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Turn your degree into a careerThe CQ Press Career Guide for American Politics Students helps you navigate your first steps towards a career in American politics. With a focus on setting personal goals

Turn your degree into a career!The CQ Press Career Guide for Global Politics Students helps you navigate your first steps toward a career in global politics or international relations. With a focus on

Who has a right to be in the United States? Who poses a threat to the country’s values? What steps should the government take to make the right decisions on this very tough issue? Trump's Wall: The Ba

How does your state rank nationally in crime rate? Medicaid enrollment? Job growth? Published annually, State Rankingsmakes it easy to compare states in education, health, crime, transportation,

In Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington authors Paul Herrnson and Costas Panagopoulos combine top-notch research with real-world politics as they argues that successful candi

In the more succinct Fifteenth Edition of The Middle East, editor Ellen Lust brings important new coverage to this comprehensive, balanced, and superbly researched text. In clear prose, Lust and her c

Since its first edition in 1980, Change and Continuity has been known for offering the best analysis and explanation of voting behavior in the most recent election and setting those results in the con

The new edition of this award-winning volume reflects the latest events in the in global environmental politics and sustainable development while providing balanced coverage of the key institutions, e

Exercises in Media Writing offers you multiple opportunities to practice your writing skills in-class or as take-home assignments. Each chapter includes review questions and writing-prompt activities

This is an in-depth look at the Russian presidency as a case study of institution-building in a setting in which a strong executive faces the dual tasks of creating political, economic and social stab

In this book, authors Hibbs Pherson and Pherson present readers with the second edition of their comprehensive guide to conceptualizing, researching, and writing compelling analysis in a variety of fi

This book provides readers with a comprehensive look at the voting on various bills in both the House and Senate of the U.S., as well as supporting content regarding trends in both houses and the infl

Steiner presents students, academics, and professionals working in a variety of public and private contexts with a comprehensive guide to the use of intelligence in all mission areas of homeland secur

In their Second Edition of Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action, accomplished instructors and intelligence practitioners Sarah Miller Beebe and Randolph H. Pherson

Changing Climate Politics provides a thorough account of the current state of government action and political participation in the United States on the issue of climate change. In this exciting new vo

Students love good stories. That is why case studies are such a powerful way to engage students while teaching them about concepts fundamental to the study of international relations. In Cases in Inte

Mass Media and American Politics aids the reader in understanding the current political landscape and emerging contemporary themes as they relate to mass media in the U.S. The book provides a comprehe

Ethics—in all its exemplary and exhausting forms—matters. It deals with the most gripping question in public life: “What is the right thing to do?” In Public Service Ethics: Individual and Institution

If nonprofits influence policy, make policy, are affected by policy, and are subject to policy, then shouldn't every nonprofit manager fully understand the policy world in which they operate? In expli

Governors - both in, and now out of, office - see the job as the best in politics. Why is that? This title shows students how and why governors succeed as policy leaders and makes a case as to why som

Filled with tables of crime statistics such as "Average Time between Crimes in 2009" and "Adults on State Parole in 2009," this is an annual reference volume that has been published since 1994. Except

Graham (U. of Texas at Austin) and his co-authors have designed this undergraduate-level textbook to serve either as an introduction to comparative politics or political science in general, in combina

America's belief in principle, as hypocritical as it might be in practice, is a key to "America's success," argues political scientist Magstadt in his survey of American foreign policy. He examines th

Given the resurgence of party identification and polarization in the 1990s, a dozen contributions analyze issues and survey results on US political parties in the mass public, as electoral organizatio

In his eye-opening work, Dye explodes the myth that public policy represents the “demands of the people” and that the making of public policy flows upward from the masses. In reality, Dye

This well-regarded examination of the political party and election systems in the fifty states is now available from CQ Press. Written by two distinguished scholars, the book is unique in its focus on

Examining the social and cultural forces that have hindered the emergence and widespread development of democratic polities in the Middle East, Mehran Kamrava analyzes the effect politics, in particul

Introduction to Intelligence: Institutions, Operations, and Analysis offers you a strategic, international, and comparative approach to covering intelligence organizations and domestic security issues. Written by multiple authors, each chapter draws on the author's professional and scholarly expertise in the subject matter. As a core text for an introductory survey course in intelligence, this text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to intelligence, including institutions and processes, collection, communications, and common analytic methods.

In this Sixth Edition of The Essentials of Political Science, bestselling authors Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards build students’ analytic abilities and develop their statistical reasoning

In Pollock's trusted IBM SPSS® workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them not only for future political science research, but the job

Now in its Sixth Edition, Robert M. Clark's Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach once again delivers a consistent, clear method for teaching intelligence analysis―demonstrating how a colla

In the Third Edition of Disaster Policy and Politics, author Richard Sylves provides much-needed contemporary coverage of the fields of disaster management and homeland security intersp

Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, 5th Edition is an established core text designed to help students develop their leadership and management skills. The text covers im

Written by an experienced professional who has led Navy Intelligence and CIA analysts in high-stakes intelligence situations, Leading Analysis introduces the fundamental managerial skills ne

As traditional newsrooms staffed by journalists and managed by experienced editors become less and less common, there is even greater need for all types of professional writers to be fluent in the edi

This fully updated, shorter seventh edition of Citizen Politics continues to offer the only truly comparative study of political attitudes and behavior in the United States, Great Britain, F

Adapted from the groundbreaking Principles of Comparative Politics, now in its third edition, Foundations of Comparative Politics presents a scientific approach to the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship, providing students a guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters to them. Foundations introduces students to the key questions in comparative politics using tools such as decision, social choice, and game theory to help them understand clearly why some explanations for political phenomena are stronger than others. The core material of Principles has been condensed by almost 40% into a briefer, more accessible format that not only resonates with students but also allows instructors to more easily cover all material in a single semester. Fourteen chapters have been updated and pared down to present only the most necessary information enhanced with plentiful visual features and connections to real-world examp

The Eleventh Edition of American Public Policy provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the policy-making process from procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of s

This bundle includes Charles Goodsell's Public Servants Studied in Image and Essay and The New Case for Bureaucracy

Published annually, State Rankings features comprehensive state statistics across key measures in education, health, crime, transportation, taxes, government finance, and so much more. The editors com