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POLITICS, LAW, AND GOVERNMENT


                                 Roots to Power                                      Minority Voting in
                                 A Manual for                                        the United States
                                 Grassroots Organizing                               2 VOLUMES

                                 Third Edition                                       KYLE L. KREIDER AND
                                                                                     THOMAS J. BALDINO, EDITORS
                                 LEE STAPLES
                                 FOREWORD BY                                          “ A work that serious
                                 RICHARD A. CLOWARD AND                                readers and students
                                 FRANCES FOX PIVEN
                                                                                       of minority voting in
                                  “ This book could not                                the United States will
                                                                                       find challenging and
                                   be more timely! . . . The
            February 2016          breadth and range of this    December 2015          rewarding in all the best
            483pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4     new edition are absolutely   782pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4     ways.
            Hardcover: 978-1-4408-3365-6                        Print: 978-1-4408-3023-5   ”
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            $58.00, £45.00, €53.00   unparalleled.              $131.00, £101.00, €120.00      —Library Journal, April 1, 2016
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            Paperback: 978-1-4408-3371-7   Chair, Community Organizing,   What are the voting behaviors of the various minority groups
            $35.00, £27.00, €32.00
                                       University of Connecticut,    in the United States and how will they shape the elections of
                                              January 11, 2016
                                                                tomorrow? This book explores the history of minority voting
            The third edition of the manual for community organizers   blocs and their influence on future American elections.
            tells readers how to most effectively implement community
            action for social change, clearly laying out grassroots organizing
            principles, methods, and best practices.            KYLE L. KREIDER, PhD, is associate professor of political
                                                                science at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
                                                                THOMAS J. BALDINO, PhD, is professor of political science at
                                                                Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
            LEE STAPLES, PhD, MSW, is Clinical Professor Emeritus at the
            Boston University School of Social Work.
                                                                                     Ethics and Statecraft
                                 Spiro Agnew and                                     The Moral Dimension of
                                 the Rise of the                                     International Affairs

                                 Republican Right                                    Third Edition
                                 JUSTIN P. COFFEY                                    CATHAL J. NOLAN, EDITOR

                                   > AWARD WINNER                                    This collection of essays cuts to
                                                                                     the quick of the most pressing
                                 2016 Outstanding Academic Title–
                                 Choice                                              moral issues facing decision-
                                                                                     makers today, from the actions
                                  “ An engrossing and           October 2015         of ordinary soldiers in a combat
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            259pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4     researched and               Hardcover: 978-1-4408-3340-3   and where to use force.
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                                          —Choice, June 1, 2016                        and non-ideological scholarly
                                                                                       coverage of historical as well
            The narrative of Spiro Agnew’s rise and fall has never been fully   as contemporary moral issues in international affairs
            told. This compelling book tells the story of one of the most
            controversial, high-level politicians of recent American history and   CATHAL J. NOLAN, PhD, is associate professor of history and
            explains the importance of Agnew’s life and career.  executive director of the International History Institute at Boston
                                                               University.

            JUSTIN P. COFFEY, PhD, is associate professor of history at
            Quincy University, Quincy, IL.


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