Politics and Law
The Japan That Never Was
Contests conventional wisdom on Japan's postwar economic success and its economic and political problems in the 1990s, providing a new account of these conditions.
Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society
Examines the growing power of nongovernmental organizations by looking at UN World Conferences.
The First Presidential Communications Agency
The history of FDR's Office of Government Reports.
United We Stand?
Argues that leaders sometimes promote international conflicts to keep their own military politically divided.
The Step Back
Explores the ethical and political possibilities of philosophy after deconstruction.
Environmental Policymaking
Case studies that assess the value of new approaches to environmental policymaking in the United States and abroad.
Imperialism and Internationalism in the Discipline of International Relations
Essays on the early disciplinary history of international relations.
Landmines and Human Security
Recounts and evaluates the worldwide effort to ban landmines.
The Social Authority of Reason
Explores the social ramifications of Kant's concept of radical evil.
The Virtue of Nonviolence
A study in comparative virtue ethics.
Revolt, Affect, Collectivity
Explores how the concept of revolution permeates and unifies Kristeva’s body of work.
Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
A path-breaking look at the international response to ozone depletion and climate change.
Women and Children First
A critique of public policy rhetoric from multiple feminist perspectives.
The Watchman Fell Asleep
Examines how Israel was caught by surprise in the opening stages of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Education Empire
Traces the organizational history of Fairfax County public schools in Virginia, from 1954–2004, revealing the system's record of academic success.
Citizen Teacher
The first book-length biography of Margaret Haley (1861–1939) focuses on her political vision, her activities as a public school activist, and her life as a charismatic woman leader.
Defining NASA
Examines the politics behind the funding of NASA.
Murder on Trial
A historical romp through the fascinating subject of murder jurisprudence in the United States from the colonial period to the present, showing how changing social mores have influenced the application of murder law.
Exquisite Rebel
Brings the writings of de Cleyre out of undeserved obscurity.
Deserving and Entitled
Explores the contradictions between the American ideal of equality and the realities of public policy.
Post-Marxist Theory
An introduction to the philosophical, economic, historical, feminist, and cultural versions of post-Marxist theory.
The Twenty-first Century Confronts Its Gods
Maintains that the secular West has its gods—such as market capitalism—and that veneration of these contributes to the cultural and religious unrest of our time.
Educating for a Culture of Social and Ecological Peace
Examines the overlapping aims, values, and concepts in peace and environmental education.
George W. Bush
Essays on the first two years of the Bush presidency.
Margins of Disorder
Traces how progressive liberals in Edwardian Britain responded to contemporary intellectual trends.