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Maine Politics and Government
University of Nebraska Press 2009; US$ 30.00Remote and thinly populated, Maine was long insulated from many of the demographic and economic trends of states to the south. Maine Politics and Government traces recent changes in the states system as agriculture, manufacturing, and maritime trades have ceded dominance to high-tech businesses, extensive commercial development, and an expanding... more...
Hidden Power
Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2005; US$ 14.95Political parties and elections are increasingly political theatre, with real power hidden behind a smokescreen of propaganda, carefully manipulated cultural and religious wars, and voting rituals. But there is another kind of hidden power in America: the grassroots social movements working for progressive change. If the Democratic Party can ally with... more...
Thinking Big
Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2009; US$ 9.95Times are changing. Instead of obsessing about what they?re against, progressives have begun to think about what they?re for?to prepare once again to play their role as agents of bold ideas and political and social transformation. Finding new confidence and imagination, they have begun to renew their political capital. The essays in this volume draw... more...
A Delicate Balance
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95This description of the application of the RAND Corporation's PortMan portfolio analysis and management method and Delphi consensus-building method for the National Security Agency (NSA) Information Sharing Services (ISS) division highlights how these methods enable the data-driven analysis of project portfolios and the allocation of research and... more...
Dirty Sexy Politics
Hyperion 2010; US$ 23.99Meghan McCain came to prominence as the straight-talking, progressive daughter of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain. And her profile has only risen since the election ended in favor of the other guy. What makes Meghan so appealing As a new role model for young, creative, and vocal members of the GOP, she?s unafraid to... more...
Common Sense Government
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 19.00The federal government is ailing and needs a cure. The cure lies in embracing a principle long known to the American people but little recognized by Washington - until now: common sense. In this pathbreaking report, Vice President Al Gore, presiding over the National Performance Review, at the request of President Clinton, charts a fundamental shift... more...
Federalism
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00Federalism is a system of government in which the powers are shared between state and federal governments. Originating as the Albany Plan of Union by Benjamin Franklin in 1754, federalism has become a controversial issue throughout American history, as politicians and lawmakers continue to argue over which level of government should have more authority.... more...
Latino Representation in State Houses and Congress
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 68.00Examines the growth of the number of Latinos serving in U.S. state legislatures and Congress in the past two decades. more...
California after Arnold
Algora Publishing 2008; US$ 23.95This book is a "must-read" for political activists, academics, journalists and political junkies of all sorts. It shows where the Golden State has been in the past two generations, where it is now and where it is going. The book describes the Schwarzenegger Administration in the context of broad political, demographic, economic and historical... more...
Coded Messages
Algora Publishing 2010; US$ 19.95Government is reading your mail, and the Intelligence services are reading the Government's mail. Who is in charge?. The National Security Agency was formed under such secrecy that it evades even Congressional scrutiny. A former NSA scientist raises an alarm over this abuse of America?s founding principles. Along the way, he gives a technical briefing... more...









