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Who Should Be First?

Feminists speak out on race and gender in the 2008 Presidential campaign.

Nurse Educators and Politics

Examines how nurse educators shape the political behavior of nurses.

Toward Filipino Self-Determination

Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.

Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt

Ethnographic study of textile factory workers in Alexandria, Egypt.

The Lockean Commonwealth

Timely reappraisal of John Locke’s thoughts on the clash between executive emergency power and the importance of the rule of law.

Policing Narratives and the State of Terror

Examines the recent “War on Terror” and the increasing privatization of international policing through the lens of detective fiction and security and espionage narratives.

Bound by the City

Explores the connections between sexual difference and political structure in ancient Greek tragedy.

Nixon and Israel

New insights into the cementing of the American-Israeli relationship during the Nixon years.

Toward a Credible Pacifism

Argues that violence is no more reliable than any other means of conducting politics.

Getting a Poor Return

Examines competing claims and beliefs about the American legal system in the area of tax policy and tax enforcement.

Engagement with North Korea

Examines how and why nations have persuaded North Korea to cooperate on topics such as nuclear policy.

The Man Who Saved New York

A dramatic and colorful portrait of one of New York’s most remarkable governors, Hugh L. Carey, with emphasis on his leadership during the fiscal crisis of 1975.

Radicalizing Levinas

Levinas ahead of his time--and himself--on politics, postcolonialism and globalization, animals and the environment, and science and technology.

The Quotable Judge Posner

Collection of quotations and judicial opinions of federal appellate judge Richard A. Posner

Sound-Bite Saboteurs

Argues that the reliance on sound bites in recent political discourse is harmful to the democratic process.

Out in Front

By Jeb Byrne
Subjects: History
Series: Excelsior Editions

Lively anecdotes retold by an advance man for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

Contending Nationalisms of Oromia and Ethiopia

By Asafa Jalata
Subjects: Area Studies

Applies the concept of oppressor and oppressed nationalisms to explore the historical forces and social processes that have shaped modern Ethiopia.

Universal Preschool

Examines recent trends in state-funded preschool education.

The Lebanese Army

Comprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.

The Democratic Ideal and the Shoah

An original and revolutionary interpretation of the Jews’ destiny in modern politics.

The Wound and the Witness

Explores the rhetorical functions of torture and the witnessing of torture in both classical texts and contemporary contexts.

Waging Humanitarian War

Examines the ethical, legal, and political dimensions of military intervention for humanitarian reasons.

Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia

Explores how policy actors in the United States and Russia have developed flexible incentive-based instruments for environmental protection.

King of the Bowery

The first full-length biography of Timothy D. "Big Tim" Sullivan, who dominated New York City politics in the three decades prior to World War I.

Beyond Negritude

Key text never before in English by central figure of the Negritude movement.