Examines the little-explored topic of relations between state governments and their respective local governments.

Traces the rising emphasis on parenthood in contemporary American politics.

First in-depth examination of the various forms of interstate cooperation and their central role promoting a successful federal system of government in the United States.

Investigates how activists confront global powers with their street-level dissent.

Comprehensive overview of New York State’s politics, political institutions, and major public policies.

Lively and engaging essays covering President Obama’s domestic and foreign policy, governing style, and character.

A comprehensive history of U.S. housing policy that illuminates the political struggles that have accompanied the nation’s effort to assist those citizens who are in desperate need of decent, affordable housing.

Puts commentators on Global government in conversation about their often provocative global institutional visions.

Chronicles how the SED, a once villified political party, transformed itself into a viable national political party.

A fresh perspective on American water pollution policy

Provides detailed information and an analysis of interstate relations, and advances recommendations to improve the economic and political union.

Perspectives on Kant's teachings on geography and how they relate his understanding of the world.

A comprehensive examination of multiple dimensions of terrorism

Holistic, comparative analysis of multiple budget systems and contexts.

Essays reevaluating and challenging the critiques of the urban studies field

New perspective on state-level housing policy, how its role has grown in relation to the federal role.

Analysis on a dual insurance regulation system and its effectiveness relevant to the current system of regulation.

Examines New York City as a paradigmatic example of the tensions between privatization and public uses of space in the contemporary U.S.

Provides a comprehensive and even-handed overview of the very contentious subject of affirmative action.

Revisionist analysis of the role of strong leadership in democracies, drawing primarily upon the work of Alexis de Tocqueville.

Uses the interdisciplinary approach of evolutionary economics to explore the history of land domestication in the United States.

Presentation of a new, ethical vision of democracy built around self-rule, civic education, and ethical cultivation.

Analysis of concurrent opinion writing by Supreme Court justices.

Essays assessing the impact of globalization on law and court systems across the world.

Detailed study of how real education reform works.

A detailed study of political gridlock in Congress, offering an alternative perspective for evaluating its persistence and charting a course for change.

Examines the critical role assumed by the U. S. judiciary in balancing concerns about national security with the protection of liberty after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

An insightful reassessment of the relationship between the U. S. Congress and the states.

An astute assessment of democratic principles and decision-making structures in the global business world.

Studies the Federal Home Loan Bank System, how it has changed over time and why

Systematically illustrates the inescapable racism of American conservatism.

A former state legislator and a political scientist team up to show how New York's legislature was once the nation's model professional legislature, and how it might recover from its present dysfunction.

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

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.

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

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

Examines recent trends in state-funded preschool education.

Engaging case studies on the impact of state sovereign immunity on both plaintiffs and states.

Explores the significance of Dewey’s thought on democracy for the contemporary world.

Argues for the contemporary importance of Thucydides and Plato for both democratic political theory and democratic citizens.

Makes the surprising claim that identity politics can facilitate rather than undermine worker solidarity.

Examines the complex relationship between American public opinion and the U. S. Supreme Court.

Irreverent and incisive critique of liberal theories of the state.

Examines the transitions to democracy in Africa.

Nationally recognized experts analyze how states deal with major constitutional issues.

Examines internal changes in North Korea under the expanding rule of Kim Jong Il.

The first systematic analysis of the obstacles to state constitutional reform.

Identifies problems reformers face in drafting or amending state constitutions.

Explores the impact of globalization on the conduct of international affairs.

Blends memoir and scholarship to provide a moving and sometimes unsettling look at how academic discourse affects the cultural values and identities that students bring into the writing classroom.

A fresh and easy-to-understand examination of some of America's most challenging social issues.

A collection of lectures delivered during the Fulbright Hays Scholar program in Ghana.

Argues that social equity and legal justice are possible even in the absence of universal political norms.

Documents how even progressive foundations serve to reinforce the political status quo.

Argues that too much advice can lead to policy deadlock depending on leadership style.

Unveils the considerable policy-making powers of state supreme courts.

Examines how organized labor has decided where to pursue its interests.

Explores the limits of Kantian approaches to the study of international affairs.

Demonstrates how governmental structure and institutional rules determine who gets what in American cities.

Explores the relationship between sport and national identities within the context of globalization in the modern era.

Compares urban revitalization efforts in two cities with failing industrial bases, one in the United States and the other in Japan.

Examines African American influence on United States foreign policy in the post-Cold War era.

The first defense of Marxian political economy against the common interest claims of "lean production. "

Explores the many factors shaping the level of political involvement displayed by urban Protestant clergy.

Renowned theorists address the interconnections between those who engage in political struggle and those who study it.

Builds upon the narratives of community development activists to describe how they bring about affordable, quality housing, commercial opportunities and empowerment within poor areas.

Uses case studies of Jerusalem and Belfast to explore how cities function in the midst of nationalistic conflict.

Wetlands are a valuable natural resource, yet over 200,000 acres are destroyed in the United States per year. This book examines whether states should assume the role of protecting wetlands rather than the federal government.

Explores the role that public opinion plays in the development of social policy in the United States.

Reviews the judicial development of the free exercise of religion clause.

Argues that rebuilding ethical communities will require a cultural reorientation from visually dominated to oral/aural experience and develops a speech-based conception of moral place that can set limits on the actions of individuals and communities.

Examines how a more democratic, participatory policy analysis could be conceptualized in theory and administered in practice.

Assesses critically the work of Rawls, Walzer, and Habermas and presents a theory of justice that responds to two senses of pluralism.

Presents alternative and often opposing viewpoints on the major national and international environmental controversies that will be with us well into the twenty-first century.

Attributes the failure of the modern presidency to the development of a political system that inherently impedes creative leadership, and offers prescriptive measures to restore the governing capacity of the president.

Addresses issues concerning race, ethnicity, and nationlism in both their domestic and international dimension.

Explores the growing role of global civil society and local environmental activism in the management and protection of the environment worldwide.

Examines the relationship between technical experts and elected officials, challenging the prevailing view about how experts become politicized by the policy process.

Constructs a cohesive picture of political theorist C. B. Macpherson's democratic vision, arguing that Macpherson's central message regarding the economic prerequisites of democracy is just as relevant today as when he first presented it.

Shows how rational choice theory's critique and justification of democracy fails in its project to recast democratic theory.

Demonstrates that individual state policies on abortion closely reflect public opinion in that state and affect abortion rates, whereas national policy and policy changes have no real effect on abortion rates.

Challenges the social-science image of Israel as a historical peculiarity by situating Israel's history in comparative context; by building bridges between Israel and other Middle Eastern states; and by using the Israeli case to reconsider existing social science theories and correct common misperceptions about the comparative method.

A philosophical analysis of the discourses, practices, and effects of representation in political institutions, focusing on American democracy.

Sanford Kessler offers a provocative and timely analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville's views on the relationship between Christianity and American democracy. These views are central to Tocqueville's discussions ...

Hawai'i is of special interest as a state because its history differs so greatly from that of the other United States and because its social and political institutions are unique. It is, for example, ...

Since 1980, the national agenda and the attention of Congress have been focused on federal budget deficits. This is the first book, however, to examine how lawmakers think about fiscal problems and to ...

Wildfire is a wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary study of the "other side" of Israeli public life. Because the governmental service systems work poorly, and political protest has proved to be largely ineffective, ...

This book examines the competing visions of liberty and community in Canada. Focusing attention on constitutional debate in Ontario after the Confederation of 1867, the author shows how the defenders ...

The Death of Industrial Civilization explains how the contemporary ecological crisis within industrial society is caused by the values inherent in unlimited economic growth and competitive materialism. ...

Drawing upon revealing and generally unpublished presidential papers associated with Lyndon Johnson's ill-fated nomination of Abe Fortas, and Richard Nixon's failed designations of Clement F. Haynsworth ...

Examines the generally unrecognized role played by these foundations in support of US foreign policy.

The focus of all the essays in this collection is the problem of state power in Communist regimes. The problematic nature of the relationship between state and society has troubled the marxist tradition ...

This case study of a politically reformed, middle-sized Midwestern city provides a model of fiscal stress that contrasts sharply with that of America's vast metropolitan centers. Dr. Rubin examines the ...