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  • Hearings on the Hill

    The Politics of Informing Congress

    by Pamela Ban, Ju Yeon Park, Hye Young You ...
    Series series Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
    Good public policy in a democracy relies on efficient and accurate information flows between individuals with firsthand, substantive expertise and elected legislators. While legislators are tasked with the job of making and passing policy, they are politicians and not substantive experts. To make well-informed policy, they must rely on the expertise of others. Hearings on the Hill argues that ... Read more

    $25.49 USD

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  • Billionaires and Stealth Politics

    by Benjamin I. Page, Jason Seawright, Matthew J. Lacombe ...
    A look into the covert influence billionaires wield in American politics and the actions citizens can take to hold them more accountable.In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, many believed his claims that personal wealth would free him from wealthy donors and allow him to "drain the swamp." But then Trump appointed several billionaires and multimillionaires to high-level ... Read more

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  • Insecure Majorities

    Congress and the Perpetual Campaign

    by Frances E. Lee ...
    "[A] tour de force. Building upon her argument in Beyond Ideology, she adds an important wrinkle into the current divide between the parties in Congress." — Perspectives on PoliticsAs Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in recent history is ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Rules America?

    The Corporate Rich, White Nationalist Republicans, and Inclusionary Democrats in the 2020s

    by G William Domhoff ...
    The 8th edition, already significantly updated, has now been further updated in 2023 to include the likely impact of the post-pandemic cutbacks, the overturning of Roe v Wade, and the Trump indictments on the 2024 national elections. These factors could lead to more economic growth and social support for families, schools, and health care--or an increase in inequality, white male supremacy, and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • On New Terrain

    How Capital Is Reshaping the Battleground of Class War

    by Kim Moody ...
    "A detailed and provocative study of how capital has changed since the 1980s and its effects on the working class and political parties in the USA." — Scottish Left ReviewOn New Terrain challenges conventional wisdom about a disappearing working class and the inevitability of a two-party political structure as the only framework for struggle. Through in-depth study of the economic and political ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Development Dance

    How Donors and Recipients Negotiate the Delivery of Foreign Aid

    by Haley J. Swedlund ...
    In a book full of directly applicable lessons for policymakers, Haley J. Swedlund explores why foreign aid is delivered in different ways at different times, and why various approaches prove to be politically unsustainable. She finds that no aid-delivery mechanism has yet resolved commitment problems in the donor-recipient relationship; bargaining compromises break down and have to be renegotiated ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Legislating in the Dark

    Information and Power in the House of Representatives

    by James M. Curry ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    Political science scholar James M. Curry explores the inner workings of Congress's House of Representatives in this thought-provoking analysis.The 2009 financial stimulus bill ran to more than 1,100 pages, yet it wasn't even given to Congress in its final form until thirteen hours before debate was set to begin, and it was passed twenty-eight hours later. How are representatives expected to digest ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolving Door Lobbying

    Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests

    by Timothy M. LaPira, Herschel F. Thomas III ...
    In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of “revolving door lobbyists”—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving Door Lobbying tells a different, more nuanced story. As an insider interviewed in the book observes, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Managing Global Legal Systems

    International Employment Regulation and Competitive Advantage

    by Gary W. Florkowski ...
    Series series Global HRM
    Presenting a framework for understanding the corporate strategy-public policy interface as it relates to human capital management, this unique text treats legal systems as factors that must be actively managed in the firm’s larger pursuit of international competitive advantage. It provides readers with the most comprehensive description to date of the role that transnational, regional and national ... Read more

    $95.99 USD

  • The World Trade System

    Trends and Challenges

    Edited by Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Pravin Krishna, Arvind Panagariya ...
    Leading trade esperts examine the world trading system today, from the multilateralism of the WTO to explosive bilateralism and the mega-regionals TPP and TTIP.When the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) metamorphosed into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1994, it seemed that the third pillar of the international economic superstructure was finally in place. And yet with the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Africa's Shadow Rise

    China and the Mirage of African Economic Development

    by Pádraig Carmody, Peter Kragelund, Ricardo Reboredo ...
    Series series Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa
    For years economists have spoken of 'Africa rising', and despite the global financial crisis, Africa continues to host some of the fastest growing economies in the world.Africa's Shadow Rise however argues that the continent's apparent economic 'rise' is essentially a mirage, driven by developments elsewhere - most particularly the expansion in China's economy. While many African countries have ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics

    by Chandan Deuskar ...
    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    In many rapidly urbanizing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, local politics undermines the effectiveness of urban planning. Politicians have incentives to ignore formal urban plans and sideline planners, and instead provide urban land and services through informal channels in order to cultivate political constituencies (a form of what political scientists refer to as “clientelism”). ... Read more

    $62.99 USD