Elections 14

Much has been written about the historic nature of the Obama campaign. The multi-year, multi-billion dollar operation elected the nation's first black president, raised and spent more money than any……続きを見る

Voter perceptions of the personal traits of presidential candidates are widely regarded to be important influences on the vote. Media pundits frequently explain the outcome of presidential elections……続きを見る

Fixing Elections shows our whole 18th-century Winner Take All political system, including the way we elect our legislatures. Steven Hill argues our geographic-based, Winner Take All political system……続きを見る

The presidential election of 2012 was hotly contested, with polls showing President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney neck-and-neck at various points during the campaign. In the end, Democrat Ob……続きを見る

Launched in honour of President Obama's inaugural, this book was written during the most remarkable political season in American history. The author visited all major presidential campaign offices i……続きを見る

Political parties in post-communist countries have very high levels of electoral volatility. In these environments, political factions fail to establish long-term connections with the electorate and……続きを見る

Social pacts – policy agreements between governments, labor unions and sometimes employer organizations – began to emerge in many countries in the 1980s. The most common explanations for social pact……続きを見る

In 2005, almost 700,000 immigrants acquired the citizenship of a member state of the European Union; over 600,000 became US citizens; nearly 100,000 became Australians and approximately 200,000 Cana……続きを見る

Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisionsーeven though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Br……続きを見る

This book contributes to debates concerning online reporting of elections and the challenges facing journalism in the context of democratic change. The speed of technological adaptation by journalis……続きを見る

Second Verse, Same as the First is a volume of essays covering the 2012 election as it played out in the eleven former states of the Confederacy. The essays are organized by state and emphasize the ……続きを見る

Democratization is a sociopolitical process and the society that may grow out of it where people make decisions on matters affecting them. It is an unending struggle to win such rights and power, to……続きを見る

Deutschland - Weltmeister der sozialen Ungerechtigkeit? Ob Familienlastenausgleich, Kindergeld, beitragsfreie Mitversicherung in der gesetzlichen Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung, Rentenversicherung ……続きを見る

The Teavangelicals is a one-of-a-kind book chock-full of original reporting from the 2012 presidential race with an up-close look at how evangelicals and the Tea Party are plotting strategy to recla……続きを見る

Packaging the Presidency, Third Edition, is now completely updated to offer the only comprehensive study of the history and effects of political advertising in the United States. Noted political cri……続きを見る

The United States routinely has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any developed democracy in the world. That rate is also among the most internally diverse, since the federal structure allows……続きを見る

This is a timeless elucidation of a legendary leader from tropical africa who could have written a golden story of Nigeria in the black continent. 続きを見る

Some of the most populated and storied American cities had mayoral elections in 2013. Open contests in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston, for example, offer laboratories to examine electoral tre……続きを見る

The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator ……続きを見る

Desenvolvemos neste livro, algumas reflexões sobre a alternância do poder no Maranhão, a partir de temas e questões concretas que foram emergindo ao longo da participa&cce……続きを見る

Citizens are political simpletons--that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. Certainly, there is no shortage of evidence of citizens' limited political knowledge, ev……続きを見る

A Graphic Retelling Of The Most Historic Election Of Our Time Beyond the pandering focus groups, the billion-dollar fund-raising machinery, and the relentless myopia of the 24-hour news cycle, it wa……続きを見る

To most observersーincluding many conservativesーthe so-called Republican Revolution of 1994 was anything but revolutionary, and the Contract with America that propelled the GOP into power was just ……続きを見る

David Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for re……続きを見る

The U.S. government is in crisis. With America’s attention fixated on who will step into the Oval Office in 2009, no one has noticed where the real power has shiftedーto a vast network of unelected ……続きを見る

Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling ……続きを見る

Here is the reality: Bush won; Kerry lost. Here is your reaction: AA#RGH*HG@GHW&WGRWW!!?! Here is your salvation: The Bush Survival Bible Although many of you may try, you can’t really do anything a……続きを見る

An array of leading Democrats, Republicans, and independent thinkers provide a road map for America’s political future. America is at a turning point. For the first time in history, the United State……続きを見る

This detailed overview and analysis of the results of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential wingives us the inside state-by-state guide to how Obama achieved his victory, and allows us to see wh……続きを見る

At this defining moment in our history, Americans are hungry for change. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack ……続きを見る