Political Science

Counting Species Biodiversity in Global Environmental Politics Rafi Youatt 2015 Spring

How has the idea of biodiversity reconstructed political realities?

Nuclear Desire Power and the Postcolonial Nuclear Order Shampa Biswas 2014 Fall

Argues that the nonproliferation regime helps sustain a global nuclear order that generates the desire for nuclear weapons

Global Gangs Street Violence across the World Jennifer M. Hazen and Dennis Rodgers, Editors 2014 Fall

Understanding the evolution and organization of street gangs around the world

Dispatches from Pakistan Madiha R. Tahir, Qalandar Bux Memon and Vijay Prashad, Editors 2014 Spring

Urgent essays about contemporary Pakistan that go behind the headlines

Negotiating Sex Work Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism Carisa R. Showden and Samantha Majic, Editors 2014 Spring

Illustrates how the politics surrounding sex work shape individual and collective agency

The Fragmented Politics of Urban Preservation Beijing, Chicago, and Paris Yue Zhang 2013 Fall

Reveals the political underpinnings of urban preservation

Turkish Berlin Integration Policy and Urban Space Annika Marlen Hinze 2013 Fall

A revealing account of how immigrants create, cope with, and change urban neighborhoods

The Idea of Haiti Rethinking Crisis and Development Millery Polyné, Editor 2013 Spring

How do prevailing narratives affect a nation’s sense of itself and its possibilities?

Pragmatist Politics Making the Case for Liberal Democracy John McGowan 2012 Fall

A refreshingly liberal account of the possibilities for American democracy

Struggling Giants City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo Paul Kantor, Christian Lefevre, Asato Saito, H. V. Savitch and Andy Thornley 2012 Spring

The struggle for governability in the world’s four leading global city-regions

Student Activism in Asia Between Protest and Powerlessness Meredith L. Weiss and Edward Aspinall, Editors 2012 Fall

How student-led protest movements have challenged governments across Asia since World War II

Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis Housing Policy in Postwar Chicago Preston H. Smith II 2012 Spring

How a black elite fighting racial discrimination reinforced class inequality in postwar America

Does Local Government Matter? How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement Elaine B. Sharp 2012 Spring

Asks and answers hard questions about the consequences of local government programs for democracy

Speculative Security The Politics of Pursuing Terrorist Monies Marieke de Goede 2012 Spring

Does following the money create security or undermine it?

The Neoliberal Deluge Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans Cedric Johnson, Editor 2011 Fall

A critical collection on the politics of disaster and reconstruction in New Orleans

Coming soon

University of Minnesota Press

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