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“lawrence c dodd”

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  • Congress Reconsidered

    Edited by Lawrence C. Dodd, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, Ruth Bloch Rubin, C. Lawrence Evans ...
    Since its first edition, Congress Reconsidered was designed to make available the best contemporary work from leading congressional scholars in a form that is both challenging and accessible to undergraduates.With their Thirteenth Edition, Lawrence C. Dodd, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, and C. Lawrence Evans, and now Ruth Bloch Rubin from the University of Chicago, continue this tradition as their ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • The Dynamics Of American Politics

    Approaches And Interpretations

    by Lawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson ...
    This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches to the study of American politics. Written by leading scholars in the field, the book's essays focus particularly on the contributions that competing macro- and microanalytic approaches make to our understanding of political change in America.The essays include systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

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  • Against Democracy

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  • Where Have All the Democrats Gone?

    The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes

    by Ruy Teixeira, John B. Judis ...
    Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal and Foreign AffairsA much-needed wake-up call for the Democrats, which reveals how the party has lost sight of its core principles and endangered its political future—from the authors of “one of the most influential political books of the 21st century” (The New York Times).For decades, American politics has been plagued by a breakdown ... Read more

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  • The Myth of the Rational Voter

    Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition

    by Bryan Caplan ...
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  • Civil Rights

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    by Thomas Sowell ...
    It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with which they continue, Who has gained and who has lost? Which of the assumptions behind the civil rights ... Read more

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  • Democracy in America?

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    by Benjamin I. Page, Martin Gilens ...
    "Important and riveting . . . The solution isn't to redistribute wealth from the have-mores to the have-lesses. It's to redistribute political power to everyone." —Robert B. ReichAmerica faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. How did we get here? Through decades of dysfunctional government. In Democracy in America? veteran ... Read more

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  • A Dream Deferred

    The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America

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    Award-winning author Shelby Steele's essay collection A Dream Deferred reveals the untold story behind the polarized racial politics in America today.A New York Times Notable BookThrough thought-provoking insights, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Shelby Steele argues that a second betrayal of black freedom in the United States—the first one being segregation—emerged from the civil rights ... Read more

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    by Matt Grossmann, David A. Hopkins ...
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  • The Gamble

    Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition

    by John Sides, John Sides, Lynn Vavreck, Lynn Vavreck ...
    A unique "moneyball" look at the 2012 U.S. presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney"Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest—and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election—with a big difference. Using an unusual ... Read more

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