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First Ladies of the United States: A Biographical DictionaryRobert P. Watson Whether editing speeches and appearing on the campaign trail, presiding over White House renovations and social events, championing important causes, or functioning as the president's most trusted adviser, first ladies have made significant contributions to the heads-of-state's careers and to the nation. Yet, the accomplishments of those who have acted as the power behind the presidency More > | ![]() |
Anticipating Madam PresidentRobert P. Watson and Ann Gordon, editors Madam President? The question is not if, but rather when the United States will elect a female president—but that may be the only certainty involved in shattering this most visible glass ceiling in U.S. society.
Who will be included in the field of candidates for Madam President, and why? How will she have to position herself for a viable run at the Oval Office? Once in office, will More > | ![]() |
Campaigns and Elections: Issues, Concepts, CasesRobert P. Watson and Colton C. Campbell, editors Blending insightful scholarship with a "nuts and bolts" approach, Campaigns and Elections examines the electoral process at the local, state, and national levels.
The authors—leading scholars, political professionals, and election administrators—focus on such current issues as the use of pollsters and political consultants, campaign finance reform, partisan politics, and the More > | ![]() |
The Presidents’ Wives: The Office of the First Lady in US Politics, 2nd EditionRobert 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 attention. Now, this fully revised second edition incorporates the first ladyships of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama in each chapter. The new edition also includes a decade-and-a-half of More > | ![]() |
Gender in Third World PoliticsGeorgina Waylen This gendered analysis of Third World politics examines both "high politics" and political activity at the grassroots level, as well as the impact of state policy on differing groups of women.
Waylen first discusses the major theoretical questions involved in the study of gender in Third World politics. She then discusses the topic in the context of colonialism, revolution, More > | |
Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development: Governance, Environment, and Growth with EquityJames H. Weaver, Michael T. Rock, and Kenneth Kusterer Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development presents a holistic approach to development that extends beyond the narrow goal of economic growth. The authors provide a thoroughly accessible model for integrating economic development, environmental sustainability, and the full range of factors—social, cultural, and political—affecting both. More > | ![]() |
The Last Good FreudianBrenda Webster The environment of New York City in the post-World War II era was one filled with new ideas and movements. The 1950s saw waves of Freudian disciples set up practices. In The Last Good Freudian, Brenda Webster describes what it was like to grow up in an intellectual and artistic Jewish family during this time.
Her father, Wolf Schwabacher, was a prominent entertainment lawyer whose clients More > | ![]() |
The Transformation of the Republican Party, 1912-1936: From Reform to ResistanceClyde 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, Weed draws on a wide range of previously neglected sources to explore the fundamental transformation that the party experienced—and in the process to shed new light, as well, on the ideology and More > | ![]() |
Economic Development, Social Order, and World PoliticsErich Weede Based on methodological individualism and a public-choice approach to social theory—and sure to stimulate considerable debate—this book analyzes the interdependence of economic development, social order, and interstate conflict.
Weede contrasts the rise of the West over the past 500 years with the stagnation in the great Asian civilizations, arguing that political constraints on More > | |
Justice Without ViolencePaul Wehr, Heidi Burgess, and Guy Burgess, editors Justice Without Violence investigates nonviolent ways—both successful and unsuccessful—of confronting acute political and economic injustice around the world.
A well-integrated mixture of theoretical analysis and case studies (from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East), the book examines nonviolent direct action, political action, economic sanctions, and social More > |