Politics and government

Why does democracy-as a word and as an idea-loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misunderstood?

An authoritative introduction to ISIS-now expanded and revised to bring events up to the presentThe Islamic State stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes.

A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making.

A comprehensive introduction to contemporary political ethicsWhat is the relationship between politics and morality?

The origins and development of the modern American emergency stateFrom pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cyberattacks, today we face an increasing array of catastrophic threats.

This major work on Texas politics explores the complicated relations between the politically disorganized Texas blue-collar class and the "e;rich and the fabulously rich,"e; whose interests have been protected by "e;brilliant practitioners of horse trading, guile, the jovial but serious threat, the offer that can't be refused.

The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical development.

During the 1992 presidential campaign, health care reform became a hot issue, paving the way for one of the most important yet ill-fated social policy initiatives in American history: Bill Clinton's 1993 proposal for comprehensive coverage under "e;managed competition.

Princeton Readings in American Politics offers an exciting and challenging new way to learn about American politics.

Edgework brings together seven of Wendy Brown's most provocative recent essays in political and cultural theory.

Immigration is perhaps the most enduring and elemental leitmotif of America.

It has never been more important for Americans to understand why the world both hates and loves the United States.

The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state.

Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world.

Modern presidents regularly appeal over the heads of Congress to the people at large to generate support for public policies.

In this discerning book, Monteagle Stearns, a former career diplomat and ambassador, argues that U.

Nothing is more integral to democracy than voting.

First Adam vs.

Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war.

Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought.

In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries.

This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics.

In Reluctant Crusaders, Colin Dueck examines patterns of change and continuity in American foreign policy strategy by looking at four major turning points: the periods following World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

How the Muslim Brotherhood rose to power in Egypt, and what it means for the Islamic worldFollowing the Arab Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood achieved a level of influence previously unimaginable.

Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding of why a country's party system consists of national or regional parties.

In A Necessary Engagement, the CIA's former point man on Islam makes a vigorous case for a renewal of American public diplomacy in the Muslim world.

In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals--the United States and Great Britain most especially.

A searching examination of the moral limits of political compromiseWhen is political compromise acceptable-and when is it fundamentally rotten, something we should never accept, come what may?

In One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right.

Did a "e;doctrine race"e; exist alongside the much-publicized arms competition between East and West?

What motivates judges as decision makers?

In Because of Race, Mica Pollock tackles a long-standing and fraught debate over racial inequalities in America's schools.

The story of GDP and why we need a better measurement of growthIn one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith.

The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics.

This book is an exploration of Plato's Republic that bypasses arcane scholarly debates.

This iconoclastic and fundamental work, Eric Nordlinger's last, advocates a new variant of isolationism, a "e;national strategy"e; confining U.

This book presents a general explanation of how states develop their foreign policy.

Mothers of Conservatism tells the story of 1950s Southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II.

Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race?

Realism, the dominant theory of international relations, particularly regarding security, seems compelling in part because of its claim to embody so much of Western political thought from the ancient Greeks to the present.

Modern war is law pursued by other means.

What can straight people do to support gay rights?

Hindu nationalism came to world attention in 1998, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won national elections in India.

In 1960, Barry Goldwater set forth his brief manifesto in The Conscience of a Conservative.

Why did the language of contract become the dominant metaphor for the relationship between subject and sovereign in mid-seventeenth-century England?

Since the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996, the public has grappled with the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam.

Must we put passions aside when we deliberate about justice?

Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J.

In recent years, debate on the state's economic role has too often devolved into diatribes against intervention.

The most authoritative and feature-rich edition of On War in EnglishCarl von Clausewitz's On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy.