Politics

'An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached...

Discourses on Livy (1531) is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous...

This volume brings together extracts of the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the...

It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many...

This third volume about legal interpretation focuses on the interpretation of a constitution, most specifically...

The scope of presidential authority has been a constant focus of constitutional dispute since the...

There have been numerous accounts exploring the relationship between institutions and firm practices. However, much...

This book arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice directed by Professor Andrew Ashworth...

Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To...

These days, it is easy to be cynical about democracy. Even though there are more...

Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the...

The newest work from one of the most preeminent voices writing in the legal/political arena...

This collection of essays by G. Edward White provides, in one place, discussion of a...

The Great Financial Crisis that began in 2007 reminds us with devastating force that financial...

Featuring contributions from renowned experts, Religion, Politics, Society, and the State provides a uniquely broad...

How do men's and women's paths to political office differ? Once in office, are women's...

Given the powerfully negative and ongoing impact of the Great Recession on western economies, the...

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in elective office, including in entry-level political offices. While they enjoy...

The Senate of the mid twentieth century, which was venerated by journalists, historians, and senators...

Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and the U.S. Supreme Court have all alleged that...

Over the past decade, much attention has been given to examining the growing political influence...

The power of political blogs in American politics is now evident to anyone who follows...

The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an...

Broad agreement exists among politicians and policymakers that the family is a critical institution of...

Why has it been so long since an American president has effectively and consistently presented...

As correspondent for Newsweek, Michael Hirsh has traveled to every continent, reporting on American foreign...

Rarely does scholarship anticipate the most dramatic events of the moment. In this timely work...

Black women have traditionally represented the canvas on which many debates about poverty and welfare...

This spirited analysis--and defense--of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic,...

In the 1984 presidential election, only half of the eligible electorate exercised its right to...

This is the first English language history of Italian Socialism. It is based on extensive...

An eighth-generation Charlestonian with a prestigious address, impeccable social credentials, and years of intimate association...

Middle Eastern society experienced sudden and profound change in the 19th century under the impact...

A full-scale life and times biography of an important Civil War figure.

Named one of the Washington Post Book World's Best Books of 2009, The Least Worst...

Since Gideon Rose's 1998 review article in the journal World Politics and especially following the...

The four essays by Jeremy Bentham assembled in this volume date from the spring and...

American democracy is built on its institutions. The Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, in...

With Christian revivals (including Evangelicals in the White House), Islamic radicalism and the revitalisation of...

Joel Krieger provides an in-depth study of New Labour's model of government and the political...

Can a developing country balance a stable democracy with a well-functioning market economy? This question...

Today Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the...

Why should the United States cling to military alliances established during the Cold War when...

International views of Russia have changed drastically in the last decade, due in part to...