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  • Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior, and Institutions

    Kenneth A. Shepsle

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    Analyzing Politics makes the fundamentals of rational-choice theory accessible to undergraduates in clear, nontechnical language.

  • Prosperity & Violence: The Political Economy of Development

    Robert H. Bates

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    In his new edition of Prosperity and Violence, Robert Bates continues to investigate the relationship between political order and economic growth.

  • World Politics: Interests, Interactions, Institutions

    Jeffry A. Frieden, David A. Lake, Kenneth A. Schultz

    Ebook folder

    A contemporary analytical approach to international relations—written at a level that introductory students can grasp.

  • The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

    Sean Wilentz

    Abridged College Edition

    Paperback

    Winner of the Bancroft Award: "Monumental…a tour de force…awesome in its coverage of political events."—Gordon Wood, New York Times Book Review

  • House and Senate

    Ross K. Baker

    Fourth Edition

    Paperback

    Drawing on interviews with United States senators who previously served in the House of Representatives as well as journalists and staff members, this volume provides a portrait of the two American Houses of Congress.