Executive Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Resisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Age of Obama

   “Suddenly,…All the Truth Was Coming Out”

   By David A.J. Richards

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   David A. J. Richards’s Resisting Injustice and The Feminist Ethics of Care in The Age of Obama: "Suddenly,…All The Truth Was Coming Out" builds on his and Carol Gilligan’s The Deepening Darkness to examine the roots of the resistance movements of the 1960s, the political psychology behind...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Reconfiguring Ethiopia: The Politics of Authoritarian Reform

   Edited by Jon Abbink, Tobias Hagmann

   This book takes stock of political reform in Ethiopia and the transformation of Ethiopian society since the adoption of multi-party politics and ethnic federalism in 1991. Decentralization, attempted democratization via ethno-national representation, and partial economic liberalization have...

   Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Dual System of Privacy Rights in the United States

   By Mary McThomas

   Series: Law, Courts and Politics

   Theoretically, the right to privacy is an individual’s right to space away from the public gaze to make life choices that are best for her or him, regardless of the beliefs of the majority. Yet the right to privacy in the United States has proven problematic for both political theorists and...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Politics and Economics of Britain's Foreign Aid

   The Pergau Dam Affair

   By Tim Lankester

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   The Pergau dam in Malaysia was the most controversial project in the history of British aid. Because of its high cost, it was a poor candidate for aid funding. It was provided in part to honour a highly irregular promise of civil aid in connection with a major arms deal. After two parliamentary...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
5. Presidential Power and Accountability

   Toward a Presidential Accountability System

   By Bruce Buchanan

   Many analysts now believe that the growth of presidential war power relative to Congress is irreversible. This book was written to contest that view. Its purpose is to identify what would be required to restore presidential war power to constitutional specifications while leaving the president...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
6. Euroscepticism within the EU Institutions

   Diverging Views of Europe

   Edited by Nathalie Brack, Olivier Costa

   Series: Journal of European Integration Special Issues

   Since its origins, there have been competing views concerning the nature, scope and objectives of the process of integration and of the European Union. Attitudes towards Europe and European integration, both among political elites and citizens, have been much studied over the last 15 years. But...

   Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Development of the American Presidency

   By Richard J. Ellis

   Our understanding of the politics of the presidency is greatly enhanced by viewing it through a developmental lens, analyzing how historical turns have shaped the modern institution. The Development of the American Presidency pays great attention to that historical weight but is organized topically...

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
8. Post-Communist Parliaments

   Change and Stability in the Second Decade

   Edited by David M. Olson, Gabriella Ilonszki

   Series: Library of Legislative Studies

   At the end of the "founding" or initial decade, the new parliaments of post-Communist Europe had developed two distinct types: democratic and presidentially-dominated. Whilst in the early years, they had been characterised as "parliaments in adolescence," they have - through the second decade -...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
9. Barack Obama and the Politics of Redemption

   By Stanley A. Renshon

   Every new president raises many questions in the public mind. Because Barack Obama was a relative newcomer to the national political scene, he raised more questions than most. Would he prove to be a pragmatic centrist or would his politics of hope ultimately flounder on the rocky shoals of America’...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. The Obama Presidency

    Change and Continuity

    Edited by Andrew Dowdle, Dirk C. van Raemdonck, Robert Maranto

    At his inauguration, President Barack Obama was seemingly poised to become America's strongest and most influential president since Ronald Reagan. However, President Obama's first two years in office has led to some notable surprises. What accounts for the political stability and change...

    Published June 27th 2011 by Routledge