US Politics (all books)

The Politics of Taxing and Spending
Patrick Fisher

How are budget decisions made by the US government? Is it fair to blame skyrocketing deficits on an inability to curtail spending? How—and why—are taxing and spending decidedly    More >

The President's Cabinet: Gender, Power, and Representation
MaryAnne Borrelli

Are female office holders most acceptable when they most resemble men? Why has a woman never led the Department of the Treasury, or Defense, or Veterans Affairs? Reflecting on these and    More >

The President's Speeches: Beyond "Going Public"
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha

Why do presidents bother to give speeches when their words rarely move public opinion? Arguing that "going public" isn't really about going to the public at all, Matthew    More >

The Presidents’ Wives: The Office of the First Lady in US Politics, 2nd Edition
Robert P. Watson

Robert Watson's groundbreaking study on the presidents' wives proved that the first lady can be an influential force in presidential politics and is a subject worthy of scholarly    More >

The Transformation of the Republican Party
Jeffrey M. Stonecash

It is undisputed that the Republican Party has changed dramatically since the 1940s and '50s. But the exact nature of that change—and how it came to be—remain subject to    More >

The Transformation of the Republican Party, 1912-1936: From Reform to Resistance
Clyde P. Weed

Clyde Weed recovers and analyzes the largely lost history of the Republican Party in the first half of the twentieth century. Exploring the internal dynamics of the GOP during those decades,    More >

The Transformation of U.S. Unions: Voices, Visions, and Strategies from the Grassroots
Ray M. Tillman and Michael S. Cummings, editors

What's wrong with U.S. unions, and what could make it right? These are the questions addressed by eighteen partisans—union dissidents and noted scholars—of union democracy.    More >

The Trickle-Up Economy: How We Take from the Poor and Middle Class and Give to the Rich
Mark Mattern

One of the most durable myths of US political economy is that we take from the rich and give to the poor—penalizing the rich for their hard work and rewarding the undeserving. Mark    More >

The US Institute of Peace: A Critical History
Michael D. English

Long a source of contention and ambiguity in Washington, the US Institute of Peace (USIP) is seen by some as a vital part of the US national security apparatus, by others as a counter to the    More >

The Women of 2018: The Pink Wave in the US House Elections ... and Its Legacy in 2020
Barbara Burrell

Avengers. PerSisters. The pink wave. And even badasses. These terms have been used to refer to the unprecedented number of female candidates who ran for elected office in the United States    More >

US National Security: Policymakers, Processes, and Politics, 6th ed.
John Allen Williams, Stephen J. Cimbala, and Sam C. Sarkesian

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! The main focus of US national security policy has shifted dramatically since the years of the Obama administration, moving away from nation building and    More >

US Politics and Climate Change: Science Confronts Policy
Glen Sussman and Byron W. Daynes

Why is climate change the subject of such vehement political rhetoric in the United States?  What explains the policy deadlock that has existed for nearly two decades—and that has    More >

US Politics and Generation Y: Engaging the Millennials
David Rankin

How have the momentous events of the early 21st century affected the millennial generation's political awareness and action? What accounts for the widespread youth mobilization in    More >

Vice Presidents, Presidential Elections, and the Media: Second Fiddles in the Spotlight
Stacy G. Ulbig

Do vice presidential candidates play any significant role in presidential elections? Challenging the conventional wisdom, Stacy Ulbig shows the important ways in which they do in fact affect    More >

When Police Use Force: Context, Methods, Outcomes
Craig Boylstein

New technology has offered the public the opportunity to witness police use of force far more frequently than in the past—and has brought into sharp focus a number of big questions.    More >

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