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Bending the Arc
(June 2020)
Striving for Peace and Justice in the Age of Endless War
Steve Breyman - Editor
John W. Amidon - Editor
Maureen Baillargeon Aumand - Editor
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The Politics of Right Sex
(June 2020)
Transgressive Bodies, Governmentality, and the Limits of Trans Rights
Courtenay W. Daum - Author
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Transforming Higher Education in Asia and Africa
(May 2020)
Strategic Planning and Policy
Fred M. Hayward - Author
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Analyzes twelve strategic planning efforts in higher education in eight countries in Asia and Africa.
Drawing on over fifty years of on-the-ground experience, Fred M. Hayward’s Transforming Higher Education in Asia and Africa analyzes change processes in higher education in eight Asian and African countries. The twelve cases range from the push to upgrade and transform higher education in Afghanistan in the midst of...(Read More) |
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Bringing the Nation Back In
(March 2020)
Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and the Struggle to Define a New Politics
Mark Luccarelli - Editor
Rosario Forlenza - Editor
Steven Colatrella - Editor
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Argues that concern with the national and national community will be a key factor in redefining twenty-first century-politics.
Bringing the Nation Back In takes as its starting point a series of developments that shaped politics in the United States and Europe over the past thirty years: the end of the Cold War, the rise of financial and economic globalization, the creation of the European Union, and the development of t...(Read More) |
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Political Power in America
(December 2019)
Class Conflict and the Subversion of Democracy
Anthony R. DiMaggio - Author
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Introduction to American politics that provides a critical examination of both political institutions and political behavior.
Analyzing major political institutions such as Congress, the courts, the presidency, and the media, this book chronicles how the interests of affluent Americans—particularly business, professional, and corporate interests—dominate over those of “average” citizens. Anthony R. DiMagg...(Read More) |
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Culture and Tactics
(October 2019)
Gramsci, Race, and the Politics of Practice
Robert F. Carley - Author
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Juxtaposes Antonio Gramsci’s work and critical race theory to offer a new understanding of tactics as a transformative practice.
While scholars of social and political movements tend to analyze tactics in terms of their effectiveness in achieving specific outcomes, Robert F. Carley argues by contrast that tactics are, above all, what social movements do. They are not mere means to an end so much as they are a public form...(Read More) |
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African Americans and the First Amendment
(September 2019)
The Case for Liberty and Equality
Timothy C. Shiell - Author
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The first detailed examination of African Americans and First Amendment rights, from the colonial era to the present.
African Americans and the First Amendment is the first book to explore in detail the relationship between African Americans and our “first freedoms,” especially freedom of speech. Timothy C. Shiell utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate that a strong commitment to civil liberty and to...(Read More) |
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Help (Not) Wanted
(August 2019)
Immigration Politics in Japan
Michael Strausz - Author
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Shows how Japan’s immigration policy is shaped by the nature of Japan’s economy and elite debates about the country’s national identity.
In Help (Not) Wanted, Michael Strausz offers an original and provocative answer to a question that has long perplexed observers of Japan: Why has Japan’s immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially in light of economic, demographic, and international po...(Read More) |
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