives and popular cultures. It features learning to face and defend against dark arts in dark times.Author BiographyJohn S. Nelson is professor of political theory and communication at the University of Iowa.
Number of Pages: 318
Dimensions: 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrat...
Regular price
$72.88
Sale price
$72.88
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Todd H. Nelson (Author)This book examines the favorable portrayal of Stalin in Russia today. Putin and he political elite have co-opted the processes of discourse formulation in Russian society, using these to advance positive perceptions of Stalin, while exercising control over the arenas in which any sort of alternative narratives on Stalinism might emerge.Author BiographyTodd H. Nelson is assistant professor at Cleveland State University.
Number of Pages: 182
Dimensions: 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN...
Regular price
$179.82
Sale price
$179.82
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Justin M. Anderson (Author), Kenneth W. McDonald (Author), Major General Peter J. Boylan Jr. (Foreword by)This book helps modern institutions, particularly today's military service academies, to solve concrete problems on how to inculcate the pursuit of the honorable in 21st Century leaders and soldiers and to provide a methodology for instilling honor in character formation.Author BiographyJustin M. Anderson is associate professor of Christian ethics at Seton Hall University. Kenneth W. ...
Regular price
$68.02
Sale price
$68.02
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Timothy McCranor (Editor), Nicholas Anderson (Contribution by), Nivedita Bagchi (Contribution by)This edited collection uses works of science fiction to illustrate and explore the fundamental themes and concepts of political philosophy, including freedom, justice, and the advantages and disadvantages of progress.Author BiographySteven Michels is associate provost and professor of political science at Sacred Heart University. Timothy McCranor is doctoral student in the Political Science Dep...
Regular price
$68.02
Sale price
$68.02
Regular price
Unit price
per
by Muhammad Fraser-Rahim (Author)Fraser-Rahim spotlights the emergence of an American school of Islamic thought, which was created and established by the son of the former Nation of Islam leader. W. D. Mohammed rejected his father's teachings and embraced normative Islam on his own terms while balancing classical Islam and his lived experience of Islam in the diaspora.Author BiographyMuhammad Fraser-Rahim is executive director of Quilliam International and assistant professor at the Citadel.
...
