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Naomi Oreskes, Erik M Conway

The Big Myth

The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America's most tenacious-and destructive-false ideas: the "magic of the marketplace."

Jeanne Sheehan

American Democracy in Crisis

This book analyzes the roots of widespread disenchantment with American government. While blame often falls on the individuals in office, they are not operating in isolation. Rather they are working withi…

NOFX

They've Actually Gotten Worse Live

Bad Religion

How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (Limited 40th Anniversary Edition) (Colored Vinyl)

Mit diesem Album wurde eine Lunte gezündet, die zu einer Explosion führte, die eine neue Religion hervorbrachte: Bad Religion. How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, ihr zweites Album und ihre erste LP, ist nichts…

The Folkways of Congress

How are congressional norms changing, and what does their evolution mean for how Congress serves American democracy today?

The Folkways of Congress

How are congressional norms changing, and what does their evolution mean for how Congress serves American democracy today?

Michelle D. Deardorff

Race and the Law in the United States

This text explores how the legal history and judicial decisions of the United States contribute to the dynamic societal debates Americans are having around race today. It pairs historical cases and primar…

Jack B. Greenberg, John A. Dearborn

Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint

This Element explores how Congress has designed laws reliant on an assumption of presidential self-restraint, an expectation that presidents would respect statutory goals by declining to use their formal …

Robert D. Alvarez, Jason P. Casellas

Shifting Allegiances

This Element examines the growing influence of Latino Republicans in Congress and state legislatures and reveals their diverse nature. Factors contributing to their success include demographics, conservat…

Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox

It Takes More Than a Candidate

It Takes More Than a Candidate remains the only systematic account of the gender gap in political ambition. Based on national surveys of more than 10,000 potential candidates in 2001, 2011, and 2021, the …

Eric R. Schmidt, Edward G. Carmines, Paul M. Sniderman

The Political Dynamics of Partisan Polarization

This Element has three objectives: to identify and explain why some Republicans and Democrats have polarized, particularly over the last twenty years; to demonstrate that they have done so not on this or …

State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain

This book thoroughly examines the neoliberal state and its era in Latin America and Spain. It explores neoliberal public policies, power strategies, institutional resources, popular support, and social pr…

Jack B. Greenberg, John A. Dearborn

Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint

This Element explores how Congress has designed laws reliant on an assumption of presidential self-restraint, an expectation that presidents would respect statutory goals by declining to use their formal …

Oguzhan Dincer, Michael Johnston

Corruption in America

This book explores the reality of corruption in America, analyzing its presence across policy areas in all fifty states. The authors also address issues of political trust and provide a thought-provoking …

The Recasting of the Latin American Right

This book analyzes the transformation of the political right in Latin America in response to the strengthening of left-wing parties and movements throughout the region. While Latin America's post-2000 lef…

Raúl L. Madrid

The Birth of Democracy in South America

"Explores how democracy first emerged in South America and explains why it arose in some countries and not others. It shows that the first countries to democratize in the region continue to have the …

Jaimie Bleck, Nicolas van de Walle

Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990

First comprehensive analysis of electoral politics in Sub-Saharan Africa since the democratic transitions of the early 1990s.

Michael Stasik

Bus Station Hustle

Bus stations are among the most prominent sites of social and economic activity in Africa. Integral to transport, trade, and exchange over distance, they provide livelihoods for large numbers of people. T…

Nicholas Barnes

Inside Criminalized Governance

This book investigates the governance practices of Rio de Janeiro's drug trafficking gangs. Based on three years of ethnographic research, it offers unprecedented documentation of the evolution of three r…