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Each title in the Roots of Contemporary Issues series argues that students will be better at facing current and future challenges if they are capable of addressing controversial and pressing problems in mature, reasoned ways.

The fourth edition of Inside Texas Politics provides an exciting insider's perspective on the world of Texas government. The book's focus on how power struggles have shaped Texas institutions and political processes offers a fresh perspective that differentiates it from all other texts on the market. Brandon Rottinghaus, a well-known political scholar, media commentator, and Dallas native, fills the text with his own insider anecdotes, ...

With an unrivalled combination of exceptional clarity and analysis, this introduction to politics is the perfect text with which to begin your studies of the political world.

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Global Politics is a concise and engaging introduction to international relations. Lawson presents key theories and concepts, demonstrating how they apply to everyday life. Using examples from around the world, both historical and contemporary, the textbook presents a truly global picture of politics.

The only textbook to connect an authoritative, critical understanding of leadership theory with the development of reflective leadership practice.

Intentional leadership changes over time with new research evidence, a rapidly changing policy landscape, and increasing professionalisation of the early childhood sector. Leadership encourages you to question and critically engage with leadership perspectives using your own knowledge, beliefs, values, and lived experiences.

The most practically applied approach to political ideologies: evaluate critically, make links, think globally.

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Written primarily for mid-to-upper level undergraduates, this compelling introduction to power analysis offers a clear, conceptual understanding of the factors that influence statistical power, as well as guidance on improving and presenting the outcomes of power analyses to justify experimental design decisions.

British Politics provides a cutting-edge, analytical introduction to the subject, encouraging students to think about methods and comparative politics, whilst building a fundamental understanding of the current debates shaping the British political landscape.

An engaging and accessible introduction to the subject, Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases, Fourth Edition gives students the methodological tools they need to answer the "big questions" in the field. Offering a hybrid format, the text’s unique structure offers the best of thematic and country-by-country approaches. Sixteen succinct thematic chapters--organized around the "big questions" in the field--are followed by a...

With unparalleled empirical material, this is the most comprehensive introduction to comparative politics written by the leading experts in the field.

A concise text taking a critical approach to leadership to reveal the complex dynamics of power, identity and purpose in organizations and wider society.

The most current introduction to key global environmental issues

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Online updates to accompany The Politics of International Law 1e by Nicole Scicluna

Powers of Curriculum challenges pre-service educators in the early childhood, primary and secondary phases of education to transform educational thinking and practices. It equips students with leading-edge sociological research, concepts and perspectives to critically examine the historical, social, cultural and political forces that shape the curriculum, learner experiences, and education systems.

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UK Politics is the ideal introduction to the subject, providing students with the foundational understanding, critical perspectives, and the historical knowledge they need to make sense of politics in the United Kingdom today.

Leading experts analyse distinct European democracies, drawing upon a wide range of current examples and exploring common challenges

Building on the tradition of its classic first edition, the long-awaited second edition of Elements of Power Electronics provides comprehensive coverage of the subject at a level suitable for undergraduate engineering students, students in advanced degree programs, and novices in the field. It establishes a fundamental engineering basis for power electronics analysis, design, and implementation, offering broad and in-depth coverage of basic mater...

Written by experts, this is the most complete, issues-led textbook on European Union politics. With contemporary issues and debates presented alongside thorough coverage of the theory, institutions, policies, and history of the EU, European Union Politics effortlessly guides students to a clear understanding of this complex area.

With a unique emphasis on the big debates and questions that have the potential to affect all our lives, a diverse range of viewpoints are presented to encourage and equip students to become active participants in the discussions that animate global political economy today.

Global Political Economy is a comprehensive introduction to the core approaches and issues in GPE and this new edition also explores areas of inequality within topics such as colonialism, race, gender, everyday life, and North-South divides.

Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries is an innovative introduction to key concepts in international relations, exposing the myths of the discipline, and making critical thinking engaging and relatable for students.

The most complete review of human nutrition, ideal for those looking to pursue a career in the discipline.

Contemporary and accessible, Inside Canadian Politics provides a fresh perspective on the institutions and issues at the heart of our political system. This text explores key concepts and topics in Canadian politics from federalism, regionalism, Indigeneity, and diversity, to the party system, media and political communication, and elections. Each chapter invites students to debate and discuss the effectiveness of government mechanisms in the dai...

An Introduction to Comparative Politics offers an accessible, methodology-driven introduction to all the key aspects of the subject. Varied case studies from around the world broaden political understanding, and learning features develop skills and build confidence in interpreting quantitative data.

In an era the United States is often presented as the only relevant player in the arena of International Relations, Introduction to Global Politics, Seventh Edition offers readers a truly global introduction to the discipline. By establishing a solid framework based on the history and ideologies that influence the ways in which world powers interact with one another; features and activities that promote active learning; and an intuitive textbook ...

With a focus on real-world issues and an extensive range of thought-provoking case studies, Issues in Political Theory provides the clearest, most engaging introduction to political theory and how it is applied to address the most important issues confronting the world today.

The only introduction to politics in the developing world to combine theoretical approaches, society-state relations, and policies with a series of illustrative country-based case studies.

Accessible and engaging, this is a complete guide to the past, present, and future of the European Union. An expert author team examine in detail the theory and history behind the EU, before moving on to explore the institutions and policies at work, giving readers a valuable insight to this complicated political body.

Power of Critical Thinking explores the essentials of critical reasoning, argumentation, logic, and argumentative essay writing while also incorporating important topics that most other texts leave out, such as "inference to the best explanation," scientific reasoning, evidence and authority, visual reasoning, and obstacles to critical thinking.

The first textbook to challenge and expand the canon of political thinkers, Rethinking Political Thinkers presents political thought in a new light, invites debate, and brings diverse perspectives to the fore, giving students the tools to think about political concepts, theories, and arguments critically and analytically.

Beginning Research in Political Science takes a learn-by-doing-approach to guide students through all of the steps needed for their own original projects. Each chapter builds from the previous chapter with step-by-step instructions that guide students towards the project's completion. The text features recent data from the World Values Survey and instructional SPSS Statistics software tutorials, along with a variety of features reflecting its con...

Designed for undergraduate readers, Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics, fifth edition, is an innovative look at cutting-edge issues in the field that will appeal equally to students, researchers, and practitioners of environmental policy.

For instructors who teach through a critical approach, Critical Concepts takes what most texts consider alternative frameworks for understanding political science - feminism, environmentalism, disability - and shows their centrality to the contemporary study of politics, offering students an inclusive, accessible introduction to politics in Canada and beyond.

The Power of Policy is a historically-organized core textbook that identifies thematic connections between the history of U.S. social welfare policy and issues related to today’s social welfare environment, with an eye toward the future. Key historical developments demonstrate how history has influenced today’s institutions, laws, and systems.

Thinking World Politics Otherwise is a different kind of textbook. It includes a variety of critical approaches and perspectives that seek to challenge and rethink orthodox understandings of International Relations. Thinking World Politics Otherwise brings together prominent voices in the field that recognise the importance of engaging with global politics from a range of perspectives and through a variety of approaches. It includes a multitude o...

Designed for undergraduate courses that cover climate change politics within environmental studies, politics, and international relations courses, Climate Change, Science, and The Politics of Shared Sacrifice integrates science and policy within each chapter by considering technical issues as well as their political implications. It reflects the recent changes in US climate policy under President Biden, as well as by other international actors, a...

An analytical approach to the study of comparative European politics with a unique focus on the interaction between national and European-level politics.

I-PEEL: The International Political Economy of Everyday Life is a student-centred textbook for learning about IPE through the prism of everyday objects and practices. Eight core chapters on topics including social media, debt, food, and clothes show how IPE can be used to understand and question the world around you.

The most accessible and practical guide to research methods written especially for politics and international relations students.

The Politics of Prosperity is a module in Oxford University Press’s new series, Debating American History. This series embraces an argument-based model for teaching history and encourages students to participate in a contested, evidence-based discourse about the human past.  The series rejects the idea of history as an undisputed narrative and instead presents the past as understood through the direct engagement with historical evidenc...

Nonprofit organizations need smart, informed managers. This comprehensive introductory textbook aims to expose students to the range of responsibilities expected from modern nonprofit organizations and their boards, executive management, frontline staff, and community volunteers. Section 1 focuses on the characteristics of a nonprofit organization, with an explanation of the specific attributes of both charitable and member-serving nonprofits. It...

Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by six leading authorities on the classical world, this captivating study covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era.

Global Politics covers all of the standard topics in the undergraduate level IR/Global Politics course, and also provides more robust coverage of global ecology; gender and race; the different security challenges of our day that go beyond armed conflict; IPE coverage that highlights the divergent paths of the Global North and South; and the growing reliance upon international law, international organizations, and global and regional governance. U...

The third edition of Anabel Quan-Haase’s Technology & Society: Social Networks, Power, and Inequality is tuned in to the changing social norms and connective possibilities brought on by the intersection of technology and society. Joining historical, theoretical, and research-based approaches to studying human’s relationships with technology—from rudimentary tools to digital platforms—Quan-Haase animates the questions c...