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Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Governmen
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by Grove Press
Paperback (01 February, 2003)
(44 reviews) 4.45 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Funny Book -- Too Bad It's All True!: What is Congress other than a location where greedy, self-righteous, "whores" come up with arguments to "give away" stuff to us all year,
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
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by University of California Press
Hardcover (01 April, 2003)
(6 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Sobering: Reasoned yet impassioned dialogue on a variety of issues. Americans needn't feel left out of this either, as we are still the only industrialized country in the world without a universal health care system.

Politics for Dummies
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by For Dummies
Paperback (22 April, 2002)
(14 reviews) 3.21 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Good "alternative" civics text: While cloyingly oversimplistic at times (there is little mention or contact information for third parities) this is a wonderful tool for the American citizen.
Politics in America, Texas Edition (5th Edition)
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by Prentice Hall
Hardcover (19 December, 2002)
(2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: good overview of government, though a bit biased: Overall this book is a good overview of the american political system. The structures of the beurocracy,

President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
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by PublicAffairs
Paperback (04 April, 2000)
(29 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: This is possibly the single best book available on the Reagan presidency. Lou Cannon began reporting on Ronald Reagan as a journalist when Reagan first ran for governor of California in 1966, and then covered him again in Washington after his 1980 presidential election.
Principles of Law and Economics
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by Prentice Hall
Hardcover (01 September, 2004)

Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America,
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by Johns Hopkins University Press
Paperback (01 August, 1996)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: On conditions for democracy: Having read this book, I understand why Linz has gained international reputation. (As an example, he was made honorary doctor at The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo,
Psychology and the Legal System
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by Wadsworth Publishing
Hardcover (25 July, 2001)
(2 reviews) 2.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Adequate but lacking: I purchased this book for an undergraduate psych course, "Psychology & the Law". As I have a BA in psychology,

Public Administration and Law (Public Administration and Public Policy)
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by Marcel Dekker
Hardcover (01 September, 1996)
Public Administration In America (with InfoTrac)
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by Wadsworth Publishing
Hardcover (05 November, 2003)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great survey book; ideal for intro undergraduate courses: I have used several editions of this book in my introduction to public administration courses;

Public Funding of Higher Education: Changing Contexts and New Rationales
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by Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover (30 September, 2004)
Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues
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by Idea Group Publishing
Hardcover (27 January, 2003)

Public Policymaking: An Introduction
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by Houghton Mifflin Company
Paperback (01 October, 2002)
(3 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Useful for Public Administrators and Wanna-bes: Used as part of my class in Public Policy and Public Administration, this book is written well enough that it's not nearly as dry as other things we were assigned in the program.
Reason : Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America
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by Knopf
Hardcover (11 May, 2004)
(22 reviews) 4.23 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Onto 2004's already crowded political non-fiction bookshelf, comes Reason by former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich. It's a call to arms for liberals and progressives against what Reich terms the "Radcons",

Restoring the Lost Constitution : The Presumption of Liberty
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by Princeton University Press
Hardcover (15 December, 2003)
(2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: important book that should be read by judges: Randy Barnett has written a fascinating and well-argued book. The book is composed of four parts: "Constitutional Legitimacy,"
Road Ecology: Science and Solutions
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by Island Press
Paperback (01 November, 2002)

Running for Office: The Strategies, Techniques, and Messages Modern Political Candidates
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by M. Evans and Company
Hardcover (01 September, 2002)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great resource for new candidates: Faucheux's book is a great resource for new candidates. I gave two copies to friends who are running for local offices and they loved it.
Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use
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by Jeremy P. Tarcher
Hardcover (08 May, 2003)
(15 reviews) 4.6 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Voodoo pharmacology: Voodoo pharmacology. That is the term that Jacob Sullum uses for our irrational fears and phobic behaviors toward psychoactive drugs.

SHADOW SHOGUNS : The Rise and Fall of Japan's Postwar Political Machine
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by Simon & Schuster
Hardcover (08 May, 1997)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Jacob M. Schlesinger's Shadow Shoguns is an arresting profile of an element of modern Japanese life little understood in the West: the relationship between economic superpowerdom and political corruption.
Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies, and the Special Interests that Divide America
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by St. Martin's Press
Hardcover (04 October, 2002)
(30 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: pretty good: I really enjoyed Larry Elder's first book, Ten Things You Can't Say in America. Showdown was equally as good. In Showdown,

Sleeping with the Devil : How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
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by Three Rivers Press
Paperback (25 May, 2004)
(79 reviews) 4.29 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Compelling Condemnation of Crude Corruption: Former spy Robert Baer, author of SEE NO EVIL: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism,
Slouching Towards Gomorrah : Modern Liberalism and American Decline
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by Regan Books
Paperback (16 December, 2003)
(119 reviews) 3.87 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Forced a re-evaluation of my own views: If you noticed how a large number of this book's negative reviews are written by people with ".e

Smart Communities : How Citizens and Local Leaders Can Use Strategic Thinking to
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by Jossey-Bass
Hardcover (05 March, 2004)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Smart Commununities: This book is an antidote for the cynicism and sense of helplessness that pervades too many of our communities.
Social Forces and Aging
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by Wadsworth Publishing
Hardcover (21 July, 2003)
(2 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Slow reading with topics not well linked together.: This text is slow reading and the topics are not well linked together, however the repetitive nature of the writing style allows the concepts to be revisited and helps reinforce each topic.

Somebodies and Nobodies : Overcoming the Abuse of Rank
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by New Society Publishers
Hardcover (15 April, 2003)
(16 reviews) 4.69 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Rankism is a term that deserves highest media exposure!: This book is Robert Fuller is a must-read for the times we live in. A recent New York Times profile of Fuller,
Soul of a Citizen : Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time
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by St. Martin's Griffin
Paperback (15 March, 1999)
(23 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: These are indeed cynical times. But to hide behind the smugness of cynicism is a kind of self-imposed death sentence, explains writer and social commentator Paul Loeb. In fact, now is the ideal time for gathering all our strengths and wisdom as spiritual beings and applying ourselves to shaping a better world,

Speaker: Lessons from Forty Years in Coaching and Politics
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by Regnery Publishing
Hardcover (August, 2004)
Stand Up Fight Back : Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Reveng
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by Simon & Schuster
Hardcover (02 June, 2004)
(5 reviews) 3.8 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: One thing all can agree George W. Bush deserves credit for is creating a groundswell of bestsellers in the run up to his 2004 reelection campaign. Most of the anti-Bush tomes of the time are marked by a sense of outrage and anger.

Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy
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by Encounter Books
Paperback (05 September, 2004)
Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy
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by Jossey-Bass
Paperback (07 March, 2003)
(4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An indispensible manual for social change today: This book, full of anecdotes from successful community organizations, is chockful of helpful advice,

Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game
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by Crown
Hardcover (05 October, 1999)
(75 reviews) 3.99 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Grossman on Target: Having read Lt. Col. Grossman's previous book, "On Killing," I feel there are valid concerns about the impact of violence (even pretend violence) on our children.
Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement,
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by Jossey-Bass
Hardcover (17 September, 2004)
(3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Wonderful Strategic Planning Tool: I found this text to be a useful tool in understanding the strategic planning process. It was especially helpful due towards the public/nonprofit focus.

Taking Sex Differences Seriously
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by Encounter Books
Hardcover (01 June, 2004)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This book gave me inner peace--FINALLY!: I stumbled upon this book online, after someone sent me a review of it. I bought a copy,
Televised Election Debates : International Perspectives
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by Palgrave Macmillan
Hardcover (20 November, 1999)

The American Congress : The Building of Democracy
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by Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover (21 September, 2004)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization,
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by Plume Books
Paperback (01 April, 2004)
(131 reviews) 4.44 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The Truth Hurts: Greg Palast is not your typical journalist. He doesn't varnish the truth based upon ideology, political leaning or who's paying his salary.

The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers (Publicaffairs
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by PublicAffairs
Paperback (06 May, 2003)
(5 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Very good read: This book is stringly recommended for anyone interested in this subject. A good site to explore is www.rxsanity.o
The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power
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by PublicAffairs
Hardcover (01 December, 2003)
(27 reviews) 3.52 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Proving that exorbitant wealth and allegiance to the Republican Party do not necessarily go hand in hand, billionaire George Soros offers a sharp critique of the neoconservative philosophy that he sees guiding the George W.

The Case Against Lawyers
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by Broadway
Hardcover (08 October, 2002)
(25 reviews) 3.64 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The Case Against Lawyers: This is the best book I have ever read. This is what the personal injury attorneys running for political office like Sen John Edwards don't want you to see.
The Case Against the Fed
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by Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Paperback (01 June, 1994)
(13 reviews) 4.77 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: One Nation Under the Fed: Ever since the creation of the Federal Reserve Board ("the Fed"), the American economy has been subject to a cycle of boom and bust.

The Case For Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror
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by PublicAffairs
Hardcover (09 November, 2004)
The Complete Idiot's Guide To American Government
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by Alpha Books
Paperback (13 May, 2002)
(6 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A reader: I used it as a secondary source in preparing for the CLEP in American Government. I found Cliffs QuickReview of American Government to contain the same information but much more concisely.

The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda (Minnesota)
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by University of Minnesota Press
Paperback (01 October, 2002)
(20 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: When senators think about running for president, they write books like The Conscience of a Liberal. Indeed, Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota thought about pursuing the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000,
The Constitution of Liberty
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by University of Chicago Press
Paperback (15 October, 1978)
(16 reviews) 4.88 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Astounding book - well worth reading: I always have to psych myself up to read a book like this that combines philosophy, economics,

The Creation of the Media
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by Basic Books
Hardcover (30 March, 2004)
The Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A.
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by Carroll & Graf Publishers
Hardcover (June, 2003)
(16 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Incredible political history narrative!: Although many people know that James Abram Garfield was President of the United States of America,

The Dark Side of Democracy : Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
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by Cambridge University Press
Paperback (01 November, 2004)
The Death of Right and Wrong : Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Value
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by Three Rivers Press
Paperback (22 June, 2004)
(41 reviews) 4.68 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Excellent overview of what went wrong with the left: I don't think that the Publisher's Weekly reviewer read this book because it's not a "screed" nor is it "trashing" of it's topic.

The Death Penalty on Trial: Crisis in American Justice
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by PublicAffairs
Hardcover (09 November, 2004)
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
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by Cato Institute
Paperback (01 September, 2000)
(4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Great Copy of a Great Set of Documents!: This is by far the nicest copy of probably the two most important documents of the United States.

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