BROOKINGS
I N S T
I T U T I O N P R E S S
Books for Course Adoption
Spring 2007
Includes Books on
Government & Politics
1
ARE JUDGES POLITICAL?
An Empirical Analysis of the
Federal Judiciary
Cass R. Sunstein, David Schkade,
Lisa M. Ellman & Andres Sawicki
“Not only is this a solid piece of research,
it also does a remarkable job of translating
complex ideas—long floating around in the
social sciences—into prose accessible to a
broad audience.… Senators (and presidents), for the most part,
understand the ideological component of judging but the public
seems to need a reminder. Are Judges Political? provides just
that.”—Lee Epstein, Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law at
Northwestern University
2006 / 177 pp. / cloth 0-8157-8234-9 $24.95
BUILDING A NEW AFGHANISTAN
Robert I. Rotberg, ed.
In the wake of the Taliban nightmare,
Afghanistan must tackle serious problems
before it can emerge as a confident, independ-
ent nation. This book offers a blueprint for
moving the embattled nation toward greater
democracy and prosperity. Fresh and insightful,
it shows what the country’s leadership and the
international community should do to resolve dangerous issues
and bolster a still fragile state.
Copublished with the World Peace Foundation
December / 176 pp. / paper 0-8157-7569-5 $18.95 (cloth ed. avail.)
BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS AND
FOREIGN POLICY
Second edition
Morton Halperin & Priscilla Clapp
with Arnold Kanter
The first edition of Bureaucratic Politics and
Foreign Policy is one of the most successful
Brookings titles of all time. This thoroughly
revised version updates that classic analysis of
the role played by the federal bureaucracy—civilian career offi-
cials, political appointees, and military officers—and Congress in
formulating U.S. national security policy, illustrating how policy
decisions are actually made.
September / 380 pp. / paper 0-8157-3409-3 $28.95
GOVERNMENT FAILURE VS.
MARKET FAILURE
Microeconomic Policy Research and
Government Performance
Clifford Winston
When should government intervene in market
activ