Students learn best about American capitalism through contrast; the US model is one of many when it comes to health, pension, family policies, as well as labor markets and corporate governance.

This exciting new volume of 15 cases considers military, economic, human and global security issues from their roots, in the structure of world politics, to the ways in which foreign policy is made.

This new edition will guide students through the influence and reach of interest groups in U.S. politics.

Politics in Europe, Seventh Edition introduces your students to the power of the European Union as well as seven political systems-the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Poland-within a common analytical framework that enables your students to conduct both single-case and cross-national analysis.

For Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials, the driving force is the pluralist, objective stance on introducing students to core concepts in Comparative Politics.

Crossing Borders employs an interdisciplinary approach that allows students to recognize, understand and challenge the arena of international studies.

Gvosdev and Marsh's text covers not only contemporary Russian policies towards the various regions of the world, but also looks at the interactions between the various constituencies that shape and influence Russian foreign policy.

This book focuses on the statistical tools most often used by political scientists and uses political examples, cases, and data throughout to show students how to answer real questions about politics using real political data.

The first book of its kind to examine race, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities revealing the similarities and differences of groups' underrepresentation.