Category: Political Science

• ISA 2013 Book Highlights: Rave Reviews for Cambria Press Titles!

  The following titles by Cambria Press in international studies are being highlighted for the 2013 International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference in San Francisco (click on links for more details): The Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada: Private-Sector Involvement in the Federal Provincial Health Care System by Howard A. Palley, Marie-Pascale Pomey,…

  Cambria Press

  March 28, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, American Politics, Asian Studies, Book Review, Communication, International Studies, Latin American Studies, New Scholarly Books, Political Science, Public Health, Sociology

  9/11, AAsian Anthropologist, Adams Bodomo, African diaspora, Africans in China, Anthony Rausch, Archival Research, Asian Studies, Barack Obama, Brian Bow, British Journal of Canadian Studies, Cambria Press, Canada, Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Canada-U.S. relations, Canadian economy, Canadian foreign policy, Canadian health care, Canadian Minister of National Health and Welfare, Canadian public policy, Canadian studies, Canadian-American, Charles Doran, Chih-yu Shih, China, China and India, China Quarterly, China Review International, Chinese, Chinese culture, Christopher Sands, Colin Robertson, Confucian, contemporary Japanese society, Continental Accord, CUFTA, David G. Haglund, Debora L. VanNijnatten, democracy, democratization, demographics, demography, depopulation, DPRK, Earl Fry, East Asia, Eastern Zhou, federalism, Forgotten Partnership, Geoffrey Hale, Global identity, Greg Anderson, Han S. Park, hermit kingdom, Hongloumeng, Howard Palley, International Studies Association, International Studies Association. ISA, ISA, Isabel Studer, Islam in Asia, Japan, Japanese, Joel J. Sokolsky, Johan Galtung, John Herd Thompson, John Kirton, Jonathan Polk, Joseph T. Jockel, Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Richard Nossal, Louis Balthazar, Louis Belanger, Malcolm D. Knight, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Monique Bégin, Muslim, mythology, NAFTA, Nicolas Choquette-Levy, NNikkei, Nobuko Adachi, North American Free Trade Agreement, North Korea, Obamacare, Ontario, Owen B. Adams, Patrick James, Peter J. Katzenstein, Peter Matanle, Pierre Martin, Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada, population change, post-industrial change, Publius, Quebec. Alberta, Reena Marwah, Regan Damron, Reginald C. Stuart, regional development, Robert Bothwell, S Singapore, Sacred Display, Sarasvati Award, Shiping Hua, shrinking communities, socioeconomic, South Korea, Swaran Singh, Taiwan, trade agreement, tsunami, US debt, US economy, US foreign policy, v, Vietnam, world financial crisis, Zhengxu Wang

• Outstanding Cambria Press Book Review! British Journal of Canadian Studies praises Forgotten Partnership Redux highly!

  Cambria Press congratulates Greg Anderson and Christopher Sands on the review on their highly acclaimed book Forgotten Partnership Redux: Canada-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century by the British Journal of Canadian Studies! The journal commends the book, stating that “This book will certainly be as useful as its predecessor … offer[s] keen insights into Canadian-American affairs, taking…

  Cambria Press

  March 27, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, International Studies, Political Science

  9/11, Barack Obama, Brian Bow, British Journal of Canadian Studies, Cambria Press, Canada, Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Canada-U.S. relations, Canadian economy, Canadian foreign policy, Canadian studies, Canadian-American, Charles Doran, Christopher Sands, Colin Robertson, Continental Accord, CUFTA, David G. Haglund, Debora L. VanNijnatten, Earl Fry, Forgotten Partnership, Geoffrey Hale, Greg Anderson, International Studies Association, ISA, Isabel Studer, Joel J. Sokolsky, John Herd Thompson, John Kirton, Joseph T. Jockel, Kim Richard Nossal, Louis Balthazar, Louis Belanger, Malcolm D. Knight, NAFTA, Nicolas Choquette-Levy, North American Free Trade Agreement, Patrick James, Pierre Martin, Reginald C. Stuart, Robert Bothwell, trade agreement, US debt, US economy, US foreign policy, v, world financial crisis

• Cambria Press Rave Review by Publius: The Journal of Federalism for The Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada

  Cambria Press congratulates Howard A. Palley, Marie-Pascale Pomey, and Owen B. Adams on the outstanding review on their well-praised book The Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada by Publius: The Journal of Federalism! The review commends the book because it is “comparative and multidimensional” and add that “the study carefully documents the conflicts inherent in any federal…

  Cambria Press

  March 27, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, Book Review, New Scholarly Books, Political Science, Public Health

  Cambria Press, Canada, Canadian health care, Canadian Minister of National Health and Welfare, Canadian public policy, federalism, Howard Palley, International Studies Association. ISA, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Monique Bégin, Obamacare, Ontario, Owen B. Adams, Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada, Publius, Quebec. Alberta

• AAS 2013 Book Highlights: Outstanding Reviews for Cambria Press Titles!

  In addition to the titles in the Cambria Sinophone World Series, the following titles in Asian Studies are being highlighted for the 2013 Asian Studies Association (AAS) annual conference in San Diego (click on links for more details): Sacred Display: Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia by Miriam Robbins Dexter and Victor H. Mair…

  Cambria Press

  March 13, 2013

  AAS, Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, Africana Studies, anthropology, Asian Studies, Book Review, History, International Studies, Literature, New Scholarly Books, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Women’s Studies

  Adams Bodomo, aesthetics, African diaspora, Africans in China, Anthony E. Clark, Anthony Rausch, Archaeoastronomy, Asian Anthropologist, Asian Studies, Ban Gu, Cambria Press, Cambria Sinophone World Series, Chih-yu Shih, China, China and India, China Quarterly, China Review International, Chinese, Chinese culture, Chinese painting, Chinese poetry, Chinese poetry-painting, Comets. Meteor Showers, Confucian, contemporary Japanese society, Daan Pan, David Pankenier, democratization, demographics, demography, depopulation, DPRK, Dream of the Red Chamber, East Asia, Eastern Zhou, Five Dynasties, Former Shu, Global identity, Han Period, Han S. Park, hermit kingdom, Hongloumeng, Ingrid Furniss, Islam in Asia, Japan, Japanese, Johan Galtung, Jonathan Polk, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Liu Zaifu, Miriam Robbins Dexter, Music in Ancient China, Muslim, mythology, Nicolas Bessaraboff Prize, Nikkei, Nobuko Adachi, North Korea, Peter J. Katzenstein, Peter Matanle, population change, post-industrial change, Reena Marwah, Regan Damron, regional development, Sacred Display, Sarasvati Award, Shiping Hua, shiyitu, shrinking communities, Shu Yunzhong, Singapore, socioeconomic, South Korea, Swaran Singh, Taiwan, Ten Kingdoms, tihuashi, tsunami, Victor Mair, Vietnam, Wang Jian, Yaotiao Jiang, Zhengxu Wang, Zhentao Xu

• Cambria Press New Book! Author Interview with Professor Leif Lewin on 2119–The Year Global Democracy Will Be Realized

  Cambria Press is pleased to present the following Q&A session with Professor Leif Lewin on his recently published book, 2119 – The Year Global Democracy Will Be Realized. Question: Why did you decide to write this book? Leif Lewin: I decided to write 2119 – The Year Global Democracy Will Be Realized because I felt a growing unease with the…

  Cambria Press

  February 27, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, New Scholarly Books, Political Science

  2119, Cambria Press, Chou En-lai, citizen, deliberation, democracy, democratic, economic institution, exit and legal accountability, external accountability, global democracy, globalization, legal institution, Leif Lewin, output-legitimization, pluralistic accountability, political leader, regulation, Treaty of Versailles, Uppsala University, utopia, world politics

• Excellent Cambria Press Book Review! CHOICE praises Presidential Electors and the Electoral College for being “an important, if not definitive, study of the subject”!

  Cambria Press congratulates Professor Robert Alexander on the outstanding book review of Presidential Electors and the Electoral College: An Examination of Lobbying, Wavering Electors, and Campaigns for Faithless Votes by CHOICE, the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. The review praises the book…

  Cambria Press

  February 19, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, New Scholarly Books, Political Science

  2016 election, Barack Obama, Cambria Press, CHOICE, CNN, Democrat, electoral college, electors, GOP, Mitt Romney, November 6, NPR, Poll, president, presidential race, Republican, Robert Alexander, U.S. government, Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act, vote, Voting

• The Memory of Slavery and Human Trafficking Today – Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present (General Editor: Ana Lucia Araujo)

  This new series by Cambria Press will feature high-quality, innovative, and peer-reviewed monographs and edited books that examine the history of slavery and how its memories and legacies remain alive in various regions of the globe. With this aim, the series will include studies on contemporary slavery and human trafficking as well. The geographical scope of…

  Cambria Press

  November 27, 2012

  African Studies, Africana Studies, ASA: African Studies Association, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Women’s Studies

  human trafficking, modern slavery, slavery and emancipation, slavery and ethnicity, slavery and history, slavery and identity

• Tough Times for the President!

  Cambria Press is proud to announce that Tough Times for the President: Political Adversity and the Sources of Executive Power by Ryan J. Barilleaux and Jewerl Maxwell is now available. Needless to say, the title sums up what is in store for President Barack Obama. This book is in the Politics, Institutions, and Public Policy in…

  Cambria Press

  November 15, 2012

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Political Science

  American presidency, Jewerl Maxwell, Obama, president, Ryan J. Barilleaux, tough times for the president

• A New (and Better) Kind of SUPERPAC by Sean Q Kelly

  Political scientist Dr. Sean Q Kelly has put forth a bold and refreshing idea as some already begin working towards the 2016 presidential elections. He presents a solution that would push politicians to work for the people and not have to pander to the parties. * * * * * * * * As the noise of the…

  Cambria Press

  November 12, 2012

  Political Science

  2016, and Public Policy in America book series, Cambria Press Politics, Congress, Democrat, Institutions, party politics, presidential election, Republican, Scott Frisch, Sean Q Kelly, superPAC, taxes, U.S. government

• Obamacare – Possible Lessons from Canada

  Cambria Press is proud to announce that The Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada by Howard A. Palley, Marie-Pascale Pomey, and Owen B. Adams is now available. This is an especially welcome resource as the world watches how Obamacare will transform the American political landscape and business environment. Former Canadian Minister of National…

  Cambria Press

  November 11, 2012

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Political Science, Public Health

  Alberta, Canada, Canada Health Act, Canadian healthcare, health care, Howard A. Palley, Marie-Pascale Pomey, medicare, Monique Bégin, Obamacare, Ontario, Owen B. Adams, Quebec, socialist