Political Science

A Kinder, Gentler America Melancholia and the Mythical 1950s Mary Caputi 2005 Fall

Examines the 1950s nostalgia that has influenced American politics since the Reagan era

Making a Better World Public Housing, the Red Scare, and the Direction of Modern Los Angeles Don Parson 2005 Spring

Chronicles the demise of public housing and social reform

Politics the Wellstone Way How to Elect Progressive Candidates and Win on Issues Wellstone Action Bill Lofy, Editor 2005 Fall

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to successful grassroots campaigning and organizing

Beyond Gated Politics Reflections for the Possibility of Democracy Romand Coles 2005 Fall

Offers an innovative intervention into the landscape of contemporary political theory

Divided Korea Toward a Culture of Reconciliation Roland Bleiker 2008 Spring

Offers a fundamental rethinking of Korean security

Virtue, Fortune, and Faith A Genealogy of Finance Marieke de Goede 2005 Spring

A revealing examination of the frequently misunderstood history of contemporary financial markets

Modernity, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey Bodies, Places, and Time Alev Çınar 2005 Spring

A surprising look at the relation between Islam and modernity

This Is the City Making Model Citizens in Los Angeles Ronald J. Schmidt Jr. 2004 Fall

A history of the urban and political forces in L.A. that sought to create virtuous and docile citizens

Contingent States Greater China and Transnational Relations William A. Callahan 2004 Fall

Studies the economic and ideological flow that permeates the borders of the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea

The Abolition of White Democracy Joel Olson 2004 Fall

Offers a new way of understanding the tortured relationship between race and democracy in the United States

Native to the Nation Disciplining Landscapes and Bodies in Australia Allaine Cerwonka 2004 Spring

How people manipulate local landscape to define their place in the world

The Politics of the Global Himadeep Muppidi 2004 Fall

Examines globalism as a social production, opening up new paths of resistance

Notorious H.I.V. The Media Spectacle of Nushawn Williams Thomas Shevory 2004 Spring

The real story behind the Nushawn Williams case: media distortions, judicial contortions, ruined lives

El Paso Local Frontiers at a Global Crossroads Victor M. Ortiz-Gonzalez 2003 Fall

A grounded and instructive analysis of the ways globalization affects a border city

State Repression and the Labors of Memory Elizabeth Jelin 2003 Fall

A timely exploration of the nature of memory and its political uses

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