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Political Science

Limits of Party Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era

Curry James M., Lee Frances E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226716350, ISBN: HB: 9780226716213, University of Chicago Press, September 2020
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 46 line drawings, 15 tables

To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum, winner-take-all approach to congressional politics has replaced...

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Overcoming Necessity Emergency, Constraint, and the Meanings of American Constitutionalism

Crocker Thomas P.

ISBN: HB: 9780300181616, Yale University Press, August 2020
320 pp., 23.4x15.2 cm

Using emergency as a cause for action ultimately leads to an almost unnoticed evolution in the political understanding of presidential powers. The Constitution, however, was designed to function under "states of exception", most notably through the s...

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America

Myth of the Imperial Presidency How Public Opinion Checks the Unilateral Executive

Christenson Dino P., Kriner Douglas L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226704364, ISBN: HB: 9780226704227, University of Chicago Press, July 2020
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 37 line drawings, 23 tables

Throughout the history of the United States, the nation's presidents have shown a startling power to act independently of Congress and the courts. Using such tools as executive orders and memoranda, presidents have taken the country to war, abolished...

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Economic Other Inequality in the American Political Imagination

Condon Meghan, Wichowsky Amber

ISBN: PB: 9780226691879, ISBN: HB: 9780226691732, University of Chicago Press, June 2020
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 line drawings, 15 tables

Economic inequality is at a record high in the United States, but public demand for redistribution is not rising with it. Meghan Condon and Amber Wichowsky show that this paradox and other mysteries about class and US politics can be solved through a...

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Congress's Constitution Legislative Authority and the Separation of Powers

Chafetz Josh

ISBN: PB: 9780300248333, Yale University Press, September 2019
448 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

A leading scholar of Congress and the Constitution analyzes Congress's surprisingly potent set of tools in the system of checks and balances Congress is widely supposed to be the least effective branch of the federal government. But as Josh Chafetz...

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How to Rig an Election

Cheeseman Nic, Klaas Brian

ISBN: PB: 9780300246650, Yale University Press, September 2019
320 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 12 figures

<p>Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who agree to hold elections are generally able to remain in power longer than autocrats who refuse to allow the populace to vote. In this engaging and provocative book, Nic Cheeseman and...

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Future Proof How to Build Resilience in an Uncertain World

Coaffee Jon

ISBN: HB: 9780300228670, Yale University Press, August 2019
288 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have...

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Arab Political Thought Past and Present

Corm Georges

ISBN: HB: 9781849048163, Hurst Publishers, July 2019
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This book demonstrates the vitality of Arab political thought and its major controversies. It shows that the key players involved, far from being constrained by a theological-political straitjacket, have often demonstrated stro...

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America

Clear and Present Safety The World Has Never Been Better and Why That Matters to Americans

Cohen Michael A., Zenko Micah

ISBN: HB: 9780300222555, Yale University Press, May 2019
272 pp., 21x14 cm

What most frightens the average American? Terrorism. North Korea. Iran. But what if none of these are probable or consequential threats to America? What if the world today is safer, freer, wealthier, healthier, and better educated than ever before? W...

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Biography & Memoires

Political Science

Disraeli The Novel Politician

Cesarani David

ISBN: HB: 9780300137514, Yale University Press, April 2019
288 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 1 black&white illus.

Lauded as a "great Jew", excoriated by antisemites, and one of Britain's most renowned prime ministers, Benjamin Disraeli has been widely celebrated for his role in Jewish history. But is the perception of him as a Jewish hero accurate? In what ways...

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