Political Science : Federal Government

In What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank pointed out. that a great number of Americans actually vote against their own. interests. In The Political Mind, George Lakoff explains why. As it turns out, human beings are not the rational creatures. we’ve so long imagined ourselves to be. Ideas, morals, and values. do not exist somewhere outside the body, ready to be examined and. put to use. Instead, they exist quite literally inside the brain—and. they take physical shape there. For example, we form particular. kinds of narratives in our minds just like we form specific muscle. memories such as typing or dancing, and then we fit new information. into those narratives. Getting that information out of one narrative. type and into another—or building a whole new narrative. altogether—can be as hard as learning to play the banjo. Changing. your mind isn’t like changing your body—it’s the same thing. But as long as progressive politicians and activists persist in. believing that people use an objective system of reasoning to decide. on their politics, the Democrats will continue to lose elections. They. must wrest control of the terms of the debate from their opponents. rather than accepting their frame and trying to argue within it. This passionate, erudite, and groundbreaking book will appeal. to readers of Steven Pinker and Thomas Frank. It is a fascinating. read for anyone interested in how the mind works, how society. works, and how they work together. more...

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As Americans head into a crucial election year, pundits are coloring everything in red and blue. But according to David Boaz, the old labels of left and right don’t tell us much any more. What we are witnessing is a contest of "Big-Government Conservatives" vs. "Big-Government Liberals.". A recent survey found that 59 percent of respondents described themselves as "fiscally conservative and socially liberal." Boaz shows that majority that their fundamental political value is freedom. Whether it’s the freedom to choose a church, a school, or a lifestyle, The Politics of Freedom gives voice to a value most Americans embrace. For the millions of Americans who don’t neatly fit into the red or blue, who are fiscally conservative and socially liberal, who reject big-government conservatism and nanny-state liberalism, this book offers a new politics of freedom. more...

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Using archival material, Lawrence Tal asserts that Jordan's security between 1955 and 1967 was due primarily to the cohesion of its National Security Establishment, a ruling coalition of security and foreign policy professionals that included the monarchy, the political elite and the military. more...

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Based on extensive original research, this book examines the role of the military in Indonesian politics. Looking at the role of the military historically, its involvement in politics and also considers how its role might develop. more...

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"Examines the organizational, political, and procedural challenges faced by postwar U.S. presidents, from Truman through George W. Bush, working in a separated system of government"--Provided by publisher. more...

Price: $26.95