State Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Interfaith Advocacy

   The Role of Religious Coalitions in the Political Process

   By Katherine E. Knutson

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   Using the historic Minnesota state government shutdown of 2011 as a backdrop, Interfaith Advocacy describes the work of the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, an interfaith advocacy group that brings together leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim traditions to advocate on...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Direct Democracy and Minority Rights

   A Critical Assessment of the Tyranny of the Majority in the American States

   By Daniel C. Lewis

   Series: Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation

   This book conclusively demonstrates that direct democracy—institutions like the ballot initiative and the referendum—endangers the rights of minorities and perpetuates a tyranny of the majority. While advocates of direct democracy advocate that these institutions protect citizens from corrupt...

   Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Lone Star Tarnished

   A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy

   By Cal Jillson

   Texas pride, like everything else in the state, is larger than life. So, too, perhaps, are the state’s challenges. Lone Star Tarnished approaches public policy in the nation’s most populous "red state" from historical, comparative, and critical perspectives. The historical perspective provides the...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
4. Texas Politics

   Governing the Lone Star State, 3rd Edition

   By Cal Jillson

   Approaching the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, Cal Jillson's text avoids partisanship, ideology, and gimmicks to provide the most comprehensive, readable, and accurate brief description of Texas politics available today. Throughout the...

   Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge
5. New Orleans in the Atlantic World

   Between Land and Sea

   Edited by William Boelhower

   The thematic project ‘New Orleans in the Atlantic World’ was planned immediately after hurricane Katrina and focuses on what meteorologists have always known: the city’s identity and destiny belong to the broader Caribbean and Atlantic worlds as perhaps no other American city does. Balanced...

   Published October 28th 2009 by Routledge