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  • A Short History of Presidential Election Crises

    (And How to Prevent the Next One)

    by Alan Hirsch ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    An urgent primer on what can be done to combat emerging threats to the core of U.S. Democracy—presidential elections.In 2000, we learned that an exceptionally close presidential election can produce chaos, because we have no reliable Constitutional mechanism for resolving disputes. Joe Biden just won a presidential election that was extremely close in a number of states. Trump—and his many ... Read more

    10,91 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Original Sin

    The must-read Sunday Times bestseller

    by Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson ...
    **THE HUGE SUNDAY TIMES AND No. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Explosive' Guardian'Explosive' The Times'Explosive' Daily Mail'Explosive' Politico'Explosive' New York Times**The book that revealed one of the greatest cover-ups in modern American history.Joe Biden, his family and his senior aides were convinced that only he could beat Donald Trump in the 2024 Presi... ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Insane Clown President

    Dispatches from the American Circus

    by Matt Taibbi ...
    *One of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism - IndependentMatt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power - Bernie SandersMatt Taibbi is the best polemic journalist in America - Felix Salmon*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The thing is, when you actually think about it, it's not funny. Given what's at stake, it's more like the opposite, l... ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Countdown 1960

    The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever

    by Chris Wallace ...
    **Instant New York Times BestsellerThe riveting new book on the momentous year, campaign, and election that shaped American history**It’s January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic ... Read more

    4,34 €

  • Network Propaganda

    Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics

    by Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts ...
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Is social media destroying democracy? Are Russian propaganda or "Fake news" entrepreneurs on Facebook undermining our sense of a shared reality? A conventional wisdom has ... Read more

    28,19 €

  • The Dream Shall Never Die

    100 Days that Changed Scotland Forever

    by Alex Salmond ...
    The inside story of the campaign that rocked the United Kingdom to its foundations, and the implications of the Scottish independence movement for the future of British politics.Alex Salmond has been a passionate supporter of Scottish independence his whole life. In September 2014, he came close to realising that dream.In a riveting daily diary, written with his trademark wit and charm, Salmond ... Read more

    9,85 €

  • Electoral Management: Institutions and Practices in an Established Democracy

    The Case of Ireland

    Edited by Fiona Buckley, Theresa Reidy ...
    Over the last three decades, electoral reform has moved centre stage in both new and established democracies. In Europe, the post 1989 democratisation wave brought important debates about electoral system choice and free and fair elections. But electoral reform also emerged on the agenda in a number of established democracies. Declining political participation, corruption scandals and party ... Read more

    59,65 €

  • Transnational Politics and the State

    The External Voting Rights of Diasporas

    by Jean-Michel Lafleur ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Transnationalism
    In just two decades, the number of states that have adopted external voting policies has boomed. Today, these policies, which allow emigrants to take part in home country elections from abroad, are widely found in Europe and Latin America. Looking at the cases of Italy, Mexico, and Bolivia, this book examines the motivations and consequences for states that enfranchise citizens abroad. This ... Read more

    71,83 €

  • Political Corruption and Democratic Governance

    by Jongseok Woo, Eunjung Choi ...
    Political Corruption and Democratic Governance explores the effects of political corruption on important aspects of democratic governing. Jongseok Woo and Eunjung Choi use a cross-national lens to analyze how political corruption influences different areas of politics and economics, including electoral outcomes, citizens’ evaluations of democratic norms and values, economic development, ... Read more

    33,70 €

  • Strategisches Framing

    Eine Einführung

    by Michael Oswald ...
    In der Politischen Kommunikation sind Framings allgegenwärtig. Zum einen entstehen sie unwillkürlich, da Themen stets in einer spezifischen Perspektive dargestellt werden. Zum anderen wird die politische Realität auch oft konstruiert. Kommunikatoren setzen dabei ihre Information in einen bestimmten Deutungsrahmen, sie ‚framen‘ das Thema also gezielt und wollen so die Debatte um die jeweilige ... Read more

    22,36 €

  • Breakthrough 2.0: Singaporeans Push For Parliamentary Democracy

    by Derek Da Cunha ...
    Some six decades of socialisation by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has ingrained in a majority of Singaporeans the instinct that it is not unusual to give up certain personal liberties for the greater good as long as the PAP State ensures the material well-being of Singaporeans. The general election of 2020 (GE2020) during the COVID-19 pandemic, put this social compact between the people ... Read more

    30,52 €

  • The Maverick Leadership Party Flourishes

    A Third Parties Short Story

    by Andrew Bushard ...
    The Maverick Leadership Party Flourishes: A Third Parties Short Story blends the accomplishments of third parties with the aspirations of third parties to create a pathway that, God willing, shall enable third parties to succeed, excel, and flourish.27 pages. ... Read more

    2,67 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Electoral Rights in Europe

    Advances and Challenges

    Edited by Helen Hardman, Brice Dickson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Elections, Democracy and Autocracy
    From the perspective of a number of different social science disciplines, this book explores the ways in which the election of politicians can be made more fair and credible by adopting a human rights approach to elections. It discusses existing international standards for the conduct of elections and presents case studies relating to jurisdictions within Europe, especially those emerging from ... Read more

    59,65 €

  • The Next Election

    by Landon Wallace ...
    Politicians rarely get a second chance. The Next Election is the story of Blake Buchanan’s. Once a shoo-in for the highest political office in the state, Blake Buchanan sacrificed his lifelong dream to protect his family. Now, a year removed from his withdrawal as a Texas gubernatorial candidate, Blake seeks to revive his once successful legal career while navigating a nasty divorce and shielding ... Read more

    7,41 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Regime Change

    National Security in the Age of Terrorism

    by Arnold Schuchter ...
    Regime Change provides in-depth insights into President Bush's handling of national security and terrorism issues pre- and post-9/11 and guidelines for the Democratic presidential candidate's strategic "war on terrorism" that includes: restructuring the Intelligence Community and national security decision-making in the White House; rejuvenating the trans-Atlantic alliance and expanding global ... Read more

    4,23 €

  • The 2016 Contenders: Ted Cruz

    by Marc Fisher, The Washington Post ...
    Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories.Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually over the long haul of a presidential campaign.It’s Ted Cruz’s ramrod devotion to principle ... Read more

    18,28 €

  • How We Elected Lincoln

    Personal Recollections

    by Abram J. Dittenhoefer, Kathleen Hall Jamieson ...
    Abram J. Dittenhoefer was a young South Carolinian who embraced abolition and moved to New York in order to work for the newly formed Republican party and its antislavery platform. Even though he was in his early twenties, he quickly established himself as a savvy and creative campaigner, and when he encountered Abraham Lincoln in New York City on February 27, 1860, a mutual friendship and trust ... Read more

    15,15 €

  • Race and the Obama Administration

    Substance, symbols, and hope

    by Andra Gillespie ...
    The election of Barack Obama marked a critical point in American political and social history. Did the historic election of a black president actually change the status of blacks in the United States? Did these changes (or lack thereof) inform blacks' perceptions of the President? This book explores these questions by comparing Obama's promotion of substantive and symbolic initiatives for blacks ... Read more

    15,47 €

  • Trumping Obama

    How President Trump Saved Us From Barack Obama's Legacy

    by Matt Margolis, Jeffrey Lord ...
    The Presidency of Barack Obama was characterized by radical policy shifts—the implementation of Obamacare (the first steps toward socialized medicine); unprecedented expansion of the big government regulatory state; the prioritization of pie-in-the-sky environmental concerns over jobs and economic growth; a foreign policy based on secret dealings, appeasement, and “leading from behind”; and a ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • The Election Game

    by JJ Williamson ...
    People in Australia are familiar with elections as elections occur frequently. Yet, there is more to learn about elections than most people realise. The Election Game provides an overview of elections in Australia. This is a book for those who are interested in democracy. ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Who Won? The 2024 Presidential Election

    by Tom McAuliffe ...
    In 'Who Won? The 2024 Presidential Election', award-winning author Tom McAuliffe unpacks the most tumultuous, unpredictable, and divisive election in modern American history. With razor-sharp analysis and gripping storytelling, McAuliffe takes readers behind the scenes, revealing the key players, dramatic turning points, and media spin that shaped the race for the White House. Does money play a ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Presidential Elections in Iran

    Changing Faces; Status Quo Policies

    by NCRI- U.S. Representative Office ...
    Presidential Elections in Iran: Changing Faces; Status Quo Policies reviews the past 11 presidential elections, demonstrating that the only criterion for qualifying as a candidate is practical and heartfelt allegiance to the Supreme Leader. An unelected vetting watchdog, the Guardian Council makes that determination.The book makes it clear that in the clerical regime, the president is practically ... Read more

    1,05 €

  • Democracy Betrayed

    How Superdelegates, Redistricting, Party Insiders, and the Electoral College Rigged the 2016 Election

    by Steven Rosenfeld ...
    An impassioned takedown of the undemocratic features of American electoral politics and their role in the 2016 election. Americans are taught to cherish our democracy, especially our right to vote. But after the 2016 presidential election, we are confronted, yet again, with the reality that our system is neither free nor fair. Almost every step along the way is filled with intentional and ... Read more

    17,18 €

  • Donald Trump and New Hampshire Politics

    by Christopher J. Galdieri ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The state of New Hampshire has played a pivotal role in Donald Trump's rise. This volume examines how the Granite State incubated Trump's political ambitions as early as the 1988 campaign cycle, how Trump's return to the state in 2014 presaged his 2016 candidacy, and how the state rescued his ambitions after his defeat in the Iowa caucuses. The book also examines how Trump lost the state to ... Read more

    47,69 €