Has the imperial presidency returned? "Well written and, while indispensable for college courses, should appeal beyond academic audiences to anyone interested in how well we govern ourselves. . . . I cannot help regarding it as a grand sequel for my own The Imperial Presidency." ---Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Has the imperial presidency returned? This question has been on the minds of many contemporary political observers, as recent American administrations have aimed to consolidate power. In The New Imperial Presidency, Andrew Rudalevige suggests that the...
Has the imperial presidency returned? "Well written and, while indispensable for college courses, should appeal beyond academic audiences to anyon...
Presents an empirical study of self-financed candidates. This book thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative seat, proving that the vast majority of self-financers do not win their elections. Instead, it gives a truer understanding of self-financers' actual influence on campaign competition and rhetoric.
Presents an empirical study of self-financed candidates. This book thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative s...
Will immigration undermine the welfare state? Trust beyond Borders draws on public opinion data and case studies of Germany, Sweden, and the United States to document the influence of immigration and diversity on trust, reciprocity, and public support for welfare programs. Markus M. L. Crepaz demonstrates that we are, at least in some cases, capable of trusting beyond borders: of expressing faith in our fellow humans and extending help without regard for political classifications.
In Europe, the welfare state developed under conditions of relative homogeneity that fostered high...
Will immigration undermine the welfare state? Trust beyond Borders draws on public opinion data and case studies of Germany, Sweden, and the United...
Presents an empirical study of self-financed candidates. This book thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative seat, proving that the vast majority of self-financers do not win their elections. Instead, it gives a truer understanding of self-financers' actual influence on campaign competition and rhetoric.
Presents an empirical study of self-financed candidates. This book thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative s...
Intends to challenge the black-white dichotomy that historically has defined race and ethnicity, not by a small minority, but by the most vocal segment of the increasingly diverse American population - Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, and Arabs - who are breaking down and recreating the very definitions of race.
Intends to challenge the black-white dichotomy that historically has defined race and ethnicity, not by a small minority, but by the most vocal segmen...
"White's Barack Obama's America eloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences." ---Richard Wirthlin, former pollster for Ronald Reagan
"This delightfully written and accessible book is the best available account of the changes in culture, society, and politics that have given us Barack Obama's America." ---Stan Greenberg, pollster for Bill Clinton and Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
"From one of the nation's foremost experts on how values shape our politics, a clear and...
"White's Barack Obama's America eloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences...
States that Barack Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts. This book tells about contemporary politics, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, and about the changes happening in America, the ones that we live day in and day out as part of our personal lives.
States that Barack Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts. This book...
"Irene Taviss Thomson gives us a nuanced portrait of American social politics that helps explain both why we are drawn to the idea of a 'culture war' and why that misrepresents what is actually going on." ---Rhys H. Williams, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago
"An important work showing---beneath surface conflict---a deep consensus on a number of ideals by social elites." ---John H. Evans, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
The idea of a culture war, or wars, has existed in America since the 1960s---an...
"Irene Taviss Thomson gives us a nuanced portrait of American social politics that helps explain both why we are drawn to the idea of a 'culture wa...
