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  • International Studies

    Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions

    by Scott Straus, Barry Driscoll ...
    In the Third Edition of***International Studies: Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions***, award-winning scholars Scott Straus and Barry Driscoll take an intellectually stimulating and empirical approach to global studies, with a clear framework that helps students think about how key factors—forces, interactions, and tensions—contribute to world events and global problems. The book grounds ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Power, Patronage, and the Local State in Ghana

    by Barry Driscoll ...
    Series Book 97 - Research in International Studies, Africa Series
    How have the waves of democracy and decentralization that swept the developing world in recent decades affected states—among the most important drivers of poverty and prosperity—at national and local levels in Ghana and beyond?State actors beneath the national level—what Barry Driscoll calls the local state—have considerable responsibility for carrying out state functions, but they are also forced ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

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    by Arend Lijphart ...
    In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty-six democracies during the period from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrives at important—and unexpected—conclusions about what type of democracy works best.Praise for the previous edition:"Magnificent. . . . The best ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Great Convergence

    Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World

    by Kishore Mahbubani ...
    The twenty-first century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values. Kishore Mahbubani is optimistic. We are creating a new global civilization. Eighty-eight percent of the world's population outside the West is rising to Western living standards, and sharing Western aspirations. Yet Mahbubani, one of the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Could It Happen Here?

    Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit

    by Michael Adams ...
    From award-winning author Michael Adams, Could It Happen Here? draws on groundbreaking new social research to show whether Canadian society is at risk of the populist forces afflicting other parts of the world.Americans elected Donald Trump. Britons opted to leave the European Union. Far-right, populist politicians channeling anger at out-of-touch “elites” are gaining ground across Europe. In vote ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

    Why Americans Vote the Way They Do

    by Andrew Gelman ...
    "Full of interesting arguments and insights that will turn many deep-seated beliefs about American politics on their head." —Stefan Fergus, Civilian ReaderOn the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on stereotype ... Read more

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  • Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

    The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

    by Morris P. Fiorina, Samuel J. Abrams ...
    Series series The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
    Red states, blue states . . . are we no longer the United States? Morris P. Fiorina here examines today’s party system to reassess arguments about party polarization while offering a cogent overview of the American electorate.Building on the arguments of Fiorina’s acclaimed Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America, this book explains how contemporary politics differs from that of previous eras ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Democracy in America?

    What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It

    by Benjamin I. Page, Martin Gilens ...
    "Important and riveting . . . The solution isn't to redistribute wealth from the have-mores to the have-lesses. It's to redistribute political power to everyone." —Robert B. ReichAmerica faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. How did we get here? Through decades of dysfunctional government. In Democracy in America? veteran ... Read more

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  • Unequal Democracy

    The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age - Second Edition

    by Larry M. Bartels ...
    Series series Russell Sage Foundation Co-pub
    An acclaimed examination of how the American political system favors the wealthy—now fully revised and expandedThe first edition of Unequal Democracy was an instant classic, shattering illusions about American democracy and spurring scholarly and popular interest in the political causes and consequences of escalating economic inequality. This revised, updated, and expanded second edition includes ... Read more

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  • Introduction to International Political Economy

    by David N. Balaam, Bradford Dillman ...
    In a revolutionary revision of this best-selling text, David Balaam and Bradford Dillman show how the postwar world order is at once under threat and yet resilient. This classic text surveys the theories, institutions, and relationships that characterize IPE and highlights them in the context of a diverse range of regional and transnational issues. Introduction to International Political Economy ... Read more

    $140.00 USD

  • Mobilizing for Human Rights

    International Law in Domestic Politics

    by Beth A. Simmons ...
    This volume argues that international human rights law has made a positive contribution to the realization of human rights in much of the world. Although governments sometimes ratify human rights treaties, gambling that they will experience little pressure to comply with them, this is not typically the case. Focusing on rights stakeholders rather than the United Nations or state pressure, Beth ... Read more

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  • Essential Work, Disposable Workers

    Migration, Capitalism and Class

    by Mostafa Henaway ...
    Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly exploitative ideas of “managed migration” are presented as reasonable and just.And temporary worker programs, championed by countries like Canada and the US, are presented as an acceptable response to both acute ... Read more

    $26.99 USD