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Michael Fischer

How Books Can Save Democracy

A testament to the power of books to bring us together in an age of division

Robert G Boatright

Reform and Retrenchment

In Reform and Retrenchment, Robert G. Boatright explores changes in American primary election laws from the 1920s to the 1970s. He shows that political parties, factions, and reform groups manipulated pri…

Jan Meyer

Institutionenpolitik gegen die 'unteren Klassen'

Zu wenig Mitbestimmung: wie politische Institutionen in der Ideengeschichte der liberalen Demokratie die Partizipation der 'unteren Klassen' einschränken.

David S Tatel

Vision

David Tatel has served nearly 30 years on America's second highest court, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where many of our most crucial cases are resolved -- or teed up for the S…

Jason Chaffetz

They're Coming for You

"An examination of how un-elected activists use economic pressures to target their political opponents"-- Provided by publisher.

David Brock

Stench

"A blistering expose of Clarence Thomas and the conservative regime of corruption that has usurped the Supreme Court - by a Democratic activist and former Republican political operative Public confidence …

Richard A Brisbin, John C Kilwein, L Christopher Plein

West Virginia Politics and Government

Combining new empirical information about political behavior with a close examination of the capacity of the state’s government, this third edition of West Virginia Politics and Government offers a compre…

Eddie James "Son" House

Raw Delta Blues

Martin Gelin

The White Storm

The White Storm reveals how racism has permeated almost every significant conflict in America's past. Now it threatens American democracy itself.

Jefferson Cowie

The Great Exception

"Jefferson Cowie's The Great Exception is a brilliant contribution to the understanding of American politics. Cowie makes the case that the halcyon era of liberalism, from Roosevelt to Kennedy, was an out…

Gerald Gamm, Steven S Smith

Steering the Senate

"The first-ever study to examine the development of the Senate's main governing institutions, Steering the Senate is the extraordinary account of the invention and growth of Senate floor leadership - a st…

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

Tyranny of the Minority

"America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foun…

Adam J Berinsky

Political Rumors

Why debunked political rumors persist and how to combat them Political rumors and misinformation pollute the political landscape. This is not a recent phenomenon; before the currently rampant and unfound…

Thomas W Merrill

The Chevron Doctrine

With Congress paralyzed, lawmaking falls to executive agencies and courts that interpret existing statutes. Due to the so-called Chevron doctrine, courts generally defer to agencies. Thomas Merrill examin…

Mehrsa Baradaran

The Quiet Coup

Many Americans believe that something fundamental has gone wrong in their country. Why does full-time work no longer guarantee financial stability? Why does college cost a lifetime of debt? And why have d…

Inukonda Thirumali

Telangana-Andhra

This book is an attempt to present the inside story of the Telangana movement that developed due to historical reasons.

The Conservative Effect, 2010-2024

After fourteen years of Conservative government, we rightly ask what changed for the better or worse during this prolonged period of power? The country experienced significant challenges including austeri…

Jennifer Hochschild

Genomic Politics

In Genomic Politics, Jennifer Hochschild shows how the fraught politics of genomics is unfolding in American life. She focuses on genetically modified medicines that target African Americans, DNA evidence…

Sasha Abramsky

Chaos Comes Calling

"Donald Trump's November 2015 electoral victory was, to many, ominously validated by four years of demagogy, presidential name-calling, and-ten months into a pandemic-an incitement to violence that led a …