In Australian politics today a new free market Right holds the ascendancy in ideas, while Labor and the Left struggle with a crisis of belief. David McKnight makes a compelling argument that the new Right has a radical agenda, not a conservative one. He shows how this drives some of the most vexed issues of our time: overconsumption, work-family balance, immigration and the environment. McKn…
The Difficult Flowering of Suriname advances the argument that ethnic politics in a democratic plural society need not degenerate into dictatorship or anarchy. A detailed political history of one of the most heterogeneous societies in the Caribbean, The Difficult Flowering of Suriname focusses on the emergence of Creole, Hindustani, and Javanese political parties in the 1940s (in the context of…
Now in its sixth edition, Politics of Latin America explores both the evolution and the current state of the political scene in Latin America. This text demonstrates a nuanced sensitivity to and political economy throughout the region. It is uniquely divided into two parts: one that treats big-picture, thematic questions, and one that focuses on particular countries through case studies of ten …
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This hidden history involves domestic spying, abuses of power, and outrageous operations. It includes a CIA that became caught in a political crossfire it could not withstand, even against the wishes of the commander-in-chief. It features a president who created a sphere of deniability, in which his top aides were briefed on matters of the utmost sensitivity -- but the president was carefully k…
This book contains: 1. The choreography of American politics 2. Polarized politicians 3. Income polarization and the electorate 4. Immigration, income, and the voter's incentive to redistribute 5. Campaign finance and polarization 6. Polarization and public policy 7. Where have you gone, Mr. Sam
Mandate for Change is a blueprint for a new America a book that every American should read as we embark on a new age of leadership.
Ten years after one of the most polarizing political scandals in American history, author Ken Gormley offers an insightful, balanced, and revealing analysis of the events leading up to the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton. From Ken Starr’s initial Whitewater investigation through the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit, to the Monica Lewinsky affair and Brett Kavanaugh'…
Contents: 1. The politics of fear 2. Blinding the faithful 3. The politics of wealth 4. Convenient untruths 5. The assault on the individual etc.
Evaluation makes political science worth doing but also more difficult to do. Academics make a distinction between the hard sciences and the soft sciences, implying that hard science is the only real science: laboratory, peo- ple in white coats, precision instruments making measurements to several decimal points, testing hypotheses with "hard data." But as medical scientist Jared Diamond observ…