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1	Hardball: How Politics in Played- Told by One Who Knows the Game more books like this by Christopher Matthews add to wishlist Explains behind-the-scenes techniques used in politics; discusses alliances, enemies, deals, and reputations; and shares anecdotes about top politicians. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule more books like this by Thomas Frank add to wishlist From the author of the landmark bestseller "What's the Matter with Kansas?" comes a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate--and lucrative--conservative misrule. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.02! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Politics for Dummies more books like this by Ann DeLaney add to wishlist This reference takes readers of all ages through the murky political waters of the U.S. with just enough wit and humor to make it interesting. It will inform, educate, and encourage people to vote by taking the fear and misconceptions out of the politics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.28! \| SVS
4	Hardball: How Politics Is Played--Told by One Who Knows the Game more books like this by Christopher Matthews add to wishlist As a senatorial aide, presidential speechwriter, and right-hand man to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, Christopher Matthews has seen it all--now he tells all while revealing the political "hardball" played by some of the great politicians. Matthews is currently Washington Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Examiner. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.42! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Basic principles of American government more books like this by William R. Sanford, Carl R. Green add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.95! \| first editions
6	Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government more books like this by P J O'Rourke add to wishlist In 1988, P.J. O'Rourke moved to Washington to examine the US government and to look at what politicians do and why it costs so much. The author argues that governments make everything complicated, obscure and tedious to confuse members of the general public in what he describes as a "dictatorship of boredom". In this book he examines and explains ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation more books like this by James Carville, Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza add to wishlist The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author and political strategist Carville offers a rousing call-to-arms as Democrats gear up to take back the White House in 2008. see all copies from $4.35! new only from $4.46! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Comparative Politics more books like this by Christian Soe (Editor) add to wishlist From McGraw-Hill "Contemporary Learning" Series (formerly known as McGraw-Hill/Dushkin), this Twenty-Fifth Edition of "Annual Editions: Comparative Politics" provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa more books like this by Daniel N Posner add to wishlist This book presents a theory to account for why and when politics revolves around one axis of social cleavage instead of another. It does so by examining the case of Zambia, where people identify themselves either as members of one of the country's seventy-three tribes or as members of one of its four principal language groups. The book accounts ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $19.99! \| SVS
10	The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World more books like this by Professor Partha Chatterjee add to wishlist Often dismissed as the rumblings of "the street," popular politics is where political modernity is being formed today, according to Partha Chatterjee. The rise of mass politics all over the world in the twentieth century led to the development of new techniques of governing population groups. On the one hand, the idea of popular sovereignty has ... see all copies from $6.80! new only from $8.07! \| first editions
11	Campaigns and Elections American Style more books like this by James A Thurber (Editor), Candice J Nelson (Editor) add to wishlist A fully updated compendium of essays from political scientists and campaign professionals on the topic of campaign management and elections.. For the first time, leading political scientists and experienced campaign professionals have come together to consider the nuts-and-bolts of American campaigns and elections in conjunction with academic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.88! \| SVS
12 view cover	British Politics: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Anthony Wright add to wishlist Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics is an interpretative essay on the British political system, rather than merely an abbreviated textbook on how it currently works. He identifies key characteristics and ideas of the British tradition, and investigates what makes British politics distinctive, while emphasizing throughout the ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $7.27! \| SVS
13	An enemy hath done this. more books like this by Ezra Taft Benson add to wishlist see all copies from $59.98! first editions
14 view cover	America, the Owner's Manual: Making Government Work for You more books like this by Bob Graham, Chris Hand add to wishlist see all copies from $11.05! new only from $17.97! \| SVS
15 view cover	Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels more books like this by Adam Hochschild add to wishlist Essays on various subjects by a "Ramparts" writer and co-founder of "Mother Jones". His subjects include Hemingway, the Aryan Nation, El Salvador, John F. Kennedy, and prep schools. Winner of the 1998 PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy more books like this by Harvey Claflin Mansfield, Jr. add to wishlist The ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines are reader-friendly introductions to the most important fields of knowledge in the liberal arts. Written by leading scholars for both students and the general public, they will be appreciated by anyone desiring a reliable and informative tour of important subject matter. Each title offers an historical ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $3.85! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Perestroika Deception: Memoranda to the Central Intelligence Agency more books like this by Anatoliy Golitsyn add to wishlist see all copies from $14.49! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
18	Dick Gregory's political primer. more books like this by Dick Gregory add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century more books like this by Dick Morris add to wishlist After having assisted in Clinton's 1996 presidential bid, an experienced political consultant and TV commentator promotes the strategy of idealism in this how-to book for office seekers, special interest groups and others who want to effectively promote their causes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.86! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Politics the Wellstone Way: How to Elect Progressive Candidates and Win on Issues more books like this by Wellstone Action, Mr. Bill Lofy (Editor) add to wishlist This volume is a workshop in book form, providing the detailed framework needed to jump-start a new generation of activists, and instructing people on becoming better organizers, candidates, campaign workers, and citizen activists. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do (Expanded Edition) more books like this by Andrew Gelman add to wishlist On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans sat riveted in front of their televisions as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become a symbol of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes - pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $17.95! \| SVS
22	The glorious burden : the American presidency more books like this by Stefan Lorant add to wishlist see all copies from $3.23! first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The great game : on secret service in high Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk add to wishlist The "Great Game" was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in the West to Chinese Turkestan and Tibet in the East. The prize was British India. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and India lay some 2000 miles apart; ... see all copies from $3.38! new only from $13.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Vote! more books like this by Eileen Christelow add to wishlist A comprehensive explanation of elections with a richly colorful cartoon panel format, this volume provides an ideal way to answer those inevitable confused questions from perplexed future voters as well as flummoxed current ones. The author of the Five Little Monkeys series makes the complexities very understandable and fun through an exciting ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Campaigns and Elections American Style more books like this by William R Hamilton, James A Thurber (Editor), Candice J Nelson (Editor) add to wishlist For the first time, leading political scientists and experienced campaign professionals (many instrumental in the 1992 and 1994 elections) have come together to consider the nuts-and-bolts of American campaigns and elections in conjunction with academic theories and research. Offering a careful mix of Democratic and Republican, academic and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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