Category: Politics

From renowned political theorist James MacGregor Burns, an incisive critique of the overreaching power of an ideological Supreme Court
For decades, Pulitzer Prize-winner James MacGregor Burns has been one of the great masters of the study of power and leadership in America. In "Packing the Court," he turns his eye to the U.S. Supreme Court, an institution that he believes has become more powerful, and more partisan, than the founding fathers ever intended. In a compelling and provocative narrative, Burns reveals how the Supreme Court has served as a reactionary force in American politics ...
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Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerance

By: Buruma, Ian

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Feb-14

Seller ID: 159475

ISBN: 143112368

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance

By: Buruma, Ian

Price: $8.00

Seller ID: 334489

ISBN: 6.78118E+12

Binding: Hardcover

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Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance

By: Buruma, Ian

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Jun-12

Seller ID: 450832

ISBN: 1594201080

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Ian Buruma returns to his native land to explore the great dilemma of our time through the story of the brutal murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh at the hands of an Islamic extremist. It was the emblematic crime of our moment: On a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man, Mohammed Bouyeri, the son of Moroccan immigrants, shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, great-grandnephew of Vincent and iconic European provocateur, for making a movie with the vocally anti-Islam Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali that "...
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Disquisition On Government and Selections from The Discourse

By: Calhoun, John C,

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 382069

ISBN: 872202933

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Cheating Culture: Why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead

By: Callahan, David

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Aug-14

Seller ID: 270054

ISBN: 156030055

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

On War

By: Carl von Clausewitz

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Princeton University Press: Jan-84

Seller ID: 437941

ISBN: 691056579

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

White-Collar Government: The Hidden Role of Class in Economic Policy Making (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

By: Carnes, Nicholas

Price: $8.50

Seller ID: 378863

ISBN: 022608714X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Millionaires have a majority on the Supreme Court, and they also make up majorities in Congress, where a background in business or law is the norm and the average member has spent less than two percent of his or her adult life in a working-class job. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them-- and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter?
With White-Collar Government, Nicholas Carnes answers this question with a reso...
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Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power

By: Carter, Jimmy

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 360558

ISBN: 1476773963

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world's most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: the ongoing discrimination and violence against women and girls.

President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable ...
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Palestine: Peace not Apartheid

By: Carter, Jimmy

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Aug-14

Seller ID: 457165

ISBN: 743285026

Binding: Hardcover

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Simpler: The Future of Government

By: Cass R. Sunstein

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: Apr-13

Seller ID: 302745

ISBN: 1476726590

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

For nearly four years, Cass R. Sunstein, bestselling author and President Obama's "Regulatory Czar," helped to oversee a revolution in better government. He explains how and why--and what comes next.

Simpler government arrived four years ago. It helped put money in your pocket. It saved hours of your time. It improved your children's diet, lengthened your life span, and benefited businesses large and small. It did so by issuing fewer regulations, by insisting on smarter regulations, and by eliminating or improving old regulations. Cass R. Sunstein, as administrator of the most power...
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Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide

By: Cass R. Sunstein

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: Jun-19

Seller ID: 453380

ISBN: 143135171

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Age of Migration, Fifth Edition: International Population Movements in the Modern World

By: Castles, Stephen

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: 409795

ISBN: 1462513115

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

The leading text in the field, this authoritative work offers a global perspective on the nature of migration flows, why they occur, and their consequences for both origin and destination societies. Chapters provide up-to-date descriptions and comparative analyses of major migration regions in the North and South. The role of population movements in the formation of ethnic minority groups is examined, as is the impact of growing ethnic diversity on economies, cultures, and political institutions. Useful pedagogical features include accessible boxed examples, tables, maps, and suggestions for f...
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History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al Q?da

By: Chaliand, Gerard

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 448044

ISBN: 520247094

Binding: Trade Paperback

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How the Right Lost Its Mind

By: Charles J. Sykes

Price: $7.50

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: Oct-17

Seller ID: 452888

ISBN: 1250147174

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"Bracing and immediate." - The Washington Post

Once at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled his rise.

In How the Right Lost Its Mind, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, and deeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came to lose its values. How did a movement that was defined by its belief in limited government, individual liberty, free markets, traditional values, and civility find itself em...
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The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors

By: Charles Krauthammer

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Crown Forum: Dec-18

Seller ID: 445272

ISBN: 1984825488

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, The Point of It All is a powerful collection of the influential columnist's most important works. Spanning the personal, the political and the philosophical, it includes never-before-published speeches and a major new essay about the effect of today's populist movements on the future of global democracy. Edited and with an introduction by the columnist's son, Daniel Krauthammer, it is the most intimate and profound book yet by the legendary writer and thinker.

In his decades of work as America's preeminent politica...
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