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Cambridge University Press Party Brands in Crisis
Book SynopsisWhy would national political parties that have been competitive for decades collapse overnight? Party Brands in Crisis offers an explanation that highlights the impact of elite actions on voter behavior. This study is aimed at scholars interested in voter partisanship, political behavior, Latin American politics, political parties, and elite polarization.Trade Review'Why do established parties sometimes dramatically collapse, often within a single electoral cycle? Lupu's persuasive answer is that such collapse occurs when parties switch positions, make unholy alliances with former adversaries, and converge on the policy positions of their opponents in order to attract floating voters and win the next election. When leaders thus 'dilute the party brand', parties hemorrhage partisans and are in turn left defenseless against the wrath of the electorate in hard times. Party Brands in Crisis challenges the way we think about partisanship and deserves to be read by students of political parties everywhere.' Frances Hagopian, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Why do long-lasting parties collapse? In answering this question Lupu demonstrates how, as the result of strategic decisions made by the party elite, party brands can become diluted and voter attachments to parties can become attenuated. This is a book every scholar of parties will want to read. It promises to help reshape the way we think and talk about party labels and partisan loyalty.' Allen Hicken, University of Michigan'Party Brands in Crisis may be the most important book on Latin American parties published in a generation. It offers a compelling theory - and an impressive array of evidence - to explain why many established parties have weakened or collapsed in Latin America over the last quarter century. In so doing, it highlights a crucial consequence of the region's programmatic convergence during the 1990s: parties that embraced the Washington Consensus diluted their brands and, consequently, ceased to stand for anything in the eyes of their supporters. Party Brands in Crisis is destined to become a classic work in the literature on political parties. It will be a must-read not only for scholars of Latin American politics but for anyone interested in political parties.' Steven Levitsky, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Lupu provides here a very significant contribution to the literature on political parties, and especially to our understanding of Latin American politics. He develops a novel and insightful theory about party brands and their erosion based on ideological convergence and negative performance. He tests the implications of his theory making an impressive use of multiple methodologies to explain party breakdown in Latin America. Moreover, the implications of his study go beyond the region as suggested by his exploration of the relationship between polarization and party brands. In sum, this book is most likely to generate a new research agenda for the study of political parties, which will have a long-lasting effect on the discipline.' M. Victoria Murillo, Columbia University, New YorkTable of Contents1. Why do parties break down?; 2. Brand dilution and party breakdown; 3. Explaining party breakdown across Latin America; 4. Argentina - Peronism survives, radicals collapse; 5. Venezuela - AD and COPEI break down; 6. Party brands and mass partisanship - experimental evidence; 7. Party brands and mass partisanship in comparative perspective; 8. Parties, partisanship, and democracy: conclusions.
£29.44
Cambridge University Press A MiddleQuality Institutional Trap
Book SynopsisLatin America is currently caught in a middle-quality institutional trap, combining flawed democracies and low-to-medium capacity States. Yet, contrary to conventional wisdom, the sequence of development - Latin America has democratized before building capable States - does not explain the region''s quandary. States can make democracy, but so too can democracy make States. Thus, the starting point of political developments is less important than whether the State-democracy relationship is a virtuous cycle, triggering causal mechanisms that reinforce each other. However, the State-democracy interaction generates a virtuous cycle only under certain macroconditions. In Latin America, the State-democracy interaction has not generated a virtuous cycle: problems regarding the State prevent full democratization and problems of democracy prevent the development of state capacity. Moreover, multiple macroconditions provide a foundation for this distinctive pattern of State-democracy interactionTable of Contents1. A Research Agenda and Strategy; 2. The State-Democracy Interaction; 3 Paths and Outcomes; 4. Mechanisms and Outcomes; 5. Macroconditions of the State-Democracy Interaction; 6 Concluding Remarks.
£17.00
W. W. Norton & Company A Guide to the Missouri Constitution
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Penguin Putnam Inc Plunkitt of Tammany Hall A Series of Very Plain
Book SynopsisPlunkitt of Tammany HallA Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical PoliticsWilliam L. Riordan “Nobody thinks of drawin’ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.” This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures ever to play the American political game and win. George Washington Plunkitt rose from impoverished beginnings to become ward boss of the Fifteenth Assembly District in New York, a key player in the powerhouse political team of Tammany Hall, and, not incidentally, a millionaire. In a series of utterly frank talks given at his headquarters (Graziano’s bootblack stand outside the New York County Court House), he revealed to a sharp-eared and sympathetic reporter named William L. Riordan the secrets of political success as practiced and perfected by him and fellow Tammany Hall titans. The result is not only a volume that reveals more about
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Johns Hopkins University Press A Strike like No Other Strike Law and Resistance
Book SynopsisSupreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the union, most of the strikers faced elimination of their jobs and an ongoing struggle for pensions and health benefits.Trade ReviewBrisbin does an admirable job not only of conveying the historical events and their context, but also of making explicit the evolution and development that occurred on both sides of the struggle. -- Gordon Simmons Appalachian Heritage Richard Brisbin's excellent book sits at the intersection of law, political science, sociology, and history... Brisbin is utterly convincing in his conclusion that the miners were in the end reduced to Arendtian animals laborans who worked only for sustenance rather than for the joy of creation and integration into a community. -- Julie Novkov Law and Politics Book Review The book brims with insights into the history of the Pittston strike and into a miner's way of life... [Brisbin] describes hanging out at the picketing shacks, protests led by Jesse Jackson and Cesar Chavez, militant priests and nuns, and mine takeovers, complete with dancing and live country music. -- Henry S. Cohn The Federal Lawyer It is clear that Brisbin's personal experience with the 'American worker' informs his interpretation of the Pittston coal strike, and he leaves the reader at once inspired and dismayed by the subjectivity of American law. Virginia Libraries Gives fascinating insights for those involved in directing collective bargaining activities, both as managers and union activists. -- Michael Wald Monthly Labor Review This excellent study describes the 1989-1990 Pittston coal strike... Brisbin avoids offering a traditional narrative in favor of a deeper analysis of the dispute that explores the strike's significance as an exercise in civil disobedience and oppositional culture... Brisbin is to be commended for dissecting what happened here with an eye toward its wider implications. -- Richard P. Mulcahy Journal of American History A comprehensive account and analysis of the lengthy Pittston coal strike of 1989-90, focusing on the effects of the law and its apparatus on the actions of Pittston Coal, the United Mine Workers union, judges, and the miners themselves. Choice A useful read for any student of the Appalachian region. -- Mark S. Myers West Virginia History Richard Brisbin has done a service in putting together this book... a welcome new resource. -- Fran Ansley Journal of Appalachian StudiesTable of ContentsContents: A Tale of a "Strike like No Other Strike" The United Mine Workers and the Legal Contitution of American Labor The Legal Complex and Union Power Union and Managments Define their Stratagies The Union Plans a Social Drama The Union Stages a Social Drama Lawbreaking Competing Explanations of Resistance The Domestication of Resistance Resistance and the lives of the Strikers The Power of Law and the Effectiveness of Resistance
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Johns Hopkins University Press Government Performance
Book SynopsisWhile acknowledging the political context of all public administration systems, they argue that effective management of these systems nevertheless provides the key to good government performance.Trade ReviewThis slim volume, a seminal study, provides a positive picture of public managers eager to learn and to create management capacity, which is posited as the key to governmental performance... A must read for students of public management. Choice 2004 The authors of this volume argue that one quality above all is crucial to the overall performance of government: effective management. International Review of Administrative Sciences An ambitious and well-publicized attempt to define criteria for measuring government performance... Well argued and rich in material. -- Sandford Borins Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 2004Table of ContentsContents: 1. Management, Capacity, and Performance 2. Dissecting Management 3. Assessing Management 4. Research Methodology 5. State and Local Findings 6. Federal Results 7. The Big Lessons 8. Next Steps
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Johns Hopkins University Press Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda
Book SynopsisIn evaluating the data, this sophisticated study of presidential leadership shows clearly that with careful consideration of issues and pronouncements a president can effectively harness the bully pulpit to drive policy.Trade Review"Original and important. Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda is a well-conceived contribution to the literature on the rhetorical presidency and bureaucratic action." - Andrew Rudalevige, Dickinson College"Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface1. Presidential Leadership and Policy Construction2. Presidential Rhetoric as Policy Leadership3. A Presidential History of the War on Drugs4. The Words of War: Political Rhetoric and the War on Drugs5. Presidential Policy Leadership and Federal Enforcement: The Drug Enforcement Administration6. For the People: The U.S. Attorneys and the Impact of Executive Signals on Prosecutorial Priorities7. Taking It to the States: Testing the Limits of Presidential Influence and State Drug Enforcement8. The Social Construction of Presidential Agenda- SettingAppendixesA. Variables for Chapter 5B. Variables for Chapter 6C. Variables for Chapter 7D. Estimation MethodNotesBibliographyIndex
£51.50
Russell Sage Foundation Fighting for a Foothold
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Georgetown University Press Welfare Policymaking in the States The Devil in
Book SynopsisUnder the welfare reform act of 1996, welfare was the first and most basic safety net program to be sent back to state control. This title examines how the welfare policymaking process has changed. It probes the nature of state welfare politics under devolution and contrasts it with welfare politics on the national level.Trade Review... meticulously researched and elegantly constructed ... an important corrective both to the triumphalism that has overwhelmingly greeted welfare reform and to the suspect theory that lies behind it Political Science Quarterly A refreshing and important contribution ... Her detailed case studies provide the reader with insight into the nuance and flavor of the politics of welfare policy in ways that aggregate statistical studies of the states can seldom match ... Winston deserves great credit for demonstrating the value of qualitative, comparative analyses of the politics of state policy processes in an era of greater devolution. Social Service ReviewTable of ContentsPreface 1. Why Devolution Matters Part I National Welfare Politics Setting the National Stage 2. Reaching the Devolution Revolution: The History of Welfare in the United States 3. The Role of "Factions" in the National Welfare Debate Part II State Welfare Politics Welfare Politics in the States: An Introduction 4. Maryland: Welfare Policymaking in a Diverse Environment 5. Texas: Reforming Welfare in a Low-Benefit State 6. North Dakota: Welfare Reform on the Northern Plains 7. Conclusion: Welfare as We're Coming to Know It? Appendices Appendix A: Selection Criteria for State Case Studies Appendix B: Naional AFDC-Related Hearings during 104th Congress, by Committee, Topic, and Date Apppendix C: Actors and Organizations Submitting Oral or Written Testimony in Welfare-Related Hearings, 104th Congress Appendix D: Witness Lists for Maryland Hearings Appendix E: Witness Lists for Texas Hearings Appendix F: Witness Lists for North Dakota Hearings Abbreviations Selected Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Texas Politics
Book SynopsisThe eighth edition of this popular text has been expanded and updated to better fit the needs of a stand-alone Texas politics course. Jillson continues to approach the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, while giving students the most even-handed, readable, and engaging description of Texas politics available today. Students are encouraged to connect the origins and development of government and politics in Texas to its current practice and the alternatives possible through change and reform. This text helps instructors prepare their students to master the origin and development of the Texas Constitution, the structure and powers of state and local government in Texas, how Texas fits into the U.S. federal system, as well as political participation, the electoral process, and public policy in Texas.Texas Politics offers instructors and students an unmatched range of pedagogical aids and tools. Each chapter opens with an engaging vignette and a series of focus questions to orient readers to the learning objectives at hand and concludes with a chapter summary, a list of key terms, review questions, suggested readings, and web resources. Letâs Compare boxes help students see how Texas sits alongside other states, Texas Legends boxes spotlight key figures in Texas political history, Pro & Con boxes bring conflicting political views into sharper focus and every chapter features a timeline of important events in Texas history.New to the eighth editionâ Covers the 2020 national elections, the 2021 legislative session, and the 2018 state and national elections as they affect Texas.â Highlights Governor Greg Abbottâs call for policy solutions to the vulnerability of the Texas energy grid; Texas voter eligibility laws; the coronavirus recovery program; and preparation for redistricting in the wake of the 2020 census.â Provides a detailed study of the 2022â2023 state budget and the taxing and spending decisions that went into it, including the school funding and property tax reforms of 2019..Trade ReviewPraise for Texas Politics"I've taught from all editions of Cal Jillson's Texas Politics and am now looking forward to the new edition. I've organized my Texas government course to the Jillson text and it works like a charm, be it for a full semester or a shorter summer session." -- Gary Brown, Lone Star College-Montgomery"Ounce per ounce, this new Jillson edition is among the better reads on Texas politics. The mandated essentials for Student Learning Objectives are presented in clear, to-the-point prose. A good tool for government teachers and students of rough-and-tumble Texan politics." - -Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas-Arlington"Jillson’s text offers an excellent description and analysis of politics and political institutions in Texas. Students will appreciate the accessible and lively writing style. Brief but thorough, this textbook is well-suited to the task of introducing students to Texas government." -- Daniel Sledge, University of Texas-Arlington"Cal Jillson has provided students with a concise yet thorough introduction to the often byzantine intricacies of the Texas government. Especially helpful are the special features in each chapter that bring abstract concepts into contemporary and concrete focus. Students who use this book will find it engaging, timely, and relevant, and will be spurred to further independent exploration of their state’s institutions, warts and all—a critical step toward becoming actively participating democratic citizens." -- Kevin T. Holton, South Texas College"Cal Jillson has masterfully developed a Texas Politics book that combines readability with scholarship and enables the student to understand much of the institutional structure and unique character of Texas within the federal context. Jillson provides needed insights to understanding Texas institutions and the interactions of interest groups within those institutions. He does so in an enjoyable, readable format while addressing the important Texas state-mandated student learning outcomes and the significance of Texas politics for everyone. Texas Politics is reflective of the myriad interesting stories which have made Texas what it is today." -- Ray Sandoval, Richland College"Texas Politics is a well-written and well-documented text that will be an asset to any professor or student interested in Texas politics. As mentioned in the Preface, one will find a broad "range of pedagogical aids and tools" that will be helpful in the classroom." -- Morris D. Drumm, Texas Christian UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Texas and the Texans: Then and Now Chapter 2: The Texas Constitution and American Federalism Chapter 3: Political Participation in Texas: Voters, Campaigns, and Elections Chapter 4: Interest Groups in TexasChapter 5: Political Parties in TexasChapter 6 : The Texas Legislature Chapter 7: The Governor and the Executive Branch Chapter 8: The Judicial System in Texas Chapter 9: Local Government in Texas Chapter 10: Budgets and Public Policy: Revenues, Expenditures, and Policy Goals in Texas Appendix A: William Barret Travis’s Letter from the AlamoAppendix B: The Texas Declaration of Independence Appendix C: Selections from the Texas Constitution GlossaryIndex
£66.49
Sage Publications Lone Star Politics
£132.10
Sage CQ Press The Texas Experiment
£138.35
Cengage Learning, Inc State and Local Government
Book SynopsisThe 10th edition of STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT provides comprehensive and completely updated coverage of institutions, political behavior, and policy-making at the state and local level. This bestselling text''s theme of increased capacity and responsiveness of state and local government conveys excitement about politics at the grassroots level and is pro public service.
£188.80
W. W. Norton & Company Governing California in the TwentyFirst Century
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£40.92
Johns Hopkins University Press The States and Public Higher Education Policy
Book SynopsisThe contributors examine the latest research on pressing challenges, explore how states are coping with these challenges, and consider what the future holds for public postsecondary education in the United States.Trade Review"Affordability, access, and accountability will continue to be hot-button issues as legislators at all levels address constituents' concerns about their children's future... Any administrator who wants to gain a deeper understanding of these issues... might do well to spend some time with these essays." (University Business)"Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction: Affordability, Access, and Accountability in Twenty-first Century Public Higher EducationPart I: AffordabilityChapter 1. Trends in the Affordability of Public Colleges and Universities: The Contradiction of Increasing Prices and Increasing EnrollmentChapter 2. The Continuing Paradox of Public College Tuition InflationChapter 3. Reforming How States Finance Higher EducationPart II: AccessChapter 4. Reframing Access and Opportunity: Public Policy DimensionsChapter 5. Race-Conscious Decision-Making in a State-Driven Admissions Process: Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Top Ten Percent Plan Chapter 6. After Proposition 209: Post– Affi rmative Action College Access Policy in California Part III: AccountabilityChapter 7. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in College: The Role of the States Chapter 8. Accountability Policies: Directions Old and NewChapter 9. Responses to the Call for Public Accountability: Using Student Data Systems to Facilitate Improvement in Degree AttainmentConclusion: State Policy and Technology: Aims, Realities, and the Uncertain Future List of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Summer in the City
Book SynopsisMorris, David Rogers, Clarence Taylor, and Joseph P. ViterittiTrade ReviewProfessor Viteritti... and his fellow contributors make a convincing case that, at the least, Mr. Lindsay deserves another look. -- Sam Roberts New York Times The book was well-written and the research impeccable. History Buffs Viteritti has recruited a superb mix of senior and junior scholars who collectively make a substantial contribution to understanding an important period (1966-73) in America's national and urban development... This well-integrated volume illuminates crucial developments in New York City's adapting to change to maintain its status as a global city. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface. NYC, Then and NowAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Times a-Changin': A Mayor for the Great SocietyChapter 2. On Principle: A Progressive RepublicanChapter 3. Race, Rights, EmpowermentChapter 4. Of Budgets, Taxes, and the Rise of a New PlutocracyChapter 5. Management versus BureaucracyChapter 6. A Design-Conscious Mayor: The Physical CityChapter 7. Governing at the Tipping Point: Shaping the City's Role in Economic DevelopmentChapter 8. Arts as Public Policy: Cultural Spaces for Democracy and GrowthChapter 9. After the Fall: John Lindsay, New York, and the American DreamChronology: The Lindsay YearsContributors Index
£55.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Nonprofits and Advocacy
Book SynopsisThe research is relevant for policymakers involved in cross-sector public policy initiatives as they strive to provide more efficient public-private solutions to challenging governance issues.Trade ReviewThis volume provides important data and expertly identifies gaps in our understanding. It is an important and well-crafted book that deserves a wide readership. -- Susan M. Chambre Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Nonprofit Advocacy: Definitions and Concepts Part I: The Local and National Dimensions of Nonprofit Advocacy Chapter 1. The Group Basis of City Politics Chapter 2. Nonprofit Advocacy in Seattle and Washington, DC Chapter 3. Shaping the Government–Nonprofit Partnership: Direct and Indirect Advocacy Chapter 4. Nonprofit Advocacy in the Nation's Capital Chapter 5. From Skid Row to the Statehouse: How Nonprofit Homeless Service Providers Overcome Barriers to Policy Advocacy Involvement Part II: Organizational Politics, Strategy, and Tactics Chapter 6. Advocacy in Hard Times: Nonprofit Organizations and the Representation of Marginalized Groups in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 Chapter 7. Gender Identity and the Shifting Basis of Advocacy by US Women's Groups, 1920–2000 Chapter 8. The Political Voice of American Children: Nonprofit Advocacy and a Century of Representation for Child Well-Being Chapter 9. Analyzing the Practice of Nonprofit Advocacy: Comparing Two Human Service Networks Chapter 10. Effective Advocacy: Lessons for Nonprofit Leaders from Research and Practice List of Contributors Index
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Rowman & Littlefield The Presidency in Black and White
Book Synopsis2016 NAACP Image Award Nominee, Essence Top 10 books of 2015, African American Literary Show Inc. 2015 Best Non Fiction AwardIn The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan gives readers a compelling and personal behind-the-scenes look at race relations in contemporary America from the epicenter of American power and policy makingthe White House, her beat since 1997. On behalf of the American Urban Radio Networks, and through her Fabric of America news blog, she delivers her readership and listeners (millions of African Americans and close to 300 radio affiliates) a unique urban and minority perspective in news. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her unique insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation's last three presidents. In Bill Clinton, Ryan saw both a savvy politician who did his best to stay above the racial fray in public, and a man privately pained from the wrongs done to African-Americans tTrade ReviewFrom her Unique vantage point as the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), Ryan has had the immense pleasure of witnessing history in the making through three presidential administrations. As an African American woman in a field dominated by white males, however, Ryan has brought a perspective to her coverage that both stems from her personal background and reflects the wider concerns of her urban radio audience. From her days as a rookie reporter in the Clinton White House to her tenure as a veteran journalist during the Obama administration, Ryan analyzes each president's time in office in terms of his commitment to and success in addressing issues that bridge the country's racial divide. Transcripts of press conference Q&As and exclusive interviews provide crucial insight into how each president fared on issues of domestic initiatives, administration diversity, and acknowledgment of racial inequities. Forthright and formidable, open and appreciative, Ryan delivers a no-holds-barred evaluation of the country's chief executives on matters of race and equality. * Booklist *[This book] gives readers a compelling behind-the-scenes look at race relations from the epicenter of American power and policy making—the White House—April Ryan’s beat since 1997. Ryan tells us what it was like for a pioneering African American female reporter to become a respected member of the White House Press Corps, one of the greatest old boy networks in the nation’s capital. . . .With humor, grace, and determination, Ryan shares the highs and lows of a sometimes lonely battle, to keep questions of race and the lives of her inner-city listeners on the national stage. * African American Literature Book Club *April Ryan has taken the mystery out of the White House. She tells the story in black and white. This is a rare story, but more importantly a story about America. This is a very valuable contribution to the American history zeitgeist, and a story all Americans need to experience. -- Ernest Green, "Little Rock Nine"Despite the bland menu press officers often serve reporters who cover the White House, April Ryan has always been someone who insists on spice. Her questions, sassy probing, and good humor force a predominantly white culture in that most exclusive of places to confront uneasy questions of race, equality, and discrimination. She made the scales fall from my eyes, and her work—reflected in this marvelous volume—will one day change the heart of a president she covers. -- Mike McCurry, White House Press Secretary, 1995–98April Ryan’s long service in the White House press corps has given her an intimate understanding of the value of political leverage, for presidents and the American public alike… The Presidency in Black and White is an important contribution toward achieving that political leverage—that place for us to stand from which we can move our nation toward the society it is meant to become. For that, April Ryan deserves our gratitude and support. -- Hon. Elijah Cummings, United States House of RepresentativesMost people just talk about “being in the room.” April Ryan not only is in the room, but also grabs your attention in a fascinating, personal, and yes, “insider’s” look at The Presidency in Black and White. April brings us inside the Oval Office as she recounts with humor and poignancy her observations and encounters with three American presidents as they have tackled the often slippery and dangerous slopes of race and racism in America. -- Michael Steele, first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee (2009–2011), MSNBC political analystA revealing and important look at the presidency—and the press—by a veteran journalist who’s been on the inside for two decades. With often surprising details that defy the conventional views of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama presidencies, April Ryan takes the reader to state dinners, aboard Air Force One, and into press conferences to explore the role of race in the White House and press corps. -- Steve Thomma, Chief White House Correspondent for McClatchy
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Arcadia Publishing Virginia Politics Government in a New Century
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Arcadia Publishing Canary Islanders of San Antonio
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£20.39
History Press The Byrd Machine in Virginia
£20.39
Arcadia Publishing Lost Towns of Delaware County Indiana
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GLOBAL PUBLISHER SERVICES VIRGINIA WAY
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Arcadia Publishing The Benicia State Capitol Landmarks
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£18.69
History Press The Pawtucket Red Sox
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History Press Staten Island in the Nineteenth Century
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History Press Remaking Virginia Politics
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Rowman & Littlefield Democracy in California: Politics and Government
Book SynopsisA readable and thought-provoking textbook designed to introduce students to California politics, the updated sixth edition of Democracy in California explains the Golden State’s governmental institutions and how their dynamics affects the lives of Californians. In doing so, the authors examine California history, political traditions, and political character. In addition to thorough coverage of California’s constitution and development, this book also explain each branch of government as well as local systems. Exploring the nature of public opinion, parties, and campaigns, the authors show the effects that the state’s diverse population has on all levels of politics and government.Table of ContentsPreface to the Sixth EditionIntroduction1 Diversity 2 A Progressive Constitution 3 Public Opinion and the Media4 Parties and Interest Groups5 Campaigns and Elections6 The Legislature7 The Executive8 The Courts9 The Budget and Government Finance10 Local GovernmentEpilogueGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors
£30.00
Management Concepts, Inc Strategic Public Management: Best Practices from Government and Nonprofit Organizations
Book SynopsisComplex management issues in the public sector can not be adequately addressed with limited, short-term fixes - strategic, well-conceived approaches are crucial to meet you organization's long-term needs. Filled with expert advice and real-world examples, Strategic Public Management: Best Practices from Government and Nonprofit Organizations presents the solutions that today's public administrators are putting into practice. Here nineteen contributors representing various levels of government, nonprofit organizations and the academic world offer guidance, direction and real-life solutions. Topics covered include program operations, risk management, IT solutions, human capital issues, acquisition hurdles and performance parameters.
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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc New Southern Politics
Book SynopsisCurrent through the November 2012 elections, The New Southern Politics seamlessly integrates a thematic overview of the distinctive political, social, and economic life of eleven southern states with a detailed state-by-state focus. This new edition includes entirely new maps and the latest available data for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.Among other appealing features, the text: Provides essential historical context Highlights vital dimensions of political culture Profiles significant figures and events from the real world of politics Incorporates coverage of controversies and trends Suggests a well-defined organisational structure for courses The result is an innovative and readable introduction designed to engage students and scholars alike.Trade ReviewAn impressive work. The New Southern Politics fills a critical need for a current, insightful, and comprehensive treatment of the subject. Woodard asks the right questions to frame a lively discussion of southern politics in and outside the classroom. Thorough, convincing, and conceptually clear ... a joy to read! Covering the key dimensions of 'New South' politics in one clear and logical volume, this is a text that students are sure to appreciate.
£33.09
History Press (SC) On the Front Lines of Pennsylvania Politics
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WW Norton & Co Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a
Book SynopsisOnce described by The Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of", Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has improbably emerged as one of the nation’s most visionary politicians. First elected in 2011, Buttigieg left a successful business career to move back to his hometown, previously tagged by Newsweek as a “dying city”, because the industrial Midwest beckoned as a challenge to the McKinsey-trained Harvard graduate. Whether meeting with city residents on middle-school basketball courts, reclaiming abandoned houses, confronting gun violence, or attracting high-tech industry, Buttigieg has transformed South Bend into a shining model of urban reinvention. While Washington reels with scandal, Shortest Way Home interweaves two once-unthinkable success stories: that of an Afghanistan veteran who came out and found love and acceptance, all while in office, and that of a Rust Belt city so thoroughly transformed that it shatters the way we view America’s so-called flyover country.Trade Review"Personal, beguiling and quite moving as he talks about coming out and getting married… The story is told with brisk engagement — it is difficult not to like him…When Obama wrote his memoir, the idea that the nation would soon put an African-American in the White House seemed beyond the realm of the possible. After reading this memoir written 25 years later, the notion that Buttigieg might be the nation’s first openly gay president doesn’t feel quite as far-fetched." -- Adam Nagourney - The New York Times"In this uplifting coming-of-age memoir from the American heartland, Pete Buttigieg, successful mayor of revitalized South Bend, Indiana, writes that the shortest distance between opportunity and success, ‘like good literature, takes personal lived experience as its starting point’—a promising axiom for a prospective national figure." -- David Levering Lewis
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WW Norton & Co Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a
Book SynopsisThe meteoric rise of the mayor of a small Midwest city, who defied every pundit’s odds with his electrifying run for the presidency, created one of the most surprising candidacies in recent American history. The fact that his New York Times best-selling memoir, Shortest Way Home, didn’t read like your typical campaign book only added to “Mayor Pete’s” transcendent appeal. Readers everywhere, old and young, came to appreciate the “stirring, honest, and often beautiful” (Jill Lepore, New Yorker) personal stories and gripping mayoral tales, which provided, in lyrical prose, the political and philosophical foundations of his historic campaign. Now featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, in which Buttigieg movingly returns with the reader to his roots in his hometown city of South Bend, Indiana, as well as a transcript of the eulogy for his father, Joseph Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home, already considered a classic of the political memoir form, provides us with a beacon of hope at a time of social despair and political crisis.Trade Review"Buttigieg’s Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future (Liveright) is the best written of all these books [by 2020 presidential candidates]; it offers the most unembarrassed political hope; and it’s got the best love story.... Buttigieg’s stirring, honest, and often beautiful book is a story of how the people of South Bend rebuilt their Rust Belt city, and made it a better place, and it’s an argument for what it means to answer a calling, and why it’s important to ask, again and again, ‘what each of us owes to the country.'" -- Jill Lepore, The New Yorker"The best American political autobiography since Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father.... Buttigieg writes unusually well for a politician.... Is it too much to imagine that America could elect a gay president? I don’t think so.... Especially a man like this." -- Charles Kaiser, The Guardian"Personal, beguiling and quite moving as he talks about coming out and getting married… The story is told with brisk engagement — it is difficult not to like him…When Obama wrote his memoir, the idea that the nation would soon put an African-American in the White House seemed beyond the realm of the possible. After reading this memoir written 25 years later, the notion that Buttigieg might be the nation’s first openly gay president doesn’t feel quite as far-fetched." -- Adam Nagourney, New York Times"If you were an early Barack Obama supporter a dozen or more years ago, you recall inching forward in your chair whenever he spoke. The words were so clear, the passion so strong, the message of hope so credible…. I suggest you watch the video of Pete Buttigieg at a CNN town hall. If that piques your interest, as it did mine, read his book, Shortest Way Home." -- Peter Funt, USA Today"In a sense, Buttigieg’s book is a kind of antidote to J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, a story of broken people in a broken place.... This is a comeback story of a place that got hit hard, survived and then began thriving again.... It’s entirely true that a leap from mayor to president has been impossible in the past. But these pages make a pretty good case that city halls just might be better training schools for the presidency than attendance at any five years of congressional hearings combined. " -- E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post"Readers will find telling insights into the events that shaped Buttigieg's biggest decisions and share a typical day in the mayor's office; relive Buttigieg's tour of duty in Afghanistan (while he was still acting mayor); and understand his angst over being a young, gay public figure trying to get a date (spoiler alert: there's a happy ending!). First and foremost a great, engaging read, this is also an inspiring story of a millennial making a difference." -- Kathleen McBroom, Booklist [starred review]"Since Buttigieg launched his campaign for the presidency last year, I have read or reread much of what he has written, at Harvard and since. Most notable is his excellent memoir Shortest Way Home, with its lyrical evocations of the Indiana landscape, its vivid account of military life in Afghanistan, its rollicking tales of campaign stops featuring Deep Fried Turkey Testicles and peanut-butter-and-bacon sandwiches dusted with powdered sugar, and its incisive analysis of the rewards and frustrations of life as mayor of a small city…. In one of the most powerful passages in Shortest Way Home, Buttigieg points out that there is no formula for resolving the tradeoffs required in government. Data cannot yield answers to questions about who should suffer, and how much, when competing policies are debated." -- James T. Cloppenberg - Commonweal"[Buttigieg] has an extraordinary story and great insights into the politics of our country." -- David Axelrod"Mika and I have been overwhelmed by the reaction Pete Buttigieg got after being on the show. The only other time in twelve years that we heard from as many people about a guest was after Barack Obama appeared on Morning Joe. " -- Joe Scarborough, MSNBC's Morning Joe"Combining candor and compassion with a brilliant understanding of how government can be more effective, Shortest Way Home demonstrates that Pete Buttigieg is not only a key political figure in his generation, but also an appealing and even funny writer. Far from a conventional politician's book, his work is an important entry in the American political tradition for the twenty-first century." -- Walter Isaacson"Pete Buttigieg has given more to his community and country before his 40th birthday than most of us do over the course of our lives. At every crossroads, he has turned towards service and leveraged his energy and intellect to help his neighbors and fellow citizens. In this book, you will not only learn about what brings Pete home, but what drives him towards his vision of a better, kinder nation." -- Joe Kennedy III"In this uplifting coming-of-age memoir from the American heartland, Pete Buttigieg, successful mayor of revitalized South Bend, Indiana, writes that the shortest distance between opportunity and success, ‘like good literature, takes personal lived experience as its starting point’—a promising axiom for a prospective national figure." -- David Levering Lewis
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