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Arrow Kenneth J., Maskin Eric

ISBN: PB: 9780300179316, Yale University Press, July 2012
192 pp., 21x14 cm

Originally published in 1951, "Social Choice and Individual Values" introduced "Arrow's Impossibility Theorem" and founded the field of social choice theory in economics and political science. This new edition, including a new preface by the author a...

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Political Science

Securing the State

Omand David

ISBN: PB: 9781849041881, Hurst Publishers, December 2011
368 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Governments recognise that national security in the turbulent conditions of the early twenty-first century must centre on the creation of public confidence that normal life can continue even in the face of threats such as terro...

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Strategies for School Equity Creating Productive Schools in a Just Society

Gittell Marilyn J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300184105, Yale University Press, November 2011
270 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.

In the pursuit of a first-rate education for all students, America's public schools have struggled to achieve fuller racial integration and higher academic standards. Yet sharp inequities between prosperous school districts and poorer districts remai...

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Political Science

Submerged State How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy

Mettler Suzanne

ISBN: PB: 9780226521657, ISBN: HB: 9780226521640, University of Chicago Press, October 2011
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 19 line illus.

"Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social benefits and so hostile to them in principle, even t...

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Media Studies

Selling Fear Counterterrorism, the Media, and Public Opinion

Nacos Brigitte L., Bloch-Elkon Yaeli, Shapiro Robert Y.

ISBN: PB: 9780226567198, ISBN: HB: 9780226567181, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
264 pp., 22.6x15 cm, 50 line illus.

While we've long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, "Selling Fear" is the first detailed look at the role played by media in counterterrorism – and the ways that, in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administra...

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Securing Approval Domestic Politics and Multilateral Authorization for War

Chapman Terrence L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226101224, ISBN: HB: 9780226101217, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
208 pp., 22.6x15 cm, 19 tables, 11 line illus.

Among the most momentous decisions that leaders of a state are called upon to make is whether or not to initiate warfare. How their military will fare against the opponent may be the first consideration, but not far behind are concerns about domestic...

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Superpower Illusions How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray - and How to Return to Reality

Matlock Jack F.

ISBN: PB: 9780300171419, Yale University Press, March 2011
344 pp., 22.6x14.7 cm

In this title, Jack Matlock refutes the enduring idea that the United States forced the collapse of the Soviet Union by applying military and economic pressure, with wide-ranging implications for U. S. foreign policy. Matlock argues that Gorbachev, n...

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Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders

Hoddie Matthew, Hartzell Caroline A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226351254, ISBN: HB: 9780226351247, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 tables, 1 map, 1 line illus.

Among the more frequent and most devastating of conflicts, civil wars – from Yugoslavia to Congo – frequently reignite and even spill over into the international sphere. Given the inherent fragility of civil war peace agreements, innovative approache...

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Philosophy

States of Violence An Essay on the End of War

Gros Frederic

ISBN: HB: 9781906497187, Seagull Books, September 2010
321 pp., 20.1x16.3 cm

According to political philosopher Frederic Gros, traditional notions of war and peace are currently being replaced by ideas of intervention and security. But while we may be able to speak of an end to war, this does not imply an end to violence. On...

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Strategic Speaker The Goal-Driven Leadership of Speakers of the House

Green Matthew N.

ISBN: PB: 9780300153187, Yale University Press, May 2010
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.

In this title, Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive analysis of how the Speaker of the House has exercised legislative leadership from 1940 to the present. Green finds that the Speaker's party loyalty is tempered by a host of competing o...

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