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Political Science

Mere Machine The Supreme Court, Congress, and American Democracy

Harvey Anna L.

ISBN: PB: 9780300205770, ISBN: HB: 9780300171112, Yale University Press, August 2014
384 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 19 black&white illus.

Introductory textbooks on American government tell us that the Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches, and that independent courts better protect rights than their more deferential counterparts. But are these facts, or myths? In this...

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If Mayors Ruled the World Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities

Barber Benjamin R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300209327, Yale University Press, August 2014
256 pp., 21x14 cm

In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time – climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns and people – the nations of the world seem paralyzed. The problems are too big, too interdependent, too divisive for the nati...

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Terror Courts America's Experiment with Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay

Bravin Jess

ISBN: PB: 9780300205596, ISBN: HB: 9780300189209, Yale University Press, June 2014
384 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Within weeks of the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States had captured hundreds of suspected al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan, and by the following January the first of these prisoners arrived at the U.S. Navy's detention camp in Guantana...

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Charter of the United Nations Together with Scholarly Commentaries and Essential Historical Documents

Shapiro Ian, Lampert Joseph

ISBN: PB: 9780300180435, Yale University Press, June 2014
288 pp., 21x14 cm

An essential addition to the Basic Documents of World Politics series, this volume presents the full text of the United Nations Charter and the Statute of the International Court of Justice, as well as other related historic documents and essays on t...

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Law

Political Science

Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan Constitutional Law and the Politics of Backlash

Magliocca Gerard N.

ISBN: PB: 9780300205824, ISBN: HB: 9780300153149, Yale University Press, April 2014
240 pp., 21.1x14.7 cm

Although Populist candidate William Jennings Bryan lost the presidential elections of 1896, 1900, and 1908, he was the most influential political figure of his era. In this astutely argued book, Gerard Magliocca explores how Bryan's effort to reach t...

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Democracy in Retreat The Revolt of the Middle Class and the Worldwide Decline of Representative Government

Kurlantzick Joshua

ISBN: PB: 9780300205800, Yale University Press, April 2014
296 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Since the end of the Cold War, the assumption among most political theorists has been that as nations develop economically, they will also become more democratic – especially if a vibrant middle class takes root. This assumption underlies the expansi...

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Theory of Militant Democracy The Ethics of Combatting Political

Kirshner Alexander S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300188240, Yale University Press, February 2014
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

How should pro-democratic forces safeguard representative government from anti-democratic forces? By granting rights of participation to groups that do not share democratic values, democracies may endanger the very rights they have granted; but denyi...

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Fragile Empire How Russia Fell in and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin

Judah Ben

ISBN: PB: 9780300205220, Yale University Press, February 2014
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 illus.

From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin's friends, foes, and colleagues, government of...

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Middle East

Struggle for Iraq's Future How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy

al-Ali Zaid

ISBN: HB: 9780300187267, Yale University Press, December 2013
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 12 black&white illus.

Since the withdrawal of US occupying forces, international attention has shifted away from Iraq – but life for Iraqis has become no easier. Deadly bombings are still all too common, sectarian violence has soared and all-pervading corruption means tha...

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Against the Profit Motive The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940

Parrillo Nicholas R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300194753, Yale University Press, November 2013
576 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 3 black&white illus.

<p>In America today, a public official's lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently authorized officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendant convicted. Tax collect...

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