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Department of Political Science Faculty Publications
Corruption as a Last Resort by Kelly M. Mcmann
Kelly M. McMann argues that ordinary people in Central Asia resort to corruption not because of bureaucrats or poverty, but as a last option when other systems fail to provide necessary goods and services. Her research shows that neither Islamic institutions nor market reforms offer sufficient jobs or credit, leading to illicit dealings with officials.
ISBN: 9780801453274
Publication Date: 2014
Money and Banks in the American Political System by Kathryn C. Lavelle
Delves into the intersection of financial politics and the American dream. The book contends that instability in finance arises from the interplay between market innovation and regulatory arbitrage. Within a political culture marked by the separation of business and state, as well as skepticism toward concentrated power, the text explores monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policies.
ISBN: 9781107028043
Publication Date: 2013
Rethinking Private Authority by Jessica F. Green
Examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority.
ISBN: 9780691157580
Publication Date: 2013
Inventario y otros poemas, 1976-2011 by Laura Ymayo Tartakoff
Laura Ymayo Tartakoff se inscribe en la promoción de cubanos que muy jóvenes marcharon al exilio. Como José Kozer, Lourdes Gil, Orlando González Esteva, Carlota Caulfield y Jesús Barquet, entre otros, ha desarrollado su personal expresión poética en ese universo.
ISBN: 9788479627850
Publication Date: 2012
Hiring and Firing Public Officials by Justin Buchler
Justin Buchler challenges conventional theories of elections. Rather than viewing elections as consumer product markets, where voters exchange votes for preferred policies, Buchler argues that elections are akin to employment decisions
ISBN: 9780199759965
Publication Date: 2011
Political Women and American Democracy by Christina Wolbrecht; Karen Beckwith; Lisa Baldez
The collected essays examine women as citizens, voters, participants, movement activists, partisans, candidates, and legislators. The authors provide frameworks for understanding and organizing existing scholarship; focus on theoretical, methodological, and empirical debates; and map out productive directions for future research.
ISBN: 9780521886239
Publication Date: 2008
Policy-Making in the European Central Bank by Karl Kaltenthaler
Drawing on numerous interviews with high-ranking and founding members of the ECB, Karl Kaltenthaler identifies and explains the factors that shape the domestic and international monetary strategies of the European Central Bank (ECB).
ISBN: 0742553663
Publication Date: 2006
Economic Autonomy and Democracy by Kelly M. McMann
his book proposes that individuals’ decisions to exercise democratic rights are influenced by their economic autonomy—their ability to sustain themselves independently of government control. Before considering their resources and organizational capabilities, people weigh the risk of political activism impacting their livelihood.
ISBN: 0521857619
Publication Date: 2006
False Alarm by Joseph White
Addresses concerns about the sustainability of Social Security and Medicare amid the aging U.S. population.
ISBN: 0801874491
Publication Date: 2003
Southern Politics in the 1990s by Alexander P. Lamis (Editor)
PProvides in-depth analysis at both the state and regional levels, revealing a truly national party system—a departure from the past. This book is essential for anyone interested in southern politics as the twenty-first century began.
ISBN: 0807123749
Publication Date: 1999
Entero lugar by Laura Ymayo Tartakoff
En este libro Canclini discute, por ejemplo, las encuestas que indagan sólo cuánto se lee en papel y muestra la necesidad de averiguar cómo se lee a la vez en papel y en pantallas.
ISBN: 480170379
Publication Date: 1994
Ohio Politics by Alexander P. Lamis (Editor); Brian Usher (Editor)
This collection examines the major political events in Ohio since 1944 and provides insight into the state's key personalities, institutions, and processes. It offers a survey from 1994 through the Taft years and the 2006 gubernatorial elections.
ISBN: 0873386132
Publication Date: 1994
The Two-Party South by Alexander Lamis
In this expanded edition, Lamis delves into the transformation process, providing state-by-state analyses and overview chapters that track regional and national trends. New chapters also explore the 1984 and 1986 elections, as well as prospects for 1988 and beyond.
ISBN: 0195034775
Publication Date: 1984
The Challenges of Multilateralism by
Presents an accessible history of multilateralism from its origins in the 1800s to the present.
Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender by
This book breaks new theoretical ground by conceiving of cabinet formation as a gendered, iterative process governed by rules that empower and constrain presidents and prime ministers in the criteria they use to make appointments.
Incremental Polarization: A Unified Spatial Theory Of Legislative Elections, Parties, And Roll Call Voting by
Examines the growing ideological divide in Congress, challenging the spatial theory of elections. Buchler's unified model accounts for legislative elections, party dynamics, and roll call votes to explain polarization's rise, offering insights into its strategic, electoral, and procedural underpinnings.
Voluntary Disruptions: International Soft Law, Finance, And Power by
Examines how the global economy, while complex, is regulated by soft law—voluntary standards and practices set by international organizations. This book argues that soft law is a political tool that influences globalization’s outcomes, providing advantages to certain groups.
Corruption as a Last Resort by
Kelly M. McMann argues that ordinary people in Central Asia resort to corruption not because of bureaucrats or poverty, but as a last option when other systems fail to provide necessary goods and services. Her research shows that neither Islamic institutions nor market reforms offer sufficient jobs or credit, leading to illicit dealings with officials.
Money and Banks in the American Political System by
Delves into the intersection of financial politics and the American dream. The book contends that instability in finance arises from the interplay between market innovation and regulatory arbitrage. Within a political culture marked by the separation of business and state, as well as skepticism toward concentrated power, the text explores monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policies.
Rethinking Private Authority by
Examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority.
Beyond the Arab Spring by
This volume explores the precursors, nature, and trajectory of the dynamics unleashed by the Arab Spring.
Hiring and Firing Public Officials by
Justin Buchler challenges conventional theories of elections. Rather than viewing elections as consumer product markets, where voters exchange votes for preferred policies, Buchler argues that elections are akin to employment decisions
Legislating International Organization by
Argues against the commonly-held idea that key international organizations are entities unto themselves, immune from the influence and pressures of individual states' domestic policies.
The Origins of Europe's New Stock Markets by
Examines the creation of new stock markets in Europe, modeled after the American Nasdaq, from 1995 to 2007.
Political Women and American Democracy by
The collected essays examine women as citizens, voters, participants, movement activists, partisans, candidates, and legislators. The authors provide frameworks for understanding and organizing existing scholarship; focus on theoretical, methodological, and empirical debates; and map out productive directions for future research.
Policy-Making in the European Central Bank by
Drawing on numerous interviews with high-ranking and founding members of the ECB, Karl Kaltenthaler identifies and explains the factors that shape the domestic and international monetary strategies of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Economic Autonomy and Democracy by
his book proposes that individuals’ decisions to exercise democratic rights are influenced by their economic autonomy—their ability to sustain themselves independently of government control. Before considering their resources and organizational capabilities, people weigh the risk of political activism impacting their livelihood.
Projecting Politics by
This fascinating work examines the relationship between American politics and films from Birth of a Nation to Fahrenheit 9/11.
Doing Business in the Middle East by
Pete Moore's book is the first to examine relations between state authority and elite business representation in the Middle East.
The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets by
The author uses a political science paradigm to explain the growth of emerging equity markets.
Women's Movements Facing the Reconfigured State by
The book explores the evolution of women’s movements concerning state power shifts in North America and Western Europe. As states embraced neoliberalism and transnational governance since the 1980s, women’s movements also transformed.
Con todos y para el bien de todos: El pensamiento político y social de José Martí by
Seleccion de cronicas, cartas y discursos en que se refleja el pensamiento liberal y humanista, en el sentido mas amplio y etimologico de esos terminos, de Jose Marti.
False Alarm by
Addresses concerns about the sustainability of Social Security and Medicare amid the aging U.S. population.
Íntimo color: cuaderno de pausa, música y viaje by
A poetry collection.
Southern Politics in the 1990s by
PProvides in-depth analysis at both the state and regional levels, revealing a truly national party system—a departure from the past. This book is essential for anyone interested in southern politics as the twenty-first century began.
Ohio Politics by
This collection examines the major political events in Ohio since 1944 and provides insight into the state's key personalities, institutions, and processes. It offers a survey from 1994 through the Taft years and the 2006 gubernatorial elections.