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Political Science

Learning While Governing Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch

Gailmard Sean, Patty John W.

ISBN: PB: 9780226924410, ISBN: HB: 9780226924403, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 4 line illus.

Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. In this groundbreaking book, Sean Gailmard and John W. Patty explore an issue central to political s...

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America

Political Science

Sympathetic State Disaster Relief and the Origins of the American Welfare State

Landis Dauber Michele

ISBN: PB: 9780226923499, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
378 pp., 23x15 cm, 13 tables, 23 halftones, 1 line illus.

Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programs faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. In response, New Dealers pointed to...

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Political Science

Living Legislation Durability, Change, and the Politics of American Law Making

Jenkins Jeffery A., Patashnik Eric M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226396453, ISBN: HB: 9780226396446, University of Chicago Press, December 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 16 tables, 16 line illus.

Politics is at its most dramatic during debates over important pieces of legislation. It is thus no stretch to refer to legislation as a living, breathing force in American politics. And while debates over legislative measures begin before an item is...

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Political Science

Islam

Questioning Secularism Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt

Ali Agrama Hussein

ISBN: PB: 9780226010694, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
288 pp., 25x15 cm

The central question of the Arab Spring – what democracies should look like in the deeply religious countries of the Middle East – has developed into a vigorous debate over these nations' secular identities. But what, exactly, is secularism? What has...

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Law

Political Science

This Is Not Civil Rights Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America

Lovell George I.

ISBN: PB: 9780226494043, ISBN: HB: 9780226494036, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
280 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 halftone

Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. As the United States confronts a complicated set of twenty-first-century...

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Political Science

General

Awakening to Race Individualism and Social Consciousness in America

Turner Jack

ISBN: PB: 9780226817125, ISBN: HB: 9780226817118, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm, 15 halftones

The election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeki...

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Political Science

Timeline of Presidential Elections How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter

Erikson Robert S., Wlezien Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9780226922157, ISBN: HB: 9780226922140, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
224 pp., 23x15 cm, 27 tables, 55 line illus.

With the 2012 presidential election upon us, will voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or will the race for the next president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effe...

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Political Science

Follow the Leader? How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance

Lenz Gabriel S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226472140, ISBN: HB: 9780226472133, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 25 tables, 2 halftones, 64 line illus.

In a democracy, we generally assume that voters know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. We also assume that voters consider candidates' competence, honesty, and other performance-relate...

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Political Science

Democracy and the Left Social Policy and Inequality in Latin America

Huber Evelyne, Stephens John D.

ISBN: PB: 9780226356532, ISBN: HB: 9780226356525, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 12 figures, 36 tables

Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. In...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy

Fullerton Don, Wolfram Catherine

ISBN: HB: 9780226269146, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 28 tables, 1 halftone, 27 line illus.

Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences associated with global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that might reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. As natio...

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