Political Science
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Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambition, and the Financing of Majority Control Eric S. Heberlig and Bruce A. Larson Fundraising for the party has rapidly replaced more traditional criteria for advancement and other rewards in Congress 6 x 9. 318 pgs. 15 figures, 23 tables. 2012
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Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making A Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy Choices Juliet Kaarbo Kaarbo assesses the nature and quality of coalition decision-making in foreign policy 6 x 9. 352 pgs. 40 tables. 2012
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The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State Legislatures The Effects of Institutions and Politics Lynda W. Powell The influence of campaign contributions varies greatly across state legislative chambers 6 x 9. 272 pgs. 15 figures, 22 tables. 2012
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The Floor in Congressional Life
Andrew J. Taylor Taylor offers a historically grounded comparative assessment of the rules governing proceedings on the floors of the U.S. House and Senate 6 x 9. 264 pgs. 28 figures, 11 tables. 2012
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Brandishing the First Amendment
Commercial Expression in America Tamara R. Piety How the First Amendment has been aggressively and inappropriately expanded by commercial entities 6 x 9. 342 pgs. 2012
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The Supreme Court and the NCAA
The Case for Less Commercialism and More Due Process in College Sports Brian L. Porto Porto identifies the Court's role in shaping college sports and advances a prescription for reform 6 x 9. 264 pgs. 2012
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Seven Stories of Threatening Speech Women's Suffrage Meets Machine Code Ruth A. Miller Treating language as a type of machine code opens new avenues for the study of history and politics 6 x 9. 298 pgs. 2011
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Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations An Ideational Alliance Vaughn P. Shannon and Paul A. Kowert, Editors Psychology and constructivism together offer new ways of understanding international relations 6 x 9. 298 pgs. 7 figures, 6 tables. 2011
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American Public Opinion on the Iraq War Ole R. Holsti Shifts in public opinion have had an impact on U.S. foreign policy 6 x 9. 238 pgs. 17 tables, 6 figures. 2011
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Veto Power
Institutional Design in the European Union Jonathan B. Slapin The veto privilege endows all EU members with equal power in treaty negotiations 6 x 9. 196 pgs. 19 Tables, 13 figures. 2011
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Political Survival of Small Parties in Europe
Jae-Jae Spoon Strategic choices allow small parties to balance their interests and achieve success 6 x 9. 220 pgs. 33 tables, 15 figures. 2011
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Security Integration in Europe
Mai'a K. Davis Cross The European Union is becoming able both to protect its common borders and to contribute to global security 6 x 9. 292 pgs. 7 figures, 6 tables. 2011
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Greening China
The Benefits of Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Ka Zeng and Joshua Eastin Trade and foreign direct investment can have a positive effect on the environment 6 x 9. 250 pgs. 15 Figures, 26 Tables. 2011
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Textual Conspiracies
Walter Benjamin, Idolatry, and Political Theory James R. Martel Engaging political and literary luminaries in an alternative narrative about power 6 x 9. 318 pgs. 2011
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Transforming Masculine Rule
Agriculture and Rural Development in the European Union Elisabeth Prügl European agricultural policy has the potential to restructure gender relations 6 x 9. 192 pgs. 1 Table. 2011
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Best Sellers
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The Cult of Statistical Significance How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense 6 x 9. 352 pgs. 15 tables, 8 figures. 2008
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Dying Inside The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison Benjamin Fleury-Steiner A graphic exposé of the inhumane treatment of HIV-positive inmates in U.S. prisons 6 x 9. 248 pgs. 2 figures. 2008
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Small Change Money, Political Parties, and Campaign Finance Reform Raymond J. La Raja A rich analysis of the colorful and contentious history of campaign finance reform 6 x 9. 304 pgs. 15 tables, 14 charts. 2008
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When Courts and Congress Collide The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System Charles Gardner Geyh Can our nation's judiciary remain independent, in light of the battle over judicial appointments? 6 x 9. 344 pgs. 2 tables. 2006
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Award-Winning Books
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The New Imperial Presidency Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate Andrew Rudalevige Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title 6 x 9. 376 pgs. 2005
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A Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln
Tasha S. Philpot Winner: 2008 W. E. B. DuBois Outstanding Book Award given by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists 6 x 9. 224 pgs. 19 figures, 28 tables. 2007
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Solidarity's Secret The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland Shana Penn Winner: 2005 Heldt Book Prize for Best Book in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian Women's Studies given by the Association for Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS) of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) 6-1/8 x 9-1/4. 400 pgs. 2005
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Announcements
New Series Announcement: Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics
Series Editor: Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
The book series Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics seeks to publish the best social-scientific monographs utilizing a logic of explanation that emphasizes the ways in which causal processes and mechanisms come together in case-specific ways to generate particular empirical outcomes. Regardless of substantive focus, monographs in this series utilize a wide variety of techniques in order to empirically detail the ways that important phenomena operate in world politics broadly understood.
"Broadly understood," in this context, does not mean that the series is limited to studies of politics on a large spatial or temporal scale. Indeed, both macro and micro analyses would find a home in this series. Rather, “broadly understood” means that the series is not substantively limited to what we might call politics in a formal sense (the activities of legislatures, ambassadors, state bureaucracies, or sovereigns), but also encompasses landscapes, artifacts, performances, and encounters that may or may not be explicitly about politics in this formal sense (e.g., airports, nostalgic advertisements, religious services). The series seeks to develop and demonstrate novel research techniques that will allow scholars to connect these formal and informal realms, and to disclose the political import of a wide panoply of activities—including meaning-making activities and the negotiation of everyday patterns of authority and control—appropriate to an increasingly globalized world. It is therefore open to studies of “governance” alongside "government," everyday cultural practices alongside authoritative declarations of policy, and the inter-personal alongside the inter-state.
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson is Associate Professor of International Relations at the American University in Washington, DC.
Please send proposals to:
Melody Herr, Acquisitions Editor
University of Michigan Press
mrherr@umich.edu
