Political Science Department Book Catalog by Professor Harper

Political Science Department Book Catalog by Professor Harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v Please let either Matt Plank or JJ Harper know if you'd like to check any of these books out en-us 2018-09-05 16:37:57 UTC 2018-09-08 19:44:58 UTC hello@padlet.com State Legislatures Today: Politics Under the Domes jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278072924 A concise and provocative introduction to state legislative politics, State Legislatures Today is designed as a supplement for state and local government courses and upper level courses on legislative politics. The book examines state legislatures and state lawmakers, putting them in historical context, showing how they have evolved over the years, and differentiating them from Congress. It covers state legislative elections (including the impact of redistricting, candidate recruitment, etc.), the changing job description of state legislators, legislatures as organizations, the process by which legislation gets produced, and the influences upon legislators.]]> 2018-09-05 16:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278072924 The Imperiled Presidency: Leadership Challenges in the Twenty-First Century jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073105 The Imperiled Presidency: Presidential Leadership in the 21st Century calls for a dramatic re-evaluation of the American president’s role within the separation of powers system. In contrast with claims by academics, pundits, media, and members of Congress, this provocative new book argues that the contemporary American presidency is too weak rather than too strong. Cal Mackenzie offers the contrarian argument that the real constitutional crisis in contemporary American politics is not the centralization and accumulation of power in the presidency, but rather that effective governance is imperiled by the diminished role of the presidency. The product of more than three years of research and writing and nearly four decades of the author’s teaching and writing about the American presidency, The Imperiled Presidency is the first book-length treatment of the weaknesses of the modern presidency, written to be accessible to undergraduates and interested citizens alike. It engages with a wide range of literature that relates to the presidency, including electoral politics, budgetary politics, administrative appointments, and the conduct of foreign affairs. It would be a useful complement to courses that rely primarily on a single textbook, as well as courses that are built around more specific readings from a range of books and articles.]]> 2018-09-05 16:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073105 Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073302 Commercial social media platforms have become integral to contemporary forms of protests. They are intensely used by advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations, social movements and other political actors who increasingly integrate social media platforms into broader practices of organizing and campaigning. But, aside from the many advantages of extensive mobilization opportunities at low cost, what are the implications of social media corporations being involved in these grassroots movements?

This book takes a much-needed critical approach to the relationship between social media and protest. Highlighting key issues and concerns in contemporary forms of social media activism, including questions of censorship, surveillance, individualism, and temporality, the book combines contributions from some of the most active scholars in the field today. Advancing both conceptual and empirical work on social media and protest, and with a range of different angles, the book provides a fresh and challenging outlook on a very topical debate.]]> 2018-09-05 16:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073302 Polarized: The Rise of Ideology in American Politics jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073767 From campus protests to the Congress floor, the central feature of contemporary American politics is ideological polarization. In this concise, readable, but comprehensive text, Steven E. Schier and Todd E. Eberly introduce students to this contentious subject through an in-depth look at the ideological foundations of the contemporary American political machine of parties, politicians, the media, and the public. Beginning with a redefinition of contemporary liberalism and conservatism, the authors develop a comprehensive examination of ideology in all branches of American national and state governments. Investigations into ideologies reveal a seeming paradox of a representative political system defined by ever growing divisions and a public that continues to describe itself as politically moderate. The work’s breadth makes it a good candidate for a course introducing American politics, while its institutional focus makes it suitable for adoption in more advanced courses on Congress, the Presidency, the courts or political parties.]]> 2018-09-05 16:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073767 Essential Supreme Court Decisions: Summaries of Leading Cases in U.S. Constitutional Law jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073896 This landmark book has long been the gold standard of concise summaries of important U.S. The book incorporates every facet of constitutional law, including the powers and privileges of the three branches of the national government, federalism, war powers, and extensive briefs on civil rights and liberties. This new edition has been thoroughly revised, reorganized, and updated through the end of the 2008 term]]> 2018-09-05 16:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278073896 The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Six Democracies jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074144 In a thoroughly revised and expanded edition that now includes France, this essential text offers a rigorous, systematic comparison of church-state relations in six Western nations: the United States, France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. As successful and stable political democracies, these countries share a commitment to protecting the religious rights of their citizens. The book demonstrates, however, that each has taken substantially different approaches to resolving basic church-state questions. The authors examine both the historical roots of those differences and more recent conflicts over Islam and other religious minorities, explain how contemporary church-state issues are addressed, and provide a framework for assessing the success of each of the six states in protecting the religious rights of its citizens using a framework based on the ideal of governmental neutrality and evenhandedness toward people of all faiths and of none.

Responding to the general confusion about the relationship between church and state in the West, this book offers a much-needed comparative analysis of a topic that is increasingly a source of political conflict. The authors argue that the US conception of church-state separation, with its emphasis on avoiding government establishment of religion, is unique among political democracies and discriminates against religious groups by denying religious organizations access to government services provided to other organizations. The authors persuasively conclude that the United States can learn a great deal from other Western nations in promoting religious neutrality and the free exercise of religion.]]> 2018-09-05 16:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074144 Chinese Foreign Relations: Power and Policy Since The Cold War jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074271 This comprehensive introduction to Chinese foreign relations examines the opportunities and limits China faces as it seeks growing international influence. Tracing the record of twists and turns in Chinese foreign relations since the end of the Cold War, Robert G. Sutter provides a nuanced analysis that shows that despite its growing power, Beijing is hampered by both domestic and international constraints. Newly revised, this edition features more extensive treatment of China's role in the international economy and greater discussion of its relations with the developing world. Overall, Sutter's balanced and thorough assessment shows China's leaders exerting more influence in world affairs but remaining far from dominant. Facing numerous contradictions and trade-offs, they move cautiously as they deal with a complex global environment.]]> 2018-09-05 16:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074271 Political Campaign Communication jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074439

This updated eighth edition of Political Campaign Communication adds an essential overview of the 2016 presidential campaign. The concise update explores key issues that arose in 2016 including candidate surfacing, the changing role of advertising, social media, journalism and the rise of fake news, and issues of gender]]> 2018-09-05 16:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074439 Party and Procedure in the United States Congress jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074559 Understanding how Congressional political parties utilize floor procedure to advance a legislative agenda is fundamental to understanding how Congress operates. This book offers students and researchers an in-depth understanding of the procedural tools available to congressional leaders and committee chairs and how those tools are implemented in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and during negotiations between the chambers. While other volumes provide the party or the procedural perspective, this book combines these two features to create a robust analysis of the role that party can play in making procedural decisions. Additionally, the contributors provide an opportunity to take a holistic look at Congress and understand the changing dynamics of congressional power and its implementation over time. The second edition of Party and Procedure in the United States Congress includes case studies and analyses of the changes and innovations that have occurred since 2012, including the “nuclear option.”]]> 2018-09-05 16:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278074559 Latino Politics in America jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075026 Latino Politics in America: Community, Culture, and Interests provides an in-depth look at how the various sub-groups of the Latino community influence the political landscape. In this third edition, Garcia discusses how topics such as voting, immigration, Latinos' own mobilization efforts, partisanship, and political engagement are all impacted by Latino leadership, activated communities, and advocacy groups.]]> 2018-09-05 16:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075026 Readings in American Foreign Policy: Problems and Responses jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075206 Readings in American Foreign Policy delivers a contemporary introduction to Americas role in world affairs. Readings are divided into six parts and each part opens with an introductory essay providing students with a historical framework and big picture questions to guide comprehension]]> 2018-09-05 16:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075206 American Political Rhetoric: Essential Speeches and Writings jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075402

American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric. Now in its seventh edition, its selections include the entire political spectrum and contributors range from our nation's founders to contemporary elected public officials, Supreme Court opinions, and representatives of historic movements for social change.]]> 2018-09-05 16:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075402 Women in Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075618 Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence examines the role of women in politics from the early womens movement to the female politicians in power today. Focusing on women whose stories have not yet been told, this book includes new analysis and scholarship on the experiences and viewpoints of conservative women, women of color, LGBT women, and millennial women. Students will gain historical insight into how women have achieved political power and how they have influenced the American political system at the state, local, and national levels, in each branch of government. Engaging profiles of the key players who have shaped our political system are interwoven with an analysis of the most recent election data to provide a comprehensive and unbiased introduction to the study of women and politics.]]> 2018-09-05 16:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075618 The U.S.-Mexican Border Today: Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075767 Systematically exploring the dynamic interface between Mexico and the United States, this comprehensive survey considers the historical development, current politics, society, economy, and daily life of the border region. Now fully updated and revised, the book provides an overview of the history of the region and then traces the economic cycles and social movements from the 1880s through the beginning of the twenty-first century that created the modern border region, showing how the border shares characteristics of both nations while maintaining an internal coherence that transcends its divisive international boundary. The authors conclude with an in-depth analysis of the key issues of the contemporary borderlands: industrial development and maquiladoras, the North American Free Trade Agreement, rapid urbanization, border culture, demographic and migration issues, the environmental crisis, implications of climate change, Native Americans living near the border, U.S. and Mexican cooperation and conflict at the border, and drug trafficking and violence. They also place the border in its global context, examining it as a region caught between the developed and developing world and highlighting the continued importance of borders in a rapidly globalizing world. Richly illustrated with photographs and maps and enhanced by up-to-date and accessible statistical tables, this book is an invaluable resource for all those interested in borderlands and U.S.-Mexican relations.]]> 2018-09-05 16:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278075767 Global Security in the Twenty-First Century: The Quest for Power and the Search for Peace jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076147

This thoroughly updated edition of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Sean Kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the Middle East, Asia, and Eurasia. Kay builds on the first and second edition’s emphasis on the roles of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crime. This edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially education. The author includes full updates on emerging challenges out of Iraq, Russia, and viral diseases in the context of larger strategic questions like the rise of China and America’s “pivot” to rebalance its priorities toward Asia. Writing in an engaging style, Kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security.]]> 2018-09-05 16:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076147 The American Vice Presidency: From the Shadow to the Spotlight jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076265

It is quite possible that no elected office has been more historically maligned than the vice presidency of the United States. From the beginning of American politics the office has been the object of ridicule by scholars, pundits, humorists, citizens, and even vice presidents themselves. The perception among many is that institution and its occupants are at best irrelevant. Recent history would suggest otherwise, but as it stands no book exists that takes a detailed look at the new, impactful vice presidency that’s been forged since Clinton/Gore took office. The American Vice Presidency fills an important hole in the literature available to those interested in the modern vice presidency. Concise yet comprehensive, this book is the fullest and most accurate examination of the office to date, covering the origins and constitutional roots of the institution, its history, and the slow transformation of the office starting in the mid-twentieth century]]> 2018-09-05 16:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076265 Supremely Partisan: How Raw Politics Tips The Scales in the United States Supreme Court jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076418

Supremely Partisan: How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court is a non-fiction book by James D. Zirin published by Rowman & Littlefield on September 15, 2016]]> 2018-09-05 16:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076418 Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076542 Now fully updated and revised, this clear and comprehensive text explores the past quarter-century of Soviet/Russian international relations, comparing foreign policy formation under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin, and Medvedev. Challenging conventional views of Moscow’s foreign policy, Andrei P. Tsygankov shows that definitions of national interest depend on visions of national identity and is rooted both in history and domestic politics. Yet the author also highlights the role of the external environment in affecting the balance of power among competing domestic groups. ]]> 2018-09-05 16:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076542 American Evangelicals Today jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076864

American Evangelicals Today assesses the contemporary social, religious, and political characteristics of evangelical Protestants today, and it does so in light of (1) whether these characteristics are similar to, or different from, the corresponding characteristics of adherents of other major faith traditions in American religious life, and (2) the extent which these particular characteristics among evangelicals may have changed over the past four decades. In addition, it analyzes the extent which evangelicals are divided today, and it does so within the framework of four potential factors that might shape such divisions -- racial/ethnic differences, generational differences, educational differences, and religious differences.

American Evangelicals Today is designed to serve as an accessible, but scholarly, overview of American evangelicals, one that is appealing to all scholars, students, and laity alike. Smidt offers a discussion of the nature of evangelical Protestantism, highlights the particular analytical issues at play when one seeks to determine just who are to be classified as evangelicals, and reveals some of the contradictory findings that can emerge through the use of these different analytical frameworks for defining evangelicals. The volume not only analyzes the current characteristics of evangelicals in light of those exhibited by other religious traditions as well as how evangelicals have changed over time, but it looks toward the future, addressing generational differences and other possible factors for change among evangelical Protestants.]]> 2018-09-05 16:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/278076864 Globalization & Media: Global Village of Babel jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/279102005

The fully updated second edition of this lively and accessible book argues for the central role of media in understanding globalization. Indeed, Jack Lule convincingly shows that globalization could not have occurred without media. From earliest times, humans have used media to explore, settle, and globalize their world. In our day, media has made the world progressively "smaller" as nations and cultures come into increasing contact. Decades ago Marshall McLuhan prophesied that media technology would transform the world into a "global village." Slowly, fitfully, his vision is being fulfilled. The global village, however, is not the blissful utopia that McLuhan predicted. Nor, in a more modern formulation, is the world flat, with playing fields leveled and opportunities for all. Instead, Lule argues, globalization and media are combining to create a divided world of gated communities and ghettos, borders and boundaries, suffering and surfeit, beauty and decay, surveillance and violence. By breaking down the economic, cultural, and political impact of media, and through a rich set of case studies from around the globe, the author describes a global village of Babel--invoking the biblical town punished for its vanity by seeing its citizens scattered, its language confounded, and its destiny shaped by strife.

]]> 2018-09-08 19:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/279102005 A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy jeanette_e_harper https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/279103346 A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy offers a conceptual and historical overview of American foreign relations from the founding to the present. Kaufman begins the book with a thorough explanation of major themes, concepts, and actors in international relations that gives students a solid foundation on which to analyze U.S. foreign policy. Subsequent chapters explore how these theories and concepts apply to political and historical actions, placing the evolution of foreign policy decisions within the context of the international situations and domestic priorities. Kaufman concludes with a look forward to the twenty-first century and uses case studies to encourage students to form their own ideas about American foreign policy.]]> 2018-09-08 19:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanette_e_harper/iezodur5h84v/wish/279103346