Elections category: 1210 books
Identity Crisis
The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the world
Donald Trump's election victory resulted in one of the most unexpected presidencies in history. Identity Crisis provides the definitive account of the campaign that seemed to break all the political rules—but in...
The Future Ain't What It Used to Be
The 2016 Presidential Election in the South
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be details how the 2016 presidential election developed in the eleven states that make up the South. Preeminent scholars of Southern politics analyze this momentous election, including the issues that drove southern voters, the nomination process in early 2016, and...
When Rebels Become Stakeholders
Democracy, Agency and Social Change in India
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
When Rebels Become Stakeholders: Democracy, Agency and Social Change in India explores the agency of ordinary men and women in the making of democratic social change in India. The study is specific to India, but the issues that it examines are of wider significance. The authors join the debate on...
The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations
Establishing the Obama Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge...
Split
Class and Cultural Divides in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Talk of politics in the United States today is abuzz with warring red and blue factions. The message is that Americans are split due to deeply-held beliefs—over abortion, gay marriage, stem-cell research, prayer in public schools. Is this cultural divide a myth, the product of elite partisans? Or...
by William L. Benoit
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements examines theory and research on election advertisements. William Benoit employs the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse to understand the nature or content of television spots in election campaigns. Beginning with a look at...
Culture, Rhetoric, and Voting
The Presidential Election of 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The presidential election of 2012 was among the most important in American history, both for the policies that will persist due to its result as well as the national political transformation it portends. The contest's outcome was the product of complex and fast-moving societal changes- demographic,...
Latinas in American Politics
Changing and Embracing Political Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The challenges that women face as political candidates can be compounded by race. In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of “Latino” issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level. The intersection...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Written by leading scholars in the field of political communication, this book provides a comprehensive accounting of the campaign communication that characterized the unprecedented 2016 presidential campaign.
• Provides detailed coverage of the most salient issues in the 2016 campaign from...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Networks are omnipresent in our natural and social world, and they are at the heart of politics. Relationships of many types drive political institutions, processes, and decision-making. Therefore, it is imperative for the study of politics to include network approaches. Already, these approaches...
The Transnational Political Participation of Immigrants
A Transatlantic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
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 immigrants are involved, governments in the country of origin and the country of destination have endeavoured...
Directly elected mayors in urban governance
Impact and practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Directly elected mayors are political leaders who are selected directly by citizens and head multi-functional local government authorities. This book examines the contexts, features and debates around this model of leadership, and how in practice political leadership is exercised through it. The book...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
The methodologies used to study public opinion are now in flux. The primary polling method of the last half-century, the telephone survey, is rapidly becoming obsolete as a data collection method. At the same time, new methods of contacting potential respondents and obtaining their response are appearing,...
by Bill Eddy
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Bestselling author, therapist, lawyer, and mediator Bill Eddy describes how dangerous, high-conflict personalities have gained power in governments worldwide—and what citizens can do to keep these people out of office.
Democracy is under siege. The reason isn't politics but personalities:...