A text book for students on foundation degrees which are structured around the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Children's Workforce.

Provides in-depth examination and insight into how candidates plan and execute advertising campaigns, how the media covers these campaigns, and how American voters are ultimately influenced by them.

This is an exciting new edition of a core text that draws on a range of interwoven themes within the field of early childhood studies, clearly showing how these themes are reflected and played out in different contexts.

This book describes, in non-technical terms, the definition, history, process, management, and future trends of each intelligence collection source (INT).

Takes the position that US bureaucracy is neither a generalized failure not a sinkhole of waste as mythologized by anti-government ideologues. Rather, it is one of the most effective and innovative sets of administrative institutions of any government in the world today.

Including an examination of the 2008 financial crisis, this book looks at how the US political systems fares when put under pressure

This textbook introduces state-of-the-art research in simple and accessible terms to make sense of populism as a major driving force of politics today. It is an essential companion for all undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the empirical study of populism.

Now in its Tenth Edition, Mark Lowenthal's book is the go-to resource for understanding the intelligence community.

A complete guide to effective social work with children and families in Scotland.

Latin American Politics reflects just how much the region has changed in the last two decades by drawing on contemporary research in comparative studies to highlight the big questions that political scientists seek to answer today.