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  • Reimagining the American Union

    The Case for Abolishing State Government

    by Stephen H. Legomsky ...
    Reimagining the American Union challenges readers to imagine an America without state government. No longer a union of arbitrarily constructed states, the country would become a union of its people. The first book ever to argue for abolishing state government in the US, it exposes state government as the root cause of the gravest threats to American democracy. Some of those threats are baked into ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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  • American Politics: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard M. Valelly ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    American politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American democracy works well is hotly debated. Amidst all this roiling partisan argument and confusing claims and counterclaims, there has never been a greater need for an impartial primer on the basics of the American political system. This Very Short Introduction gives readers a concise, accessible, and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Understanding American Politics, Second Edition

    by Stephen Brooks, J. Matthew Wilson, Douglas Koopman ...
    Understanding American Politics provides a unique introduction to the contemporary political landscape of the United States by using as its core organizing feature the idea of "American exceptionalism," a concept that is at least as old as Tocqueville's study of American democracy.The second edition of Understanding American Politics maintains the unique strengths of the first edition while ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • When Money Talks

    The High Price of "Free" Speech and the Selling of Democracy

    by Derek Cressman ...
    "When money talks, democracy walks. Read this book to learn how We the People can take back our elections from the billionaires." —Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and author of The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix ItSpecial-interest money is destroying our democratic process. And ever since the Citizens United decision threw out campaign spending limits abridgments of free speech, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Bakke Case

    Race, Education, and Affirmative Action

    by Howard Ball ...
    Series series Landmark Law Cases and American Society
    Twice denied admission to a California medical school despite better grades and test scores than successful minority applicants, Allan Bakke took his grievance to court and set off a major controversy over affirmative action. Bakke claimed that he was a victim of reverse discrimination, and his case has been considered by many as the most important civil rights decision since the end of ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Plutocrats United

    Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections

    by Richard L. Hasen ...
    Campaign financing is one of today’s most divisive political issues. The left asserts that the electoral process is rife with corruption. The right protests that the real aim of campaign limits is to suppress political activity and protect incumbents. Meanwhile, money flows freely on both sides. In Plutocrats United, Richard Hasen argues that both left and right avoid the key issue of the new ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Debating the Presidency

    Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive

    Edited by Richard J. Ellis, Michael Nelson ...
    The study of the presidency—the power of the office, the evolution of the executive as an institution, the men who have served—has generated a great body of research and scholarship. What better way to get students to grapple with the ideas of the literature than through conflicting perspectives on some of the most pivotal issues facing the modern presidency? Richard Ellis and Michael Nelson have ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • 100% Democracy

    The Case for Universal Voting

    by E.J. Dionne, Miles Rapoport ...
    A timely and paradigm-shifting argument that all members of a democracy must participate in elections, by a leading political expert and Washington Post journalistAmericans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver’s licenses, and sometimes go to war for their country. So why not ask—or require—every American to vote?In 100% Democracy, E.J. Dionne and Miles ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Logic of American Politics

    by Samuel H. Kernell, Gary C. Jacobson, Thad Kousser, Lynn Vavreck, Timothy R. Johnson ...
    Why does the American political system work the way it does?After observing the strains of intense partisanship and divided government, many Americans are wondering what logic, if any, can be found in politics. With both sides of the political spectrum being so different from one another and the scales often tipping in the favor of the opposing party by a fraction of a percentage point, how can ... Read more

    $145.99 CAD

  • The American Presidency

    An Institutional Approach to Executive Politics

    by William G. Howell ...
    How institutions shape the American presidencyThis incisive undergraduate textbook emphasizes the institutional sources of presidential power and executive governance, enabling students to think more clearly and systematically about the American presidency at a time when media coverage of the White House is awash in anecdotes and personalities. William Howell offers unparalleled perspective on the ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law

    Edited by Eugene D. Mazo ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law offers a sophisticated overview of one of the most contested and consequential areas of American law. The book introduces the reader to election law's core themes, provides summaries of its leading cases, guides the reader through key scholarly debates, and suggests areas for future research. The first book of its kind in the field, the Handbook brings ... Read more

    $269.99 CAD

  • Everyone's Democracy

    Confronting Political Inequality in America

    by Elliott Fullmer ...
    While great strides have been made since the Founding years, the United States continues to suffer from a high degree of political inequality. Some citizens have a louder voice in their democracy than others. Both the malapportioned Senate and Electoral College overrepresent Americans in small states, while gerrymandered districts poorly convert votes into power in the House of Representatives. ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD