A concise and provocative introduction to state legislative politics, State Legislatures Today is designed as a supplement for state and local government courses and upper level courses on legislative politics.
A concise and provocative introduction to state legislative politics, State Legislatures Today is designed as a supplement for state and local government courses and upper level courses on legislative politics.
How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House
This book details Richard Nixon's years as a lawyer on Wall Street as a time of rebirth and reinvention, and how his firm served as a springboard to his successful comeback in 1968.
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.
Memory Politics and the Creation of a Useable Past in Putin's Russia
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.
In Donald J. Trump and China John F. Copper assesses the relationship between two paramount world powers-the United States and China. Copper examines how Donald Trump views China's importance as a rising world power and as a country that Trump could forge a balanced trade policy alongside.
From the Foundation of Finfinnee to the Demise of the First Imperial E
Combining chronological, thematic, and regional approaches, this book examines political, economic, and social developments that contributed to the rise and growth of towns in Ethiopia from 1887 to 1974. It provides a comprehensive history of the growth of Ethiopian cities during this time with an interdisciplinary approach.
In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties are the focus of candidate attention, are capable of voting for either of the major candidates, and are decisive in determining who wins the presidency.
A Study of the Treatment of Dissenters in Time of War
America's Two Constitutions examines the history of treatment of antiwar dissenters from the American Revolution by the government and by vigilantes down to post-9/11, concluding that the United States has two constitutions, one for peacetime and another in time of war.
