Following the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the presidential election of 2016, many prominent scholars and political pundits argued that a successful Democratic Party in the future must abandon identity politics. While these calls for Democrats to distance themselves from such strategies have received much attention, there is scant academic work that empirically tests whether nonracial campaigns provide an advantage to Democrats today. As Christopher Stout explains, those who argue for dera...

Bringing Race Back In empirically investigates whether "post-racial" campaign strategies, which are becoming increasingly common, improve black candidates’ ability to mobilize and attract voters of all races and ethnicities. In contrast to existing studies, this analysis demonstrates that black candidates who make positive racial appeals (for example, racial appeals that indicate that the candidate will either advance black policy interests or highlight the candidate’s connection ...

In Black Voices in the Halls of Power, authors Jennifer R. Garcia, Christopher T. Stout, and Katherine Tate explore how US lawmakers use racial rhetoric to elevate the voice of Black communities, influence policy, and shape voter trust. Through a combination of data-driven research and accessible storytelling, the book uncovers the strategic ways politicians speak about race, revealing how rhetoric impacts policymaking and representation and offering fresh insights into race and power in A...

Would you like to create wealth, start your business, without experience and with a step-by-step guide??Once you understand how to generate passive income you will never have to worry about losing your job again. No matter what life brings, you will be ready to generate money to support yourself and your family.In this book you will learn:How to make money onlineThe difference between passive and active income

Paige Harmon is desperately trying to hold her life together, but the world has not been kind to people like her. Even her best friend Andie June is considering pulling up stakes and moving to safer shores.In the midst of all this turmoil, Paige takes on what seems like a typical missing person's case that quickly spirals into something far more sinister. The investigation puts her on the trail of a notorious grave robber, and also causes her to cross paths with a candidate for gov...

A biography of Curt Schilling, star pitcher with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This collection provides a deep engagement with the political implication of Black Lives Matter. This book covers a broad range of topics using a variety of methods and epistemological approaches.In the twenty-first century, the killings of Black Americans have sparked a movement to end the brutality against Black bodies. In 2013, #BlackLivesMatter would become a movement-building project led by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. This movement began after the acquitta...

For those who fight.For those who have fallen.For those she loves.Named for a murdered performer, Project Athena is a non-profit seeking to turn an abandoned school into affordable housing for homeless young adults. Paige Harmon is happy to donate her time and art to the cause.Then the threats start coming.The property has caught the interest of other developers, including some who want to see people like Paige and her friend Andie June erased from t...

A corrupt chief of police.A violent militia.They murdered her brother.Now she's going to extract her vengeance in blood.Miranda Leider may be a rookie cop, but she's no stranger to violent justice. When her brother is found dead, she is determined to uncover his true killer. What she finds leads her all the way to her own boss, the chief of police. Both hunter and hunted, Miranda will soon learns that the only difference between justice and revenge is which ...

Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation.In Assessing War, military historians, social scientists, and military officers explore how observers have analyzed the trajectory of war in American conflicts from the Seven Years’ War through the war in Afghanistan. Drawing on decades of acquired expertise, the contributors examine wartime assessment in both theory and practic...

In literature and film the spy chief is an all-knowing, all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like pieces on a chessboard. How close to reality is that depiction, and what does it really take to be an effective leader in the world of intelligence?This first volume of Spy Chiefs broadens and deepens our understanding of the role of intelligence leaders in foreign affairs and national security in the United States and United Kingdom from the early 1940s to the p...

Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public figure, and intelligence activities have been brought under the rule of law. In authoritarian regimes, however, the spy chief was and remains a frightening and opaque figure who exercises secret influence abroad and engages in repression at home.This second volume of Spy Chiefs goes beyo...