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American Politics

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Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone?

How Institutional Differences Influence Renewable Energy Policy

By Srinivas Parinandi
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics

Renewable energy policies and the politics of resource management

Isolation and Engagement

Presidential Decision Making on China from Kennedy to Nixon

By William Waltman Newmann
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy, International Relations, American Politics

Personal presidential style profoundly affects China policy, both in and outside the administration

Cops, Teachers, Counselors

Stories from the Front Lines of Public Service

Second Edition, New and expanded edition

By Steven Williams Maynard-Moody & Michael Craig Musheno
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Sociology

A penetrating look at how government workers make sense of their work, ascribe identity to the people they encounter, and account for their decisions and actions

More or Less Afraid of Nearly Everything

Homeland Security, Borders, and Disasters in the Twenty-First Century

By Ben Rohrbaugh
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics, Public Policy

An Insider’s Guide to Homeland Security

Foreign Policy Advocacy and Entrepreneurship

How a New Generation in Congress Is Shaping U.S. Engagement with the World

By Jeffrey S Lantis
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Public Policy, Governance

Junior foreign policy entrepreneurs in Congress are reshaping the United States’ foreign policy landscape

Early Start

Preschool Politics in the United States

By Andrew Karch
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Education

A political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States

Treaty Politics and the Rise of Executive Agreements

International Commitments in a System of Shared Powers

By Glen S Krutz & Jeffrey S Peake
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, International Relations, Public Policy, Political Theory

Executive agreements offer both the president and Congress a more efficient way to conduct international affairs

Americans, Congress, and Democratic Responsiveness

Public Evaluations of Congress and Electoral Consequences

New and expanded edition

By David R Jones & Monika L McDermott
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Public Policy

The public's satisfaction with Congress determines policy shifts as well as turnovers at election time

Democratic Laboratories

Policy Diffusion among the American States

By Andrew Karch
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Public Policy

An important new study of how policy ideas and innovations spread

Governing Fortune

Casino Gambling in America

By Ernest P. Goss & Edward A. Morse
Subjects: Economics, Political Science, American Politics, Law, Public Policy

The first accessible introduction to the American gaming landscape

The Next Twenty-five Years

Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa

By David Lee Featherman, Marvin Krislov, and Martin Hall
Subjects: Education, Higher Education, Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, African American Studies, Law, African Studies

A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of higher education in diverse democracies

Institutional Change in American Politics

The Case of Term Limits

Edited by Karl T. Kurtz, Bruce E. Cain, and Richard G. Niemi
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Public Policy, Law

The first comprehensive look at the long-term effect of the 1990s wave of term limits legislation

The White Welfare State

The Racialization of U.S. Welfare Policy

By Deborah E. Ward
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Economics, Sociology, Public Policy

Groundbreaking new research into the historical relationship between race and social welfare

Opposition and Intimidation

The Abortion Wars and Strategies of Political Harassment

By Alesha Doan
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Health & Medicine, Sociology, Public Policy

The first systematic study of the extralegal tactics employed by the American anti-abortion movement

Imagining America in 2033

How the Country Put Itself Together after Bush

By Herbert J. Gans
Subjects: Fiction, Political Science, American Politics, Public Policy, Race and Politics

A utopian narrative

America at Risk

Threats to Liberal Self-Government in an Age of Uncertainty

Edited by Robert Faulkner & Susan M. Shell
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, American Studies, Public Policy, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, International Relations
Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues

A group of eminent thinkers and writers address the question, what are some of the greatest dangers facing America today?

No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools

By Scott Abernathy
Subjects: Education, Political Science, American Politics, Public Policy

Why NCLB will fail to close the achievement gap—and what we can do about it

Democracy's Promise

Immigrants and American Civic Institutions

By Janelle Wong
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Public Policy
Series: The Politics of Race and Ethnicity

Insights into how immigrants can contribute to the growth of vibrant and diverse American political institutions

Governing Fortune

Casino Gambling in America

By Edward A. Morse & Ernest P. Goss
Subjects: Economics, Political Science, American Politics, Law, Public Policy

The first accessible introduction to the American gaming landscape

School Choice and the Future of American Democracy

By Scott Abernathy
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Education

Exposes deep contradictions in the politics of American educational reform

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