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Representing researchers from diverse subfields who analyze how and why uncertainty affects American politics, this stud......more

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A unique, unprecedented eyewitness account of the thirty most critical days of Tony Blair’s political career as Prime Mi......more

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The internationally renowned theorist contends that the sun is setting on the American empire in this "lucid, informed, ......more

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Paul Kellstedt examines variation in Americans racial attitudes over the last half-century, particularly in the relatio......more

Elisabeth Wood s account of insurgent collective action in El Salvador is based on oral histories gathered from peasants......more

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Valerie Hoekstra examines public reaction to Supreme Court decisions in this study. Using data from survey research, she......more

A comparative analysis of the foreign policies of eight post-communist states which considers the extent to which offici......more

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Since its original publication in 1967, Freedom and the Court has become the standard text on civil liberties law, with ......more

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On the hundredth anniversary of Ronald Reagan s birth comes the twentieth-anniversary edition of Peggy Noonan s critical......more

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From America s number one Cuba reporter, PEN award-winning investigative journalist Ann Louise Bardach, comes the big bo......more

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This book provides a general overview of accountability, a key concept in modern democratic governance. Richard Mulgan d......more

Some call him the Great Communicator. Many credit him with ending the Cold War. Others even consider him the greatest pr......more

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