Books of Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy
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Feminism and the Legacy of Revolution: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas
By Karen KampwirthBooth, John. 1985. The End and the Beginning: The Nicaraguan Revolution. Boulder: Westview. Booth, John, and Thomas W. Walker. 1989. Understanding Central America. Boulder: Westview Borge, Tomás. 1984. Carlos, the Dawn Ls No Longer ...
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Women in World History: Readings from prehistory to 1500
By Brady Hughes, Sarah S. HughesExamining selected societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, this uniquely designed history discusses political and economic issues; marriage practices, motherhood, and enslavement; religious beliefs and spiritual development.
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中国古代政治传播研究
By 白文刚我们选择刘宋政权的建立来了解一下这一程序及其政治传播功能。宋的建立者刘裕,本是东晋北府兵的一名将领,东晋后期权臣桓玄反叛,废晋安帝自立,刘裕站在东晋王朝一边,率兵攻灭桓玄,恢复了东晋王朝,使安帝得以复位。
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The DeMarco Factor: Transforming Public Will Into Political Power
By Michael PertschukVinny DeMarco might be a latter-day Don Quixote except that he tilts his lance at real obstacles to social justice: lobby-locked state legislatures and Congress, stonewalling the public will. And...
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Loud & Clear in an Election Year: Amplifying the Voices of Community Advocates
By Kim Haddow, Holly Minch, Laura SaponaraElection years pose a unique opportunity and challenge to nonprofit organizations and community groups as they struggle to advance their issues in a crowded news environment, and amplify the voices...
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Is Voting for Young People?: With a Postscript on Citizen Engagement
By Martin P. Wattenberg"For years, political scientists have told their students that it doesn't make a difference whether they vote because one vote won't make a difference. This book is antidote to that...
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Engaging Young People in Civic Life
By Peter Levine, James YounissThe myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective outreach efforts,...
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The Road to Democracy in South Africa
By South African Democracy Education TrustThe Road to Democracy project is a chronological analysis of four decades - 1960-1970, 1970-1980, 1980-1990, 1990-1994, bearing in mind the four areas of focus above and the following themes...
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Parties, Interest Groups, and Political Campaigns
By Ronald J. Hrebenar, Robert C. Benedict, Matthew BurbankPolitical parties and interest groups have been important to understanding who gets what in American politics for many years. The traditional view was that political parties were concerned with winning...
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More Than Money: Interest Group Action in Congressional Elections
By Richard M. SkinnerWhile interest groups have long been at the center of the study of American politics, most explorations of their influence have tended to dwell on lobbying. When political scientists do...
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Aunt Carrie's War Against Black Fox Nuclear Nower Plant
By Carrie Barefoot Dickerson, Patricia LemonWhen Carrie Dickerson first saw a newspaper headline about the electric company's plans to build a nuclear power plant near her home in Oklahoma, she knew little about nuclear reactors...
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Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland
By Jeffrey St. Clair, Joshua FrankA Red States rebellion is breaking out. It's been going on for some time. The stakes are high and the odds are long and the battles are waged over the...
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The Lobbying Handbook
By John L. ZorackThis volume offers the insights of 80 successful lobbyists and professional politicians who "know the territory" on the basics of the lobbying business, the principles of lobbying strategy, and the...
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Violenza mediata: il ruolo dell'informazione nel G8 di Genova
By Osservatorio comunicazione politicaIl G8 di Genova: la più alta concentrazione della storia di telecamere, macchine fotografiche, troupe giornalistiche. Il primo grande media-evento permanente del nuovo secolo. Come è stato letto e raccontato...
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Whistleblowing Research: Methodological and Moral Issues
By Frederick EllistonWhistleblowing Research: Methodological and Moral Issues
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الجهاد ضد الجهاد: Jihad against jihad
By أحمد المسلماني, دار ليلى, Ahmed Al-Muslimaniالجهادفي الزمن الحالي لم يعد الجهاد مجرد جهاد المتشددين ضد المجتمعات التي يرونها منحلة أو كافرة، بل صارت الجماعات الجهادية تكفر بعضها بعضًا كذلك، وتقاتل بعضها بعضًا، فصار الجهاد يجاهد...
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Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change
By Marion OrrAs an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural,...
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Hall of Mirrors: Roy Lichtenstein and the Face of Painting in the 1960s
By Graham BaderA sustained study of Lichtenstein's pop oeuvre, offering new readings of such canonical works as Look Mickey and Happy Tears. In Hall of Mirrors, Graham Bader traces the development of...
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Reform and Reality: The Financing of State and Local Campaigns
By Herbert E. AlexanderReform and Reality: The Financing of State and Local Campaigns
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Policy Networks in British Government
By R. A. W. Rhodes, David MarshPolicy is not made in the electoral arena or in the gladiatorial confrontations of Parliament, but in the netherworld of committees, civil servants, professions, and interest groups. This collection explores...