Elections category: 1210 books
Democracy for All
Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights in the U.S.
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2006
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Peter J Madgwick
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This book begins with an introductory outline of the structure of the city politics of the United States. There is a study of the city in the federal system, including the politics of feudal aid. This is followed by four case studies: the political roles of mayor, manager, boss and adminstrator-entrepreneur...
by Brian Francis Culkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
The election of Donald Trump was a shattering moment to the political sensibilities of America; immediately sending the country into a frenzy of commentary, critique, and a never-ending media coverage that has bordered on the absurd. But the question still remains: what does it all mean?
The...
by Robert Lynn
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
"I try to show the futility of organising in political parties. I advise industrial and social organisation. A do-it-yourself movement and make the politicians redundant. Send them and the tycoons of industry into the museums of antiquity along with the spinning wheel and the bronze axe. One last...
Il Consigliere Comunale
Candidatura – Svolgimento mandato - Cessazione
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Guida Pratica da porre a disposizione di tutti coloro che ricoprono, ovvero hanno intenzione di ricoprire, la gravosa attività di amministratore locale, alla luce dei Decreti Legislativi 31 dicembre 2012 n. 235 (G.U. n. 3 del 4.1.2013) e 8 aprile 2013 n. 39 (G.U. n. 92 del 19.4.2013), che hanno riscritto...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House
Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Charles Osgood, one of America's favorite news personalities, offers a hilarious compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns. With anecdotes from Harry Truman to JFK to George W. Bush, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House captures the wit and humor...
Daschle vs. Thune
Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
The story behind the unseating of a Senate majority leader the race between Tom Daschle and John Thune in South Dakota was widely acknowledged as “the other big race of 2004.” Second in prominence only to the presidential race, the Daschle-Thune contest pitted the rival political ideologies that...
Standing Down
Interviews with Retiring MPs
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Whatever happens in the general election, dozens of new MPs will be entering the Commons in 2015 - but what advice would their predecessors give them? With big names such as Dame Tessa Jowell, Jack Straw and David Willetts all exiting the parliamentary stage in May, there is no better opportunity...
by Fernando Rosenblatt
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Even in Latin America's most socially and economically stable countries, new parties emerge constantly, old parties collapse, and party systems across the region are notoriously fragile. Still, there are also successful stories. There have been a number of parties in Colombia, Chile, and Venezuela...
From Clients to Crooks
An Insider Reveals the Real Washington D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Leslie Sorrell had success in growing a start-up to a successful and influential political consulting firm. This has transformed her understanding of the real world of politics—the one the media fails to cover. It’s a world none of us want to believe in—Leslie included. Challenging a Congressman...
by Arvin Vohra
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss to Donald Trump was one of the most shocking defeats in American political history. Polls predicted a Clinton landslide. Even Trump’s own party leaders withdrew their endorsements. In Why Hillary Lost, political strategist Arvin Vohra illuminates the cultural changes and...
Trust in Black America
Race, Discrimination, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The more citizens trust their government, the better democracy functions. However, African Americans have long suffered from the lack of equal protection by their government, and the racial discrimination they have faced breaks down their trust in democracy. Rather than promoting democracy, the United...
Second Verse, Same as the First
The 2012 Presidential Election in the South
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Second Verse, Same as the First is a volume of essays covering the 2012 election as it played out in the eleven former states of the Confederacy. Organized by state and emphasizing the presidential campaign, each state chapter also includes analysis on notable congressional races and important patterns...
Campaign for President
The Managers Look at 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Every four years following the presidential election, the Institute of Politics at Harvard University convenes a distinguished gathering of campaign managers, media commentators, and interested political observers to reflect on presidential campaign strategies from the earliest primaries through Election...