POLITICS
AK PRESS
Reprint: Language and Politics (Expanded and Updated) (Mar., $28) by Noam Chomsky.
ANTHEM PRESS (dist. by Stylus)
Challenges to the World Bank and IMF: Developing Country Perspectives (Mar., $24.95), edited by Ariel Buira, examines issues on the world's economic agenda.
BASIC BOOKS
The Real State of the Union: Innovative Solutions to America's Most Critical Challenges (Mar., $14.95), edited by Ted Halstead, offers analyzes of the state of the union and the policy changes facing the nation as the 2004 election approaches. Advertising. Author tour. Radio satellite tour.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
Governing by Networks: The New Shape of the Public Sector (July, $19.95) by Stephen Goldsmith and William Eggers predicts the end of centralized government in favor of networks between government and the private sector that will deliver public goods and services more effectively. Advertising.
Get Out the Vote!: How to Increase Voter Turnout (Mar., $14.95) by Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber is for those running voter mobilization campaigns.
CITY LIGHTS
Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (Apr., $11.95) by Robert Jensen defines "progressive" in the U.S. today. Advertising. Author tour.
GEORGETOWN UNIV. PRESS
School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics (May, $26.95) by Melissa M. Deckman studies the motivation, strategies and electoral success of Christian Right school board candidates.
INDIANA UNIV. PRESS
How Congress Works and Why You Should Care (Mar., $14.95) by Lee Hamilton. A former congressman explains how Congress works and its impact on all Americans.
INNER OCEAN
MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Be a Catalyst for Change (Apr., $10.95) by MoveOn.org. Contributors including Bill Moyers, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Gail Sheehy and MoveOn members define what it means to be a responsible member of a democracy.
MOODY PUBLISHERS
Understanding the Arab/Israeli Conflict (Apr., $12.99) by Michael Rydelnik discusses issues not in the newspapers. Advertising.
NEW PRESS
Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War (May, $19.95) by John Prados offers up the intelligence reports that were the basis for the U.S. going to war.
NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS/FROG LTD.
People's Democratic Platform (Mar., $10.95). Ordinary people contribute thoughts on political and personal issues for a 2004 Democratic national platform.
W.W. NORTON
Reprint: The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Apr., $14.95) by Fareed Zakaria.
OCEAN PRESS
Century of Terror in Latin America: A Chronicle of Washington's Crimes Against Humanity (Mar., $24.95) by Luis Suárez covers the history of U.S. intervention and war crimes in Latin America.
Latin America: Awakening of a Continent (Aug., $24.95) by Ernesto Che Guevara. The son of Che Guevara shares his vision of Latin America.
ONEWORLD
Anticapitalism: A Beginner's Guide (June, $15.95) by Simon Tormey explains the anticapitalist movement.
PLUTO PRESS (dist. by Stylus)
Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq (Apr.; $19.95, cloth $69.95), edited by David Miller, is an indictment of the media for serving as a propaganda machine to the Bush and Blair administrations and creating support for the war in Iraq.
REAKTION BOOKS
Anarchism (May, $19.95) by Sean Sheehan explores anarchism's cultural, philosophical and political meaning.
LYNNE RIENNER
War Crimes and Realpolitik: International Justice from World War I to the 21st Century (June, $22) by Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto looks at the influence of world politics on the international criminal justice system.
ROUTLEDGE
Bait and Switch: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy (Apr.; $19.95, cloth $75) by Julie Mertus documents America's double standard with regard to human rights.
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
The Joker's Wild: Dubya's House of Cards and the New World Order (Apr., $8.95) by Greg Palast assigns the faces of leading members of the U.S. corporate-government junta to a deck of cards. 75,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
S&S/TOUCHSTONE
All The President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth (Aug., $13), edited by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan. The editors of Spinsanity.org expose the deception and media manipulation that the current administration has employed to sell its agenda to the American people.
TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS
The Character Factor: How We Judge America's Presidents (Mar., $16.95) by James P. Pfiffner surveys the lies, promise keeping and sexual probity of recent presidents, three aspects that have been problematic for them.
TRANSACTION
On Borrowed Time: How the Growth in Entitlement Spending Threatens America's Future (May, $29.95) by Peter G. Peterson and Neil Howe looks at such programs as Social Security, Medicare and federal pensions.
WND BOOKS
Liberwocky: Decoding the Language of Liberalism (July, $22.99) by Victor Gold defines the left's use of language to spin, slander and sucker punch conservatives. Advertising.
