Political leaders and leadership

European integration not only has changed career opportunities for politicians, it has expanded them.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Esquire Best Book of 2017Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets?

This book is an introduction to right-wing populist movements outside the West, looking at four key case studies, their commonalities and differences.

This book tells the story of the turbulent decades when the book publishing industry collided with the great technological revolution of our time.

In this collection, academics from both sides of the Atlantic analyze the confluence of a politician, a process, and a problem - Barack Obama, the 2008 US presidential election, and the 'problem' of race in contemporary America.

One of the most compelling stories I ve seen about what it s actually like to serve the American people BARACK OBAMA A revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of the Obama presidency and a political memoir about the power of words to change our world This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world.

Wife of one president and mother of another, Barbara Bush was an outspoken first lady who looked more like her constituents than did her predecessors.

This collection offers a front seat view of the rise, reign, and fall of powerful modern political families and examines the effects they have had on political, social, and economic issues in American society.

A fresh look at the vitality and integrity of the eastern Roman Empire under its longest reigning emperor.

Forty-three Americans have held the job of President of the United States.

The Kegan Paul imprint was created and its reputation for a distinguished list of titles established during a forty-year period from 1871 to 1911.

Perhaps more than any other American, Abraham Lincoln has become a global figure, one who spoke--and continues to speak--to people across the world.

The world of publishing is evolving at an ever-increasing speed, with developments in digital workstreams and products, customer expectation, enriched content curation, and user-generated content becoming commonplace.

James Carville famously reminded Bill Clinton throughout 1992 that "e;it's the economy, stupid.

As of 2012, only 43 men have held the office of the President of the United States.

From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world's emperors For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority.

This book takes stock of German gender equality in several policy fields after 16 years of governments led by Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democratic Party (CDU).

The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives.

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This Element examines the early-twentieth century rare book trade from the perspectives of British and American collectors and dealers.

Political leadership at the local level has attracted growing attention in recent years in parallel with reforms of local government and of the municipal administration as well as the debate on a shift from government to governance.

Surveys historical, systematic and practical perspectives on literary authorship, offering a multi-layered account of authorship as a cultural phenomenon.

Forget everything you think you know about the making of the most powerful man on the planet.

The career of Conor Cruise O'Brien reads like the work of several people, not just one.

Winner: Lincoln Prize FinalistIt was the measure of Shakespeares poetic greatness, an early commentator remarked, that he thoroughly blended the ideal with the practical or realistic.

President Eisenhower, who was not always the best student, once wrote, "e;One cannot always read a man's future in the record of his younger days.

This major reinterpretation of British-German relations in the 1970s explores why the two countries rarely saw eye to eye over European integration.

The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history.

Intergovernmental agreements are an important instrument in federal systems, establishing new social programs, regulating agricultural practices, and even changing constitutions.

A new investigation, based on previously unseen KGB documents, reveals the startling truth behind Stalin's last great conspiracy.

What does it take to get elected president of the United States-"e;leader of the free world"e;?

How is Barack Obama represented in popular culture?

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women s movement, or is women s leadership weaker than the numbers imply?

Ken Clarke needs no introduction.

A Companion to Thomas Jefferson presents a state-of-the-art assessment and overview of the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson through a collection of essays grounded in the latest scholarship.

Selecting candidates for elections is a major goal of political parties and a major function of political regimes in democratic systems.

An immersive reconstruction of the life of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century.

How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state?

Concluding a textually long but spiritually endless journey toward insan al-kamil--the perfect human--this fourth volume approaches Sufism through the middle way, an approach that revives the legacy of the Prophet Muhammad.

This book traces the roots of modern-day Kashmir and the role of Sheikh Abdullah in its making.

This reference work provides complete returns for the presidential elections by state and county for the period 1788 to 1860.

The theory of the unitary executive is one of the most controversial and significant constitutional doctrines of the past several decades.

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Josephine Roche (1886-1976) was a progressive activist, New Deal policymaker, and businesswoman.

Steve Itugbu, for many years a foreign policy aide to Obasanjo, draws on an extensive corpus of official documents, interviews, unpublished material and first-hand experience to explore the president's multi-faceted personality in depth.