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  • American Catholics and Civic Engagement

    A Distinctive Voice

    by Kirk Adams, William Bole, David Carlin, David Gonzalez, Michael Lacey, Paul Moses, Kate O'Beirne, Don Wycliff, Jane Mansbridge, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, W Shepherdson Abell, Mary Jo Bane, Edward E. Dolejsi, Thomas J. Donnelly, David C. Leege, Paul D. Mueller, Monsignor Philip J. Murnion, William M. Shea, John J. Sweeney, Dotty Lynch, Clarke E. Cochran, John A. Coleman, E.J. Dionne, William A. Galston, Stephen J. Pope ...
    Series series American Catholics in the Public Square
    Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • The Politics of Cultural Differences

    Social Change and Voter Mobilization Strategies in the Post-New Deal Period

    by David C. Leege, Kenneth D. Wald, Brian S. Krueger, Paul D. Mueller ...
    How did Republicans manage to hold the White House through much of the past half century even as the Democratic Party held the hearts of most American voters? The authors of this groundbreaking study argue that they did so by doing what Democrats have also excelled at: triggering psychological mechanisms that deepen cultural divisions in the other party's coalition, thereby leading many of its ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

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    An eye-opening introduction to the timelessly relevant ideas of Noam Chomsky, "arguably the most important intellectual alive" (The New York Times), this book is a penetrating, illusion-shattering look at how things really workOffering something not found anywhere else, How the World Works is pure Chomsky, but tailored for those who are new to his work. The book is made up of meticulously edited ... Read more

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  • The Unbroken Machine

    Canada's Democracy in Action

    by Dale Smith ...
    The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017What if it is not our political system that is broken, but our understanding of it?Everybody thinks that it’s the system that’s broken in politics; but what if it’s not the system that’s broken but rather our understanding of it? What if everyone’s proposals to make the system “more democratic” only wind up making things worse, and weaken our systems of ... Read more

    $9.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Idea of the Public Sphere

    A Reader

    by Hannah Arendt, Seyla Benhabib, James Bohman, John Dewey, Jon Elster, Nancy Fraser, Jürgen Habermas, Immanuel Kant, Alexander Kluge, Walter Lippmann, Niklas Luhmann, Oskar Negt, Bernhard Peters, John Rawls, Carl Schmitt, Joseph Schumpeter, G.W.F Hegel, Chantal Mouffe ...
    The notion of "the public sphere" has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen democracy, integration, and identity.The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Tension City

    Inside the Presidential Debates

    by Jim Lehrer ...
    With an update by the author for the 2012 election.A veteran newsman who has presided over eleven presidential and vice-presidential debates, Jim Lehrer gives readers a ringside seat for some of the epic political battles of our time, shedding light on all of the critical turning points and rhetorical faux pas that helped determine the outcome of America’s presidential elections. Drawing on his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • U.S. Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

    by Franco Scardino ...
    Series series Idiot's Guides
    Do you really know how the U.S. government operates? Most Americans have simply forgotten what they learned in their high school government class. Providing an updated history and comprehensive overview, Idiot's Guides: U.S. Government & Politics, Second Edition, is written to help readers gain an understanding about the origins of the U.S government, in addition to its complex political system ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Democratic Imagination

    Envisioning Popular Power in the 21st Century

    by Alan Sears, James Cairns ...
    Democracy is very much an open question in the early twenty-first century. While voter participation declines in many traditional democracies, new movements for democracy are emerging around the world. This book brings the question of democracy out of the halls of political power and home to our daily lives, pitting "official democracy" and "democracy from below" against one another in a lively ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Road to Camelot

    Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign

    by Thomas Oliphant, Curtis Wilkie ...
    A “provocative reconstruction of John F. Kennedy’s ‘five-year campaign’ for the White House” (The New Yorker), beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956 and culminating when he plotted his way to the presidency and changed the way we nominate and elect presidents.John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned ... Read more

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  • Gaming the Vote

    Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)

    by William Poundstone ...
    Our Electoral System is Fundamentally Flawed, But There's a Simple and Fair SolutionAt least five U.S. presidential elections have been won by the second most popular candidate. The reason was a "spoiler"—a minor candidate who takes enough votes away from the most popular candidate to tip the election to someone else. The spoiler effect is more than a glitch. It is a consequence of one of the most ... Read more

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  • Running from Office

    Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics

    by Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox ...
    The past two decades of politics in Washington have seen increased partisanship, prolonged stalemates, and numerous scandals. For today's teenagers and young adults, years of ineffective and inefficient political leadership have completely eroded any sense that politicians or government have the ability to do good or effect positive change. Worse, the mean-spirited, dysfunctional political system ... Read more

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  • The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

    Information Technology and Political Islam

    by Philip N. Howard ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people are developing political identities online, and digital technologies are helping civil society build ... Read more

    $37.79 USD