(Hardback)

An assessment of the recent unprecedented Taiwanese democratic elections, which, despite threats from Beijing, set the stage for genuine democracy in Taiwan.

(Paperback)

Following from her successful biography The Making of Julia Gillard, here Jacqueline Kent analyses the tumultuous term in office of our first female prime minister. Take Your Best Shot is an insightful and immensely readable account of Gillard's time at the top, and of just how adversarial her environment has been.

(Hardback)

Veteran journalist and communications scholar Philip Seib examines the future of Anglo-American relations in the context of post-Cold War developments such as the restructuring of NATO and the growing importance of the European Union.

(Paperback)

An investigation into how the Bush-Cheney administration has seized vast powers for the presidency to permanently alter the constitutional balance of American democracy.

(Paperback)

An indispensible window into one of the most legendary figures in politics, Lyndon B. Johnson, and his tumultuous, controversial years in power, edited, set in context and annotated by a leading professional historian.

(Hardback)

A groundbreaking contribution to the literature of constitutional law, Taking Liberties is the first book to explore the ways domestic policies deny U.S. citizens access to international sources of information.

(Paperback)

The founder of one of the world's most influential political blogs establishes the fundamental laws that govern today's new era of activism.

(Paperback)

Here a leading scholar in constitutional law, Mark Tushnet, challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow U.S. judges to invalidate "unconstitutional" governmental actions.

(Hardback)

Defines in a dictionary style format terms usually associated with terrorism, such as extremist, fundamentalist, and terrorist.

(Paperback)

Addresses the problems that arise not only from a politicized foreign policy process but also from excessive bureaucratization and lack of leadership in the Foreign Service itself.

(Paperback)

A controversial and important book by BBC reporter and terrorism expert Peter Taylor. Newly updated to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and to include the death of Osama Bin Laden.

(Hardback)

Compares the processes that led to the breakthrough agreements in South Africa in 1990 and in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1993, and analyzes post-agreement developments in each case.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Americans are just emerging from one of the great reform eras in our historyan era in which we attempted to control public bureaucracies through interest representation, due process, management, policy analysis, federalism, and oversight. The United States has, in fact, undergone an institutional realignment and has emerged with a weaker, less auto

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

In this 1970 expanded edition, which includes a new Preface and Introduction and a long new chapter, Professor Bienen discusses the events and significance of the Arusha Declaration in the light of his continued research since 1967 while a Visiting Lecturer at University College, Nairobi. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library

(Hardback)

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

A new, expanded guide to government information sources. The text explains the intricacies of government information and how to find sources that meet specific research needs. Helpful guides to government abbreviations and citations are also included, as are numerous new tables, user guides exercises, and illustrations.

(Hardback)

Based on the notion that the legitimacy of government rests on the consent of the governed, Miller's (government and politics, George Mason U.) work examines the roles state institutions in the US have played in creating the governed's consent to bureaucratic powers of government, particularly the p

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

He helps us understand that the political relationship between schools and society is neither artificial nor neutral nor necessarily negative.

Choice

Offers educators ways for reflecting critically on their own practices and the relationship between schools and society.

(Hardback)

Examines the extent to which teachers have an impact on students' attitudes toward the political system.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

The best way to teach democracy has been the subject of an ongoing debate for 2,500 years. Unlike most books about teaching democracy, this one spends more time on how to teach democracy than the what and why of teaching democracy.