Indigenous people: governance and politics

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.

The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments.

In The Georgia State Constitution, the authors offer a detailed description of the creation and development of Georgia's constitution.

In The Georgia State Constitution, the authors offer a detailed description of the creation and development of Georgia's constitution.

When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality.

When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality.

State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) contained a threat that any state refusing to set up a health insurance exchange would lose control to the federal government.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) contained a threat that any state refusing to set up a health insurance exchange would lose control to the federal government.

The rise of China will undoubtedly be one of the great spectacles of the twenty-first century.

The rise of China will undoubtedly be one of the great spectacles of the twenty-first century.

Over the second half of the 20th century, American politics was reorganized around race as the tenuous New Deal coalition frayed and eventually collapsed.

Over the second half of the 20th century, American politics was reorganized around race as the tenuous New Deal coalition frayed and eventually collapsed.

For Kennedy devotees, as well as readers unfamiliar with the "e;lion of the Senate,"e; this book presents the compelling story of Edward Kennedy's unexpected rise to become one of the most consequential legislators in American history and a passionate defender of progressive values, achieving legislative compromises across the partisan divide.

For Kennedy devotees, as well as readers unfamiliar with the "e;lion of the Senate,"e; this book presents the compelling story of Edward Kennedy's unexpected rise to become one of the most consequential legislators in American history and a passionate defender of progressive values, achieving legislative compromises across the partisan divide.

Contemporary debate over the legacy of racial integration in the United States rests between two positions that are typically seen as irreconcilable.

Contemporary debate over the legacy of racial integration in the United States rests between two positions that are typically seen as irreconcilable.

In These Estimable Courts, Damon M.

Pakistan was born as the creation of elite Urdu-speaking Muslims who sought to govern a state that would maintain their dominance.

Pakistan was born as the creation of elite Urdu-speaking Muslims who sought to govern a state that would maintain their dominance.

Bill de Blasio's campaign rhetoric focused on a tale of two cities: rich and poor New York.

Bill de Blasio's campaign rhetoric focused on a tale of two cities: rich and poor New York.

The Sinews of State Power seeks to explain why rural China has been so unstable since 2000, despite numerous national reforms.

The Sinews of State Power seeks to explain why rural China has been so unstable since 2000, despite numerous national reforms.

The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments.

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century.

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Why has America experienced an explosion in crime rates since 1960?

Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay.

This groundbreaking study of the politics of secession combines traditional political history with current work in anthropology and gender and ritual studies.

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.

Americans valorize resistance to conformity.

Americans valorize resistance to conformity.

Increased flows of people, capital, and ideas across geographic borders raise urgent challenges to the existing terms and practices of politics.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

As migration alters the southern political landscape, partisan battle lines will be drawn between the Democrat-leaning areas of growth and the increasingly Republican areas of decline and stagnation.

As migration alters the southern political landscape, partisan battle lines will be drawn between the Democrat-leaning areas of growth and the increasingly Republican areas of decline and stagnation.

If there has been a unifying theme of Barack Obamas presidency, it is the inexorable growth of the administrative state.

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In the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue.

America's complex system of multi-layered government faces new challenges as a result of rapidly changing economic, technological, and demographic trends.

In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion.

This completely updated and revised edition of Levy's highly regarded work examines the important changes in the economic world faced by communities since publication of the first edition in 1981.

Designed for local government managers and administrators, this pioneering work offers a clear and comprehensive guide to the use of strategic planning techniques in the public sector.