Tag: political science

• Secretary Ray LaHood and IOP Director David Axelrod discuss bipartisanship at the University of Chicago

  Launching his new book, Seeking Bipartisanship (coauthored with Dr. Frank Mackaman who heads The Dirksen Congressional Center), Secretary Ray LaHood will be speaking at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics on the topic that could not be timelier in American politics–bipartisanship. He will be joined by David Axelrod for this event which will take…

  Cambria Press

  November 2, 2015

  American history, American Politics, Cambria Press

  American government, APSA, Bipartisanship, Cambria author, Cambria book, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Cambria publisher, Cambria review, Congress, David Axelrod, Democrat, Dirksen, Frank Mackaman, political science, Ray LaHood, Republican, University of Chicago, US politics

• The Necessary Evil of Preventive Detention in the War on Terror

  The Chronicle of Higher Education just published an online article “My Student, the ‘Terrorist’” by Jeanne Theoharis, professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and co-founder of the group Educators for Civil Liberties. As seen, there are still many questions surrounding the preventive detention in the War on…

  Cambria Press

  October 16, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, International relations

  9/11, Alan Dershowitz, Cambria author, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Cambria review, enemy combatant policy, political science, Security Studies, Stephanie Cooper Blum, terrorism, terrorist, The Chronicle of Higher Education, War on Terror

• Presidents and Campaign Promises

  Cambria Press Publication: The Quest for Leadership In The Quest for Leadership, Meenekshi Bose, the Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies at Hofstra University and Director of Hofstra’s Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, stated that “Presidents are highly constrained in their ability to fulfill their campaign promises—they typically…

  Cambria Press

  October 7, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, APSA

  APSA, Barack Obama, Cambria author, Cambria book, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Cambria review, campaign, George W. Bush, leadership, Meenekshi Bose, Michael A. Genovese, political science, politics, POTUS, presidential, The Quest for Leadership, Thomas E. Cronin

• Seeking Bipartisanship by Secretary Ray LaHood Makes Front-Page News

  

  Seeking Bipartisanship, the new book by Secretary Ray LaHood with Frank H. Mackaman of the Dirksen Congressional Center, made front-page news this weekend. An online article is also available. It notes that like Secretary LaHood, the atypical politician: The writing for the book also followed an atypical pattern. LaHood and Mackaman started in mid-2007, in…

  Cambria Press

  October 5, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American history, American Politics, APSA, Cambria Press, Current Events

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• Outstanding Turnout for Secretary Ray LaHood’s Book Talk on Seeking Bipartisanship at Bradley University

  

  Cambria Press Book Talk by Author Secretary Ray LaHood Close to 300 people turned up for Secretary Ray LaHood’s talk on his new book, Seeking Bipartisanship, at Bradley University yesterday. The book, which was written with Dr. Frank H. Mackaman who heads the Dirksen Congressional Center, is an unprecedented book detailing Secretary LaHood’s efforts to…

  Cambria Press

  October 2, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American history, American Politics, APSA, Book Review, Current Events

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• Cambria Press Publication Excerpt from Seeking Bipartisanship by Ray LaHood with Frank H. Mackaman

  Cambria Press Publication Excerpt from Seeking Bipartisanship by Ray LaHood with Frank H. Mackaman: “Congress does not need to be —indeed should not be— a contest to see who can shout the loudest or who can throw the most accusations at the other party. We should rationally attempt to address, discuss, and solve problems on…

  Cambria Press

  October 1, 2015

  American history, American Politics, Cambria Press, Current Events

  APSA, Bipartisan, Congress, Dirksen Congressional Center, Frank H. Mackaman, government, political science, political scientist, politician, President Barack Obama, public policy, Ray LaHood, Seeking Bipartisanship, US politics

• Constitution Day – Quote from Saving American Elections by Anthony Gierzynski (Cambria PIPPA Series Publication)

  Quote from Cambria Press Publication Following last night’s GOP debate and in celebration of Constitution Day, we share a quote from Anthony Gierzynski’s well-reviewed book, Saving American Elections, that astutely captures this moment in American political history: “Americans love to have choices. In general, they demand—and get—a seemingly endless variety of options, whether groceries, home-improvement supplies, shoes,…

  Cambria Press

  September 17, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, Cambria Press, CHOICE Recommendation

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• Cambria Press Author Ivan Sascha Sheehan is the Recipient of the 2015 President’s Faculty Award

  Cambria Press is proud and pleased to congratulate author Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore, was honored today for being selected by President Kurt Schmoke to receive the 2015 President’s Faculty Award for outstanding contributions related to teaching, research, and service in support of the university’s mission. The award is the highest…

  Cambria Press

  September 9, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, Book Review, CHOICE Recommendation

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• #APSA2015 Cambria Press Book Launch for The Quest for Leadership by Michael Genovese

  Cambria Press unveiled the publication that was under wraps at the APSA 2015 Presidents and Executive Politics (PEP) reception.  The Quest for Leadership edited by eminent political scientist Michael A. Genovese (Loyola Marymount University) in honor of distinguished scholar Thomas E. Cronin was officially released the next day, and the first five APSA attendees received…

  Cambria Press

  September 5, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics

  #APSA2015, Cambria author, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Michael Genovese, political science, Presidents and Executive Politics, Quest for Leadership, Thomas Cronin

• #APSA2015 Meet Tom Cronin & Michael Genovese @CambriaPress Booth TODAY

  #APSA2015 Cambria Press Booth (705) at 10 a.m. on Friday: Meet Thomas Cronin, Michael Genovese, and the authors behind The Quest for Leadership Meet Thomas E. Cronin, Michael Genovese, and the authors behind The Quest for Leadership today at 10 a.m. at the Cambria Press booth (705) in the #APSA2015 book exhibit hall. You might…

  Cambria Press

  September 4, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Cambria Press

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