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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 €

  • 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

    11,12 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    30,31 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 TimesThe 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 ... ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • 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 €

  • Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections

    Theory, Practice, and Implications

    by Alberto Simpser ...
    Series series Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
    Why do parties and governments cheat in elections they cannot lose? This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice. Alberto Simpser shows that, in many instances, elections are about more than winning. Electoral manipulation is not only a tool used to gain votes, but also a means of transmitting or distorting ... Read more

    34,55 €

  • Social Status and Political Participation of Rich and Poor Citizens in Africa

    When the Resource-Poor are the Most Likely Voters

    by Elvis Bisong Tambe ...
    This book seeks to explore a fundamental obscurity in electoral behavior literature: while socioeconomic status is typically robustly and positively associated with a higher propensity for voting worldwide, the relationship in Africa is either negative or non-existent. Building upon the author’s previous works relating to political participation, behavior and electoral processes, this work focuses ... Read more

    124,01 €

  • The Qualifications Gap

    Why Women Must Be Better than Men to Win Political Office

    by Nichole M. Bauer ...
    What does it take for women to win political office? This book uncovers a gendered qualifications gap, showing that women need to be significantly more qualified than men to win elections. Applying insights from psychology and political science and drawing on experiments, public opinion data, and content analysis, Nichole M. Bauer presents new evidence of how voter biases and informational ... Read more

    33,49 €

  • The Trump Movement

    by Don Baxter ...
    Who is Donald Trump? Who were his supporters, his opponents? What was his platform? How the hell did he stun an entire nation and most of the world? What does his election mean for America? The world? ... Read more

    2,72 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anatomy of a Liberal Victory

    Making Sense of the Vote in the 2000 Canadian Election

    by Andre Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, Richard Nadeau, Neil Nevitte ...
    Anatomy of a Liberal Victory: Making Sense of the Vote in the 2000 Canadian Election provides a compressive account of the factors that led Canadians to vote the way they did in the Fall 2000 Canadian election, which resulted in a third consecutive Liberal majority government. The book explains the overall impact that these factors had on how well or poorly each of the parties did in the election. ... Read more

    25,01 €

  • Voting in a Hybrid Regime

    Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election

    by Ali Riaz ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This Pivot explores the mechanism of election manipulation in ostensibly democratic but essentially authoritarian systems called the hybrid regime, using the 2018 parliamentary elections in Bangladesh as an example. The 2018 election has delivered an unprecedented victory to the incumbent Bangladesh Awami League. Elections pose serious dilemmas for the leaders of hybrid regimes. While contested ... Read more

    38,15 €

  • The Illusion of Voting

    by Wanda Young ...
    What happens in a city like Philadelphia under pressure? On the surface there had been panic. Underneath it was still business as usually. The Coronavirus had been a prescription for devastation, depression and death. West Philly a black community, survival of the streets has always been a way of life. But a forced lock down for three months changed the structure of households, business and ... Read more

    7,52 €

  • Leading Men

    Presidential Campaigns and the Politics of Manhood

    by Jackson Katz ...
    Why Americans always elect men as presidents? It’s no secret that there is a wide—and growing—gender gap in American presidential politics. Over the past thirty years, Democrats have made major gains with women, while Republicans have been doing far better with men —especially white working class men. The question is why? In Leading Men, Jackson Katz argues that racial politics and economic ... Read more

    18,33 €

  • To Newt or To Not

    How an Undisciplined New Speaker and Rigid Proposals Emboldened Democratic Hopes of Retaking the U.S. House in 1996

    by Scott Crass ...
    In 1994, Democrats were reeling from losing control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. Returning members entered the new, 104th Congress powerless but the persona of the architect of that Republican takeover offered hope that their time in the wilderness would be brief. Speaker Newt Gingrich was a visionary but often accompanied that quality with brazen legislative ... Read more

    3,63 €

  • Predicting the Next President

    The Keys to the White House, 2024

    by Allan J. Lichtman ...
    In the days after Donald Trump’s unexpected victory on election night 2016, The New York Times, CNN, and other leading media outlets reached out to one of the few pundits who had correctly predicted the outcome, Allan J. Lichtman. While many election forecasters base their findings exclusively on public opinion polls, Lichtman looks at the underlying fundamentals that have driven every ... Read more

    21,72 €

  • THE STORY OF 'UNCOMMITTED' MICHIGAN VOTERS UNMOVED BY GAZA PORTION OF HARRIS’ DNC SPEECH

    Their True Aim To Put Trump In Office

    by Clarity Press ...
    Are the "uncommitted" voters in Michigan truly undecided, or is their silence a calculated move to sway the election in Donald Trump’s favor?"THE STORY OF 'UNCOMMITTED' MICHIGAN VOTERS UNMOVED BY GAZA PORTION OF HARRIS’ DNC SPEECH" delves deep into the motivations and strategies of a crucial voter bloc that could determine the outcome of the next presidential election. These voters, frustrated by ... Read more

    3,88 €

  • Battleground Bengal

    The Political Future of a Fiercely Contested State | A Deep Dive into West Bengal Politics | An Insider Analysis of the 2026 Assembly Election

    by Sayantan Ghosh ...
    Long considered a bastion of the Left, the state of West Bengal has been politically dominated by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for more than a decade, to the extent that the opposition parties here have been reduced to electoral irrelevance. But over the last few years, the TMC has been faced with a new challenger: the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has slowly made inroads into the state’s ... Read more

    4,55 €

  • Canada is dying

    Trudeau inflation disaster

    by Clifford E. Seay ...
    The documentary Canada Is Dying is of the highest caliber. This provides a comprehensive analysis of the harm reduction and safe supply policies that have been implemented in Canada under the leadership of the federal Liberal Party and with the backing of the New Democratic Party. It discusses contentious issues that the mainstream media would rather avoid. The documentary titled "Canada is Dying" ... Read more

    4,87 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 21st-Century Voter

    Who Votes, How They Vote, and Why They Vote [2 volumes]

    Edited by Guido H. Stempel III, Thomas K. Hargrove ...
    This comprehensive reference covers all aspects of politics and voting—from elections and campaigns, to major political figures and parties, to the role of media and major activist groups.As America's population changes, so do its political trends. This insightful resource captures the evolution of American politics and elections in the 21st century, explaining the identities and roles of ... Read more

    Was 173,41 € Now 150,30 €

  • The British General Election of 2017

    by Philip Cowley, Dennis Kavanagh ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The British General Election of 2017 is the definitive and authoritative account of one of the most dramatic elections in British history. Throwing aside her natural caution, Theresa May called a snap election and was widely expected to crush Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Her gamble backfired spectacularly as the Conservatives lost their Commons majority to a resurgent Labour led by one of the ... Read more

    31,47 €

  • Count Me In! The US Voting System | Election Books for Kids Grade 3 | Children's Government Books

    by Universal Politics ...
    Did you know that the voting is a very powerful right of all citizens? It is important that you understand why you should take part in local government by practicing your right to vote, once you are eligible. You can practice voting at school, at home, and even within your preferred organizations and groups. Read to learn beginning today. ... Read more

    4,12 €

  • The Social Roots of Asian American Partisanship

    From Political Learning to Partisan Leanings

    by Tanika Raychaudhuri ...
    Asian Americans make up the fastest growing racial group in the United States, and, as such, their votes are of intense interest to both major political parties. Historically, this diverse, pan-ethnic constituency has shown strong support for the Democratic Party, but recent election cycles have seen an increase in Asian American votes for Republican candidates. To make sense of this trend, The ... Read more

    22,14 €

  • The Miasma Murders

    by J. Norman Reid ...
    Henry Wright, well-meaning but fumbling amateur sleuth with a penchant for trouble, discovers the mutilated body of a Washington Post reporter. Public interest lobbyist working Capitol Hill by day, Wright and the reporter had been researching voter suppression issues together. Could their investigation have touched a sensitive nerve that led to the murder? That seems unlikely, and another, deeper ... Read more

    3,17 €