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Political Science

Why Parties Matter Political Competition and Democracy in the American South

Aldrich John H., Griffin John D.

ISBN: PB: 9780226495378, ISBN: HB: 9780226495231, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 72 halftones, 17 line drawings, 20 tables

Since the founding of the American Republic, the North and South have followed remarkably different paths of political development. Among the factors that have led to their divergence throughout much of history are differences in the levels of compet...

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Military

Why Comrades Go to War Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict

Verhoeven Harry, Roessler Philip

ISBN: PB: 9781849049085, ISBN: HB: 9781849046527, Hurst Publishers, August 2017
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In October 1996, a motley crew of ageing Marxists and unemployed youth coalesced to revolt against Mobutu Seso Seko, president of Zaire/Congo since 1965. Backed by a Rwanda-led regional coalition that drew support from Asmara t...

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Political Science

We Reviving Social Hope

Aronson Ronald

ISBN: HB: 9780226334660, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
208 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

The election of Donald Trump has exposed American society's profound crisis of hope. By 2016 a generation of shrinking employment, rising inequality, the attack on public education, and the shredding of the social safety net, had set the stage for st...

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Political Science

When Crime Pays Money and Muscle in Indian Politics

Vaishnav Milan

ISBN: HB: 9780300216202, Yale University Press, March 2017
440 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 54 black&white illus.

The first thorough study of the co-existence of crime and democratic processes in Indian politics In India, the world's largest democracy, the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics raises complex questions. For instance, how can free and...

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Political Science

Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe

Galbraith James K.

ISBN: HB: 9780300220445, Yale University Press, June 2016
256 pp., 21x14 cm

The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time. The financial woes of this relatively small European nation threaten the long-term viability of the Euro...

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Why Washington Won't Work Polarization, Political Trust, and the Governing Crisis

Hetherington Marc J., Rudolph Thomas J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226299211, ISBN: HB: 9780226299181, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 figures, 29 tables

Polarization is at an all-time high in the United States. But contrary to popular belief, Americans are polarized not so much in their policy preferences as in their feelings toward their political opponents: To an unprecedented degree, Republicans a...

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Political Science

Watershed of Modern Politics Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300-1650)

Oakley Francis

ISBN: HB: 9780300194432, Yale University Press, August 2015
400 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

The concluding volume of Francis Oakley's authoritative trilogy moves on to engage the political thinkers of the later Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Reformation and religious wars, and the era that produced the Divine Right Theory of Kingship. Oak...

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Political Science

Wildcat Currency How the Virtual Money Revolution Is Transforming the Economy

Castronova Edward

ISBN: PB: 9780300212495, ISBN: HB: 9780300186130, Yale University Press, August 2015
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Private currencies have always existed, from notes printed by individual banks to the S&H Green Stamps that consumers once redeemed for household items. Today's economy has seen an explosion of new forms of monetary exchange not created by the federa...

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Why Nudge? The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism

Sunstein Cass R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300212693, Yale University Press, June 2015
224 pp., 21x14 cm, 3 black&white illus.

Based on a series of path breaking lectures given at Yale University in 2012, this powerful, thought-provoking work by national best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein combines legal theory with behavioural economics to make a fresh argument about the l...

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Political Science

Who Governs? Presidents, Public Opinion, and Manipulation

Druckman James N., Jacobs Lawrence R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226234410, ISBN: HB: 9780226234380, University of Chicago Press, March 2015
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 figure, 15 tables

America's model of representational government rests on the premise that elected officials respond to the opinions of citizens. This is a myth, however, not a reality, according to James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs. In "Who Governs?", Druckman...

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