Practical Politics category: 1369 books
The Age of Austerity
How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
One of our most prescient political observers provides a sobering account of how pitched battles over scarce resources will increasingly define American politics in the coming years—and how we might avoid, or at least mitigate, the damage from these ideological and economic battles.
In a matter...
Scandal
How "Gotcha" Politics Is Destroying America
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
For more than four decades, polarized politics in America has been driven by a vicious scandal machine comprised of partisan politicians, extremists on the left and right, and a sensationalist media energized by bringing public officials down. In this sorely needed book Lanny Davis, who has been in...
by Christopher J. Kam
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
One of the chief tasks facing political leaders is to build and maintain unity within their parties. This text examines the relationship between party leaders and Members of Parliament in Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, showing how the two sides interact and sometimes clash. Christopher...
Unconventional Wisdom
Facts and Myths About American Voters
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
Late deciders go for the challenger; turnout helps the Democrats; the gender gap results from a surge in Democratic preference among women--these and many other myths are standard fare among average citizens, political pundits, and even some academics. But are these conventional wisdoms--familiar...
South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy
Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
In South Africa, two unmistakable features describe post-Apartheid politics. The first is the formal framework of liberal democracy, including regular elections, multiple political parties and a range of progressive social rights. The second is the politics of the ‘extraordinary’, which includes...
The Price of Power
Inside Ireland's Crisis Coalition
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
'The go-to political chronicler of our times' Sunday Times
'Vivid and compelling ... excellent' Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
'A tremendous read. I'll be recommending it' Sean O'Rourke, RTÉ
'Absorbing ... fascinating ... impressive amount of detail ... Leahy vividly sketches a picture of a mercurial...
by Daniel Kreiss
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Taking Our Country Back presents the previously untold history of the uptake of new media in Democratic electoral campaigning over the last decade. Drawing on interviews with more than sixty political staffers, fieldwork during the 2008 primaries and general election, and archival research, Daniel Kreiss...
Affective Publics
Sentiment, Technology, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Over the past few decades, we have witnessed the growth of movements using digital means to connect with broader interest groups and express their points of view. These movements emerge out of distinct contexts and yield different outcomes, but tend to share one thing in common: online and offline...
by Shirley Robin Letwin
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The Anatomy of Thatcherism explains how, for the first time in British history, a prime minister's name has become an 'Ism'—a symbol of a profound social change. Letwin argues that Thatcherism promoted a moral agenda rather than an economic doctrine or a political theory in order to achieve a fundamental...
Obama at the Crossroads
Politics, Markets, and the Battle for America's Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
The 2010 election serves as a bookend to one of the remarkable political periods in recent U.S. history. Amidst a profound economic crisis, Americans elected an African American to the presidency and massive Democratic majorities to Congress. Beginning in 2009, the President and Congress put forward...
by Professor E. Scott Adler, Professor John D. Wilkerson
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
How do issues end up on the agenda? Why do lawmakers routinely invest in program oversight and broad policy development? What considerations drive legislative policy change? For many, Congress is an institution consumed by partisan bickering and gridlock. Yet the institution's long history of addressing...
Moderates
The Vital Center of American Politics, from the Founding to Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
The fierce polarization of contemporary politics has encouraged Americans to read back into their nation's past a perpetual ideological struggle between liberals and conservatives. However, in this timely book, David S. Brown advances an original interpretation that stresses the critical role of moderate...
by Roger Awan-Scully
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Elections ask voters to choose between political parties. But voters across the UK are increasingly being presented with fundamentally different, and largely disconnected, sets of political choices. This book is about this hollowing out of a genuinely British democratic politics: how and why it has...
by Hank Savitch, James C. Clinger, Michael W. Hail
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
The cornerstone of the American republic is an educated, active, and engaged citizenry; however, the multifaceted inner workings of government and the political forces that shape it are incredibly complex. Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy is the first book in nearly three decades to...