Texas may well be America’s most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state’s politics and attitude. And yet, according to journalist (and Texan) Erica Grieder, the United States has a great deal to learn from ...

Manufacturer: PublicAffairs
Written By: Erica Grieder

The Prince is a classic book that explores the attainment, maintenance, and utilization of political power in the western world. Machiavelli wrote The Prince to demonstrate his skill in the art of the state, presenting advice on how a prince might acquire and hold power. Machiavelli defended the notion of rule by force rather than by law. Accordingly, The Prince seems to rationalize a number of ...

Manufacturer: Simon & Brown
Written By: Niccolo Machiavelli

An endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven "nations" that continue to shape North America According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured ...

Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Written By: Colin Woodard

"There are a lot of bad republicans; there are no good democrats."—Ann Coulter In today’s climate of hyper-partisanship, blurred lines between political news, analysis, and entertainment, and outrageous comments from the chattering classes, who better than Tom Patterson to provide students with the tools and context to make informed judgments and become skilled political ...

Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Written By: Thomas Patterson

“It ain’t bragging if it’s true.” –a rodeo bull riderWhy are jobs moving from the once Golden State of California to the Lone Star State of Texas? Why are the best and the brightest moving from Chicago and Detroit to Austin and Houston and Dallas? Why are Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Illinois losing congressmen in 2012 while Texas gains four? Why is it that Texas is ...

Manufacturer: Melcher Media
Written By: Sam Wyly, Andrew Wyly

From his perspective in Renaissance Italy, Machiavelli's aim in this classic work was to resolve conflict with the ruling prince, Lorenzo de Medici. Machiavelli based his insights on the way people really are rather than an ideal of how they should be. 3 cassettes.

Manufacturer: Simon & Brown
Written By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Despite reports of the recession nearing an end, states will have to struggle to make ends meet well into the foreseeable future. The choices are sometimes stark: trade-offs between roads and schools, public safety and health care. The new edition of Governing States and Localities responds to this reality with a new, sharper focus on economic and budget pressures. The chapter on ...

Manufacturer: CQ Press College
Written By: Kevin B Smith, Alan Greenblatt, Michele Mariani

New information about policymaking and analysis about politics in the Lone Star State is written by top Texas politics scholars.

Manufacturer: Cengage Learning
Written By: Lyle Brown, Joyce A. Langenegger, Sonia R. Garcia, Ted Lewis, Robert E. Biles

"Mayor Richard M. Daley dropped the bomb at a routine news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. With no prelude or fanfare, Mr. Daley announced that he would not seek re-election when his term expires next year. 'Simply put, it's time,' he said." New York Times, September 7, 2010With those four words, an era ended. After twenty-two years, the longest-serving and most powerful ...

Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Written By: Keith Koeneman

Politics is relevant.The best book for engaging students in American politics is also the most effective for helping students study and learn. We the People emphasizes the ways that government and politics matter and the ways that people can get involved in politics and influence government. In the Eighth Edition, We the People offers a more contemporary ...

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Written By: Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir