Results for: Politics & Government
Etudes sur le Contrat Social de Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Actes des Journées d'étude Organisées à Dijon pour la commémoration du 200e Anniversaire du Contrat Social. Publication de l'Université de Dijon, XXX.
Paris: Sociéte Les Belles Lettres, 1964.
Thick quarto (oversized). Wear to edges and corners, with a few small tears near spine. Covers slightly scuffed, with a few random pen marks. Many pages unopened at top edge. 539 p.
Price: $50.00
Legal Republicanism : National and International Perspectives.
Besson, Samantha and Jose Luis Marti, editors.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 347 p. w/general index. This work covers republicanism as a political theory (not the US political party) and incudes groups of papers on Republican Legal Theory, Republican Law, and National Republicanisms and the Law.
Price: $75.00
Identification and Analysis of Attribute-Cluster Blocs: A Technique for Use in the Investigation of Behavior in Governance Including Report on Identification and Analysis of Blocs in a Large Non-Partisan Legislative Body, the 1927 Session of the Minnesota
Beyle, Herman C.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1931.
Good octavo hardcover in blue cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Light scuffing to covers. Page edges are lightly browned. 249 pages with figures, tables, notes, appendices, and index.
Price: $20.00
Everyday Politics: Reconnecting Citizens and Public Life.
Boyte, Harry C.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 239 pages with endnotes and index. A study of how regular people can "take back" politics from the professionals.
Price: $15.00
Democracy.
Cohen, Carl.
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1971..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has some light wear to the edges with a crease on the front flap and some light scuffing to the covers. 302 pages with some notes and index. A detailed examination of the nature and workings of democracy and its future.
Price: $20.00
American Diplomatic History : Two Centuries of Changing Interpretations.
Combs, Jerald A.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
Octavo. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and slight roll to spine. Dj has wear and light rubbing to edges with a few nicks and small tears. Inscribed by author to previous owner, the scholar Bradford Perkins on front free endpaper. Also laid in is a letter from author to Perkins. 413 pages with footnotes and index.
Price: $20.00
Edmund Burke: Six Essays.
Copeland, Thomas W.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950.
Very good octavo hardcover in good clipped dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and lower edges of boards. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with some minor tears. Dj's covers are scuffed and browned along edges and spine. Name of previous owner written in ink on front free endpaper. Page edges are lightly browned. 251 pages with footnotes, 5 appendices, and index. A collection of 6 essays on Edmund Burke including his career in journalism, Boswell's portrait of him, Burke's anonymus writings, and other topics.
Price: $20.00
Life and Teachings of V. I. Lenin.
Dutt, R. Palme.
New York, NY: International Publishers, 1936.
Duodecimo (smaller than standard). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Light browning to page edges. 95 p. w/bibliography.
Price: $20.00
Leadership in Committee: A Comparative Analysis of Leadership Behavior in the U.S. Senate.
Evans, C. Lawrence.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear along edges of boards. Dj has minor wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. 210 pages with notes, references, 2 appendices, and index. A study of how committee leaders in the senate influence the legisation sent to them.
Price: $20.00
Political Theory.
Field, G. C.
London: Methuen & Co., 1965.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear and rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks and some light scuffing to covers with a price faintly penciled on the front inner flap. 297 pages with few footnotes, appendix, and index. A general discussion of political thoery including topics like the state and sovereignty and the law along with nature of democracy.
Price: $20.00
Home Style and Washington Work: Studies in Congressional Politics.
Fiorina, Morris P., and David W. Rohde, editors.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1989.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and some scuffing to covers and crease on rear inner flap. Stamp on lower edges of pages. 254 pages with tables, footnotes, and references. A festschrift for Richard Fenno, Jr. with essays focusing on the activities of congress.
Price: $30.00
Believing Skeptics : American Political Intellectuals, 1945 - 1964.
Fowler, Robert Booth.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with minor scuffing to covers. Slight dent on lower corner of front cover. Some underlining in text and marks in margins. 317 pages with notes, bibliography, and index. A look at the political thought of American intellectuals after World War II.
Price: $25.00
The History of Diplomatic Immunity.
Frey, Linda S., and Marsha L. Frey.
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1999.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards. Dj has light wear and rubbing to edges with minor scuffing to covers. Front inner flap of dj is creased and first few pags are lightly creased. 727 pages with illustrations, notes, appendix, select bibliography, and index. A study of the development of diplomatic immunity in both Eastern and Western cultures from antiquity tothe present. Special shipping rates for this work due to its size.
Price: $70.00
"That's Not What We Meant to Do" : Reform and Its Unintended Consequences in Twentieth Century America.
Gillon, Steven M.
New York, NY: Norton, 2000.
Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and DJ. Several pages (less than 15) have ink underlining or highlighting or, on a few pages, both. 288 p. w/endnotes, index.
Price: $14.00
Temples of Democracy : The State Capitols of the USA.
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, and William Seale.
New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.
Good folio-sized (oversized) hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with some minor tears and scuffing to covers. Spine is rolled. Small hole punched from page 333 to rear pastedown endpaper. 339 pages with illustrations, endnotes, list of sources, and index. A nice look at the capitol buildings from every state.
Price: $20.00
Cultural Internationalism and World Order.
Iriye, Akira.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear and slight rubbing to edges with minor scuffing to covers. 212 pages with endnotes and index. A study of the history and future of internationalism in global politics.
Price: $30.00
Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss : German Emigres and American Political Thought After World War II.
Kielmansegg, Petere Graf, Horst Mewes, and Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt editors.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. A few oer corners creased. A few pages have light underlinging of individual words in blue ink. 208 p. w/ select bibliography, index.
Price: $30.00
Professional Staffs of Congress.
Kofmehl, Kenneth.
West Lafayette: Purdue University Studies, 1962.
Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with many small tears and nicks. Dj has scuffing and browning to covers with light waterstain on upper edge of back cover. Page edges are lightly foxed and browned. Slight musty smell to book. Inscribed by author to previous owner, Earl Hogan, the former representative of Indiana, on front free endpaper. 282 pages with tables, endnotes, 3 appendices, and index. A study of the professional staffs of Congress since the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.
Price: $30.00
The Proletarian Revoluton and Renegade Katusky.
Lenin, V. I.
New York, NY: International Publishers, 1934.
Duodecimo (smaller than standard). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj , with heavy chipping to head of spine and top right corner of back cover. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Light soiling to page edges. 110 p. w/explanatory notes.
Price: $20.00
Protecting the Elderly: How Culture Shapes Policy.
Lockhart, Charles.
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has slight wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 274 pages with tables, footnotes, references, and index. A study employing "grid-group" theory to examine in examining how governments take care of the elderly.
Price: $15.00
Essays on Government.
Lowell, A. Lawrence.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889.
Good duodecimo hardcover in maroon cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges with bumping to head and heel of spine and on upper corners of covers. Slight tears on head and heel of spine. Some scuffing to covers. Page edges are browned. Slight crack in binding between front endpapers. and another crack between copyright and table of contents pages. 229 pages with few footnotes and index. A work by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943), a member of the Lowell clan of scholars and poets, who went on to become president of Harvard University.
Price: $60.00
Reconstructing Public Reason.
MacGilvray, Eric.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bump[ to upper corner of back cover. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 247 pages with footnotes and index. A look at liberalism and pragmatism in acting on public matters.
Price: $40.00
Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy.
Medearis, John.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. Sticker attached to front free endpaper. Front inner flap of dj is creased. 263 pages with endnotes, references, and index. An interesting study of the political thought of the noted economist and social scientist Joseph Schumpeter.
Price: $20.00
George Washington and American Constitutionalism.
Phelps, Glenn A.
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993..
First edition. Good octavo hardcover in grey cloth binding without dust jacket. Ex-library with many of the marks, stamps, and flaws associated with that condition including call number tag on spine. Some light wear and rubbing to edges and corners of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Some scuffing to covers with spots, (glue drops?) on front cover. 245 pages with endnotes, selected bibliography, and index.
Price: $18.00
American Bureaucracy : Public Choice and Public Law.
Robinson, Glen O.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with slight bumping to heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges with minor scuffing to covers. 244 pages with endnotes, index of cases, and general index. A look at the American federal bureaucracy and the law.
Price: $20.00
Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan.
Samuels, Richard J.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and minor rubbing to edges of boards with slight hole in binding on lower corner of back panel and minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges with light scuffing to covers. 456 pages with endnotes, illustrations, references, and index. A comparision of the political leadership of Japan and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Price: $25.00
Political Parties and the Winning of Office.
Schlesinger, Joseph A.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991..
First edition. Near fine octavo hardcover in near fine dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has minor wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. 232 pages with figures, tables, references, footnotes, and index.
Price: $25.00
Die Geistesgeschichtliche Lage des Heutigen Parlamentarismus. Zweite Auflage.
Schmitt, Carl.
Munchen and Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1926..
Second edition. Good octavo hardcover in green binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping on the head and heel of the spine. Small tears in the binding beginning to form in the gutter of the front panel near the head of the spine. Edges of boards, pages, and along the spine are browned. Stamp on the half-title page along with some blue pencil numbers. Few pencil marks and notes in the margins and a little pencil underlining in the text. 90 pages. The text of this work is in German.
Price: $25.00
States, Nations and Nationalism : From the Middle Ages to the Present.
Schulze, Hagen. Translated by William E. Yuill.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1996.
Originally published in Germany in 1994. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges and scuffing to covers. 376 pages with endnotes, bibliography, and index. An interesting study of political thought in European history on the nation-state and nationalism.
Price: $30.00
Taxation and Democracy: Swedish, British and American Approaches to Financing the Modern State.
Steinmo, Sven.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. 280 pages with figures, tables, endnotes, bibliography, and index. An interesting study of how the governments of Britain, Sweden, and the United States pay for their welfare programs despite public resistance to taxation.
Price: $20.00
