Elections category: 1210 books
Vindicating Andrew Jackson
The 1828 Election and the Rise of the Two-Party System
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
The presidential election of 1828 is one of the most compelling stories in American history: Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans and man of the people, bounced back from his controversial loss four years earlier to unseat John Quincy Adams in a campaign notorious for its mudslinging....
Il vecchio che avanza
I fatti, le storie, i protagonisti
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 12, 2018
“Programmi, programmi, programmi. Lasciateli perdere. Intanto non saranno realizzati, soprattutto questa volta. Tutti fanno promesse. Non tenetene conto. Guardate invece alle persone, alla loro storia, a quello che hanno detto prima e fatto poi. E a qualche numero indispensabile. Solo così possiamo...
by Cas Mudde
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
On Extremism and Democracy in Europe is a collection of short and accessible essays on the far right, populism, Euroscepticism, and liberal democracy by one of the leading academic and public voices today. It includes both sober, fact-based analysis of the often sensationalized "rise of the far...
by Richard S. Sloan
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Revenge of America’s Unemployed captures the shifting mood of the unemployed, underemployed and uncounted. More than 30 million Americans lost their jobs, saw their pay slashed or left the workforce during the Great Recession. Many lost their homes, marriages, savings, self-esteem and self-confidence...
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The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Three: 1957-1968
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
One of Canada’s most dynamic prime ministers, Lester B. Pearson lived a life which took him from a childhood in rural Ontario to the apex of international politics. This third and final volume of his memoirs follows him from his years of triumph as a Canadian diplomat to his retirement from politics...
Los Republicanos
Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Hispanics comprise one of America's largest business-minded, faith-based, culturally-conservative entities—and their numbers continue to grow. Long assumed to be aligned with the Democrats, Hispanics have been ignored by many Republicans. Noted Hispanic marketing expert and political commentator...
Labour's Path to Political Independence
Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900-19
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Labour's Path to Political Independence remains the best introduction to the origins of one of New Zealand's two major political parties. Not only does it trace the birth of the Labour Party, but it sheds light on the political, economic and social history of New Zealand during the years 1900–19....
by Patrick Bell
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
1970 to 1974 was a pivotal period in the history of the Labour Party. This book shows how the Labour Party responded to electoral defeat in 1970 and to what extent its political and policy activity in opposition was directed to the recovery of power at the following general election. At a point in...
by Thomas Hart Benton
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2019
The title-page discloses the sources from which this abridgment is made, and shows them all to be authentic, and reliable,—well known to the public, and sanctioned by resolves of Congress. Of the latter of these authorities—"Gales and Seaton's Register of Debates," "The Congressional...
Unfinished Business
Journal of an Embattled European
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
For many in Britain the issue of the country’s membership of the European Union is the biggest political decision of their lifetime. It affects their livelihoods, their communities, the life chances of their children and their grandchildren and, above all, their sense of themselves. The existential...
Politically Un-Correct
America’S Crisis and Some Ways We Can Save Our Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
Get ready for some candid views on politics and society that are Politically Un-Correct. Yes, you read that rightun-correct.
Author Robert Alan, a military veteran, lifelong worker, and patriot, takes Americas politicians to task and calls for real leadership to get the country back on track....
The Inevitable Party
Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How they Weaken Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail. Numerous reform movements over the past century have designated parties as the enemy of democracy, and they have found a willing ally in the American people in their efforts to rein in and occasionally root out...
Orange Chinook
Politics in the New Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives-who had won every provincial election since 1971-they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange Chinook is the first scholarly analysis of this...
World Peace
An Easy-to-Use Guide to Learning How To Obtain Peace In Prison, Peace of Mind, World Peace and More
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Finally, obtain a peace of mind with this guide to obtaining peace in prison, world peace and more.