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Which get-out-the-vote efforts actually succeed in ethnoracial communitiesーand why? Analyzing the results from hundreds of original experiments, the authors of this book offer a persuasive new theo……続きを見る

The #1 New York Times bestseller! Washington D.C. might be loathed from every corner of the nation, yet these are fun and busy days at this nexus of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanit……続きを見る

At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance ……続きを見る

This work presents eight studies of different but interrelated aspects of parliamentary government in post-war Norway. Split into three sections, it focuses on the formation of government, organizat……続きを見る

At a time when the national political debate is about inequality and fairness, bestselling author David Horowitz and coauthor Jacob Laksin have written an unsettling book about the distribution of p……続きを見る

How many votes does it take to become President of the United States?  The answer, as Jack Patton learned from his father Ray at an early age, is just 270... the key is making sure they’re the……続きを見る

In 2008, American history was forever changed with the election of Barack Obama, the United States’ first African American president. However, Obama was far from the first African American to run fo……続きを見る

“Egerton tells the story of the dissolution of the Union as it should be told, not from the perspective of those looking back on the crisis, but from the clouded vision of those who lived through it……続きを見る

This book, in bringing together some of the leading international scholars on electoral behaviour and communication studies, provides the first ever stock-take of the state of this sub-discipline. T……続きを見る

Real Clear Politics’ in-depth account of the 2012 primary battles of the Republican Party and the look ahead to the race between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama With intimate access to the White House,……続きを見る

Why are our politicians almost universally perceived as liars? What made candidate Bill Clinton's draft record more newsworthy than his policy statements? How did George Bush's masculinity, Ronald R……続きを見る

The age of party democracy has passed, argues Peter Mair in Ruling the Void. The major parties have become so disconnected from society that they no longer seem capable of sustaining democracy in it……続きを見る

In 2000, just a few hundred votes out of millions cast in the state of Florida separated Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush from his Democratic opponent, Al Gore. The outcome of the el……続きを見る

One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or should they b……続きを見る

As I watch the current election campaign unfold, I had sick. In this short manifesto, I offer a simple idea for changing America and having a better informed electorate. You can download this f……続きを見る

When you get beyond the spin, the campaign spending, the YouTube spots, and the paid advertisements, what did the Democratic contenders in the 2008 Presidential election stand for, really? What did ……続きを見る

How did Republicans manage to hold the White House through much of the past half century even as the Democratic Party held the hearts of most American voters? The authors of this groundbreaking stud……続きを見る

Since 2000, the Gulf Coast states – Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida – have experienced a series of hurricanes, multiple floods and severe storms, and one oil spill. These disaste……続きを見る

On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic ……続きを見る

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Record numbers of Americans fear that our political process is brokenfor good reason. Our nation faces unprecedented challenges, yet our politicians spend most of their energy attacking one another.……続きを見る

On November 4, 2008, the election of Barack Hussein Obama as the forty-fourth president of the United States showed that the country had finally overcome its most hurtful, shameful, and enduring leg……続きを見る

"John David's satirical style and clever sense of humor succinctly put in to words, how many of us feel about the electoral process." "This writer is spot on . . . making him one o……続きを見る

The fascinating "war room" memoir of a political pollster and how he helped forge the agendas of five high-profile heads of state As a hired gun strategist, Greenbergーa seasoned pollster and politi……続きを見る

In the annals of presidential elections, the hotly contested 1876 race between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden was in many ways as remarkable in its time as Bush versus Gore was in ours. Ch……続きを見る

The two studies in Interest Groups and Elections in Canada explore the nature and influence of special interest groups. They consider different aspects of the question, "In the context of the Canadi……続きを見る

Why do politicians frequently heed the preferences of small groups of citizens over those of the majority? Breaking new theoretical ground, Benjamin Bishin explains how the desires of small groups, ……続きを見る

First published in 1998. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the inaugural volume in the series “Politics and Policy in American Institutions.” The series strives to show the interaction of ……続きを見る

Which kind of decisions are passed by Cabinet in coalition governments? What motivates ministerial action? How much leeway do coalition parties give their governmental representatives? This book foc……続きを見る

Democracy has never been more vulnerable. The problem is right here in America. How to Sabotage an Election Become an election judge and carry a refrigerator magnet in your pocket Program every fift……続きを見る