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  • The Changing Character of the American Right, Volume II

    Ideology, Politics and Policy in the Era of Trump

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    These volumes analyze the transformation of the American right in recent years. While the roots of that transformation can be traced back to the 1970s, the last decade has seen further radical revisions of its ideology, style and policies. The contributors argue that both the organized Republican Party and the wider American right have changed profoundly, especially since the Trump presidency of ... Read more

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  • The Changing Character of the American Right, Volume I

    Ideology, Politics and Policy in the Era of Trump

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    These volumes analyze the transformation of the American right in recent years. While the roots of that transformation can be traced back to the 1970s, the last decade has seen further radical revisions of its ideology, style and policies. The contributors argue that both the organized Republican Party and the wider American right have changed profoundly, especially since the Trump presidency of ... Read more

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  • Developments in American Politics 9

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This textbook provides students of US Politics with an informed scholarly analysis of recent developments in the American political environment, using historical background to contextualize contemporary issues. As the ninth edition, this book reviews a time of political controversy in the United States, touching on topics such as gender, economic policy, gun control, immigration, the media, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Political Question Doctrine and the Supreme Court of the United States

    The application of the Political Question Doctrine is at a crucial crossroads as the Supreme Court continues to test new "War on Terrorism" initiatives. Historically, the political question doctrine has held the courts from resolving constitutional issues that are better left to other departments of government, as a way of maintaining the system of checks and balances. However, the doctrine's many ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Democracy More or Less

    America's Political Reform Quandary

    by Bruce E. Cain ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Election Law and Democracy
    Why do American political reform efforts so often fail to solve the problems they intend to fix? In this book, Bruce E. Cain argues that the reasons are an unrealistic civic ideal of a fully informed and engaged citizenry and a neglect of basic pluralist principles about political intermediaries. This book traces the tension between populist and pluralist approaches as it plays out in many ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Developments in American Politics 8

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In this state-of-the-art textbook, a distinguished team of established experts and rising scholars discuss the legacy of the Obama years and the impact of the unexpected Trump presidential victory of 2016. Carrying on the tradition set by its predecessors of incisive, authoritative and up-to-date coverage, this eighth volume explores the policy dilemmas faced by the Trump administration, as well ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Institutional Change in American Politics

    The Case of Term Limits

    Legislative term limits adopted in the 1990s are in effect in fifteen states today. This reform is arguably the most significant institutional change in American government of recent decades. Most of the legislatures in these fifteen states have experienced a complete turnover of their membership; hundreds of experienced lawmakers have become ineligible for reelection, and their replacements must ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Under Fire and Under Water

    Wildfire, Flooding, and the Fight for Climate Resilience in the American West

    by Bruce E. Cain ...
    Series series The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
    Epic wildfire. Devastating drought. Cataclysmic flooding. Extreme weather in the wake of climate change threatens to turn the American West into a region hostile to human habitation—a “Great American Desert,” as early US explorers once mislabeled it. As Bruce E. Cain suggests in this timely book, the unique complex of politics, technology, and logistics that once won the West must be rethought and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Let them Eat Tweets

    How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality

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  • Democracy in America?

    What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It

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  • Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

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