Political Science: Government Debt, Ethics & International Affairs, and the Problem of Political Marketing

Democracy's Debt: The Historical Tensions Between Economic and Political Liberty (BOOK): by M. Lane Bruner

It is an undeniable fact that economic circumstances can directly impact political affairs, that wealth is easily translated into political influence, and that political movements and constitutional arrangements can directly influence economic environments. There is no consensus, however, on how to best manage the tensions between the production and maintenance of wealth and the just and responsible exercise of political power.

In an in-depth analysis of these historic tensions, Professor of Communication M. Lane Bruner surveys the history of argumentation related to wealth and statecraft, and, more important, the actual economic and political practices in republican polities of the past to compare arguments to policies. The overriding goal of the study is to analyze which forms of governance have provided the most useful guides for the reform of contemporary institutions in charge of global governance.

Ethics & International Affairs: A Reader (BOOK): edited by Joel H. Rosenthal, Christian Barry

The third edition of "Ethics & International Affairs" provides a fresh selection of classroom resources, ideal for courses in international relations, ethics, foreign policy, and related fields. Published with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, this collection contains some of the best contemporary scholarship on international ethics, written by a group of distinguished political scientists, political theorists, philosophers, applied ethicists, and economic development specialists. Each contributor explores how moral theory can inform policy choices regarding topics such as war and intervention, international organizations, human rights, and global economic justice. This book provides an entry point into these key debates and offers a platform for further discussion. It was published in cooperation with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Innovations in Human Resource Management: Getting the Public's Work Done in the 21st Century (BOOK): edited by Hannah S. Sistare, Myra Howze Shiplett… etc

Human resource management is experiencing profound change, new challenges, exciting accomplishments, and much uncertainty. The public service has moved away from the old days of 'personnel management' concerned mostly with processing 'personal action' paperwork, to a system where public employees are managed as human capital to get the work of the government done more effectively and efficiently. This volume brings together the latest thinking on human resource management in the public service, presented by distinguished thought leaders in the field. While it focuses primarily on federal government policies and practices, the principles, conclusions, and recommendations translate readily to state and local government, and to the private sector as well.

Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia (BOOK): edited by Stephen White

An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in post-communist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world’s largest country after a period of far-reaching change.

Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s (BOOK): edited by Bruce J. Schulman & Julian E. Zelizer

Rightward Bound brilliantly demonstrates how American conservatism emerged as a full-blown movement in the 1970s and, in the process, created the United States of the twenty-first century. It is a wonderful book!—Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara

A new generation of American historians demonstrates that the decade of the 1970s proved the crucial seed time for the rise of modern American conservatism. There was nothing inevitable about the nation's march to the right, which makes this book all the more fascinating and necessary for those who want to understand twenty-first century America.—Nelson Lichtenstein, author of Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century America

Rightward Bound is the most comprehensive and incisive history to date of the conservative mobilization that surged through and transformed the United States in the 1970s. It will prove essential reading for anyone seeking to understand conservative ideologies, institutions, and organizing strategies as well as the complexities of politics and culture in late twentieth-century America.—Gary Gerstle, Vanderbilt University

The Economics of Immigration: Theory and Policy (BOOK): by Orn B. Bodvarsson & Hendrik Van den Berg

Written as a both a reference for researchers and as a textbook on the economics of immigration. It is aimed at two audiences: (1) researchers who are interested in learning more about how economists approach the study of human migration flows; and (2) graduate students taking a course on migration or a labor economics course where immigration is one of the subfields studied. The book covers the economic theory of immigration, which explains why people move across borders and details the consequences of such movements for the source and destination economies. The book also describes immigration policy, providing both a history of immigration policy in a variety of countries and using the economic theory of immigration to explain the determinants and consequences of the policies. The timing of this book coincides with the emergence of immigration as a major political and economic issue in the USA, Japan Europe and many developing countries.

The Problem of Political Marketing (BOOK): by Heather Savigny

Based upon analysis of existing theoretical literature and current political practice this book addresses both the use of marketing and its impact (real and potential) upon democracy by answering the following:

* Why have politicians adopted political marketing? What are the contextual factors that have led to this?
* How does the political marketing literature model this activity?
* What are the underlying assumptions of these models?
* How does political marketing affect democracy?
* How is political marketing best conceptualized and understood in light of this critical analysis?