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  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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

    29,78 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • Marketing Democracy

    Public Opinion and Media Formation in Democratic Societies

    Edited by Catherine Paradeise ...
    This book examines mass marketing techniques in a political rather than economic context. The authors' thesis remains persuasive: democratic politics, precisely because it requires mass support for its legitimation, increases the need for public opinion to be channelized and focused. This is precisely the task of marketing in the political process.Increasingly, advanced societies are involved in ... Read more

    60,87 €

  • Sovereignism and Populism

    Citizens, Voters and Parties in Western European Democracies

    Edited by Linda Basile, Oscar Mazzoleni ...
    At a time when populism and appeal for national and popular sovereignty are on the rise – in Europe, the USA, and beyond – this volume proposes a new research agenda in political science that focuses on the linkages between populist and sovereignism in Europe.The book’s core question is to know and describe whether, how, and to what extent populism has been able to articulate the calls for ‘taking ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Political Marketing in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

    Edited by Jamie Gillies ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book focuses on the spectacle of the 2024 U.S. presidential election from the return of Donald Trump and the decision by Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race and endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee to the campaign sprint culminating in Trump’s win in November. A follow-up to Political Marketing in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, it uniquely focuses on ... Read more

    38,15 €

  • The Climax of Populism

    The Election of 1896

    by Robert F. Durden ...
    Rarely has a third political party in the United States exerted a force upon national events comparable to that of the Populists during the 1890s. This force reached its climax in the presidential race of 1896, when the national reforms epitomized in the cry for free silver were at issue. Yet despite a number of recent studies, confusion and error regarding the Populists in the crucial election of ... Read more

    34,33 €

  • Handbuch Politische Kommunikation

    Edited by Isabelle Borucki, Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw, Stefan Marschall, Thomas Zerback ...
    Series series Social Science and Law (German Language)
    Angesichts von Globalisierung, Individualisierung und Digitalisierung haben sich die Umwelten, Bedingungen und Folgen politischer Kommunikation fundamental gewandelt. Das stellt auch die Erforschung der politischen Kommunikation vor neue Herausforderungen. Diese schlagen sich in der Theorieentwicklung, in den Themen der Forschung, aber vor allem auch im methodischen Zugriff nieder. Angesichts ... Read more

    107,05 €

  • The Fourth Branch Playbook

    Concrete Steps to Engage State Legislatures and Restore Hope in America

    by Frances J. Boddie ...
    Series series The Global Trending
    "When frustration meets action, any ordinary civilian becomes a superpower—and the Fourth Branch is your blueprint to save our union, one state at a time."In the wake of the 2024 elections, millions of Americans are grappling with frustration, anxiety, and a deep disillusionment with the federal government. Voter confidence has eroded, leaving citizens feeling powerless as critical issues—climate ... Read more

    7,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Power of the Vote

    Electing Presidents, Overthrowing Dictators, and Promoting Democracy Around the World

    by Douglas E. Schoen ...
    One of the Democratic Party's most successful strategists tells the inside stories of his most dramatic victories and failures, while illustrating how technology and politics merged to change the political process in America.For the last 30 years, Douglas E. Schoen has been one of the most innovative people in Democratic politics, working behind the scenes as a political strategist for some of the ... Read more

    12,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Responsible Governance: A Case Study Approach

    A Case Study Approach

    by Steven G. Koven ...
    This book is designed to show readers how ethics can constrain improper behavior. To demonstrate the relationship of ethics to good government, the author presents high profile case studies that were selected for their notoriety and their ability to connect the reader to fundamental ethical questions. Themes of public interest, natural law, and rule of law provide a framework for the case studies, ... Read more

    41,39 €

  • Onward Christian Soldiers?

    The Religious Right in American Politics

    by Clyde Wilcox, Carin Robinson ...
    They have money, influence, power - and they turn out to vote. "They" are groups like Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, and Concerned Women for America (all parts of the Christian Right. But, are they a serious threat to religious liberty, bent on creating a theocratic state, or the last defenders of religion and family values in America). Bringing the story of the religious right up ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Hard Sell

    The tricks of political advertising

    by Dee Madigan ...
    In The Hard Sell, creative director Dee Madigan uses her trademark humour and down-to-earth approach to unveil the world of political advertising. Drawing on real-life stories from her own recent Federal and State campaigns, she gives us fascinating industry insight into:• How political ads are designed to work;• Who are they designed to work on;• How we pay for them;• Why we make so many negative ... Read more

    11,58 €

  • The Promise of Democratic Equality in the United States

    by Douglas D. Roscoe ...
    The Promise of Democratic Equality in the United States explores the ways in which the American political system fails to fully respect political equality.Douglas D. Roscoe argues these deficiencies are not necessarily failures of justice, but often reflect attempts to balance important but competing principles and values. He analyzes the balance among these competing values in a variety of ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Obama Zombies

    How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation

    by Jason Mattera ...
    In 2008, Barack Obama lobotomized a generation.For an entire year, otherwise clear-thinking members of the most affluent, over-educated, information-drenched generation in American history fell prey to the most expensive, hi-tech, laser-focused marketing assault in presidential campaign history.Twitter messages were machine-gunned to cell phones at mach speed.Facebook and MySpace groups spread ... Read more

    16,03 €

  • L'Interview impossible

    by Daniel Schneidermann ...
    Series series Arrêt sur images
    Que se passerait-il, si un journaliste étranger pouvait interviewer Nicolas Sarkozy, sans limitation de durée, sans crainte de représailles, sans aucun tabou ?Cette « interview-vérité » dont nous rêvons tous, Daniel Schneidermann, l'a imaginée. Voici donc toutes les questions que les journalistes français n'ont jamais posées en direct au président sortant. De l'affaire Bettencourt à celle de ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • Fundraiser in Chief

    Presidents and the Politics of Campaign Cash

    by Brendan J. Doherty ...
    Recent presidents have responded to the evolving rules of the campaign finance system and the competitive electoral landscape by devoting substantial amounts of their most valuable resource—their time—to fundraising. In the follow-up to his 2012 book, The Rise of the President’s Permanent Campaign, Brendan Doherty argues that presidential fundraising is an underexamined tool of modern presidential ... Read more

    19,28 €

  • Presidenta: Más de 100 mujeres te escriben

    by Yuriria Sierra ...
    Series series Claves. Sociedad, economía, política
    A lo largo de más de doscientos años de existencia como país, México ha sido gobernado por una larga sucesión de presidentes varones, jamás una mujer. Eso, sin embargo, está por cambiar: el 2 de junio de este 2024, los mexicanos nos iremos a dormir con la noticia de quién será la primera presidenta de nuestra historia.Ante este parteaguas en la vida nacional y sus potenciales repercusiones para ... Read more

    11,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voices of the UK Left

    Rhetoric, Ideology and the Performance of Politics

    Edited by Judi Atkins, John Gaffney ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book brings together a team of specialists to explore why some left-wing politicians are able to communicate their message effectively, whereas others struggle to connect with the public. To address this question, it analyses the rhetoric and narratives employed by figures from British and Welsh Labour, the Green Party, the Scottish National Party and the radical left, as well as the anti ... Read more

    95,39 €

  • Electoral Structure and Urban Policy

    Impact on Mexican American Communities

    by J.L. Polinard, Robert D. Wrinkle, Tomas Longoria, Norman E. Binder ...
    This book examines how electoral structure, representation styles and policy outputs affect the Mexican American community in Texas. In so doing, it makes a major contribution to the larger study of minority politics in the context of urban electoral and political structures. ... Read more

    41,39 €

  • Complot à Paris

    by Christian Lestavel ...
    Guinée-Conakry, 2004. Les jours et le règne du président Lansana Conté semblent tirer vers leur fin. Pas seulement à cause de la leucémie qui empoisonne son sang, mais surtout à cause de celle qui empoisonne, silencieusement encore, le sang du pays tout entier. En effet, certains proches du gouvernement assoiffés de pouvoir convoitent le trône. Et leur intention n’est pas de mener leur nation vers ... Read more

    6,99 €