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From Politics to the Pews How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity

Margolis Michele F.

ISBN: PB: 9780226555782, ISBN: HB: 9780226555645, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 59 line drawings, 34 tables

One of the most substantial divides in American politics is the "God gap". Religious voters tend to identify with and support the Republican Party, while secular voters generally support the Democratic Party. Conventional wisdom suggests that religio...

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Political Science

General

Welcoming New Americans? Local Governments and Immigrant Incorporation

Fisher Williamson Abigail

ISBN: PB: 9780226572659, ISBN: HB: 9780226572512, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 line drawings, 15 tables

Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their communities "sanctuary cities" that will limit cooperation with federal immigration...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Losing Control The Emerging Threats to Western Prosperity

King Stephen D.

ISBN: PB: 9780300236941, Yale University Press, July 2018
304 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm

In this vividly written and compellingly argued book, economist Stephen D. King suggests that the decades ahead will see a major redistribution of wealth and power across the globe that will force consumers in the United States and Europe to stop liv...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

When the Money Runs Out The End of Western Affluence

King Stephen D.

ISBN: PB: 9780300236934, Yale University Press, July 2018
304 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm

An eminent economist warns that Western nations' economic expectations for the future are way out of sync with the realities of economic stagnation and stringent steps will be required to avoid massive political and economic upheaval.

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Philosophy

Political Science

Marx's Dream From Capitalism to Communism

Rockmore Tom

ISBN: HB: 9780226554525, University of Chicago Press, July 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Two centuries after his birth, Karl Marx is read almost solely through the lens of Marxism, his works examined for how they fit into the doctrine that was developed from them after his death. With "Marx's Dream", Tom Rockmore offers a much-needed a...

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Political Science

Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy Responding to the Challenge of Positivism and Historicism

Strauss Leo

ISBN: HB: 9780226566825, University of Chicago Press, July 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Leo Strauss is known primarily for reviving classical political philosophy through careful analyses of works by ancient thinkers. As with his published writings, Strauss's seminars devoted to specific philosophers were notoriously dense, accessible o...

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Political Science

Media Studies

Ctrl Alt Delete How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy

Baldwin Tom

ISBN: HB: 9781787380066, Hurst Publishers, July 2018
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Something has gone badly wrong: people loathe politicians, distrust the press and increasingly fear each other. It's easy to blame Russian trolls, Facebook news feeds, or the sinister manipulation of "big data" – but these are...

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For-Profit Democracy Why the Government Is Losing the Trust of Rural America

Ashwood Loka

ISBN: HB: 9780300215359, Yale University Press, June 2018
328 pp., 21x14 cm, 25 black&white illus.

Why is government distrust rampant, especially in the rural United States? This book offers a simple explanation: corporations and the government together dispossess rural people of their prosperity, and even their property. Based on four years of fi...

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Political Science

Invisible Countries Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood

Keating Joshua

ISBN: HB: 9780300221626, Yale University Press, June 2018
296 pp., 21x14 cm, 8 black&white illus.

What is a country? While certain basic criteria – borders, a government, and recognition from other countries – seem obvious, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules, including self-proclaimed countries such as Abkhazia, K...

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Political Science

Charter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Together with Scholarly Commentaries and Essential Historical Documents

Shapiro Ian, Tooze Adam

ISBN: PB: 9780300228526, Yale University Press, June 2018
376 pp., 21x14 cm

The most powerful military alliance in history, NATO shaped the geopolitical contours of the Cold War and continues to structure the contemporary international system. The NATO agreement is reprinted here with speeches and essential historical docume...

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