Relates how the self-direction movement was developed, the research that supports it, how the model has spread across the country and the globe, and recommendations and prospects for the future.

The first history of the US Travel Bureau, which set the precedent for federal involvement in promoting tourism and travel, an activity which continues today.

Argues that impeachment may no longer be an effective check on overreach by American presidents.

Challenges the established corrections paradigm and argues for replacing mass incarceration with a viable and more humane alternative.

Expert advice on how any citizen can fight government fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption.

A comprehensive exploration of racial inequality in New York City since 1965.

The first detailed examination of African Americans and First Amendment rights, from the colonial era to the present.

Analyzes efforts made by communities and policy makers around the world to push beyond conventional approaches to environmental decision making.

Inside account of the negotiations between the football Bills, New York State, and Erie County to sign a long-term stadium lease and thereby keep the team in Buffalo.

An ethnography of Russian teacher education reforms as scripted performances of political theater.

Illuminates transgender activists' successful strategies to organize for social and political change in the US.

Examines how our diverse understandings of property impact real-world governing strategies.

Introduction to American politics and government, intended for students of political science. Provides a critical examination of both political institutions and political behavior.

Examines the many issues raised by TIF, the most widely used tool of local economic and community development.

A multidimensional approach captures the complexities of African American racial identity.

Studies the impact of lobbying efforts by domestic ethnic groups and foreign governments on US policymaking.

Examines how Diasporic Black women engage in politics.

Discusses the conservative ideological and political attack on welfare in the United States.

Examines the continuing ethnic diversification of black America and its impact on black political empowerment.

Examines how NATO has adapted and endured after the end of the Cold War, transforming itself to deal with a host of new security challenges.

Analyzes long-term interest group/party alliances, with a focus on the part played by federal advisory committees.

Blends academic and activist perspectives to explore recent emancipatory struggles to win and transform state power.

Uses Israel’s public diplomacy efforts during the second intifada (2000–2005) as a prime example of interactions between state security, diplomacy, and the media.

Tells the story of a tragic Supreme Court decision involving child abuse and what might be done to rectify it.

Examines the causes and consequences of recusal behavior on the US Supreme Court.