Public Policy Books


Environment and Empire (Oxford History of the British Empire Companion) Best Price: $38.08 European imperialism was extraordinarily far-reaching: a key global historical process of the...	American Business and Public Policy: The Politics of Foreign Trade Best Price: $27.55 American Business and Public Policy is a study of the politics of foreign trade. It challenges...	The Administration of Health Systems: Comparative Perspectives Best Price: $15.34 In the late 1960s, American society entered a period of rapidly accelerating social change....	Bait and Switch: Human Rights and Us Foreign Policy	Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy (6th Edition) Best Price: $50.00 Acknowledged as the most comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to social welfare available,...



The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America Best Price: $24.87 There are few books that stun me with poor analytics before I get beyond the introduction. This...	10 Year Plan for Transport: Minutes of Evidence and Appendices v. 2 (House of Commons Papers)	The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) Best Price: $47.44 The scope of Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance rests on the title phrase. Buy this book...	Who Leads Whom?: Presidents, Policy, and the Public (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion) Best Price: $18.50 Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in...	Scientists, Engineers, and Track-Two Diplomacy: A Half-Century of U.S.-Russian Interacademy Cooperation Best Price: $20.45 This report is intended: to provide a brief historical perspective of the evolution of the...



21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States: Lessons from a Decade of Change: Report of a Symposium Best Price: $62.25 Recognizing that a capacity to innovate and commercialize new high-technology products is...	Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs Best Price: $40.50 The Air Force requires technical skills and expertise across the entire range of activities and...	Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America, Release 2.0 Best Price: $7.93 Tom Friedman presents a refreshing, journalist's review of the new possibilities for the...	Rural Public Administration: Problems and Prospects (Contributions in Political Science) Best Price: $112.95 In compiling this collection of previously unpublished essays, Seroka was prompted by several...	Policy Theory and Policy Evaluation: Concepts, Knowledge, Causes, and Norms (Contributions in Political Science) Best Price: $126.95 An innovative contribution to the literature of political science, this five-part volume...

Waging the Battle Against Drunk Driving: Issues, Countermeasures, and Effectiveness (Contributions in Criminology and Penology) Best Price: $96.95 This is a terrible book, full of distortions and half truths and untrue labelling of those...	U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Laws and Issues: A Documentary History (Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues) Best Price: $40.99 Michael LeMay and Elliott Robert Barkan edit U.S. Immigration And Naturalization Laws And...	The Healthcare Debate (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America) Best Price: $48.20 Concise, authoritative, and unbiased, The Healthcare Debate provides meaningful context for...	Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America (Great Questions in Politics Series) Best Price: $3.36 The three political scientists advance an analysis that the American public is far less...	New Agendas for Women This book sets out a new policy agenda for women. Gender relations are being transformed and a...

Decentralizing the Civil Service: From Unitary State to Differentiated Polity in the United Kingdom Best Price: $11.24 This book is concerned with the civil services of the United Kingdom, examining their...	Science and Ideology in the Policy Sciences Best Price: $31.46 The purpose of this book is to examine how ideology operatesin the sense of influencing the...	Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream Best Price: $2.67 One of the easiest things to do in politics is criticize. Many political books do just that -...	Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics) Best Price: $84.44 Bravo for an excellent textbook! The book contains many concentrated explorations of topics...	Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised) Best Price: $17.90 This is the best book in print that provides a comprehensive global solution to today's...

Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes Best Price: $43.60 When you fill a room with smart, capable people, why do decisions sometimes go so wrong? Janis...	The GM Debate: Risk, Politics and Public Engagement (Genetics and Society) Best Price: $40.56 This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the...	There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Katrina Best Price: $125.00 There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the...	The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities (Celebra Books) Best Price: $0.01 I loved watching Soledad O'Brien on Weekend Today several years ago. When she left for CNN,...	The Catastrophe Ahead: AIDS and the Case for a New Public Policy Best Price: $10.00 The result of an intensive two-year research study, this volume examines the likely course of...

Why the United States Lacks a National Health Insurance Program (Contributions in Political Science) Best Price: $25.00 Why is the United States the only advanced industrial democracy today without a national health...	Segregation in Federally Subsidized Low-Income Housing in the United States: (Praeger Series in Political Economy) Best Price: $56.00 Earlier studies of subsidized housing assume that segregation is a manifestation of white...	Privatization in Developing Countries: Its Impact on Economic Development and Democracy Best Price: $134.35 This work concludes that privatization promotes economic development and democracy in developing...	Schools, Violence, and Society Best Price: $39.25 This book is designed to examine issues related to schools, violence, and society. Since the...	Reforming Social Security: For Ourselves and Our Posterity Best Price: $37.79 Given that I am a Democrat, now long gone from D.C. and that Dr. Blahous and I both happily sit...

Achieving Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Governance Across Social Scales Best Price: $13.75 Bressers, Rosenbaum, and their contributors analyze what, until recently, has been among the...	Citizen's Primer for Conservation Activism: How to Fight Development in Your Community Best Price: $4.94 Judith Perlman has successfully battled development projects, working for the preservation of...	Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) Best Price: $26.92 In his engaging book, "Windshield Wilderness", David Louter explores the relationship...	The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Environmental Values and Civil Society Best Price: $56.00 Though China's economy is projected to become the world's largest within the next twenty...	Terror, Culture, Politics: Rethinking 9/11 (21st Century Studies) Best Price: $8.00 Terror, Culture, Politics: Rethinking 9/11 takes a critical look at the politics of American...

Area Studies and Social Science: Strategies for Understanding Middle East Politics (Indiana Series in Middle East Studies) Best Price: $27.95 "The volume edited by Mark Tessler addresses a set of critical issues confronting all...	Killing for Conservation: Wildlife Policy in Zimbabwe Best Price: $49.95 Killing for Conservation Wildlife Policy in Zimbabwe Rosaleen Duffy An incisive African case...	The Dangers of Bus Re-regulation: And Onter Perspectives on Markets in Transport Best Price: $12.29 The bus industry receives much less attention from politicians and economists than the rail...	Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution Best Price: $19.37 A lot of people are hoping that we can innovate our way into an energy and...	Views from the Alps: Regional Perspectives on Climate Change (Politics, Science, and the Environment) Best Price: $4.88 Although climate change is a global problem, there is a growing recognition of...

Exporting Environmentalism: U.S. Multinational Chemical Corporations in Brazil and Mexico (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) Best Price: $7.41 Winner of the 2000 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award given by the International Studies...	The Design of Climate Policy (CESifo Seminar Series) Best Price: $18.87 Leading economists offer theoretical, quantitative, and policy perspectives on...	Knowledge and Environmental Policy: Re-Imagining the Boundaries of Science and Politics (American and Comparative Environmental Policy) Best Price: $17.47 During the George W. Bush administration, politics and ideology routinely ...	Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology Best Price: $44.74 The most student-oriented book available for environmental sociology courses, Twenty Lessons in...	The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity Best Price: $20.01 Over the past decade, much attention has been given to examining the growing political influence...

Public Report on Basic Education in India The Public Report on Basic Education in India (PROBE Report) must be the best and most genuine...	Comparing Housing Systems: Housing Performance and Housing Policy in the United States and Britain This book compares the quality of housing in Britain and the United States. Unlike other...	Implementing Sustainable Development: Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies Best Price: $150.00 This book examines how governments in industrialized countries have engaged with the challenge...	Policy Representation in Western Democracies Best Price: $45.00 This book offers a comparative analysis of policy representation in five Western Democracies:...	The European Union and the People Best Price: $32.50 The European Union is frequently accused of having a 'democratic deficit'. Many...

The New Energy Paradigm Best Price: $48.45 The New Energy Paradigm provides an overview of the current energy policy debate,...	Industrial Policy and Development: The Political Economy of Capabilities Accumulation (Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series C) Best Price: $117.01 In the 1990s, development policy advocated by international financial institutions was...	Citizenship and Immigration in Post-war Britain: The Institutional Origins of a Multicultural Nation Best Price: $69.69 In this contentious and ground-breaking study, Randall Hansen draws on extensive archival...	Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand Best Price: $19.39 In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand,...	A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies Best Price: $17.50 The author accepts global warming as a given and a very serious problem. He considers what we...

The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the Twenty-First Century Best Price: $147.66 This volume is the proceedings of the Global Foundations Inc.'s 22nd International Energy...	Beyond a House Divided: The Moral Consensus Ignored by Washington, Wall Street, and the Media Best Price: $1.44 Carl Anderson's "Beyond a House Divided" is a highly-readable (130 pgs) and...	A Review of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Pilot Program Best Price: $35.91	Science and Technology Leadership in American Government: Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments Best Price: $13.39 The government of the United States today is deeply involved in activities that have significant...	Regenerating Agriculture: Policies and Practice for Sustainability and Self-Reliance Best Price: $14.00 It is becoming increasingly clear that a more sustainable agriculture can bring economic,...

National Science and Technology Strategies in a Global Context: Report of an International Symposium	Change of State: Information, Policy, and Power Best Price: $14.00 As the informational state replaces the bureaucratic welfare state, control...	Environmental Citizenship Best Price: $20.07 Promoting environmental citizenship as a path to achieving sustainability --...	Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment Best Price: $14.44 This potentially powerful book exhibits several weaknesses that will probably prevent it from...	Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy: Industry, Environmentalists, and U.S. Power (American and Comparative Environmental Policy) Best Price: $20.00 How do international environmental standards come into being? One important...

Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice Best Price: $27.45 What role can philosophers play in helping to resolve the moral and political...	Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and Its Challenge to State Power Best Price: $24.97 Price has an amazing ear for language, whether he is writing the words himself or curating the...	Green Giants?: Environmental Policies of the United States and the European Union (American and Comparative Environmental Policy) Best Price: $14.85 The United States in recent years has been abandoning its historical role as a...	Housing Form and Public Policy in the United States (Columbia Monographs on Architecture, Preservation, and Planning.) Best Price: $130.47	Technology, Environment, and Human Values Best Price: $37.10 Recognizing the need to balance environmental costs with benefits to society, Barbour examines...

Corporate Corruption: The Abuse of Power Best Price: $66.00 Perhaps controversial in its day, Clinard's work has become foundational in university...	New Agendas for Women This book sets out a new policy agenda for women. Gender relations are being transformed and a...	Decentralizing the Civil Service: From Unitary State to Differentiated Polity in the United Kingdom Best Price: $11.24 This book is concerned with the civil services of the United Kingdom, examining their...	Science and Ideology in the Policy Sciences Best Price: $31.46 The purpose of this book is to examine how ideology operatesin the sense of influencing the...	Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream Best Price: $2.67 One of the easiest things to do in politics is criticize. Many political books do just that -...

Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics) Best Price: $84.44 Bravo for an excellent textbook! The book contains many concentrated explorations of topics...	Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised) Best Price: $17.90 This is the best book in print that provides a comprehensive global solution to today's...	Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes Best Price: $43.60 When you fill a room with smart, capable people, why do decisions sometimes go so wrong? Janis...	The GM Debate: Risk, Politics and Public Engagement (Genetics and Society) Best Price: $40.56 This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the...	There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Katrina Best Price: $125.00 There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the...

The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities (Celebra Books) Best Price: $0.01 I loved watching Soledad O'Brien on Weekend Today several years ago. When she left for CNN,...	The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems Best Price: $25.00 The work begins by noting two key issues regarding information processing in (page viii):...	The Causes and Consequences of Increasing Inequality (Bush School Series in the Economics of Public Policy) Best Price: $70.00 Despite the economic boom of the 1990s, the gap between the wealthy and the poor in the United...	The Australian Study of Politics Best Price: $160.55 The Australian Study of Politics provides the first comprehensive reference book on the history...	Beyond Paradigms: Analytic Eclecticism in the Study of World Politics (Political Analysis (Palgrave Paperback)) Best Price: $20.00 While paradigm-bound research has generated powerful insights in international relations, it has...

Business Power and Conflict in International Environmental Politics Best Price: $24.69 This book puts forward a distinctive theoretical approach and analytical framework for studying...	Government Agencies: Practices and Lessons from 30 Countries (Public Sector Organizations) Best Price: $41.65 This book describes and compares how semi-autonomous agencies are created and governed by 30...	International Organizations and Lifelong Learning: From Global Agendas to Policy Diffusion (Transformations of the State) Best Price: $69.50 In recent years, lifelong learning has become one of the most prominent education policy goals....	How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy Best Price: $70.75 The interactions between popular culture and public policy in general, and foreign policy in...	Voices and Echoes for the Environment Best Price: $94.93 -- E. Robert Statham Jr., University of Guam, Mangilao, Perspectives on Political Science

The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty (Columbia Business School Publishing) Best Price: $6.83 There is much good to say for the excellent work in refocusing country development from Aid to...

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