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On Revolution
By: N/A
Price: $1.00
Seller ID: 281BPB1001536
ISBN: 281BPB1001536
Condition: very good
"Fascism: A Reader's Guide - Analyses, Interpretations, Bibliography"
By: Laqueur, Walter
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Univ of California Pr:
Seller ID: 9780520030336
ISBN: 0520030338
Condition: GOOD
Proceedings: Institute of Politics 1986-1987
By: N/A
Price: $34.95
Publisher: "Cambridge, MA", Harvard University: 1987
Seller ID: 68T006
Condition: FINE
"As new except for faint edgewear. 9th yearly edition from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Papers on International Affairs; Media & Politics; Critical Issues; Politics in Action; Reflections by Benjamin Netanyahu, Benjamin Bradlee, Christopher Dodd, C. Everett Koop, Carolyn B.Mosby; John Erlichman, Lawerence Tribe, Norman Lear and more." View more info
Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count: Electoral System Reform in Canada and its Provinces
Price: $19.95
Publisher: "Peterborough, ONT", Broadview Press: 2004
Edition: (1st thus)
Seller ID: 7-5H001
ISBN: 1551116480
Condition: VERY GOOD+
"As new except for faint shelfwear to exterior edges and 4 pages with a few words underlined. ""developments in the growing movement to reform Canada's electoral system…up-to-date accounts of developments in BN, Quebec, PEI and Ontario…experiences in New Zealand and Scotland., which have adopted... plans... attempting balance...look(s) at South Africa, Japan, France and the US...for the light it casts on a specific aspect of electoral system reform...(and) practical implications...""" View more info
"Handbook of Federal Assistance: Financing, Grants, Technical Aids 1981"
Price: $39.95
Publisher: "Boston, MA", "Warren, Gorhem & Lamont": ©1981
Seller ID: 76Y025
ISBN: 0882625462
Condition: NEAR FINE
Soft imitation leather covers. As new except for faint age soil to exterior and slight rubbing to bottom edge of front cover. 654 indexed pages of government programs. View more info
Out of the Jaws of Victory: The astounding election of 1948
By: "Abels, Jules"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: NY, Henry Holt and Company: 1959
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 4-9T018
Condition: GOOD+
"Book as new except for slight tilt to spine and faintest foxing to top, exterior page edges. Dust jacket is present but has creased and worn edges (stabilized with clear tape on inside) and faded spine. The day after the 1948 Presidential election the newspaper headlines read ""Dewey Elected President"" but they were wrong, Truman had been elected." View more info
Connecticut: The Story of Your State Government
Price: $77.95
Publisher: CT, League of Women Voters of Connecticut: 1973
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 5-0T017
ISBN: 871061252
Condition: VERY GOOD
Library binding - As new except for library markings on last printed and last blank pages. Navy blue coated cloth covers with white inking on spine including library indexing information. Designed as a textbook for Connecticut Social Studies students. Illustrated 96 page chapter book. View more info
Jacobson's Development of American Political Thought: A Documentary History
Price: $10.95
Publisher: NY, Appleton Century Crofts: c1961
Edition: (2nd edition)
Seller ID: 4-OH008
Condition: NEAR FINE
"As new except for owner's name on first free page and slight softening of spine ends. No dust jacket. ""Study of the history of political thought…teaches us that the political ideas we hold today have a historical background : to understand our present theories…we must understand their origin, background and development…"" and ""historical analysis of political thought demonstrates the relativity of ideas to environment and circumstance...""" View more info
British Parliamentary Democracy
Price: $9.95
Publisher: "Cambridge, MA", Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin: 1958
Edition: (2nd edition)
Seller ID: 4-DT028
Condition: GOOD+
"Tight, bright and clean interior, rubbed and age soiled exterior, square. 2 folded page corners. Owner's name on first page. ""a book on British of government which would do more than describe how the system functions today…(but would explain) practices, often seemingly absurd, ...their roots deep in British history...understood only in the light of that history..."" 281 indexed, annotated pages." View more info
The Almanac of American Politics 1972
By: "Barone, Ujifusa & Matthews"
Price: $127.95
Publisher: "Garden City, NY", Gambit: 1972
Seller ID: 4-OT024
ISBN: 0876450567
Condition: FAIR
"Reading copy. Tight, age soiled exterior, age tanned page edges, curled spine, bumped bottom corners have dog-eared some pages. Not pretty but solid. A snapshot in time of the US Congress in 1972 - each district and member with detailed information about background, committees, elections. Makeup of each committee.. Maps of each of the states showing congressional district boundaries at the time. Fiscal '68, '69, '70 outlay by department. List of 50 top defense contractors based on dollar amounts of prime contracts." View more info
"Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine"
By: "Beck, Glenn"
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Threshold Editions:
Seller ID: 9781439168578
ISBN: 1439168571
Condition: very good
In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation's problems. "?" One such American, Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by penning Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America's future--and, ultimately, her freedom. Nearly two and a half c... View more info
"The Original Argument: The Federalists' Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century"
By: "Beck, Glenn"
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Threshold Editions:
Seller ID: 9781451650617
ISBN: 1451650612
Condition: GOOD
Glenn Beck revisited Thomas Paine's famous pre-Revolutionary War call to action in his #1 "New York Tim"es bestseller "Glenn Beck's Common Sense." Now he brings his historical acumen and political savvy to this fresh, new interpretation of "The Federalist Papers," the 18th-century collection of political essays that defined and shaped our Constitution and laid bare the "original argument" between states' rights and big federal government--a debate as relevant and urgent today as it was at the birth of our nation. Adapting a selection of these essential essays--pseudonymously authored by th... View more info
Pathways to Restoration: The Revitalization of the American Spirit
By: "Berry, Henry"
Price: $6.50
Publisher: "Southpost, CT", Greenfield Press: ©1983
Seller ID: 94T014
ISBN: 0961184604
Condition: GOOD+
"As new except for owner's name and tape repair to front cover. ""a study of the weaknesses and blindness of American society; the assumptions that allow us to overlook what is required to safeguard our values in the modern world; and the handicaps that keep us from asserting our values when they are challenged...""" View more info
Two Parties--Or More? The American Party System
By: "Bibby, John F, Sandy, L. Maisel, F., John Bibby"
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Westview Press:
Edition: 2
Seller ID: 9780813340319
ISBN: 0813340314
Condition: GOOD
Students of American government are faced with an enduring dilemma: Why two parties? Why has this system remained largely intact while around the world democracies support multiparty systems? Should our two-party system continue as we enter the new millennium? This newly revised and updated edition of "Two Parties-Or More?" answers these questions by placing the dilemma in the context of recent elections and the environment in which all parties must function. The text provides students with a historical overview of minor parties and their impact on politics. By focusing on Ross Perot's efforts... View more info
Malcolm Boyd's Book of Days
By: "Boyd, Malcolm"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: "Greenwich, CT", Fawcett Crest: 1969
Edition: (1st paperback edition)
Seller ID: 5-1P001
Condition: NEAR FINE
"As new except for slight age tanning of pages, slight edgewear to covers, faint creasing near spine hinge and part of a date stamp on first free page.. Appears unread. ""this apostle of the underground church takes the traditional 'thoughts-for-the-day' and swings them into thoughts for our day..."" A glimpse into the '60's by the preaching of this Episcopal priest who recited poetry at the Hungry i in San Francisco and was a Freedom Rider. " View more info
The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization
Price: $7.50
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin:
Seller ID: 9780312302597
ISBN: 0312302592
Condition: very good
The national bestseller that shocked the nation--"The Death of the West" is an unflinching look at the increasing decline in Western culture and power. The West is dying. Collapsing birth rates in Europe and the U. S., coupled with population explosions in Africa, Asia and Latin America are set to cause cataclysmic shifts in world power, as unchecked immigration swamps and polarizes every Western society and nation."The Death of the West "details how a civilization, culture, and moral order are passing away and foresees a new world order that has terrifying implications for our freedom... View more info
"A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny"
Price: $9.95
Publisher: "Regnery Publishing, Inc.":
Seller ID: 9780895261595
ISBN: 0895261596
Condition: GOOD
The Drowning of a Seaside City: Bridgeport's Ride to Bankruptcy
By: "Burns, Sarah R"
Price: $6.00
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform:
Seller ID: 9781479231874
ISBN: 1479231878
Condition: very good
The Drowning of a Seaside City tells the story of Bridgeport, Connecticut's ride to bankruptcy. It explains how the fiscal neglect and denial went on, and on. How there were giveaways one year, and denial the next year. Except for Mayors Tom Bucci and Mary Moran, no other leaders would divulge the financial problems, and when Bucci and Moran did - it was almost too late. Many believe the problems are now solved, but that is too far from the truth. You will understand how Bridgeport, and other cities and towns now experiencing the same dilemma, cannot possibly be "okay." These municipalities wi... View more info
"We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives"
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Random House:
Seller ID: 9780679769781
ISBN: 0679769781
Condition: GOOD
"It's the Middle Class, Stupid!"
By: "Carville, James, Greenberg, Stan"
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Plume:
Seller ID: 9780142196953
ISBN: 0142196959
Condition: GOOD
Government has really screwed things up for the average American. Work has been devalued. Education costs are out of sight. Effort and ambition have never been so scantily rewarded. Political guru James Carville and pollster extraordinaire Stan Greenberg argue that our political parties must admit their failures and the electorate must reclaim its voice, because taking on the wealthy and privileged is not class warfare--it is a matter of survival. Told in the alternating voices of these two top political strategists, "It's the Middle Class, Stupid "provides eye-opening, outspoken, and pr... View more info