Elections category: 1210 books

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Campaigns Don’T Count

How the Media Get American Politics All Wrong

by Martin Gottlieb
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017

In the early 1980s, Allan Lichtman, a history professor at American University in Washington, D.C., developed a system for predicting the outcomes of presidential elections. Studying all elections back to the Civil War (the birth of the current two-party system), he isolated circumstances that are...
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Political Campaigning, Elections and the Internet

Comparing the US, UK, France and Germany

by Darren Lilleker, Nigel Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

The Internet first played a minor role in the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, and has gradually increased in importance so that it is central to election campaign strategy. However, election campaigners have, until very recently, focused on Web 1.0: websites and email. Political Campaigning,...
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A Citizen's Guide to U.S. Elections

Empowering Democracy in America

by Costas Panagopoulos, Aaron C. Weinschenk
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

Political observers routinely lament that American democracy is broken, and many of them blame electoral malfunction. But is the system really broken? Panagopoulos and Weinschenk make the case that citizens are empowered to fix what’s wrong with electoral politics and renew democracy in America,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018

Southern Europe has been the EU region most exposed to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis with consequences for national party systems and political stability. The 2014 European Parliament elections took place at a crucial time for Europe and Southern European societies more generally. This book analyses...
Cover of British Electoral Facts 1832-2006
by Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

The seventh edition of this unique and authoritative guide to more than 170 years of political history reflects the rapid and continuing change in the electoral landscape of the United Kingdom. Covering the period 1832-2006, it gives easy access to a myriad of facts and figures on all 44 General Elections,...
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Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling

Women and Congressional Elections

by Barbara Palmer, Dennis Simon
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010

Why has the integration of women into Congress been so slow? Is there a "political glass ceiling" for women? Although women use the same strategic calculations as men to decide when to run, the decision regarding where to run is something else. While redistricting has increasingly protected...
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by John A. Clark, Brian F. Schaffner
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017

?How did Donald Trump secure the Republican nomination when nearly all the available research suggested it should have been impossible? What can we learn about the factors that drove turnout among key voting blocs? And what issues did voters find important in 2016? Get a big picture understanding...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008

The role that race and religion play in American presidential elections is attracting national attention like never before. The 2008 presidential candidates reached out to an unprecedented number of racial and religious voting constituencies including African Americans, Latinos, Muslims, Mainline...
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The American Political Party System

Continuity and Change Over Ten Presidential Elections

by John S. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014

From party polarization, elections, and internal party politics, to the evolution of the U.S. presidency, John S. Jackson's new book has something for everyone interested in American politics. Beginning with a discussion of the creation of the U.S. government to the formation of today's political...
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Conventional Wisdom and American Elections

Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

by Peter L. Francia, Jody C Baumgartner
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016

Many students develop misinformed opinions about the American electoral process. Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths and Misconceptions debunks some of the more common misunderstandings that have arisen about the electoral process in the past few decades. This book engages...
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Comparing Democracies

Elections and Voting in a Changing World

by Lawrence LeDuc, Pippa Norris, Professor Richard G. Niemi
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014

This book provides you with a theoretical and comparative understanding of the major topics related to elections and voting behaviour. It explores important work taking place on new areas, whilst at the same time covering the key themes that you’ll encounter throughout your studies. Edited...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018

No subject is more central to the study of politics than elections. All across the globe, elections are a focal point for citizens, the media, and politicians long before--and sometimes long after--they occur. Electoral systems, the rules about how voters' preferences are translated into election...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010

The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards...
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by Matthew J. Streb
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015

While frustration with various aspects of American democracy abound in the United States, there is little agreement over—or even understanding of—what kinds of changes would make the system more effective and increase political participation. Matthew J. Streb sheds much-needed light on all the...
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