著者:George Hawley
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年07月31日
In recent years, political scientists and journalists have taken a great interest in the question of whether the American electorate is "sorting" into communities based on partisan affiliation. That……続きを見る
著者:Dick Morris
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年04月01日
From the New York Times bestselling author of Armageddon and Screwed! comes Dick Morris's Vote.com.
As the print and broadcast media-commonly referred to as the Fourth Estate-falters and fails, a ne……続きを見る
With the progress in communication and transport technologies, it has never been easier for migrants to stay connected with their country of origin. Facing the wide range of activities in which immi……続きを見る
著者:Byron York
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2005年04月05日
“We have to fight back.” ーAl Franken
The Left is angryーangry at President George W. Bush, the war in Iraq, the “right-wing media,” and more. And as National Review investigative writer Byron York ……続きを見る
著者:Mike Huckabee
出版社: B&H Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年06月01日
How powerful is integrity? Just ask minister-turned-statesman, Mike Huckabee. As lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1996, he was publicly cast between the ultimate rock and hard place when his boss,……続きを見る
著者:Steve Bickerstaff
出版社: University of Texas Press
発売日: 2010年01月01日
The events of 2003 in Texas were important to the political history of this country. Congressman Tom DeLay led a Republican effort to gerrymander the state's thirty-two congressional districts to de……続きを見る
著者:Bruce Buchanan
出版社: Taylor and Francis
発売日: 2004年06月26日
The presidency was neither designed nor expected to act in concert with the American people; the Framers intended Congress to represent the popular will. Thanks in part to public outrage at Congress……続きを見る
著者:Todd C. Shaw
出版社: Duke University Press
発売日: 2009年09月25日
In Now Is the Time! Todd C. Shaw delves into the political strategies of post–Civil Rights Movement African American activists in Detroit, Michigan, to discover the conditions for effective social a……続きを見る
著者:Michael M. Franz
出版社: Temple University Press
発売日: 2008年03月28日
Choices and Changes is the most comprehensive examination to date of the impact of interest groups on recent American electoral politics. Richly informed, theoretically and empirically, it is the fi……続きを見る
"Random, or Romney?" is the second of a series of free eBook preview chapters from John Sides and Lynn Vavreck's groundbreaking Fall 2013 book, The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential……続きを見る
Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches t……続きを見る
The Canadian Federal Election of 2011 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome. The chapters, written by leading academics, examine the strategies, successes, ……続きを見る
A close presidential election in November could well come down to contested states or even districts--an election decided by vote theft? It could happen this year. Based on Greg Palast and Robert F.……続きを見る
Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. While these formulations produce many insights, they also generate anomalies--most famously, about turnout. The……続きを見る
This is the first of a series of free ebook preview chapters--scheduled to be released between August and December 2012--from a groundbreaking book in progress about the 2012 U.S. presidential elect……続きを見る
How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the high……続きを見る
著者:Steve Laffey
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年09月13日
"When I ran for reelection as the mayor of Cranston, there was an independent candidate running whose only claim to fame was that he wanted to keep a thirty-five-foot inflatable gorilla in his backy……続きを見る
La introducción de las Leyes de Cuotas para cargos legislativos en varios países de América Latina durante la década de los ´90, significó el paso más importante para avanzar hacia la equidad de gén……続きを見る
The General Election of 1997 did not turn out as Jean Chretien and the Liberal Party had planned. Chretien called an early election, believing that his party was in a position to retain the majority……続きを見る
After one of the closest elections in U.S. history, the attention of American people shifted to Florida, the fourth most populous state in the Union, and one of the most diverse, divided, and fastes……続きを見る
著者:Gabriel S. Lenz
出版社: University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2013年01月29日
In a democracy, we generally assume that voters know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. We also assume that voters consider candidate……続きを見る
President Obama has done most of what he said he would do if elected in his first term; imagine what he could have done by now if progressives had supported him and not given him a Congress that doe……続きを見る
The bestselling, truly gripping account of 2008's landmark election, updated through 2009
The election of 2008 shattered political barriers and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most……続きを見る
著者:Andrew Young
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年01月30日
"The greatest political saga, the one that has it all, that gets to the real heart of American politics, is the John Edwards story... This isn't just politics, it's literature. It's the great Americ……続きを見る
"Waldman's book is a call to arms, which everyone who cares about our democratic system should read, absorb, debate, and then use as a signpost for change."
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
"Wi……続きを見る
著者:Rosemarie Ostler
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年09月06日
Two Centuries of Scandalous Rumors, Over-the-Top Insults, and Low-Down Slurs.
We bemoan the loss of civility in public discourse these days, but mudslinging is an American tradition as old as the re……続きを見る
Politics is a noble, but also a dirty, business. To gain election - and retain office - in a democratic system, politicians are frequently compelled to be dishonest. They engage in benevolent lying ……続きを見る
Although the federal appointment of U.S. judges and executive branch officers has consistently engendered controversy, previous studies of the process have been limited to particular dramatic confli……続きを見る
Many saw it as a gamble for Jean Chretien: against the advice of party members, he called an early election. But the gamble paid off, and the Liberal Party cruised to their third straight majority g……続きを見る
著者:Douglas Schoen
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年08月19日
• A 2006 survey revealed that two thirds of Americans consider themselves “dissatisfied with the way things are going in the U.S.”
• In recent polls, 60 to 80 percent of registered voters say they w……続きを見る