Elections category: 1210 books
Democratization and Authoritarian Party Survival
Mexico's PRI
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
When Mexico's authoritarian Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse. An authoritarian party without control over government resources...
Hidden Power
What You Need to Know to Save Our Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Political parties and elections are increasingly political theatre, with real power hidden behind a smokescreen of propaganda, carefully manipulated cultural and religious wars, and voting rituals. But there is another kind of hidden power in America: the grassroots social movements working for progressive...
Presidential Swing States
Why Only Ten Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...
by Matthew Alan Hill
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
The simplest way to get to grips with the American political system
American Politics For Dummies is an engaging and accessible guide to the inner workings of the U.S. government, cutting through the political jargon, to give you the facts. The book begins with the basics, including government...
Plutocrats United
Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Campaign financing is one of today’s most divisive political issues. The left asserts that the electoral process is rife with corruption. The right protests that the real aim of campaign limits is to suppress political activity and protect incumbents. Meanwhile, money flows freely on both sides. In...
Race and the Obama Phenomenon
The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
The concept of a more perfect union remains a constant theme in the political rhetoric of Barack Obama. From his now-historic race speech to his second victory speech delivered on November 7, 2012, that striving is evident. "Tonight, more than two hundred years after a former colony won the right...
Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia
Golkar in the post-Suharto era
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008
Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia: Golkar in the Post-Suharto Era provides the first in-depth analysis of contemporary Indonesian party politics and the first systematic explanation why Golkar is still the strongest party in Indonesia.
Applying a multi-dimensional conceptual framework...
In It to Win
Electing Madam President
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
When will the United States elect its first woman president? Many political observers believed that Hillary Clinton would win the White House in 2008, and many still believe she is a strong contender for 2016. Yet, while many believe that electing the first woman president is not a question of if,...
Summary of Blood Feud
by Edward Klein | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Inside this Instaread Summary:
Overview of the entire book
Introduction to the characters in the book
Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book
A Reader's Perspective
Preview of the earlier Chapters:
Prologue
In...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This book describes political and sociological developments in Israel before and after the February 2009 elections, alongside an analysis of electoral trends. It provides an effective analysis of contemporary political and sociological Israeli history. Rather than focusing narrowly on electoral politics...
by John Sides & Lynn Vavreck
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
"Random, or Romney?" is the second of a series of free eBook preview chapters from John Sides and Lynn Vavreck's groundbreaking Fall 2013 book, The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election. These eBook chapters are scheduled to be released between August and December 2012. Picking...
by Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Incumbents in the US House of Representatives have increased their vote percentages in recent decades, raising questions about the efficacy of elections in making members responsive. The evidence, however, indicates there has been no improvement in the electoral fortunes of incumbents in the last...
The Pulse of Politics
Electing Presidents in the Media Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Every four years, journalists propel a presidential campaign into the national consciousness. New candidates and issues become features of the political landscape while familiar rituals are reshaped by the unpredictability of personalities and events. Underlying this apparent process of change, however,...
by Cesare Pavese
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Compared to the late 1970s, when the Austrian voting behavior was characterized by extraordinary stability, low electoral volatility, and high turnout rates, the 1980s and 1990s stand for exceptional changes and ruptures elicited primarily by the rise of the right wing populist FPi (Freedom Party...