Barricade Books - 1989 - 157 p. - (no other information available). According to its author "This book...is not written for the members of fringe political groups, such as The Weathermen, or The Minutemen. Those radical groups don't need this book. They already know everything that's in here. If the real people of America, the silent majority, are going to survive, they must...
Princeton University Press, 2022. — 342 p. How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy. Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass...
2019 by Bedford/St. Martin’s - 1673 p. - Library of Congress Control Number: 2018949837, ISBN: 9781319208844 (epub). This new offering from AP teacher Karen Waples and college professor Scott Abernathy is tailor-made to help teachers and students transition to the redesigned AP U. S. Government and Politics course. Carefully aligned to the course framework, this brief book is...
Ediciones Nowtilus, 2007. - 352 p. - (Edición electrónica (epub). - ISBN-13: 978-84-9763-452-6. Breve historia del fascismo analiza su evolución desde su aparición tras la Primera Guerra Mundial y su rápido ascenso en los años de entreguerras. Estudia la conquista del poder de Mussolini con la marcha sobre Roma, el fracasado golpe de estado de Hitler en 1923 y su posterior...
Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2006. — 367 s. Aktualny podręcznik napisany przez wybitnych specjalistów, profesorów Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego zawierający niezbędną wiedzę potrzebną do opisu współczesnych systemów politycznych Europy. Autorzy omawiają w nim rodzaje władzy, typologie partii politycznych, systemów wyborczych i reżimów politycznych, uwzględniając społeczne i...
Annual Review of Political Science. — 2002. — Vol. 5. — P. 151 – 179. We review arguments and empirical evidence found in the comparative literature that bear on the differences in the survival rates of parliamentary and presidential democracies. Most of these arguments focus on the fact that presidential democracies are based on the separation of executive and legislative...
Lublin: Wydawnicztwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, 2003. — 395 s. Opracowanie jest syntetycznym ujęciem podstawowych założeń teorii partii politycznych powstałym na podstawie dotychczasowego dorobku politologii polskiej i zagranicznej. Jest to podręcznik akademicki przeznaczony dla studentów politologii jako pomoc do zajęć poświęconych partiom i systemom partyjnym....
Warszawa: Gebethner i Wolff, 1935. — 324 s. Władysław Studnicki-Gizbert – polski polityk i publicysta, członek tymczasowego zarządu Polskiego Skarbu Wojskowego w 1912, od września 1939 zwolennik kolaboracji Polski z III Rzeszą.
Łódź: ArchaeGraph, 2018. — 289 s. — ISBN: 978-83-948914-2-8, 978-83-948914-3-5 W 2017 roku Amerykanie uroczyście obchodzili 230. rocznicę uchwalenia swojej Konstytucji. W przyszłym, 2019 roku minie natomiast 230. rocznica wejścia w życie tego wiekopomnego dokumentu. Konstytucja, obok Deklaracji Niepodległości i amerykańskiej Karty Praw jest jednym z najistotniej-szych...
Routledge, 2018. — 650 p. The Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to politics in Asia. Covering East, South, Southeast, and Central Asia, this handbook brings together the work of leading international academics to cover the political histories, institutions, economies, and cultures of the region. Taking a comparative...
Routledge, 2015. — 1028 p. Since the Treaty of the European Union was ratified in 1993, the European Union has become an important factor in an ever-increasing number of regimes of pooled sovereignty. This Handbook seeks to present a valuable guide to this new and unique system in the twenty-first century, allowing readers to obtain a better understanding of the emerging...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. — 502 p. The new fifth edition of this leading textbook provides a clear and comprehensive account of governance and politics in the Netherlands. The book has been revised throughout to provide full coverage of recent developments and events, including the latest proposals for constitutional reform. The Netherlands has often been characterized as a...
Stockholm: Liber AB, 2008. — 553 s. Den svenska politiken ger en bred översikt över statsskicket och politiken. Med utgångspunkt i stats- och samhällsvetenskaplig forskning beskrivs och analyseras staten, EU, kommuner och landsting. Särskilt behandlas det politiska systemets inbyggda kontrollmekanismer och den politiska processen. Formandet av den offentliga politiken...
Brill, 2018. — 512 p. The principal aim of this book is to revisit the basic theme of "unity and diversity" that remains at the heart of research into federalism and federation. It is time to take another look at its contemporary relevance to ascertain how far the bifocal relationship between unity and diversity has evolved over the years and has been translated into changing...
Springer, 2020. — 650 S. Wer die politischen Realitäten Europas verstehen will, muss einen beträchtlichen Teil seiner Aufmerksamkeit dem System der Europäischen Union (EU) und dessen institutioneller Architektur widmen. Dabei gilt es insbesondere, die recht unterschiedlichen Formen zu verstehen, nach denen die Institutionen der EU für die Mitgliedstaaten und die Unionsbürger...
London: The Macmillan Press Ltd., 1972. — 296 p. Leonard Schapiro. Introduction. A Discussion: Can the Party Alone Run a One-Party State? Leonard Schapiro. ‘Putting the Lid on Leninism’. J. Djordjevic. Political Power in Yugoslavia. H. Gordon. Skilling Background to the Study of Opposition in Communist Eastern Europe. Hugh Seton-Watson. Czechoslovakia - 1938, 1948 and 1968. A....
Oxford University Press, 2020. — 768 p. The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the Spanish political system through the lens of political science. It aims to move away from a complacent analysis of Spanish democracy and provide a nuanced view of some of its strengths and challenges. The Handbook introduces Spanish politics...
8th edition. — Westview Press, 2016. — 578 p. — ISBN-10 081334994X / ISBN-13 978-0813349947. With recent upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa, the eighth edition of The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa has been thoroughly revised to provide a necessary, comprehensive, and current examination of the domestic politics and foreign policies of...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. — 532 p. This book assesses the impact of the May 2019 European elections as well as the COVID-19 pandemic on the EU’s politics, institutions, and policies. Special attention is paid to the impact of these events on the different political forces as well as on the Union’s institutional balance, its priorities, and the reform of its budget and policies....
Westview Press, 1980. — 480 p. — ISBN: 0-891 58-871-X. The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa continue to provide comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the domestic politics and foreign policies of all countries in this crucial region. An introductory chapter written by Mark Gasiorowski offers a comparative overview of the countries in the Middle East...
Sharpe Reference, 2000. — 488 p. This comprehensive resource provides up-to-date political coverage of every country and political entity in the world today. It incorporates all the major global and regional changes following the decolonization of Hong Kong in 1997, recent leadership changes in China and Russia, the results of the Dayton Peace Accord, the rise of the New Labor...
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2022. — 180 p. Donald Trump’s presidency produced no end of controversy. His tumultuous presidency also created new avenues of public policy and national politics. Prominent scholars of American institutions, politics and public policy assess the multiple consequences of Trump’s singular presidency in this volume. How did Trump’s...
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2017. — 186 p. Time and again, in recent years, the charge has been made that sitting presidents have behaved “imperially,” employing authorities that break the bounds of law and the Constitution. It is now an epithet used to describe the presidencies of both parties. The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution examine this critical issue...
Princeton University Press, 2016. — 336 p. Many continue to believe that the United States is a nation of political moderates. It is a nation divided. It has been so for some time and has grown more so. This book provides a new and historically grounded perspective on the polarization of America, systematically documenting how and why it happened. Polarized presents...
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. — 225 p. American politics is criticized and belittled by media critics and the public, yet the system is held out as a model for the world. The paradox of this simultaneous cynicism and adulation is rooted in the conflict between the human motives that drive politics. Crisply and written with numerous historical examples, 'How American...
I.B. Tauris, 2020. — 280 p. Presidential Image has become an integral part of the campaign, presidency, and legacy of Modern American presidents. From the 20th century to the age of Trump, presidential image has dominated media coverage and public consciousness, winning elections, gaining support for their leadership in office, and shaping their reputation in history. Is the...
Princeton Review, 2020. — 352 p. Grade level: 10 - 12. Everything you need to help score a perfect 5 — now with 50% more practice than in previous editions! Ace the AP U.S. Government & Politics Exam with this comprehensive study guide, including 3 full-length practice tests with answer explanations, content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, and access to...
Palgrave Pivot, 2023. — 152 p. This book assembles eight chapters by respected and emerging scholars in political science, sociology, and psychology to produce a sustained look at the wide range of identity politics in the 2020 US National Election and the lessons for 2024. These chapters emerged from papers presented at the American Elections Symposium held at the New...
University of Georgia Press, 2022. — 180 p. In Liberal White Supremacy, Angie Beeman argues that white supremacy is maintained not only by right-wing conservatives or stereotypically uneducated working-class racial bigots but also by progressives who operate from a liberal ideology of color-blindness, racism-evasiveness, and class elitism. This distinction provides insight on...
Princeton University Press, 2021. — 255 p. How access to resources and policymaking powers determines the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches. The specter of unbridled executive power looms large in the American political imagination. Are checks and balances enough to constrain ambitious executives? Checks in the Balance presents a new theory of...
Oxford University Press, 2012. — 888 p. One of the major dilemmas facing the administrative state in the United States today is discerning how best to harness for public purposes the dynamism of markets, the passion and commitment of nonprofit and volunteer organizations, and the public-interest-oriented expertise of the career civil service. Researchers across a variety of...
Lexington Books, 2012. — 305 p. The political project of pragmatism has focused primarily on its defense of democracy as the best political system to maintain and improve human well-being over lifetimes and generations. Pragmatism Politics and Perversity: Democracy and the American Party Battle describes this project of Peirce, Dewey, Hook, and Rorty, and combines it with...
Yale University Press, 2019. — 375 p. An introduction to the U.S. Congress, from seasoned political historians and teachers. In this accessible overview of the United States Congress’s past and present, Ginsberg and Hill introduce students to the country’s most democratic institution. This text surveys Congressional elections, the internal structure of Congress, the legislative...
University of Chicago Press, 2010. — 336 p. When the United States goes to war, the nation’s attention focuses on the president. As commander in chief, a president reaches the zenith of power, while Congress is supposedly shunted to the sidelines once troops have been deployed abroad. Because of Congress’s repeated failure to exercise its legislative powers to rein in...
Cambridge University Press, 2017. — 186 p. Agenda Crossover updates our understanding of state delegations, exploring how they influence representation and responsiveness in Congress today. The theory of agenda crossover posits that members of the House and Senate have much to gain from monitoring the legislative agendas of other members of the delegation, especially those in...
11th Edition. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. — 704 p. — ISBN10: 007802479X; ISBN13: 978-0078024795. We the People, Eleventh Edition, sets a new standard for showing how government affects students' lives and why it matters who participates. The Who Are Americans? theme has been expanded to highlight how Americans from different backgrounds experience politics and the new Who...
Celadon Books, 2020. — 368 p. From Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy, the hosts of New Hampshire Public Radio’s Civics 101, and New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro, A User's Guide to Democracy is a lively crash course in everything you should know about how the US government works. Do you know what the Secretary of Defense does all day? Are you sure you know the difference between the...
Yale University Press, 2016. — 505 p. Noted political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg has written an essential text for courses on the United States presidency. An invaluable resource, Ginsberg's comprehensive analysis emphasizes the historical, constitutional, and legal dimensions of presidential power. He explores the history and essential aspects of the office, the president's...
New York: Princeton Review, 2020. — 661 p. — ISBN: 0525569669. Ace the 2021 AP U.S. Government & Politics Exam with this Premium version of The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide. Includes 6 full-length practice exams (more than any other major competitor), plus thorough content reviews, targeted test strategies, and access to online extras. Techniques That Work....
New York: Ballantine Book, 1988. — eISBN: 978-0-307-82957-3. Power is the name of the game. But until now, no one outside "the beltway" knew just who was wielding how much and for what ends. Pulitzer Prize-winning, ex-Washington bureau chief of THE New York TIMES, Hedrick Smith, tells the whole story. From PACs to influence-peddling from the Pentagon to the WASHINGTON POST, THE...
13th edition. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2019. — 675 p. — ISBN: 9781259912405. We the People by Thomas Patterson is a concise approach to the American Government, emphasizing critical thinking through relevant examples that appeal to today's students. This extremely readable program provides opportunities to engage with the political process through tools that help students learn...
ABC-CLIO, 2021. — 388 p. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough overview of civil rights in U.S. history, detailing all the relevant amendments to the Constitution and reviewing key Supreme Court decisions and landmark cases on the topic. Aimed at general readers as well as high school, college, and university students, it focuses on the role...
Princeton University Press, 2022 — 481 p. Explores why dictatorships born of social revolution — such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam — are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense external pressure. Few other modern autocracies have survived in the face of such extreme...
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020 — 346 p. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin — enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and...
New York: Collier Books. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1990. — 304 p. The Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the Twentieth Century is Zbigniew Brzezinski's prescient analysis of ' the terminal crisis of communism.” One of the most astute foreign policy experts of our time, Brzezinski argues that the advent of communism was a critical phenomenon in the history of the...
New York: New York University Press, 1998 — 336 p. — ISBN: 0814775063 First published in 1982, The Ethics of Liberty is a masterpiece of argumentation, and shockingly radical in its conclusions. Rothbard says that the very existence of the state — the entity with a monopoly privilege to invade private property — is contrary to the ethics of liberty. A society without a state is...
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1948. — 280 p. — ISBN: 1610161440 In this collection of writings, Nobel laureate Friedrich August von Hayek discusses topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economies. First published in the 1930s and 40s,...
New York: Democracy ar Work, 2019. — 145 p. A blend of history, analysis, and theory, "Understanding Socialism" is an honest and approachable text that knocks down false narratives, confronts failures and challenges of various socialist experiments throughout history, and offers a path to a new socialism based on workplace democracy. "Richard Wolff's book is the best accessible...
University of Notre Dame Pess, 2018. — 484 p. The Identitarians are a quickly growing ethnocultural transnational movement that, in diverse forms, originated in France and Italy and has spread into southern, central, and northern Europe. This timely and important study presents the first book-length analysis of this anti-globalist and anti-Islamic movement. José Pedro Zúquete,...
2nd Edition — Oxford University Press, 2017. — 136 p. Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, like most political buzzwords, the term often floats from one meaning to another, and both social scientists and journalists use it to denote diverse phenomena. What is populism really? Who are the populist leaders? And what is...
Berghahn Books, 2019. — 352 p. — (European Conceptual History, Book 6). Since the Enlightenment, liberalism as a concept has been foundational for European identity and politics, even as it has been increasingly interrogated and contested. This comprehensive study takes a fresh look at the diverse understandings and interpretations of the idea of liberalism in Europe,...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. — 304 p. Introduction: The Genealogy of the Public Sphere Religion, Civilization, and the Redefinition of Tradition Bridging Imagination, Practice, and Discourse The Public Reason of the Commoner The Collective Pursuit of Public Weal The Implosion of Traditions and the Redefinition of Common Sense The Modern Public Sphere: Transforming Practical Reason...
Berghahn Books, 2019. — 348 p. Countless studies have assessed the dramatic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, but their analysis of the impact on European communism has focused overwhelmingly on the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc nations. This ambitious collection takes a much broader view, reconstructing and evaluating the historical trajectories of glasnost and perestroika on both...
New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. — 337 p. Autobiographical. The philosophy of values and ideas. The ideal of nationalism. Culture and civilization. The evolution of society. Social values and institutions. Religion, education and family. New orientations. The programme of Turkism.