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Examines the origins, spread, and effectiveness of the initiative. The initiative is the product of the populist movement, which in the late nineteenth century sought to increase voter control of wh……続きを見る

Chronicles changes in American political party behavior between 1996 and 2008. The years from 1996 to 2008 mark an important watershed in American politics. During this period changes in the politic……続きを見る

Examines how the president balances the competing demands of leading his political party and leading the nation. Throughout their time in office, American presidents are often forced to choose betwe……続きを見る

Seeks to understand and explain the behavior of party elites during the 2008 Democratic Party presidential race. What is the dominant force in presidential nomination campaigns? Are nomination outco……続きを見る

The United States wasn't built as a democracy. The Senate doesn't represent people. Both sides hate gerrymandering and the courts refuse to fix it. Our right to be heard is defeated by voter suppres……続きを見る

After its disastrous defeat in 2015, Labour is at grave risk of throwing away the 2020 general election. The party has to understand why it suffered such a devastating defeat and learn crucial lesso……続きを見る

What happens in a city like Philadelphia under pressure? On the surface there had been panic. Underneath it was still business as usually. The Coronavirus had been a prescription for devastation, de……続きを見る

Elections around the world are plagued with the problem of unequal levels of participation. This can have profound consequences for election results, representation and policies. This book focuses o……続きを見る

Alexander Schuessler has done what many deemed impossible: he has wedded rational choice theory and the concerns of social theory and anthropology to explain why people vote. The "paradox of partici……続きを見る

The European Union has a democracy problem. The polycrisis that has plagued the EU for years has led to a cacophony of voices calling for fundamental change to the integration project. Yet despite t……続きを見る

The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Sexuality, and Canadian Politics offers the first and only handbook in the field of Canadian politics that uses 'gender' (which it interprets broadly, as inclusive o……続きを見る

»Natalie Amiri gehört zu den intimen Kennerinnen des heutigen Iran.« Süddeutsche Zeitung. Wohin steuert der Iran? Natalie Amiri ist in einer deutsch-iranischen Familie aufgewachsen. Sie beschreibt i……続きを見る

Er ist einer der großen Reporter des Landes. In diesem Buch spricht er über sein Werden und über sein Werk. Es erzählt den deutschen und europäischen Osten packend, prägnant und präzis. Landolf Sche……続きを見る

Delving into Turkey’s political playing field, this book examines how an ethnic party increased its vote shares. The case study looks at the rise of the Kurdish party in Turkey’s 2011 national elect……続きを見る

The 2020 General Election results have raised expectations that Singapore will transition to a more competitive democracy. But this is far from preordained. Nor is there a clear societal consensus t……続きを見る

Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail... '26 February, White House Briefing Room The coronavirus feels like it is changing everything. Suddenly it's not just a public health emergency; it has……続きを見る

The integrity of democratic elections, both in the United States and abroad, is an important problem. In this Element, we present a data-driven approach that evaluates the performance of the adminis……続きを見る

Of all the great “what if” scenarios in American history, the aftermath of the presidential election of 1880 stands out as one of the most tantalizing. The end of the Civil War and the assassination……続きを見る

Political Rhetoric, Social Media, and American Presidential Campaigns explores how social media influenced presidential campaign rhetoric. The author discusses media use in American presidential cam……続きを見る

This book answers the question why London has been a stronghold for the Labour Party for relatively long periods of the last century and continues to be so to this day to an extent that surprises co……続きを見る

“Desh ki unnati ke saath saath pradesh ka sudhar bhi jaroori hai” It is the experience he gained from visiting various government organisations that has helped him understand the system from the ins……続きを見る

This book argues that the defeat of the main French Centre Right party in the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, and its subsequent disintegration, were the result of a failure to respond ……続きを見る

Taiwan's Politics in Action: Struggling to Win at the Ballot Box is about the most interesting and exciting aspects of Taiwan's politics: political competition in the form of electioneering, campaig……続きを見る

Reflections on the 2019 South African General Elections is a critical reflection on the key lessons of Elections 2019 in South Africa, focusing on the future of the country’s electoral democracy. Th……続きを見る

How do voters make decisions in low-information elections? How distinctive are these voting decisions? Traditional approaches to the study of voting and elections often fail to address these questio……続きを見る

Political Advocacy and American Politics provides a detailed explanation as to why citizens engage in interpersonal advocacy in the United States. Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor eloquently show ……続きを見る

Congressman David Price is uniquely qualified to guide readers through the labyrinth of rules, roles, and representatives that is Congress. As a trained political scientist, he connects the practica……続きを見る

This study evaluates the 1927 Great Mississippi Flood and its impact on both the 1928 and 1932 presidential elections. Herbert Hoover surged forth to win the 1928 presidency, but would suffer the gr……続きを見る

El objetivo de las "5 Leyes para Ganar Elecciones" es llegar a constituirse en un manual práctico de campaña para llenar ese enorme vacío que encuentro en todos los países, donde muchas veces los me……続きを見る

Elections are episodic; governance is routine. This book studies patterns in public opinion on politics and society between elections in India. By using the survey data covering 24 Indian states inc……続きを見る