Award-Winning Books: Political Science and Public Policy
Behind the Backlash
Muslim Americans after 9/11
230 pages
6 x 9
1 table, 3 figures
PB: 978-1-59213-983-5 $30.95 Oct 10
HC: 978-1-59213-982-8 $86.50 Oct 10
Ebook: 978-1-59213-984-2 $30.95 Oct 10
Best Book Award from the American Sociological Association's section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity, 2013
Midwest Sociological Society Distinguished Book Award, 2012
Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero
Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics
242 pages
6 x 9
26 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0977-5 $31.95 Nov 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0976-8 $81.50 Jan 13
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0978-2 $31.95 Jan 13
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2013
Challenging Beijing's Mandate of Heaven
Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement
288 pages
6 x 9
5 tables, 6 figures, 2 maps
PB: 978-1-4399-1707-7 $39.95 Jan 19
HC: 978-1-4399-1706-0 $104.50 Jan 19
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1708-4 $39.95 Jan 19
Named one of the "Best Books" of 2019 by Foreign Affairs
Taiwan's Academica Sinica Book Award, 2019
Chilean New Song
The Political Power of Music, 1960s-1973
254 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1152-5 $45.95 May 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1151-8 $98.50 May 15
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1153-2 $45.95 May 15
Cecil B. Currey Book Award, 2015
The City on the Hill from Below
The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics
250 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-0656-9 $30.95 Aug 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0655-2 $71.50 Jun 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0657-6 $30.95 Jun 11
American Political Science Association's Foundations of Political Theory First Book Award, 2012
The Concept of the Social in Uniting the Humanities and Social Sciences
538 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1016-0 $30.95 Jan 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1015-3 $65.50 Jun 14
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1017-7 $30.95 Jun 14
Michael Brown, recipient of 2019 American Sociology Association Marxist Section's Lifetime Achievement Award
Cultural Politics and Social Movements
384 pages
6 x 9
2 tables 10 figures
PB: 978-1-56639-323-2 $36.95 Jul 95
HC: 978-1-56639-322-5 $69.95 Jul 95
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0454-1 $36.95 Jul 95
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1996
The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
Lessons from Vancouver on Building a Livable City
262 pages
6 x 9
7 tables, 11 figures, 4 halftones, 6 maps
PB: 978-1-4399-1394-9 $34.95 Oct 16
HC: 978-1-4399-1393-2 $94.50 Oct 16
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1395-6 $34.95 Oct 16
Canadian Sociological Association's John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award, 2017
The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons
232 pages
5.5 x 8.25
3 tables
PB: 978-1-59213-185-3 $27.95 Jan 06
HC: 978-1-59213-184-6 $71.50 Jan 06
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0441-1 $27.95 Jan 06
Honorable Mention at the 2006 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards
Doing Comparable Worth
Gender, Class, and Pay Equity
272 pages
6 x 9
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0572-2 $34.95 Feb 91
Jessie Bernard Prize of the American Sociological Association for Life Achievement, 1989
Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling
Lessons from the Inside
224 pages
5.5 x 8.25
13 tables 2 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-643-8 $28.95 Jan 08
HC: 978-1-59213-642-1 $76.50 Jan 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-644-5 $28.95
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2008
El Salvador in the Eighties
Counterinsurgency and Revolution
256 pages
5.5 x 8.25
22 tables, 1 figs., 1 maps
PB: 978-1-56639-432-1 $27.95 Jun 96
HC: 978-1-56639-431-4 $78.50 Jun 96
Casa de las Amèricas Prize for the Spanish Edition, 1990
The Ethics of Care
A Feminist Approach to Human Security
200 pages
5.5 x 8.25
PB: 978-1-4399-0066-6 $27.95 Sep 11
HC: 978-1-4399-0065-9 $76.50 Sep 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0067-3 $27.95 Sep 11
J. Ann Tickner Book Prize from the International Studies Association, 2014
The Evangelical Crackup?
The Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition
302 pages
6 x 9
13 tables, 52 figures
PB: 978-1-4399-1522-6 $37.95 Oct 18
HC: 978-1-4399-1521-9 $104.50 Oct 18
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1523-3 $37.95 Oct 18
Paul Djupe, recipient of the 2021 Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award, American Political Science Association
Extradition, Politics, and Human Rights
456 pages
7 x 10
PB: 978-1-56639-823-7 $51.95 Jan 01
HC: 978-1-56639-822-0 $89.50 Jan 01
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2002
From Identity to Politics
The Lesbian and Gay Movements in the United States
256 pages
6 x 9
1 tables, 2 figs.
PB: 978-1-56639-905-0 $32.95 Nov 01
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Foundation's 15th Annual Lambda Literary Award in Biography, 2003
Good Reasons to Run
Women and Political Candidacy
324 pages
6 x 9
8 tables, 32 figures, 2 maps
PB: 978-1-4399-1956-9 $37.95 May 20
HC: 978-1-4399-1955-2 $109.50 May 20
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1957-6 $37.95 May 20
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2020
Mirya Holman, recipient Erika Fairchild Award from the Southern Political Science Association's Women's Caucus, 2022
The Great Migration and the Democratic Party
Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century
214 pages
5.25 x 8.5
12 tables, 1 figures, 3 halftones, 1 map
PB: 978-1-4399-1746-6 $27.95 Feb 20
HC: 978-1-4399-1745-9 $74.50 Feb 20
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1747-3 $27.95 Feb 20
W.E. B. DuBois Book Awardee, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2021
Healing Our Divided Society
Investing in America Fifty Years after the Kerner Report
488 pages
6 x 9
9 tables, 54 figures
PB: 978-1-4399-1603-2 $24.95 Mar 18
HC: 978-1-4399-1602-5 $99.50 Mar 18
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2018
Hegemony
The New Shape of Global Power
296 pages
6 x 9
10 tables, 4 figures, 9 halftones, 3 maps
PB: 978-1-59213-153-2 $39.95 Apr 05
HC: 978-1-59213-152-5 $76.50 Apr 05
Ebook: 978-1-59213-767-1 $39.95 Apr 05
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2005
The Historiography of Communism
264 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-922-4 $31.95 Dec 08
HC: 978-1-59213-921-7 $86.50 Dec 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-923-1 $31.95 Dec 08
Michael Brown, recipient of 2019 American Sociology Association Marxist Section's Lifetime Achievement Award
The International Monetary Fund and Latin America
The Argentine Puzzle in Context
264 pages
6 x 9
2 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-0910-2 $
HC: 978-1-4399-0909-6 $76.50 Jan 13
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0911-9 $76.50
Honorable Mention, Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award Committee of the Latin American Studies Association, 2014
Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States
296 pages
6 x 9
14 tables
PB: 978-1-56639-755-1 $36.95 Apr 00
HC: 978-1-56639-754-4 $75.50 Apr 00
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0609-5 $36.95 Apr 00
"Best Book Award" from the American Political Science Association Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics for the category of "Public Policies, Legal and Social Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Politics", 2001
Latinos and the U.S. Political System
Two-Tiered Pluralism
256 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-0-87722-910-0 $34.95 Jan 92
HC: 978-0-87722-909-4 $69.95 Jan 92
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0443-5 $34.95
Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association, 1993
The Making of Asian America through Political Participation
312 pages
6 x 9
21 tables
PB: 978-1-56639-895-4 $32.95 Sep 01
HC: 978-1-56639-894-7 $86.50 Sep 01
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0543-2 $32.95 Sep 01
Best Book published in the areas of Political Participation, Voting, Elections, and Political Behavior in Racial/Ethnic Politics by the Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics of the American Political Science Association, 2002
Movements in Times of Democratic Transition
390 pages
6 x 9
34 tables, 16 figures
PB: 978-1-4399-1181-5 $35.95 Jan 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1180-8 $95.50 Jan 15
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1182-2 $35.95
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2015
New Social Movements
From Ideology to Identity
368 pages
6 x 9
3 tables, 1 figs.
PB: 978-1-56639-187-0 $37.95 Aug 94
HC: 978-1-56639-186-3 $81.50 Aug 94
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0141-0 $37.95 Aug 94
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1995
Nuclear Power and Social Power
208 pages
5.5 x 8.25
1 tables
PB: 978-1-56639-486-4 $32.95 Nov 96
HC: 978-1-56639-485-7 $83.50 Nov 96
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1997
On the Stump
Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia
232 pages
6 x 9
8 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-1504-2 $27.95 Sep 17
HC: 978-1-4399-1503-5 $89.50 Sep 17
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1505-9 $27.95 Sep 17
New South Wales Premier's History Award in General History, 2018
Politics and the Class Divide
Working People and the Middle Class Left
320 pages
6 x 9
4 tables, 3 figs.
PB: 978-1-56639-255-6 $36.95 Dec 94
HC: 978-1-56639-254-9 $84.50 Dec 94
Finalist for Transformational Politics Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1996
The Politics of Diversity
Immigration, Resistance, and Change in Monterey Park, California
296 pages
6 x 9
13 tables, 19 halftones, 3 maps
PB: 978-1-56639-328-7 $30.95 Jul 95
HC: 978-1-56639-327-0 $69.95 Jul 95
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0642-2 $32.95
Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Section of the American Sociological Association, 1996
Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan
Unpacking the Policy Paradox of Municipal Takeovers
272 pages
5.25 x 8.5
11 tables, 4 figures, 5 halftones, 1 map
PB: 978-1-4399-1567-7 $32.95 Oct 19
HC: 978-1-4399-1566-0 $94.50 Oct 19
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1568-4 $32.95 Oct 19
American Society for Public Administration Section on Democracy and Social Justice Book Award, 2019
American Political Science Association Robert A. Dahl Award, 2020
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2020
Race Appeal
How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns
272 pages
6 x 9
38 tables, 23 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0276-9 $29.95 Feb 11
HC: 978-1-4399-0275-2 $81.50 Feb 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0277-6 $29.95 Feb 11
Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association, 2012
Selected as “‘The Best of the Best’ from the University Presses” Books For Public and High School Libraries” for the ALA Annual Conference, 2012
Religion and Political Tolerance in America
Advances in the State of the Art
276 pages
6 x 9
24 tables, 18 figures
PB: 978-1-4399-1233-1 $32.95 Jun 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1232-4 $85.50 Jul 15
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1234-8 $32.95
Paul Djupe, recipient of the 2021 Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award, American Political Science Association
Rude Democracy
Civility and Incivility in American Politics
216 pages
5.5 x 8.25
4 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-0336-0 $14.95 Apr 20
HC: 978-1-4399-0335-3 $26.95 Aug 10
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0337-7 $14.95 Apr 20
Doris Graber Award, American Political Science Association, 2013
Association of American University Presses Book Jacket Award, 2011
Rude Democracy
Civility and Incivility in American Politics
226 pages
5.5 x 8.25
4 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-0336-0 $14.95 Apr 20
HC: 978-1-4399-0335-3 $26.95 Aug 10
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0337-7 $14.95 Apr 20
Awards from the previous edition:
Doris Graber Award, American Political Science Association, 2013
Association of American University Presses Book Jacket Award, 2011
Seeking Community in a Global City
Guatemalans and Salvadorans in Los Angeles
304 pages
6 x 9
12 tables, 2 figs., 22 halftones, 5 maps
PB: 978-1-56639-868-8 $29.95 Jun 01
HC: 978-1-56639-867-1 $81.50 Jun 01
Best book published in the area of Race/Ethnicity and Foreign Policy/Globalization given by the section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics of the American Political Science Association, 2002
Shaming the Constitution
The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation
324 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1292-8 $37.95 Feb 17
HC: 978-1-4399-1291-1 $94.50 Feb 17
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1293-5 $37.95 Feb 17
Heather Cucolo, recipient of the 2018 New York Law School Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Award
The Struggling State
Nationalism, Mass Militarization, and the Education of Eritrea
258 pages
6 x 9
HC: 978-1-4399-1270-6 $70.50 Jan 16
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1272-0 $36.00 Jan 16
Honorable Mention for the 2018 Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award from The Comparative and International Education Society
Taking Juvenile Justice Seriously
Developmental Insights and System Challenges
304 pages
6 x 9
5 tables, 26 figures
PB: 978-1-4399-1579-0 $39.95 Oct 19
HC: 978-1-4399-1578-3 $104.50 Oct 19
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1580-6 $39.95 Oct 19
2020 Outstanding Contribution Award, given by the American Society of Criminology's Division of Development and Life Course Criminology
Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants
Race, Gender, and Immigration Politics in the Age of Security
236 pages
6 x 9
1 table, 1 halftone
PB: 978-1-4399-1286-7 $30.95 Sep 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1285-0 $76.50 Sep 15
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1287-4 $30.95 Sep 15
American Political Science Association's Latino Politics Best Book Prize, 2016
There Goes the 'Hood
Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up
248 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-437-3 $31.95 Jun 06
HC: 978-1-59213-436-6 $81.50 Jun 06
Ebook: 978-1-59213-438-0 $31.95 Jun 06
Winner of the Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award, 2007
Undocumented Fears
Immigration and the Politics of Divide and Conquer in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
226 pages
6 x 9
1 halftone
PB: 978-1-4399-1268-3 $28.95 Feb 16
HC: 978-1-4399-1267-6 $89.50 Feb 16
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1269-0 $28.95 Feb 16
North Central Sociological Association's scholarly achievement awards, 2017
Who Cares for the Elderly?
Public Policy and the Experiences of Adult Daughters
248 pages
6 x 9
HC: 978-0-87722-814-1 $65.50 Apr 91
Distinguished Contribution to Qualitative Gerontology, American Sociological Association, 1994
Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
288 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-024-5 $31.95 Apr 03
HC: 978-1-59213-023-8 $86.50 Apr 03
Ebook: 978-1-59213-775-6 $31.95 Apr 03
Honorable Mention in the category of Disability Rights, Gustavus Myers Book Award, 2004
Paul Longmore was selected by the American Association of People with Disabilities to receive The Henry B. Betts Award, 2004