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Control
Threshold Editions 2013; Not AvailableWhen our founding fathers secured the Constitutional ?right of the people to keep and bear arms,? they also added the admonition that this right SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. It is the only time this phrase appears in the Bill of Rights. So why aren?t more people listening? History has proven that guns are essential to self-defense and liberty?but tragedy... more...
Justice Takes a Recess
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 25.99Justice Takes a Recess examines why and under what circumstances presidents use the recess appointment power to appoint judges to the Federal courts. The authors show that the use of the recess power upsets the carefully calculated separation of powers envisioned by the Framers, shifting power away from one branch of government towards another. more...
Popular Sovereignty in the West
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00This book is an inquiry into the history of the idea of popular sovereignty as it has been shaped by the struggles between rulers and ruled. It builds on the notion that a thorough analysis of how the idea of popular sovereignty emerges from, and interacts with, a political history of contention within changing polities can help us to draw similarities... more...
Brazil's Supreme Audit Institution: The Audit of the Consolidated Year-end Government Report
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2013; US$ 63.00Supreme audit institutions have a distinct role in supporting the development of a more strategic and forward looking state. This report assesses the role of Brazil's SAI - the Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União or TCU) - in enhancing accountability and informing decision making within the federal government. The review... more...
Straight Talk from the Heartland
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 19.99Ed Schultz is here to slay the "right-wing radio dragon" and revitalize the charge against Bush-era "conservative cruelty" with his own bold, irreverent truth-talk. When the self-described "gun-toting, meat-eating, drug-free liberal" from America's heartland came out swinging with his syndicated radio program, The Ed Schultz Show , listeners realized... more...
The Truth (with jokes)
Penguin Group Inc. 2005; US$ 15.00Al Franken’s landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right , was praised as a “bitterly funny assault” ( zThe New York Times ) that rang “with the moral clarity of an angel’s trumpet” ( The Associated Press ). Now, this master of political humor strikes again... more...
State-Building
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95This study brings together internationally renowned academics to provide a detailed insight into the theory and practice of state-building. State-building is one of the dominant themes in contemporary international relations. This text addresses both the theoretical logic behind state-building and key practical manifestations of this phenomenon.... more...
America Back on Track
Penguin Group US 2007; US$ 15.00From one of America's most respected progressive voices comes an inspiring vision of reform and renewal In a Senate career spanning more than four decades, Edward M. Kennedy has become one of the most authoritative voices in American politics. His first major book in more than twenty years, America Back on Track argues that our nation has departed... more...
The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Who's ready for the oval office? They call it a horse race, and in this election the candidates got out of the gate early. But it's still hard to tell them apart and make a choice. Mark Halperin, veteran reporter and political analyst, sizes up the White House hopefuls with intelligence, insight, and his trademark wit, offering engaging, in-depth... more...
State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 110.00State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies focuses on the reform economies of post-socialist Europe. It looks at how various projects of communism that emerged in have been and are still being dismantled and recomposed by alternative visions, institutions and practices of capitalist market economies and democratic polities. more...









