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Who Governs Britain?
Penguin Books Ltd 2015; US$ 12.68The British system has been radically transformed in recent decades, far more than most of us realise. As acclaimed political scientist and bestselling author Anthony King shows, this transformation lies at the heart of British politics today. Imagining - or pretending - that the British political system and Britain's place in the world have not greatly... more...
All the President's Men
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 13.99“The work that brought down a presidency...perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history” ( Time )—from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Final Days. The most devastating political detective story of the century: two Washington Post reporters, whose brilliant, Pulitzer Prize-winning... more...
The Divide
Random House Publishing Group 2014; US$ 15.15NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS A scathing portrait of an urgent new American crisis Over the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery: Poverty goes up. Crime goes down. The prison population doubles.... more...
A Magnificent Catastrophe
Free Press 2007; US$ 15.99CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title "They could write like angels and scheme like demons." So begins Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Larson's masterful account of the wild ride that was the 1800 presidential election—an election so convulsive and so momentous to the future of American democracy that Thomas Jefferson would later dub it "America's second... more...
The Federalist Papers
Penguin Publishing Group 2003; US$ 7.95A DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED A NATION An authoritative analysis of the Constitution of the United States and an enduring classic of political philosophy. Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers explain the complexities of a constitutional government—its political structure and principles based on the inherent... more...
Constituency Representation in Congress
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 38.00Why legislators in the US House see only a few active and resource-rich constituents in their district. more...
Great Theatre
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 25.00Congressional life and behaviour is dissected and placed in the broader context of changes in Congress in the 1990s. more...
No Way To Pick A President
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011; US$ 6.79A premier political reporter considers our presidential politics and how to improve them-an essential book as campaign 2000 gets under way. Jules Witcover, who has covered every presidential election since 1952, here combines unparalleled anecdotal knowledge about Presidential politics with scintillating wisdom about just what's wrong with those... more...
From the Active to the Enabling State
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 115.00This book surveys the changing role of senior civil servants in Western Europe and explores whether they have kept their central role in government decision-making. Looking at these issues in comparative perspective, the contributors provide an insight into the causes and consequences of the changing role of officials. more...
From Postbox to Powerhouse
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 39.99The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is the heart of government in Australia. Its history reveals the growing sophistication in the way politics and government are managed, and provides fascinating glimpses of the day-to-day workings of the most i more...
