U.S. Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Lobbying the New President

   Interests in Transition

   By Heath Brown

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   Presidential transitions offer the chance for new ideas, policies, and people to inhabit the White House. Transitions have triggered policy change for decades and eager interest groups have sought ways to capitalize on this often chaotic phase of US politics. President-Elect Barack Obama declared...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Nature of Belief Systems Reconsidered

   Edited by Jeffrey Friedman, Shterna Friedman

   In the foundational document of modern public-opinion research, Philip E. Converse’s "The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics" (1964) established the U.S. public’s startling political ignorance. This volume makes Converse’s long out-of-print article available again and brings together a...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. New Directions in Judicial Politics

   Edited by Kevin T. McGuire

   Series: New Directions in American Politics

   With its often vague legal concepts and institutions that operate according to unfamiliar procedures, judicial decision-making is, in many respects, a highly enigmatic process. New Directions in Judicial Politics seeks to demystify the courts, offering readers the insights of empirical research to...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. Rethinking the Rhetorical Presidency

   Edited by Jeffrey Friedman, Shterna Friedman

   In The Rhetorical Presidency, Jeffrey Tulis argues that the president’s relationship to the public has changed dramatically since the Constitution was enacted: while previously the president avoided any discussions of public policy so as to avoid demagoguery, the president is now expected to go...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
5. How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior

   By Robert J. Hume

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   What impact do federal courts have on the administrative agencies of the federal government? How do agencies react to the decisions of federal courts? This book answers these questions by examining the responses of federal agencies to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, revealing what happens inside...

   Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. Grand Strategy and the Presidency

   Foreign policy, war and the American role in the world

   By C. Dale Walton

   Series: Strategy and History

   This book examines the role and importance of the Presidency in the formulation and conduct of US grand strategy. The text discusses US strategic history, with particular emphasis on the period from the end of the Cold War to the present day. While the United States periodically has enjoyed...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
7. Lone Star Tarnished

   A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy

   By Cal Jillson

   Texas pride, like everything else in the state, is larger than life. So, too, perhaps, are the state’s challenges. Lone Star Tarnished approaches public policy in the nation’s most populous "red state" from historical, comparative, and critical perspectives. The historical perspective provides the...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Development of the American Presidency

   By Richard J. Ellis

   Our understanding of the politics of the presidency is greatly enhanced by viewing it through a developmental lens, analyzing how historical turns have shaped the modern institution. The Development of the American Presidency pays great attention to that historical weight but is organized topically...

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. Order and Control in American Socio-Economic Thought

   Social Scientists and Progressive-Era Reform

   By Charles McCann

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   The Progressive Era is generally regarded as a period of extraordinary social, political, and economic change, affecting virtually every aspect of American life. In the last decades of the nineteenth century, American social scientists, drawing on their experiences with the German social welfare...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. The US Military

    A Basic Introduction

    By Judith Hicks Stiehm

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This book provides a basic guide to the US military and will raise questions for further discussion by students and other curious readers. The US Military provides an accessible starting-point for those with a limited knowledge of this institution. Covering a wide range of subject matter, and...

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge