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Government and Politics Book Titles 2013

This annual Brookings Press catalog covers a wide spectrum of governmental and political issues, including political theory, federalism, education policy, urban policy, public administration, civil rights, constitutional law, health care policy, Congress and the presidency, security and defense policy, and others. With this breadth of topics and the strength of Brookings Press scholarship, look no further for your course adoption needs.

Brookings Institution Government and Politics Catalog

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Featured Books

 White House Influence Over Distributing Federal Grants

Presidential Pork:
White House Influence Over the Distribution of Federal Grants
John Hudak

Hudak reveals how the forces, biases, interests, and politics that influence the distribution of federal funds have a profound impact on public policy and American society.


  

Ports in a Storm:
Public Management in a Turbulent World
John D. Donahue, Mark H. Moore

A team of Harvard Kennedy School Scholars consider the monumental challenge of driving rapid change in a complex system involving hundreds of private organizations and scores of government agencies with their operations intricately intertwined.
  Cover: Strife and Progress

Strife and Progress:
Portfolio Strategies for Managing Urban Schools
Christine Campbell, Betheny Gross, Paul T. Hill

Campbell, Gross and Hill use extensive case studies from five cities and opens up a critical dialogue between state education leaders and communities about assessing the performance of schools.