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Political Science

Women in the Club Gender and Policy Making in the Senate

Swers Michele L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226022826, ISBN: HB: 9780226022796, University of Chicago Press, May 2013
304 pp., 23x15 cm, 19 tables, 10 line illus.

In the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, Democrats and Republicans were locked in a fierce battle for the female vote. Democrats charged Republicans with waging a "war on women",‌ while Republicans countered that Democratic policies actually...

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Political Science

General

Symbolic Power, Politics, and Intellectuals The Political Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu

Swartz David L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226925011, ISBN: HB: 9780226925004, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
304 pp., 23x15 cm

Power is the central organizing principle of all social life, from culture and education to stratification and taste. And there is no more prominent name in the analysis of power than that of noted sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Throughout his career,...

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Political Science

Middle East

Local Politics in Afghanistan A Century of Intervention in the Social Order

Schetter Conrad

ISBN: HB: 9781849042635, Hurst Publishers, March 2013
362 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Afghanistan's people have contended with an almost continuous series of foreign interventions in their local affairs in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only have external powers such as British India, the Soviet Uni...

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Political Science

Social Citizen Peer Networks and Political Behavior

Sinclair Betsy

ISBN: PB: 9780226922829, ISBN: HB: 9780226922812, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
216 pp., 25x15 cm, 24 tables, 20 line illus.

Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political science, social relationships are generally thought of as mere sources...

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Political Science

Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Smith Steven B.

ISBN: PB: 9780300181807, Yale University Press, November 2012
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 10 black&white illus.

Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardle...

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Political Science

Moral Foundations of Politics

Shapiro Ian

ISBN: PB: 9780300185454, Yale University Press, September 2012
302 pp., 23.8x16.2 cm, 8 graphs

When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? Ian Shapiro explores this most enduring of political dilemmas in this innovative and engaging book. Building on his highly popular Yale courses, Professor Shapiro evaluates...

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Political Science

Birth of Hegemony Crisis, Financial Revolution, and Emerging Global Networks

Sobel Andrew C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226767604, ISBN: HB: 9780226767598, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
296 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 1 line illus.

With American leadership facing increased competition from China and India, the question of how hegemons emerge – and are able to create conditions for lasting stability – is of utmost importance in international relations. The generally accepted wis...

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Political Science

Gypsy "Menace" Populism and the New Anti-Gypsy Politics

Stewart Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781849042208, Hurst Publishers, June 2012
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Across Europe, Roma and Gypsies are suffering increasing intolerance and hostility. A new populist politics, that seeks political meaning in collective experiences and values forms of solidarity rooted in town, class, community...

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Political Science

America

Writings of Abraham Lincoln

Smith Steven B.

ISBN: PB: 9780300181234, Yale University Press, May 2012
384 pp., 21x14 cm

Abraham Lincoln never wrote a book: his ideas are contained in speeches, letters, and various occasional writings. By bringing these works together into a single anthology, this book shows that Lincoln deserves to be counted among the great political...

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Philosophy

Law

Ethics of Interrogation

Skerker Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226761626, ISBN: HB: 9780226761619, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
280 pp., 23x15 cm

The act of interrogation, and debate over its use, pervade our culture, whether through fictionalized depictions in movies and television or discussions of real-life interrogations on the news. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media,...

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