Traces the US Supreme Court’s effect on federal government growth from the founding era forward.

Traces the genealogy of the Western philosophic concept of the civil state, how that concept was assimilated into Egyptian political thought, and how it affected the 2013 coup against President Mursi.

Examines the egalitarian, creative, and inclusive practice of radical democracy in contemporary Venezuela.

Examines the continuing ethnic diversification of black America and its impact on black political empowerment.

Examines how NATO has adapted and endured after the end of the Cold War, transforming itself to deal with a host of new security challenges.

Highlights the continuing social unrest and public protest occurring in South Africa’s poorest districts.

Blends academic and activist perspectives to explore recent emancipatory struggles to win and transform state power.

Examines why some democratic innovations succeed while others fail, using Venezuela, Ecuador, and Chile as case studies.

An in-depth account of the ideology driving Israel's religious Zionist settler movements since the 1970s.

Examines the causes and consequences of recusal behavior on the US Supreme Court.

Explores the role of rhetoric and the racial classification of Asian American immigrants in the early twentieth century.

Offers a complete empirical account of US government programs, policies, and interventions outside the United States on behalf of the human rights of LGBTQ people.

Provides answers to one of the enduring paradoxes of mass social change.

Combines history and biography to interpret the last half century of black politics in America as represented in the life and work of a pivotal African American public intellectual.

Offers a novel exploration of the relationship between religion and the state in Israel.

Tells the untold story of the life and career of Nathan Sanford, a New York State lawyer-politician who capitalized on opportunities created by the new politics of the early Republic to achieve social mobility.

The first comprehensive examination of the debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève on the subject of philosophy and tyranny.

Explores why authoritarian regimes bother to hold elections.

An overview and analysis of austerity policies and labor movement resistance in several countries.

The first study of Strauss’s confrontation with modern science and its methods.

Shines a light on the dark corners of New York’s legislature and points the way to much-needed reform.

Indicates how the rightward shift in the ideology of House Republicans has been mistaken for a broader "polarization" of both parties as well as voters.

Offers a more democratic way to think about families, politics, and public life.

Examines the significant gaps between what New York State’s constitution says and how the state is actually governed and offers ideas for reform.

Demonstrates how local political parties have retained a role of critical importance in American politics.