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Peter Lockwood

Peasants to Paupers

On the northern periphery of Nairobi, in southern Kiambu County, the city's expansion into a landscape of poor smallholders is bringing new opportunities, dilemmas, and conflicts. Drawing on extensive eth…

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…

Robert G. Boatright, Lane Cuthbert, Adam Eichen

Money, Partisanship and Power in Local Politics

This Element presents an analysis of campaign finance in city council elections in four midsize Massachusetts cities. It shows that while money does not determine local election outcomes it plays a gateke…

Brando Simeo Starkey

Their Accomplices Wore Robes

"Their Accomplices Wore Robes takes readers from the Civil War era to the present and describes how the Supreme Court--even more than the presidency or Congress--aligned with the enemies of Black pro…

Michael J Graetz

The Power to Destroy

How the antitax fringe went mainstream---and now threatens America's futureThe postwar United States enjoyed large, widely distributed economic rewards---and most Americans accepted that taxes were a reas…

Tracy E Danese

Claude Pepper and Ed Ball

The story of a power struggle that dominated Florida politics for decadesThe power struggle between Claude Pepper and Ed Ball in the mid-twentieth century impacted the future of Florida. This lively accou…

Ezra Klein,

Der tiefe Graben

New York Times -Bestseller und "Buch der Stunde" (CNN)Der Polit-Experte Ezra Klein erklärt, wie es zur historisch einzigartigen Spaltung einer Supermacht kommen konnte - und legt damit das entsc…

Steven L Herman

Behind the White House Curtain

Going behind the scenes with a veteran member of the White House press corpsSteven L Herman, chief national correspondent for the nonpartisan, government-funded Voice of America (VOA), weaves together mem…

Jeffrey M Trissell

Unlocking the Churches

"[I]t could be well said that a country, preserved at the sacrifice of all the cardinal principles of liberty, is not worth the cost of preservation." -- The Supreme Court in Ex Parte Milligan, …

Matthew Guariglia, Brian Hochman

The Church Committee Report

Fifty years ago, a government investigation led by US senator Frank Church uncovered some of the darkest state secrets of the twentieth century. The Church Committee confirmed the nation's worst fears abo…

Michael Kolkmann

Politik in den USA

Dieses Lehrbuch ist eine kompakte, fokussierte Darstellung dessen, was amerikanische Politik ausmacht. Zugleich wird erörtert, worin die aktuellen Probleme dieses spezifischen politischen Systems bestehen…

Newt Gingrich

Trump's Triumph

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER#1 New York Times bestselling author Newt Gingrich takes readers inside the most significant political comeback i…

NOFX

American Drugs & German Beers (Live)

Devlin Barrett

The Department of Revenge

Dear American, No part of life in the United States has been untouched by Donald Trump's relentless weaponization of the Justice Department. This is a cautionary tale about how, once a president amasses s…

Charles Ferguson

Presidential Seclusion

Behind the gates of Camp David---where presidents find solitude, forge diplomacy, and shape history in absolute secrecy.The Presidential Retreat Camp David is shrouded in mystery, and rightfully so. The h…

Donald F Kettl

The Right-Wing Idea Factory

An incisive analysis of one of the most disruptive forces in modern American politics, The Right-Wing Idea Factory is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the fundamental transformation of c…

Brendan Ballou

When Companies Run the Courts

The definitive exposé of forced arbitration, the secret justice system that protects abusers, employers, and powerful corporations "Ballou is one of our most insightful analysts of the modern America…

Jacob Soboroff

Firestorm

New York Times Bestseller and #1 Los Angeles TimesBestsellerA "gripping, unshakeable firsthand account" (San Francisco Chronicle ) of the firestorm that consumed Los Angeles, from the MS NOW rep…

Ruth Bloch Rubin

Divided Parties, Strong Leaders

"For decades, legislative scholars have viewed divided parties as a critical constraint on congressional leadership. The more a party's rank and file agree with one another, the stronger their leader…