Library of America, March 2020. Hardcover. As the nation stands at a crossroads, Andrew J. Bacevich urges us to reexamine the ideas and values of the American conservative tradition. What is American conservatism? What are its core beliefs and values? What answers can it offer to the fundamental questions we..... More
Penguin Books, August 2012. Mass Market PaperBack. A selection of speeches by the most inspiring and persuasive orators in American history Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to..... More
Stanford Security Studies, August 2012. Trade Paperback. The U.S. today faces the most complex and challenging security environment in recent memory-- even as it deals with growing constraints on its ability to respond to threats. Its most consequential challenge is the rise of China, which increasingly has the capability to..... More
Harpercollins, January 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Light yellowing on the jacket and page edges. More
Palgrave Macmillan, December 1995. Hardcover. This book analyses the European Parliament's relations with the national parliaments of the European Union, in terms of political party interactions, institutional arrangements, and two-way influence. Each of the twelve chapters on the member-states of the EU covers three main themes: the links between party-political..... More
Johns Hopkins University Press, September 2009. Trade Paperback. This empirically grounded collection examines the growth of participatory institutions in Latin American democracy and how such institutions affect representative government. While most existing literature concentrates on model cases of participatory budgeting in Brazil, this volume investigates cases in Mexico, Bolivia, Chile..... More
Brill Academic Pub, January 2015. Hardcover. Recognition and Freedom brings together leading international scholars to discuss the political thought of the social philosopher Axel Honneth. In addition to providing an introduction to Honneth's political thought, the book examines topics such as education, solidarity, multiculturalism, agonism, neo-liberalism and the ways in..... More
Ivan R. Dee, November 2002. Trade Paperback. Can the cultural values that have distinguished Western civilization survive the present-day preoccupation with relativism and the quest for pleasure? In this important and wide-ranging collection of essays, ten distinguished critics reflect on the direction of our society, emphasizing both the dangers that..... More
The MIT Press, February 2002. Trade Paperback. The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications..... More
Verso, January 2020. Trade Paperback. How anti-fascism is as American as apple pie Since the birth of fascism in the 1920s, well before the global renaissance of "white nationalism," the United States has been home to its own distinct fascist movements, some of which decisively influenced the course of US..... More
Custom House, October 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. In the spirit of Evicted, Bait and Switch, and The Big Short, a shocking, heart-wrenching investigation into America's housing crisis and the modern-day robber barons who are making a fortune off the backs of the disenfranchised working and middle class--among them, Donald Trump..... More
Knopf Publishing Group, January 2020. Hardcover. The brilliant creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award-winning New Yorker staff writer explains our current economy: laying out its internal logic and revealing the transformative hope it offers for millions of people to thrive as they never have before. Contrary to what..... More
Knopf Publishing Group, January 2020. Hardcover. The brilliant creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award-winning New Yorker staff writer explains our current economy: laying out its internal logic and revealing the transformative hope it offers for millions of people to thrive as they never have before. Contrary to what..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), April 2008. Trade Paperback. Now with a New Preface and Conclusion: "Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election" What has happened to our country and how can we fix it? We are in the midst of a deepening crisis for our democracy. After the strangest election cycle..... More
Rodale Books, May 2017. First Edition. Paper Back. A New York Times bestseller! The follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling An Inconvenient Truth and companion to Vice President Al Gore's new documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, this new book is a daring call to action..... More
N/A, January 1983. Trade Paperback. Light corner bumps and shelf wear on the cover. More
William A Davis, 1796. Leather. A solid calf binding with typical shelf wear. Foxing throughout, including on the four fold-out folding tables in rear, all present. A rival of Alexander Hamilton's Federalism, in fervent opposition to public debt, Gallatin eventually served as Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury. He composed..... More
Dey Street Books, January 2018. Paper Back. NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year." --The Hill "It is still striking to see the full argument unfold and realize that you don't have to be a zealot to imagine some version of it..... More
St. Martin's Press, January 2020. Hardcover. A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America There's an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby, it's time for..... More
PublicAffairs, January 2020. Hardcover. I don't like the word 'sabotage',"--a former Goldman Sachs trader admitted. "It's just harsh.... Though, frankly, how else do you make money in this business...I mean, real money." The fundamental motive for financial innovation is not to make the system work better, but to avoid regulation..... More
Zebra Press, December 2007. Paper Back. More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 2020. Hardcover. In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein tells the story of the Trump and Kushner families like never before. Their journey to the White House is a story of survival and loss, crime and betrayal, that stretches from the Klondike Gold..... More
Wiley-Blackwell, April 2007. Hardcover. Written by renowned political philosopher Andrew Levine, Political Keywords guides readers through today's mostcommonly used- and misused- political terminology.A much-needed dictionary of contemporary political vernacularfrom "alienation" to "Zionism"Defines the most important political keywords, i.e. theoften-confusing (and sometimes intentionally misleading) terms thatare used to describe our politicsRefamiliarizes..... More
Palgrave Macmillan, January 1998. Hardcover. Between 1852 and 1886 British politics moved from a system of 'parliamentary government' towards a two party system. This book looks at why and how this change happened and analyses the long-term implications it had for British politics. More
Bloomsbury Publishing, October 2019. Hardcover. "Reveals a political trend that threatens both our form of government and our species." - Timothy Snyder, author of ON TYRANNY "Riveting.... Want to understand how so many Americans turned against truth? Read this book." Nancy Maclean, author of DEMOCRACY IN CHAINS In 1981, emboldened..... More
