Examines how US cities have adopted the tactics of public relations and marketing firms to “brand” themselves.

Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success.

A tribute to the Italian American family and its trying bonds of love.

Reveals the role played by political and economic elites in the privileging of civilian commercial nuclear energy over other options, such as solar, in the United States after 1945.

A comprehensive examination of the relationship between higher education, state government, and economic development.

Comprehensive treatment of the challenges faced by America’s public research universities, and of what those challenges may mean for the nation.

An examination of the ethical issues surrounding tax cheating and implications for public policy.

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.

Insider Richard Kirsch offers a vivid, first-person account of how health care reform came to be.

A Quaker lawyer looks at Friends’ relationship with the American legal system and at Friends’ legal ethics.

A fresh perspective on American water pollution policy

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

A comprehensive examination of multiple dimensions of terrorism

Holistic, comparative analysis of multiple budget systems and contexts.

Examines the combat experience of Israel’s ground forces in the Al-Aqsa Intifada in order to offer a set of innovative concepts for understanding irregular warfare.

Essays reevaluating and challenging the critiques of the urban studies field

Examines Victorian conceptions of home and identity by looking at portrayals and accounts of middle-class emigration to Australia.

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.

Detailed study of how real education reform works.

Study of Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in public administration.

Analysis of concurrent opinion writing by Supreme Court justices.

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.

Examines major challenges to the Fist Amendment and focuses on the extremely important paradigm shift of freedom of expression in the post-9/11 era.

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