The DeMarco Factor Transforming I have long considered Mike Pertschuk the nation’s most sophisticated student of how to work the policy process for the public good. Mike’s writing is invariably clear, often eloquent, and filled …
Religion in the Public This book is supposed to be part of a series of texts that provide a point counterpoint format, parallelling something of a debate on some interesting subject. “Religion in the Public Square” is not …
The Planners Guide to Much of the country’s recent population growth is situated in exurban areas. By many accounts exurbanization has become the dominant pattern of land development in the country and there is no …
Political Parties and Constitutional To the previous reviewers who referred to Milkis as “her,” he’s a man. Thank you. The U.S. Constitution makes no mention of political parties, yet parties began to form shortly after its …
The American Political System …
Victory in Europe 1945 Written by an eminent army historian, this authoritative, accessible report traces the beginning of the end of World War II: the crossing of the Rhine, the liberation of the concentration camps, the …
Political Ideologies A Reader Political Ideologies provides an extensive collection of extracts from the texts of major intellectuals, politicians, and writers who represent some of the most important ideological traditions in …
Robert Nozick s Moral This book examines the foundation and formation of Robert Nozick’s libertarianism. Nozick’s “Anarchy, State and Utopia” is still very much influential today among right-wing libertarians who are …
Silencing Political Dissent How Nancy Chang’s Silencing Political Dissent is a brilliant look into US history and current political agendas. Through her analysis of the Patriot Act , Chang is able to suggest to the reader the ways …
Galileo s Revenge Junk As a person who has been a non-corporate scientist for 25 years, I strongly endorse this text. It walks the reader through the many hideously-flawed legal “arguments” that have set the stage for …