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The United States in the World since 1776
January 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18735-0 (Routledge)
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The United States in the World since 1776
January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18736-7 (Routledge)
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Intelligence and Politics
An Introduction
The 9/11 attacks, the public furores over intelligence following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and a succession of highly publicized inquiries on both of...
December 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42868-2 (Routledge)
Intelligence and Politics
An Introduction
The 9/11 attacks, the public furores over intelligence following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and a succession of highly publicized inquiries on both of...
December 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42869-9 (Routledge)
Whose Black Politics?
Cases in Post-Racial Black Leadership
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new vanguard in African American political leadership. This new generation differs markedly from their predecessors in...
April 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99215-2 (Routledge)
Whose Black Politics?
Cases in Post-Racial Black Leadership
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new vanguard in African American political leadership. This new generation differs markedly from their predecessors in...
April 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99216-9 (Routledge)
United States and Mexico
Between Partnership and Conflict
By sharing one of the longest land borders in the world, the United States and Mexico will always have a special relationship. In the early...
March 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99218-3 (Routledge)
United States and Mexico
Between Partnership and Conflict
By sharing one of the longest land borders in the world, the United States and Mexico will always have a special relationship. In the early...
March 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99219-0 (Routledge)
Understanding Government Budgets
A Practical Guide
Budgets in the United States follow rules of presentation and use terms that make sense to few outside the world of government finance. Moreover, practices...
August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99011-0 (Routledge)
Understanding Government Budgets
A Practical Guide
Budgets in the United States follow rules of presentation and use terms that make sense to few outside the world of government finance. Moreover, practices...
August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99012-7 (Routledge)
US Defense Politics
The Origins of Security Policy
This new textbook seeks to explain how US defense and national security policy is formulated and conducted. The focus is on the role of the...
August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77265-5 (Routledge)
US Defense Politics
The Origins of Security Policy
This new textbook seeks to explain how US defense and national security policy is formulated and conducted. The focus is on the role of the...
August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77266-2 (Routledge)
Rethinking American Electoral Democracy
Is the cure for the ills of democracy more democracy? Is it possible to have too much democracy in a well-functioning government? What should an...
June 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96138-7 (Routledge)
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Redistricting and Representation
Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America
Pundits have observed that if so many incumbents are returned to Congress to each election by such wide margins, perhaps we should look for ways...
February 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96452-4 (Routledge)
Redistricting and Representation
Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America
Pundits have observed that if so many incumbents are returned to Congress to each election by such wide margins, perhaps we should look for ways...
February 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96453-1 (Routledge)
Rethinking American Electoral Democracy
Is the cure for the ills of democracy more democracy? Is it possible to have too much democracy in a well-functioning government? What should an...
February 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96139-4 (Routledge)
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Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling
Women and Congressional Elections
Why has the integration of women into Congress been so slow? Is there a "political glass ceiling" for women? Although women use the same strategic...
February 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96470-8 (Routledge)
Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling
Women and Congressional Elections
Why has the integration of women into Congress been so slow? Is there a "political glass ceiling" for women? Although women use the same strategic...
February 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96473-9 (Routledge)
The American Anomaly
U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective
Students educated in the United States often come away from their classes with the belief that the American political system is the "best" such system...
2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95745-8 (Routledge)
The American Anomaly
U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective
Students educated in the United States often come away from their classes with the belief that the American political system is the "best" such system...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95746-5 (Routledge)
American Government
Political Change and Institutional Development
In this introductory American politics text, Cal Jillson provides not only a sense of how politics works today but also how institutions, systems, political participation,...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96077-9 (Routledge)
No Place for Amateurs
How Political Consultants are Reshaping American Democracy
Despite all the grassroots citizen activity through online avenues in recent years, it is still true that professional consultants are the ones running elections in...
2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95786-1 (Routledge)
No Place for Amateurs
How Political Consultants are Reshaping American Democracy
Despite all the grassroots citizen activity through online avenues in recent years, it is still true that professional consultants are the ones running elections in...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95787-8 (Routledge)
The United States and Central America
Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility
This book is a concise overview of the recent history of U.S.-Central American relations. Part of the Contemporary Inter-American Relations series edited by Jorge Dominguez and...
2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95834-9 (Routledge)
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The United States and Central America
Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility
This book is a concise overview of the recent history of U.S.-Central American relations. Part of the Contemporary Inter-American Relations series edited by Jorge Dominguez and...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95835-6 (Routledge)
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Politics in the USA
This highly acclaimed introduction to the essential elements of the American political system is now available in a new edition, having been fully revised and...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41418-0 (Routledge)
Politics in the USA
This highly acclaimed introduction to the essential elements of the American political system is now available in a new edition, having been fully revised and...
2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41419-7 (Routledge)
American Empire
A Debate
In this short, accessible book Layne and Thayer argue the merits and demerits of an American empire. With few, if any, rivals to its supremacy,...
2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95203-3 (Routledge)
American Empire
A Debate
In this short, accessible book Layne and Thayer argue the merits and demerits of an American empire. With few, if any, rivals to its supremacy,...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95204-0 (Routledge)
US Foreign Policy After the Cold War
Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sheriff?
Since the success of the best-selling first edition, the world has remained fascinated with US foreign policy, not least because of the far-reaching consequences of...
2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35864-4 (Routledge)
US Foreign Policy After the Cold War
Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sheriff?
Since the success of the best-selling first edition, the world has remained fascinated with US foreign policy, not least because of the far-reaching consequences of...
2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35865-1 (Routledge)
Budgetary Politics in American Governments
Budgetary Politics in American Governments, unlike most public budgeting texts, takes a comparative approach to the subject of public budgeting, examining budgetary politics at the...
2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95189-0 (Routledge)
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American Foreign Policy in a New Era
To say that the world changed drastically on 9/11 has become a truism and even a cliché. But the incontestable fact is that a new...2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95101-2 (Routledge)
American Political Process
American Political Process examines both the formal institutions of government and organizations such as political parties and pressure groups. It analyzes how these bodies interact...
2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-28820-0 (Routledge)
American Political Process
American Political Process examines both the formal institutions of government and organizations such as political parties and pressure groups. It analyzes how these bodies interact...
2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28821-7 (Routledge)
United States and Mexico
Between Partnership and Conflict
The ideal introduction to U.S.-Mexican relations, The United States and Mexico moves from the conflicts all through the nineteenth century up to the current democratic...2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93060-4 (Routledge)
United States and Mexico
Between Partnership and Conflict
The ideal introduction to U.S.-Mexican relations, The United States and Mexico moves from the conflicts all through the nineteenth century up to the current democratic...2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93061-1 (Routledge)
Europe and America
The Prospects for Partnership
The conflict in Bosnia, disputes within the new World Trade Organizatiion and debates about NATO enlargement all illustrate a single point: no relationship is more...1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-13864-2 (Routledge)
Europe and America
The Prospects for Partnership
The conflict in Bosnia, disputes within the new World Trade Organization and debates about NATO enlargement all illustrate a single point: no relationship is more...1996 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14653-1 (Routledge)
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