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The City, Revisited: Urban Theory from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York The City, Revisited Urban Theory from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York Dennis R. Judd and Dick Simpson, Editors 2010 Fall
Reexamining urban scholarship for the twenty-first century
The Parent as Citizen: A Democratic Dilemma The Parent as Citizen A Democratic Dilemma Brian Duff 2010 Fall
How ideas about parenthood undermine politics
Breaks in the Chain: What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy Breaks in the Chain What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy Paul Apostolidis 2010 Fall
How immigrants’ stories can transform social power
The Divided World: Human Rights and Its Violence The Divided World Human Rights and Its Violence Randall Williams 2010 Spring
Examines why some people are deemed worthy of human rights and others are not
Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People Bad for Democracy How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People Dana D. Nelson 2010 Spring
Voting for the president is not enough—a bold call to reclaim democracy
Developing Partnerships: Gender, Sexuality, and the Reformed World Bank Developing Partnerships Gender, Sexuality, and the Reformed World Bank Kate Bedford 2009 Fall
What are the actual effects of the World Bank’s “family-strengthening” policies?
Shanghai Rising: State Power and Local Transformations in a Global Megacity Shanghai Rising State Power and Local Transformations in a Global Megacity Xiangming Chen, Editor 2009 Spring
Analyzing a Chinese city’s dazzling rise to global megacity status
American Prophecy: Race and Redemption in American Political Culture American Prophecy Race and Redemption in American Political Culture George Shulman 2008 Fall
The political meaning of prophetic language in America
Politics at the Airport Politics at the Airport Mark B. Salter, Editor 2008 Fall
Establishes the airport as a crucial site in the rise of the surveillance state
Whose Hunger?: Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid Whose Hunger? Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid Jenny Edkins 2008 Fall
An analytical look at the ways we define and respond to famine.
Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way: A Comprehensive Guide for Candidates and Campaign Workers Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way A Comprehensive Guide for Candidates and Campaign Workers Jeff Blodgett, Bill Lofy, Ben Goldfarb, Erik Peterson and Sujata Tejwani 2008 Fall
Not politics as usual—advanced strategy for running and winning a progressive campaign
The New Nativism: Proposition 187 and the Debate over Immigration The New Nativism Proposition 187 and the Debate over Immigration Robin Dale Jacobson 2008 Spring
Challenges the role of the “race card” in contemporary politics
Geopolitical Exotica: Tibet in Western Imagination Geopolitical Exotica Tibet in Western Imagination Dibyesh Anand 2007 Fall
Unsettles common views of “Tibetanness” while suggesting a way forward
Borderscapes: Hidden Geographies and Politics at Territory’s Edge Borderscapes Hidden Geographies and Politics at Territory’s Edge Prem Kumar Rajaram and Carl Grundy-Warr, Editors 2007 Fall
A multidisciplinary exploration of national borders—in theory and in practice
Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics Revolutionaries to Race Leaders Black Power and the Making of African American Politics Cedric Johnson 2007 Fall
What happened to the revolutionary goals of the Black Power movement?