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Judicial Politics In Texas: Partisanship, Money, And Politics In State Courts (Teaching Texts in Law and ...
Kyle Cheek, Anthony Champagne

Peter Lang Publishing, 2005

In recent years, judicial elections have changed dramatically. The elections themselves have become increasingly partisan, interest group involvement in judicial races has escalated, recent court decisions have freed judicial candidates to speak more openly than ever before about their judicial ideologies, and the tenor of judicial campaigns has departed significantly from what were once low-key, sleepy affairs. This book examines the evolution ...

Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems ...
Thomas Ferguson

University Of Chicago Press, 1995

"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of Golden Rule , a provocative, pungent history of modern American politics. Although the role big money plays in defining political outcomes has long been obvious to ordinary Americans, most pundits and scholars have virtually dismissed this assumption. Even in light of skyrocketing campaign costs, the belief that major financial interests primarily determine who parties nominate ...

Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion

7 reviews
Daniel S. Greenberg

University Of Chicago Press, 2003

Best of Four Books That Blend Together Nicely
This is the best of the four books I chose to look into this topic, easily the most comprehensive and balanced, with a strong ethical component; it shows how the competition for money, rather than scientific progress, is diverting scarce resources and frustrating needed advances. It does not, however, provide a complete picture. Three other books are helpful: The Republican War on Science ...

Diagnosis: Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison

2 reviews
Jane M. Hightower

Island Press, 2008

Hightower's bombshell
How would most people feel knowing that (spoiler alert): -the most influential studies of two of the most horrendous mass mercury poisonings in history-- the Minimata fish poisoning and the Iraqi grain poisoning-- were funded by the fishing industry and EPRI, the Electric Power Research Institute. And that EPRI is the world's largest lobbying organization for coal-fired power, itself the ...

Money, Politics, and Campaign Finance Reform Law in the States

Carolina Academic Pr, 2002

This book is an important and exciting examination of campaign finance reform laws and the role of money in state politics up through the 2000 elections. Written by leading scholars on state politics and campaign finance reform, this book is the first to provide in-depth case studies that describe the reality of the impact money has on state politics; what efforts have been undertaken to regulate money in politics and elections; and how ...

It's a Disaster: The Money and Politics that Follow Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Other Catastrophic Losses
David Russell

Silver Lake Publishers, 1999

This book shows people how the insurance industry, finance companies and government agencies calculate and respond to the risks posed by disasters.

Money for Art: The Tangled Web of Art and Politics in American Democracy
David A. Smith

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008

Government funding of the arts in America has never followed an easy course. Whether on a local or national scale, political support for the arts carries with it a sense of exchange-the expectation that in return for money the community will benefit. But this concept is fraught with potential difficulties that touch upon basic tensions between individual creativity and community standards. In Money for Art, David Smith traces the history of ...

American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury

193 reviews
Kevin Phillips

Viking Adult, 2006

This book is to Christians what Mein Kampf was to Jews
Not to much else to say. It's an excuse for marginalization and mistreatment of a particular people. Vote for my comment if you've read it and agree. Five stars because it's a must read if you want to understand hate speech using big words.

Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis

2 reviews
Kitty Calavita, Henry N. Pontell, ...

University of California Press, 1999

What everyone missed but payed for.
A rigourously detailed, cited, and sad indictment on one of the most significant domestic issues in recent U.S.A. history. Read how the bankers and politicians saw it coming, but instead of prevention, deliberatly increased the magnitude of the crisis to a level of such massive debt, that the American public would be forced to flip the bill instead of the criminals who are at fault.

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism

72 reviews
Kevin Phillips

Viking Adult, 2008

Bad Money is right on the Money
After listening to this audio book I felt like I was beginning to understand some of the financial quagmire big money has gotten our country into, perhaps it will make me a wiser investor. I have bought this book for several of my friends.

Freezing in the Dark: Money, Power, Politics and The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy
Ron Arnold

Merril Press, 2007

Stunning exposé of today s left wing power and pressure groups, tracking the money that wealthy individuals and foundations use to manipulate their political strategy, and revealing the web of dangers they pose for America s free society, its energy future, and its political survival.

The Politics of Fear: How Republicans Use Money, Race, and the Media to Win
Manuel G. Gonzales, Richard Delgado

Paradigm Publishers, 2006

What explains the electoral success of Republicans, particularly of the ascendant right wing who now dominate the Party? Based on a thorough and up-to-date examination of the New Right over twenty five years, The Politics of Fear proposes some provocative answers, including globalization, new technologies, and a far-reaching network of right-wing think tanks and foundations. As the authors show, all have opened the doors to a new politics of ...

Money Politics in Japan: New Rules, Old Practices
Matthew Carlson

Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007

Have the far-reaching political reforms enacted in Japan more than a decade ago succeeded in reducing corruption and the high costs of elections? Or have the results been "business as usual"? Matthew Carlson analyzes the ebb and flow of money in Japanese politics, drawing on extensive fieldwork and detailed campaign-finance data to investigate campaign practices, party strategies, and the effects of formal and informal rules.

Wild Blue Yonder: Money, Politics, and the B-1 Bomber

1 review
Nick Kotz

Princeton Univ Pr, 1989

WANNA KNOW ABOUT CORRUPTION? READ THIS!
A GREAT BOOK IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND MILITARY CONTRACTING...SHOWS HOW WE BUILT A PLAN EVEN THE AIR FORCE DIDN'T WANT! THIS BOOK IS VERY EDUCATIONAL...I USED IT EXTENSIVELY DURING MY INVESTIGATIVE WORK AS A JOURNALIST WHILE RESEARCHING FAULTY CONSTRUCTION METHODS USED ON THE PLANE...IT'S REALLY A BOOK WORTH READING.

Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life as it Could Be

2 reviews
Tenzin Gyatso, Fabien Quaki, ...

Wisdom Publications, 1999

Unique
You know before reading this book, I thought I had pretty much captured most of what the Dalai Lama had to offer by way of the written word. But this book gave me a different glimpse into the man, where we find a dialogue of intimacy and open honesty unlike we have ever seen in his other works (still wonderful other works, at that!). My favorite section in here was called "The Seduction of the ...

Drug Politics: Dirty Money and Democracies

5 reviews
David C. Jordan

University of Oklahoma Press, 1999

The Drug Problem is a bigger problem
At last a comprehensive study of the "Drug Issue". This book not only deals with hard facts but provides a solid theoretical framework of analysis. The author provides a lot of information and references, plus a new interpretation on the nature of the Drug Problem seen in a historical perspective. If you want to know how Drugs, Governments, Businessmen, Financial Institutions, media and organized ...

Hot Money and the Politics of Debt, Third Edition

1 review
R. T. Naylor

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004

Excellent, even if "grand unification" theme is suspect
This is a book every single US Senator and Representative should read. The title derives from the reality that illicitly gotten funds create their own momentum as the funds are laundered throughout the world, creating interest, mayhem, and leaving 3rd world countries (preyed upon for weak financial regulations) struggling under massive debt they didn't really incur.

Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange (Studies in Anthropology and History)
GREGORY

Harwood Academic, 1997

The mark of a civilized economy is national money; the English pound, the Australian dollar, the Indian rupee. The mark of a savage economy is untamed money in the form of cowrie shells, silver, gold and so on. The power of the state is crucially dependent on its ability to domesticate savage money and to reproduce its control over it. This is a constant struggle and especially so for an imperial state with ambitions of international ...

Universities and Empire: Money and Politics in the Social Sciences during the Cold War

New Press, 1999

Now available in paperback, a shocking examination of the politics of intellectual life during the Cold War. Now in paperback, Universities and Empire is a fascinating exploration of the seamier connections between academic research and official public policy during the most turbulent years of the Cold War. It explores the effects of the U.S. military, intelligence, and propaganda agencies on academic culture and intellectual life. Essays by ...

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