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Confrontational Citizenship

Defends confrontational modes of citizenship as a means to reinvigorate democratic participation and regime accountability.

Spontaneous Combustion

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

Teaching Politics in Secondary Education

By Wayne Journell
Subjects: Education

Uses data collected from multiple studies to offer recommendations on best practices for use in a polarized climate.

Understanding Immigration

Undergraduate-level textbook introducing students to the factors which define immigration politics in the United States and Europe.

Literature and "Interregnum"

Examines literary responses to the impact of economic and technological globalization in Latin America.

Failed State

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

Principle and Prudence in Western Political Thought

Reflections on principle and prudence in the thoughts and actions of great thinkers and statesmen.

Out of Control

Explores the fundamental confrontations between Spinoza and Levinas in ethics, politics, science, and religion.

New York's Broken Constitution

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

Beyond Post-Zionism

By Eran Kaplan
Subjects: Area Studies

Comprehensive and critical analysis of the post-Zionist debates and their impact on various aspects of Israeli culture.

Minima Cuba

Explores the ideological and emotional trauma created after the withering of the socialist utopia in Cuba.

The Devil Is in the Details

Seeks to explain the causes of ambiguously worded state legislation.

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

Reveals a remarkable woman’s life and her contributions to social justice movements related to Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism.

Back in the Game

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

Seeking the Beloved Community

Selected essays on radical social change.

William Almon Wheeler

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.

Term Limits and Their Consequences

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

Felony Disenfranchisement in America, Second Edition

Reveals how state felony disenfranchisement laws are undermining American democracy.

Tales from the Sausage Factory

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Erotics of Corruption

A provocative retelling of the story of political corruption in the modern period.