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The Audacity of Hopeby Barack Obama
Crown Publishing Group 2006; US$ 7.99In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called “the audacity of hope.” The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama’s call for a different brand of politics—a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the... more...
Full Disclosureby Archon Fung; Mary Graham; David Weil
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 16.00Full Disclosure is the first analysis of national and international transparency policies. more...
Down & Dirtyby Jake Tapper
Hachette Book Group USA 2001; US$ 12.99Usually when Americans go to Florida for a spell, they come back looking better--tan, refreshed, relaxed, a few pina coladas under their belts. It didn't quite work out that way for America as a whole. What happened in Florida brought out the ugliest side of American politics. Now acclaimed journalist Jake Tapper takes us deep inside the battle to steal the presidency of the United States in a book that reveals, once and for all, what actually happened, and who got away with what. Down and Dirty brilliantly explains exactly how the Bush forces out-maneuvered the Gore team, from the courtrooms to the canvassing boards, from the press rooms to the corridors of the legislature. Tapper paints vivid portraits of all the major players--Katherine... more...
Black, Brown, Yellow, and Leftby Laura Pulido
University of California Press 2005; US$ 26.95Laura Pulido traces the roots of third world radicalism in Southern California during the 1960s and 1970s in this accessible, wonderfully illustrated comparative study. Focusing on the Black Panther Party, El Centro de Acción Social y Autonomo (CASA), and East Wind, a Japanese American collective, she explores how these African American, Chicana/o, and Japanese American groups sought to realize their ideas about race and class, gender relations, and multiracial alliances. Based on thorough research as well as extensive interviews, Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left explores the differences and similarities between these organizations, the strengths and weaknesses of the third world left as a whole, and the ways that differential racialization... more...
Tides of Consentby James A. Stimson
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 18.00This book tracks movement in American public opinion. It argues that public opinion is decisive in American politics and locates the citizens who produce this influential change as a quite small subset of the American electorate. more...
Presidential Campaignsby Paul F. Boller
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 8.95This title unveils the whole history of US presidential elections, from the seamless ascent of General George Washington to the bitterly contested election of George W. Bush. Each chapter contains a brief essay describing an election and presenting "campaign highlights" that bring to life the quadrennial confrontation in all its shame and glory. more...
5 Steps to a 5 on the AP U.S. Government and Politicsby Pamela Lamb
McGraw-Hill 2003; US$ 16.95AP, Advanced Placement Program, and College Board are registered trademarks of the College Entrance Examination Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product more...
Living Blue in the Red Statesby David Starkey
University of Nebraska Press 2007; US$ 19.95Shows what politically progressive creative writers were feeling in the wake of George W Bush's re-election. This book presents the work of essayists who look beyond the passions of the moment - the war in Iraq, the rallying of the Right around social issues, the Democrats' failure in 2004 - to the need for unity. more...
Political Women and American Democracyby Christina Wolbrecht; Karen Beckwith; Lisa Baldez
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00Provides a critical synthesis of scholarly research on women in American politics. more...
Breaking the Political Glass Ceilingby Barbara Palmer; Dennis Simon
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 40.95With the most comprehensive data that exists on women and congressional elections, Palmer and Simon explore the American "political glass ceiling" how incumbency, strategy and redistricting effect the success of women candidates for Congress. more...









