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Comparative Environmental Politics: Theory, Practice, and Prospects (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
How do different societies respond politically to environmental problems around the globe? Answering this question requires systematic, cross-national comparisons of political inst..More Info
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The Politics of Power: A Critical Introduction to American Government (Sixth Edition)
A book with a point of view. This brief introduction to American government highlights the ongoing tension between capitalism and democracy. With recent political conflict over is..More Info
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The American Political System (Full Edition (with policy chapters))
Empirical puzzles get students thinking like political scientists. The American Political System focuses on the core insights of political science that students need to understand ..More Info
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Governing Health: The Politics of Health Policy
Governing Health examines health care policy from a political perspective, describing how Congress, the president, special interest groups, bureaucracy, and state governments help..More Info
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The American Political System (Core Edition (without policy chapters))
Empirical puzzles get students thinking like political scientists. The American Political System focuses on the core insights of political science that students need to understand ..More Info
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The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations
Working from a unique non-U. S. perspective, this market-leading text provides a coherent, accessible, and engaging introduction to the globalization of world politics. Now in it..More Info
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AP Comparative Government and Politics: An Essential Coursebook and Study Guide, 5th ed.
This all new 5th edition of Ethel Wood's book is expanded to help students to understand the AP Comparative Government and Politics curriculum. It is fully updated, and includes a..More Info
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Change They Can’t Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America
Are Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or are they racists who refuse to accept Barack Obama as their president becau..More Info
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American Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
American politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American democracy works well is hotly debated. Amidst all this roiling partisan argument ..More Info
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It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism
Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America’s two main po..More Info
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Serving Their Country: American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century
Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C. Rosier traces how Indians defined democracy, ..More Info
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Debating Reform: Conflicting Perspectives on How to Fix the American Political System (The Debating Politics Series)
Is the American political system is inherently corrupt and inefficient? Moving beyond discussions of left versus right, Ellis and Nelson invite readers to assess arguments in the d..More Info
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Mass Media And American Politics
The eighth edition of Graber s classic text is thoroughly updated to reflect major structural changes that have shaken the world of political news. Graber combines comprehensive c..More Info
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Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspectives (Second Edition)
A reader with an analytical approach to American politics. Readings in American Politics introduces students to foundational works and recent scholarship that have shaped the way p..More Info
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Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer–and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
A groundbreaking work that identifies the real culprit behind one of the great economic crimes of our time— the growing inequality of incomes between the vast majority of America..More Info
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Commemorations: The Politics of National Identity
Memory is as central to modern politics as politics is central to modern memory. We are so accustomed to living in a forest of monuments, to having the past represented to us thro..More Info
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Politics – According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture
A variety of perspectives exist within the Christian community when it comes to political issues and political involvement. This comprehensive and readable book presents a politic..More Info
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The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior (Oxford Handbooks of American Politics)
The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior offers comprehensive coverage of the various theoretical approaches to the study of American elections and politic..More Info
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We the People: An Introduction to American Politics (Shorter Eighth Edition (without policy chapters))
Politics is relevant. The best book for engaging students in American politics is also the most effective for helping students study and learn. We the People emphasizes the ways t..More Info
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Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics
Whether reading today's political news blog or last century's speeches on suffrage, sifting facts from hyperbole and analysis from opinion is a real challenge for students. Keepin..More Info
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The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle
Between 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ o..More Info
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God and Race in American Politics: A Short History
Religion has been a powerful political force throughout American history. When race enters the mix the results have been some of our greatest triumphs as a nation--and some of our..More Info
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AP U.S. Government & Politics Crash Course (Advanced Placement (AP) Crash Course)
REA's Crash Course for the AP* U. S. Government & Politics Exam - Gets You a Higher Advanced Placement* Score in Less Time Crash Course is perfect for the time-crunched student, t..More Info
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Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life
TELL IT ALL, TELL IT EARLY, TELL IT YOURSELF Nobody ever calls Lanny Davis to give him good news. As a legal crisis manager, he’s the man public figures such as Bill Clinton, Ma..More Info
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Follow the Leader?: How Voters Respond to Politicians’ Policies and Performance (Chicago Studies in American Politics)
In a democracy, we generally assume that voters know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. We also assume that voters..More Info
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Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit
* NEWS FLASH * Healing the Heart of Democracy called "one of the most important books of the early 21st Century" for those who care about democracy (from a review in the online jo..More Info
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dy..More Info
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American Political Cartoons: The Evolution of a National Identity, 1754-2010
From Benjamin Franklin’s drawing of the first American political cartoon in 1754 to contemporary cartoonists’ blistering attacks on George W. Bush and initial love-affair wit..More Info
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State of the Union: A Century of American Labor (Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century America)
In a fresh and timely reinterpretation, Nelson Lichtenstein examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted part..More Info
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The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, The Dred Scott Case is a masterful examination of the most famous example of judicial failure--the case referred to as "the most frequently ov..More Info
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Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior and Instititutions, 2nd Edition (New Institutionalism in American Politics)
Analyzing Politics makes the fundamentals of rational-choice theory accessible to undergraduates in clear, nontechnical language. Through case studies, illustrations, and examples,..More Info
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New Directions in Public Opinion (New Directions in American Politics)
The field of public opinion is one of the most diverse in political science. Over the last 60 years, scholars have drawn upon the disciplines of psychology, economics, sociology, ..More Info
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5 Steps to a 5 AP US Government and Politics, 2012-2013 Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations Series)
A Perfect Plan for the Perfect Score We want you to succeed on your AP* exam. That's why we've created this 5-step plan to help you study more effectively, use your preparation ti..More Info
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The Price of Politics
Based on 18 months of reporting, Woodward's 17th book The Price of Politics is an intimate, documented examination of how President Obama and the highest profile Republican and Dem..More Info
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Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics (American Interest Books)
A host of catastrophes, natural and otherwise, as well as some pleasant surprises like the sudden end of the cold war without a shot being fired have caught governments and societi..More Info
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Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race (Chicago Studies in American Politics)
Disciplining the Poor explains the transformation of poverty governance over the past forty years -- why it happened, how it works today, and how it affects people. In the proces..More Info
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We the People: An Introduction to American Politics (Ninth Essentials Edition)
Content instructors trust—in a low-priced, very brief textWe the People is the best text for showing students that politics is relevant to their lives and that political particip..More Info
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System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, 2nd Edition (Public Affairs and Policy Administration Series)
WINNER OF THE LOUIS BROWNLOW BOOK AWARD! The massive bureaucratic reorganization under the Department of Homeland Security was a response to the system-wide coordination problems b..More Info
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The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter (Chicago Studies in American Politics)
With the 2012 presidential election upon us, will voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or will the race for the next pres..More Info
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The Logic of American Politics, 5th Edition
The American people and their government are deeply at odds over how best to overcome the obstacles currently facing the country. After observing the strains of intense partisansh..More Info
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Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion (Chicago Studies in American Politics)
Ethnocentrism—our tendency to partition the human world into in-groups and out-groups—pervades societies around the world. Surprisingly, though, few scholars have explored its..More Info
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Vintage)
As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has done the seemingly impossible—challenged conventional thinking about morality, ..More Info
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Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship In American Politics, B rief Edition
In this fourth edition, readers will find discussion of the Obama administration’s early successes and setbacks, of how Congress fared under Democratic majorities, of the 2010 mi..More Info
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Politics: A Treatise on Government
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works i..More Info
National Issues Articles
Popular Political News Outlets
Saturday, May 18thScientific studies have proven conclusively that the choice of media to consume drastically effects the political opinions of the consumers. Political expression tends to
The Republican Party in American Politics
Wednesday, May 1stThe Republican Party has a history that stretches back more than a hundred and fifty years, to before the American Civil War. In the decades of its history Republicanism
The Libertarian Party in American Politics
Sunday, April 21stAlthough the roots of the Libertarian Party go back centuries, the party itself has only been an organized force in American political life for about forty years. From th
What is Politics?
Sunday, April 7thPolitics is the art of influencing people on a civic level or it can be defined as any activity that aides in the governance of an area. Politics can be seen as a way for
The Democratic Party in American Politics
Saturday, March 9thThe Democratic Party is difficult to describe in simple terms. They are the only national party to survive since the foundation of the United States in 1776. They have un
Gerrymandering and Elections
Saturday, February 16thAmerica is a representative democracy, which means that small areas elect small leaders who come together on a national stage to make national decisions. The exact detail
The State of United States Politics
Thursday, January 10thThe United States of America is a nation with a firm political structure. Even when we cannot agree on the issues, we almost always agree on the way in which the issues s
