Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the United States.

Examines the politics of civil society in modern Lebanon.

Expanded new edition of an important study of the protracted violence in Colombia.

A detailed, clear, and comprehensive overview of the current philosophical debate on toture.

Chronicles changes in American political party behavior between 1996 and 2008.

Uncovers a fundamental change that took place in Western thinking, especially its departure from the Sephardic philosophy found in the Iberian Peninsula during the 13th century.

A psychoanalytic theory of biopolitics.

Defines a new research area linking youth cultures and music with peacebuilding practice and policy.

Examines how US cities have adopted the tactics of public relations and marketing firms to “brand” themselves.

Fascinating look at the challenges faced by John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in their quests to win the presidency.

Selected essays on radical social change.

Comparative study of Islam and the rule of law in Egypt and Iran.

Examines how the president balances the competing demands of leading his political party and leading the nation.

Engaging and accessible account of the war that helped forge the American nation.

An American success story about the life of William Almon Wheeler, a poor boy from northern New York who became the nineteenth vice president of the United States.

An engaging insider's account by a member of President Reagan's Central America policy team.

Examines intergovernmental efforts within the United States to manage the nation's water supply.

Reveals the role played by political and economic elites in the privileging of civilian commercial nuclear energy over other options, such as solar, in the United States after 1945.

Examines existing models of political party transformation and tests them using data from fifteen European countries.

Comprehensive examination of legislative term limits and how they have changed the American political system.

Humorous and witty recollections of the author's journey from insecure graduate student to noted activist/scholar.

Explores the influence of Dutch law and jurisprudence in colonial America.

A groundbreaking book that brings the insights of Integral Theory to business and organizational development.

Reveals how state felony disenfranchisement laws are undermining American democracy.

Considers the problems of sovereignty through the work of Rousseau, Arendt, Foucault, Agamben, and Derrida.