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  • Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint

    by Jack B. Greenberg, John A. Dearborn ...
    Series series Elements in American Politics
    This Element explores how Congress has designed laws reliant on an assumption of presidential self-restraint, an expectation that presidents would respect statutory goals by declining to use their formal powers in ways that were legally permissible but contrary to stated congressional intent. Examining several laws addressing political appointments since the 1970s – statutes involving the FBI ... Read more

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  • Our Time Is Now

    Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

    by Stacey Abrams ...
    From New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country."With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter." **—**Kerry WashingtonA recognized expert on fair ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Regime Change

    Inside Donald Trump's Imperial Presidency and the Remaking of American Power

    by Billy L. Crawford ...
    What if the greatest threat to American democracy wasn't a foreign adversary — but a set of legal doctrines, executive precedents, and broken norms assembled over a century and handed to someone with no interest in their limits?When Donald Trump took the oath of office in January 2017, he didn't just inherit a presidency. He inherited a machine — a post-9/11 surveillance apparatus, an Office of ... Read more

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  • Captured

    The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy

    by Sheldon Whitehouse ...
    A leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee "spells out, in considerable detail, the extent of corporate influence over a variety of issues" in national politics (The New Yorker)As a U.S. senator and former federal prosecutor, Sheldon Whitehouse has had a front-row seat for the spectacle of dark money in government. In his widely praised book Captured, he describes how corporations buy ... Read more

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  • The Scheme

    How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court

    by Sheldon Whitehouse, Jennifer Mueller ...
    “A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee” (Kirkus Reviews) with a new preface on recent disclosures about efforts to influence the Court“There’s no senator I can think of who’s done more sleuthing to figure out the money trail in American politics, particularly as it affects the courts.”—Jane Mayer, author of the national bestseller Dark MoneyAs ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Power Grab

    Obama's Dangerous Plan for a One-Party Nation

    by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann ...
    New York Times best-selling authors Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, in their upcoming release by Humanix Books, contend that President Obama is at war with the Constitution and its provisions that provide forchecks and balances.President Obama s style of leadership is proof that he is willing to use desperate measures. In Power Grab, Morris and McGann assert that Obama has embarked on an outrageous ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • New York Politics: A Tale of Two States

    by Edward V. Schneier, John Brian Murtaugh, Antoinette Pole ...
    Completely revised and updated with extensive new material, this acclaimed book offers an inside look at how influence is wielded in Albany. The authors--an Albany-based political scientist and a former State Assembly member, now joined by an expert on both state politics and political blogging and networking--infuse their discussion of institutions and processes with the drama and significance of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Power Grab

    The Liberal Scheme to Undermine Trump, the GOP, and Our Republic

    by Jason Chaffetz ...
    The New York Times –bestselling author of The Deep State reveals how the liberal Democratic Party threatens American freedoms and politics.In the years he served on and eventually chaired the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jason Chaffetz gained crucial insight into the inner workings of D.C. Things were bad then, but during the Trump administr... ... Read more

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  • The Presidency of Barack Obama

    A First Historical Assessment

    Edited by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    An original and engaging account of the Obama years from a group of leading political historiansBarack Obama's election as the first African American president seemed to usher in a new era, and he took office in 2009 with great expectations. But by his second term, Republicans controlled Congress, and, after the 2016 presidential election, Obama's legacy and the health of the Democratic Party ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • American Politics

    A Graphic History

    by Laura Locker ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Queer: A Graphic History, illustrator Jules Scheele teams up with Dr Laura Locker in this comic-book introduction to the political history of the Land of Opportunity.How dida political outsider like Trump win the 2016 presidential election? Why do someAmericans feel so strongly about gun rights? Is there a role for more than twopolitical parties ... Read more

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  • Our Damaged Democracy

    We the People Must Act

    by Joseph A. Califano Jr. ...
    “A Washington insider draws on decades of experience to deliver a blistering critique of the state of American government” (Kirkus Reviews) in an authoritative scrutiny of the forces that run our society and a call to fix our democracy before it’s too late.If you’ve been watching the news and worrying that our democracy no longer works, this book, “a cri de coeur from one of our wisest Americans” ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Politics of Voter Suppression

    Defending and Expanding Americans' Right to Vote

    by Tova Wang ...
    Series series A Century Foundation Book
    The Politics of Voter Suppression arrives in time to assess actual practices at the polls this fall and to reengage with debates about voter suppression tactics such as requiring specific forms of identification. Tova Andrea Wang examines the history of how U.S. election reforms have been manipulated for partisan advantage and establishes a new framework for analyzing current laws and policies. ... Read more

    $11.39 USD