Political Science

Among the new class of inductees into the “Longman Classics in Political Science” Series, this Fifth Edition updates and revises Aaron Wildavsky's classic exposition of how federal budget decisions are made and how formal budget institutions and processes are interwoven with political dynamics.

This text explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. Its critical and stimulating approach and clear, readable explanations make it essential reading for students of politics and public administration, as well as anyone trying to understand a decision-making process that affects virtually all Americans.

• Unique focus on politics: This text brings together two elements—politics and budgeting—that are usually kept separate, providing students with a real-world, dynamic view of federal budgeting.

• Historical presentation of the federal budget: To fully understand budgetary processes today, we must know how they developed. This text is the only one available that gives students the historical material they need to fully understand the system today.

• Critical Analysis: Not simply a dull recitation of facts, the book's critical approach engages students' interest and invites them to question and evaluate different topics.

• As part of the “Longman Classics in Political Science” Series, a new Foreword by Don Kettl of the University of Wisconsin-Madison explores the book's historical and enduring contribution to the discipline.

• New chapter introductions present students with the key points and topics in each chapter, to better focus their reading.

• Detailed coverage of the events of September 11, 2001 and their affect on the federal budget processes.

• New coverage of key, contemporary issues: the huge tax cut of the first Bush budget; the disappearance of the budget surplus; the failure to come to grips with the looming crisis of the retirement of the aging baby-boom generation; the restructuring of defense and homeland security; uncertainties of economic recession following unprecedented boom.

• Chapter 7 from the Fourth Edition, “The Politics of Radical Reversal” has been condensed and integrated into Chapter 6, “The Politics of Balancing Budgets,” reflecting the fact that the vaunted “Republican Revolution” did not happen.

• Coverage and prose throughout has been substantially streamlined and economized, offering students the same topics and depth in a more straightforward, understandable fashion.

 1. Budgeting as Conflicting Promises.


 2. Budgets as Struggles for Power: A Historical Perspective.


 3. The Dance of the Dollars: Classical Budgeting.


 4. The Collapse of Consensus.


 5. The Politics of Dissensus.


 6. The Politics of Balancing Budgets.


 7. Deficits and Surpluses.


 8. Entitlement.


 9. Budgeting for Defense.


10. Reform.


11. Budget of Opposites.


Glossary.


Guide to Acronyms.


Select Bibliography.


Credits.


Index.

Public Budgeting  (Political Science)

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  Deficit Politics: The Search for Balance in American Politics (Longman Classics Series), 2/E
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  ©2003 | Longman | Paper; 208 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205296971 | ISBN-13: 9780205296972
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  This Second Edition of Kettl's landmark work on public budgeting has been completely updated and is now part of the “Longman Classics in Political Science” series.

  Deficit Politics, as part of the Longman Classics series, features a new Foreword by Ross K. Baker of Rutgers University. The rest of the text has been completely updated. Like the original, the Second Edition puts deficit politics at the center of our political system and explores the politics of public budgeting with special attention to its historical roots (what are the traditional battles over budgeting?), economic impact (how do budgets steer the economy?), and the role of political institutions (how do presidents and members of Congress, in particular, resolve the political tradeoffs that lie at the core of budgetary policy?).

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  Home Style: House Members in Their Districts (Longman Classics Series)
  Fenno
  ©2003 | Longman | Paper; 336 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 032112183X | ISBN-13: 9780321121837
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  Reissued as part of the “Longman Classics in Political Science” series, Fenno's landmark study of eighteen members of Congress in their districts features a new Foreword by John Hibbing.

  Home Style, which won the 1979 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award and the 1980 D.B. Hardeman prize, has been re-issued in a "Longman Classics" Edition and features a new Foreword by renowned scholar John Hibbing of The University of Nebraska.

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  Interest Groups and Congress: Lobbying, Contributions and Influence (Longman Classics Series)
  Wright
  ©2003 | Longman | Paper; 240 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321121872 | ISBN-13: 9780321121875
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  Re-issued as part of the “Longman Classics in Political Science” series, Wright's authoritative text on interest groups in the U.S. features a new Foreword, by Bruce Oppenheimer of Vanderbilt University that explores the text's enduring contributions to the discipline.

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  Little English Handbook, The: Choices and Conventions, Longman Classics Edition, 8/E
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  ©2008 | Longman | Paper; 304 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321435095 | ISBN-13: 9780321435095
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  Written by renowned composition theorist Edward P.J. Corbett with co-author Sheryl Finkle, this pocket-sized, inexpensive, elegant little handbook addresses the most prevalent writing problems students face.  Featuring artful prose explanations on matters of grammar, style, punctuation, and mechanics, the text also serves as a guide to the conventions of research writing and documentation providing up-to-date coverage MLA, APA, CBE, and CMS documentation systems.

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  New Politics of the Budgetary Process (Longman Classics Series), The, 5/E
  Wildavsky & Caiden
  ©2004 | Longman | Paper; 288 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321159675 | ISBN-13: 9780321159670
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  Among the new class of inductees into the “Longman Classics in Political Science” Series, this Fifth Edition updates and revises Aaron Wildavsky's classic exposition of how federal budget decisions are made and how formal budget institutions and processes are interwoven with political dynamics.

  This text explains how the federal budget process has evolved and analyzes recent developments in key areas: entitlements, defense, deficit/surplus and reforms. Its critical and stimulating approach and clear, readable explanations make it essential reading for students of politics and public administration, as well as anyone trying to understand a decision-making process that affects virtually all Americans.

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  One to One: Resources for Conference Centered Writing, Longman Classics Edition, 5/E
  Dawe & Dornan
  ©2007 | Longman | Paper; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321439023 | ISBN-13: 9780321439024
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  One to One teaches students the rhetorical modes of development while emphasizing collaborative learning through both instructor conferences and peer review. 

   

  Neal Lerner authors a new Foreword that argues for conference-centered instruction as a strategy to move beyond the lecture/ recitation format, to ensure that students gain individual attention even in large classrooms, and to situate student writing at the center of the classroom.

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  Political Thinking: The Perennial Questions (Longman Classics Series), 6/E
  Tinder
  ©2004 | Longman | Paper; 264 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321005279 | ISBN-13: 9780321005274
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  Among the new class of inductees into the “Longman Classics in Political Science” Series, this reissue of Glenn Tinder's highly regarded, unique text introduces political philosophy by posing questions that help students engage in the process of political thinking.

  Political Thinking stirs critical thought in students by concentrating on the questions of the political world rather than the answers. In addition, the great philosophers' responses to these questions are traced, helping students understand the historical and contemporary importance of these questions in politics and political life. The book has been reissued with a new Foreword by Steven M. Delue of Miami University of Ohio.

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  Short Course in Writing, A: Composition, Collaborative Learning, and Constructive Reading, Longman Classics Edition, 4/E
  Bruffee
  ©2007 | Longman | Paper; 416 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321432673 | ISBN-13: 9780321432674
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  For over thirty-five years, A Short Course in Writing has helped students explore, explain, and defend their ideas through position papers, collaborative activities, and peer review. 

   

  A Short Course in Writing features an emphasis on constructivist reading and writing, sequenced and formal writing exercises, and collaborative exercises designed for in-class use.

   

  John Trimbur and Harvey Kail author a new Foreword that situates the book in its historical context, explaining how the philosophy that informs the book developed and demonstrating how it continues to influence classroom pedagogy to this day.

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  Writing Well, Longman Classics Edition, 9/E
  Hall & Birkerts
  ©2007 | Longman | Paper; 400 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321439015 | ISBN-13: 9780321439017
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  Co-authored by two esteemed writers, Writing Well, is a beautifully-written and thoroughly readable guide to the craft of writing prose. 

   

  Donald Hall, National Book Critics Circle Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee, and Sven Birkerts, recipient of awards from the National Book Critics Circle and PEN, bring their talents to this concise, lively text that covers all aspects of writing but is best known for its signature chapters on words, sentences, and paragraphs.  Going beyond the basics of composition, the text teaches originality and elegance in writing, and encourages students to develop their own written voice. Sample student papers--including several works in progress--allow students to learn the writing process through the work of their peers.  A brief handbook section rounds out the coverage.

   

  Sven Birkerts’ new Foreword to this Classic Edition explores the cultural context of Writing Well’s first edition and examines how it remains significant and useful over 30 years after its initial publication.

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