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The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
Drew Westen
$3.49

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Through a bravura tour of American political leaders and their appeals to the electorate, Drew Westen shows that Americans don't vote with their heads but with their hearts--and that Democratic politicians had better wise up in their approach. The Political Brain is a serious and groundbreaking investigation into the role of emotion in deciding the outcome of elections. It looks at data across several presidential elections from the 1950s through 2000, examines the evidence for the role of emotion in driving voting behavior, and provides a "clinical" view of a number of campaign ads, debate lines, and personal profiles of the candidates who have sought to win our hearts.

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The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain
George Lakoff
$10.31

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In What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank pointed out that a great number of Americans actually vote against their own interests. In The Political Mind, George Lakoff explains why.

As it turns out, human beings are not the rational creatures we’ve so long imagined ourselves to be. Ideas, morals, and values do not exist somewhere outside the body, ready to be examined and put to use. Instead, they exist quite literally inside the brain—and they take physical shape there. For example, we form particular kinds of narratives in our minds just like we form specific muscle memories such as typing or dancing, and then we fit new information into those narratives. Getting that information out of one narrative type and into another—or building a whole new narrative altogether—can be as hard as learning to play the banjo. Changing your mind isn’t like changing your body—it’s the same thing.

But as long as progressive politicians and activists persist in believing that people use an objective system of reasoning to decide on their politics, the Democrats will continue to lose elections. They must wrest control of the terms of the debate from their opponents rather than accepting their frame and trying to argue within it.

This passionate, erudite, and groundbreaking book will appeal to readers of Steven Pinker and Thomas Frank. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in how the mind works, how society works, and how they work together.

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Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Mosab Hassan Yousef
$16.49

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Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status . . . and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence, and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader. In Son of Hamas, Mosab Yousef--now called "Joseph"--reveals new information about the world's most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Christian mandate to "love your enemies" is the only way to peace in the Middle East.

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Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, Revised Edition
Deborah Stone
$35.00

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Since its debut, Policy Paradox has been widely acclaimed as the most accessible policy text available. Unlike most texts, which treat policy analysis and policy making as different enterprises, Policy Paradox demonstrates that "you can't take politics out of analysis." Through a uniquely rich and comprehensive model, this revised edition continues to show how real-world policy grows out of differing ideals, even definitions, of basic societal goals like security, equality, and liberty. The book also demonstrates how these ideals often conflict in policy implementation. In this revised edition, Stone has added a full-length case study as an appendix, taking up the issue of affirmative action. Clear, provocative, and engaging, Policy Paradox conveys the richness of public policy making and analysis.

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Political Science: An Introduction (11th Edition)
Walter S. Jones
$75.54

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Balancing practical and theoretical knowledge, Political Science is a comprehensive and jargon-free introduction to the field’s basic concepts and themes. This bestselling brief text uses diverse real-world examples to show students the value of avoiding simplifications in politics, the relevance of government, and the importance of participation. Written from Mike Roskin’s unique and engaging point-of-view, Political Science remains the best at providing the clear explanations, practical applications, and current examples that will welcome students to a vital field of study.

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Survival of the Savvy: High-Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success
Marty Seldman
$13.98

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Many corporate leaders maintain that politics aren’t important or don’t exist. Yet, every day in their organizations, power plays, ego trips, turf battles, and deception hurt both careers and the bottom line. When corrupt people with strong political skills gain power, the results can be devastating, as recent corporate scandals have shown. But by increasing their organizational savvy, leaders can become stewards for organizations’ resources, morale, and reputation.

Two of the most successful corporate consultants and coaches in the U.S., Rick Brandon, Ph.D., and Marty Seldman, Ph.D., offer proven methods to eliminate unethical behavior at work and use the power of "high-integrity" politics to achieve corporate and career success.

Brandon and Seldman empower managers and employees to master corporate politics the ethical way, with successful techniques they have used to coach and train thousands of top executives throughout the world.

They enable readers to: * Navigate the political waters with integrity for individual and team success * Recognize different political styles at work and avoid the pitfalls of being under- or overly-political * Learn strategies to manage the corporate "buzz," promote ideas, address hidden agenda, and more * Weed out self-servers, detect deception and learn who to trust and who to not trust * Further teams’ goals by increasing strategic influence and forging high-integrity political cultures

The result is a book that helps individuals discover and overcome their own political blind spots and vulnerabilities. They learn step-by-step methods to avoid being underestimated or denied full recognition for their achievements and instead, advance their careers in an ethical manner. The book also provides a leadership wake-up call and strategies for monitoring and managing an organization’s overall political balance and health.

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Political Liberalism (Columbia Classics in Philosophy)
John Rawls
$14.85

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This book continues and revises the ideas of justice as fairness that John Rawls presented in A Theory of Justice but changes its philosophical interpretation in a fundamental way. That previous work assumed what Rawls calls a "well-ordered society," one that is stable and relatively homogenous in its basic moral beliefs and in which there is broad agreement about what constitutes the good life. This book goes deeper to ask how a stable and just society of free and equal citizens can live in concord when divided by reasonable but incompatible doctrines.

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International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth (Fifth Edition)
J. Lawrence Broz
$45.56

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The leading reader for international political economy courses has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in IPE scholarship and in the global economy. The Fifth Edition of International Political Economy provides a flexible and provocative set of articles and excerpts on a broad range of topics. Edited by three respected scholars in the field, the reader also offers clear introductions and headnotes to help students get the most out of each reading. .

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A Political Economy of the Middle East: Third Edition
John Waterbury
$34.34

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Thoroughly revised and updated, this text presents a comprehensive analysis of the interactions of economic development, state systems, and social actors as factors promoting or blocking change in the Middle East.

The third edition closely examines the sometimes profound changes in demography, education, labor markets, urbanization, water and agriculture, and international labor migration in the Middle East in recent years. It considers the effect of rising oil prices on reinforcement of authoritarian governance, refines its assessment of "the Washington Consensus" and the shifting balance of state and market in economic growth and reform, and presents Islamism as a vital force in the region that is nonetheless a vast, diverse social movement with many conflicting participants.