Political Parties category: 994 books
by Barbara Sinclair
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 brought with it a major shift in the composition of the U.S. Congress for the first time in several decades. The subsequent introduction of an enormous amount of new legislation sparked debate among many political observers that a new coalition was being built in American...
The Politics of Coalition in Korea
Between Institutions and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
This book examines how inter- and intra-party coalition-building affects governability in South Korea. Focusing on the Kim Dae-jung administration (1998-2003) as a case study in the failure of a government to turn electoral success into stable governability, or ability to implement reform policies,...
Post-Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia
Negotiating Normativity through Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Aceh
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
This book offers a critical analysis of gender mainstreaming initiatives in the post-tsunami context in Indonesia. Aiming to challenge the terms of the debate in gender mainstreaming and disaster reconstruction efforts, Jauhola offers an important contribution for the discussion of what ‘feminisms...
Congress and the Media
Beyond Institutional Power
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Over the last four decades, members of Congress have increasingly embraced media relations as a way to influence national policymaking and politics. In 1977, nearly half of congressional members had no press secretary. Today, media relations is a central component of most congressional offices, and...
Robert H. Michel
Leading the Republican House Minority
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2019
As incredible as it might seem, there was a time when Congress worked—a time when partisan competition produced consensus and good public policy. At the center of it all, for four decades, was Robert H. Michel, the longest-serving Republican leader in the history of the US House of Representatives....
Polish Media System in a Comparative Perspective
Media in Politics, Politics in Media
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2019
A media system does not exist in a vacuum. It develops and grows within social, political and economic systems. They interact with and influence one another, as well as stimulate each other’s development. The main subject of this work is the dynamically evolving Polish media system, which is under...
This Fight Is Our Fight
The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
#1 New York Times bestseller
The fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save it
Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America’s...
Beyond a House Divided
The Moral Consensus Ignored by Washington, Wall Street, and the Media
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
If you follow politics or the news, America is a country of culture wars and great divides, a partisan place of red states and blue states, of us against them. From pundits to politicians it seems that anyone with an audience sees a polarized country - a country at war with itself.
In a radical departure...
Ameritopia
The Unmaking of America
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
In his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller, Mark R. Levin explores the psychology, motivations, and history of the utopian movement, its architects—the Founding Fathers, and its modern-day disciples—and how the individual and American society are being devoured by it.
Levin asks, what...
Pity the Billionaire
The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
From the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas?, a wonderfully insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism
Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and demands for change—or at least it's supposed...
November 22, 1963
Reflections on the Life, Assassination, and Legacy of John F. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
A collection of interviews representing “an immense cross section of Americans’ grief and groping for comprehension” over the tragic death of JFK (Kirkus Reviews).
In November 22, 1963, award-winning journalist Dean Owen curates a fascinating compendium of discussions and thought-provoking...
The Longer I'm Prime Minister
Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006-
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
WINNER 2014 – Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction
The definitive portrait of Stephen Harper in power by this country’s most trenchant, influential and surprising political commentator.
Oh, he won, but he won’t last. Oh, he may win again but he won’t get a majority. Oh, his trick bag...
Toxic Talk
How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America's Airwaves
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
A timely cannon blast at the right-wing media machine and how it subverts the principles of democratic representation
Talk radio has done an end run around the voting populace. With Rush Limbaugh now the unofficial leader of the Republican Party and the far right controlling the five major...
Trump Talk
Donald Trump in His Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
An unbiased collection of Trump's greatest quotes!
Brash, outspoken, and successful, Donald Trump is an American phenomenon. Always a controversial business leader, he's now become a major political figure, and he continues to make headlines around the globe. Even if you don't follow politics,...