Elections and referenda / suffrage Books
Chicago Review Press All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy's
Book Synopsis"A powerful story, skillfully told." —Booklist A new portrait of Robert Kennedy, a politician who, for all his faults, had the uncommon courage to stand up to a president from his own party and shine a light on America's shortcomings In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of Appalachia to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Kennedy viewed his two days in Kentucky as an opportunity to test his antiwar and antipoverty message with hardscrabble white voters. Among the strip mines, one-room schoolhouses, and dilapidated homes, however, Kennedy encountered a strong mistrust and intense resentment of establishment politicians. In All This Marvelous Potential, author Matthew Algeo meticulously retraces RFK's tour of eastern Kentucky, visiting the places he visited and meeting with the people he met. Algeo explains how and why the region has changed since 1968, and why it matters for the rest of the country. The similarities between then and now are astonishing: divisive politics, racial strife, economic uncertainty, and environmental alarm. Trade Review"I've been waiting thirty-five years, since I was a young reporter at the Courier-Journal in Louisville, for someone to do justice to Bobby Kennedy's milepost trip across eastern Kentucky. Matthew Algeo's new book makes it worth that wait." Larry Tye, author of Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon"a powerful story, skillfully told." Booklist"a concise historical analysis through which stories of Appalachia's coal country, and its residents' poverty, make clear the challenges of the past and the legacies that shaped a more hopeful future." Foreword Reviews"This face-paced narrative, focusing less on Kennedy and more on local people, will find audiences among those who enjoyed J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy and Tony Horowitz's Spying on the South ." Library Journal
£23.36
Chicago Review Press All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy's
Book Synopsis"A powerful story, skillfully told." —Booklist A new portrait of Robert Kennedy, a politician who, for all his faults, had the uncommon courage to stand up to a president from his own party and shine a light on America's shortcomings In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of Appalachia to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Kennedy viewed his two days in Kentucky as an opportunity to test his antiwar and antipoverty message with hardscrabble white voters. Among the strip mines, one-room schoolhouses, and dilapidated homes, however, Kennedy encountered a strong mistrust and intense resentment of establishment politicians. In All This Marvelous Potential, author Matthew Algeo meticulously retraces RFK's tour of eastern Kentucky, visiting the places he visited and meeting with the people he met. Algeo explains how and why the region has changed since 1968, and why it matters for the rest of the country. The similarities between then and now are astonishing: divisive politics, racial strife, economic uncertainty, and environmental alarm. Trade Review"A powerful story, skillfully told." -- BooklistTable of ContentsRobert F. Kennedy’s ItineraryIntroductionPart I: Before the Trip Night Dysgenics Replace Their Despair Tom Fletcher An Article in Life Poverty Obsessed A Pioneer in Opposition ResearchPart II: Tuesday, February 13, 1968 1:00 pm—Vortex Swango Fugate Black and Proud Reverend Connie Just Pee in This Jug Sedition 2:30 pm—Barwick Three Licks and a Smile 3:30 pm—Hazard 5:00 pm—Yellow Creek, A Guy Who Wears Horns Hell, I’ll Handle This A Prairie in the Mountains 7:00 pm—Pippa Passes, The Globe Woman Reverend Baldridge The Deepening Swamp “Ulysses” Campaign ’68 LurleenPart III: Wednesday, February 14, 1968 8:00 am—Whitesburg A Winter Tan To Cure Poverty 10:00 am—Neon, Waiting for Kennedy Nell Make Yourselves Comfortable A Worm in a Miniskirt The A.V.s The Cloverfork Newsletter The Average Homosexual Paper Bags The War on Welfare Queens Dave Zegeer The Zegeer Files All the Girls 3:00 pm—Prestonsburg From the Kentucky Coal Mines . . . . . . to the California SunPart IV: After the Trip Another Thing I Wish to Comment on Is Your Long Hair I Knew Something Was Wrong Cote’s CemeteryAcknowledgmentsSourcesBibliography Index
£15.15
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Cómo Trump se Robó 2020
Book SynopsisEl robo de votos es el asunto clave para la elección del 2020 y Palast es el experto que puede explicar el porqué.Vote theft is the key issue to the 2020 Election and Palast is the expert to explain why.Trump ya se habrá robado el 2020? El robo de votos se consideraba un asunto marginal del cual nadie quería hablar, pero los índices han subido y los hechos han salido a la luz--en gran parte gracias al autor--y ahora se reconoce como uno de los temas decisivos de nuestras elecciones presidenciales. El alcance es abrumador. En la elección de la mitad del mandato del 2018 en Georgia--el campo de pruebas--los funcionarios Republicanos calladamente eliminaron a medio millón de votantes registrados del padrón electoral--incluyendo a Christine Jordan, la prima de 92 años de Martin Luther King. Cómo Trump se robó el 2020 cuenta la historia de los planes racista para robarse la elección del 2020, los operativos políticos detrás del engaño--y los billonarios de ultraderecha que lo financian todo, escrito por el periodista investigativo que cubrió esta historia desde el principio. Has Trump already stolen the 2020 election? Vote theft was once considered to be a marginal issue that no one wanted to talk about, but as the stakes have risen and the facts have become known--in large part thanks to this author--it is now recognized as one of the central issues deciding our presidential elections. The scope is staggering. In the Georgia 2018 midterm election alone--the testing ground--Republican voting officials quietly removed half a million voters from the voter rolls--including Martin Luther King''s ninety-two-year-old cousin Christine Jordan. How Trump Stole 2020 is the story of the racially poisonous schemes to steal the 2020 election, the political operatives behind the trickery---and the hard right billionaires funding it all, written by the investigative reporter who has been covering this story from the outset.
£15.26
The New York Review of Books, Inc Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy:
Book SynopsisAn incisive reflection on black electoral politics, disenfranchisement, and the lasting legacy of the civil rights movement—now with a brand-new essay on the Covid-19 pandemic, reparations, and the 2020 George Floyd protests.Blackballed is Darryl Pinckney’s meditation on a century and a half of participation by blacks in US electoral politics. In this combination of memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary political and social analysis, he investigates the struggle for black voting rights from Reconstruction through the civil rights movement to Barack Obama’s two presidential campaigns. Drawing on the work of scholars, the memoirs of civil rights workers, and the speeches and writings of black leaders like Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael, Andrew Young and John Lewis, Pinckney traces the disagreements among blacks about the best strategies for achieving equality in American society as well as the ways in which they gradually came to create the Democratic voting bloc that contributed to the election of the first black president.Interspersed through the narrative are Pinckney’s own memories of growing up during the civil rights era and the reactions of his parents to the changes taking place in American society. He concludes with an examination of ongoing efforts by Republicans to suppress the black vote, with particular attention to the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Also included here is Pinckney’s essay “What Black Means Now,” on the history of the black middle class, stereotypes about blacks and crime, and contemporary debates about “post-blackness,” as well as a new essay, “Buck Moon in Harlem,” which reflects on Juneteenth and the ongoing fight for racial justice, and offers a glimpse of New York City amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the protests following the killing of George Floyd.
£12.59
Nimbus Publishing Limited Storm the Ballot Box
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£18.22
Lexington Books The 2020 Presidential Election in the South
Book SynopsisThe 2020 Presidential Election in the South details how the 2020 presidential election developed in the twelve states of the South. This edited volume features preeminent scholars of Southern politics who analyze the momentous Election of 2020. In addition to chapters organized by state, this volume also focuses upon the issues that drove southern voters, the nominations process in early 2020, as well as a chapter focusing on where the region may be headed politically in the next decade. In addition, each state chapter includes analysis on notable congressional races and important patterns at the state level. The authors also provide keen insight into the ever-changing political patterns in the region. Since the South continues to evolve in terms of politics and demographic shifts, this book will be an important tool for academics. However, the book will also enlighten journalists and political enthusiasts seeking a deeper understanding of contemporary changes in Southern electoral politics.Trade ReviewThe South is back as a central player in U.S. elections. I greatly enjoyed reading this fantastic book, which shows that race, religion, suburbanization, and region are central to our new and emerging understanding of southern politics. This collection of essays presents one of the best and most accessible deep dives into the region’s role in the 2020 elections. If you want to know how the South shapes the electoral politics of the United States, read this book! -- Christian Grose, University of Southern CaliforniaThe South is a hotbed of political change. Demography is catching up with politics. It is the most exciting of regions, for better, a more competitive and representative politics, or worse, increased restrictions on voting by people of color. With Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and other states threatening to adapt, short-term or long-term, to the politics of mainstream America. -- William Crotty, Northeastern UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: The Setting and Nominating ProcessChapter 1: The 2020 Southern Electorate: Demographics, Issues, and (In)Distinctiveness by Patrick R. MillerChapter 2: The 2020 Presidential Nomination Process by Aaron A. Hitefield and M.V. Hood IIIPart II: Elections in the Deep SouthChapter 3: Alabama: Politics of Personality in the Heart of Dixie by Shannon L. BridgmonChapter 4: Georgia: Breakthrough to Blue by Charles S. Bullock, IIIChapter 5: Louisiana: Trump Support in This Swamp Runs Deep by Robert E. Hogan and Anna R. ElinkowskiChapter 6: Mississippi: Republican Hegemony Persists by Stephen D. ShafferChapter 7: South Carolina: Redder than Red for Now by Branwell DuBose Kapeluck and Scott E. BuchananPart III: Elections in the Rim SouthChapter 8: Arkansas: Once More with Feeling for Trump by Jay Barth and Janine A. ParryChapter 9: Florida: Kingmaker No More? by Jonathan Knuckey and Aubrey JewettChapter 10: Kentucky 2020: Bluegrass, Red State by Joel Turner, Scott Lasley, and Jeffrey P. KashChapter 11: North Carolina: Even More Deeply Divided in 2020 by J. Michael BitzerChapter 12: Tennessee: Trump Territory, Again by Vaughn MayChapter 13: Texas: Texas: Partisan Changes Finally Afoot by Seth C. McKeeChapter 14: Virginia: Trump Accelerates the Bluing of the Commonwealth by John J. McGlennonChapter 15: Five Southern States That Could Change American Politics by H. Gibbs Knotts
£102.00
The University of Akron Press The Elections of 2000: Politics, Culture, and
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£18.50
The University of Akron Press Elections of 2000: Politics, Culture and
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£13.52
Fulcrum Publishing The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado
Book SynopsisThrough the microcosm of Colorado's stunning political transformation, this is an inside look at the rapidly-changing business of campaigns and elections. The techniques pioneered in Colorado have been recognized by both parties and pundits as the future of American politics.Trade Review"What caused this stunning reversal [in Colorado]? It wasn't just the vagaries of political fortune; a carefully executed Democratic plan was instrumental in the turnaround. Adam Schrager and Rob Witwer debriefed the architects of the plan and now lay out what they learned in The Blueprint. "--Wall Street Journal "It's been blurbed by everyone from liberals... to conservatives including former Gov. Bill Owens and Hugh Hewitt- this is an even-handed take, not a takedown, and is well worth your time."--Gabbur "Every conservative should read The Blueprint. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how the Left has built its machine."--Red State Blog "...Provides fascinating insights into one of the most sustained and coordinated political efforts in recent history."--Taegan Goddard's Political Wire "The Colorado turnaround in 2008 was nothing short of phenomenal: a once rock-solid Republican state went Democratic in a big way. And members of both parties are still scratching their heads over what happened. Adam Schrager and Rob Witwer have dug into the question for their book The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care.--Political Bookworm Blog by Steven Levingston "This is not a Colorado story about a positive change in American democracy... Adam Schrager and Rob Witwer show in this book that winning has become everything and that any state could build a "donor-built and donor-funded conglomerate" that can buy and control the state... Whatever hope I had previously has been severely tested by The Blueprint."-- Former Governor, Richard D. Lamm "The Blueprint delves into progressive politics and why Democrats across the country are starting to take power, and how Republicans may be at fault for their own loss of power. The Blueprint is a fascinating case study on the shifting nature of politics on the whole of America."--The Midwest Book Review
£14.95
Apollo Publishers Words to Win By: The Slogans, Logos, and Designs
Book SynopsisFrom “All the Way with LBJ” to red MAGA hats, famous and infamous slogans, logos, signage, and accessories from over a century of presidential elections are compiled in a striking visual encyclopedia.Presidential campaigns emerge in state fairs, stump speeches, and selfie lines; but when the crowds disperse and after ballots are cast, movements live on in posters, logos, slogans, and accessories. From Hillary pins to Warren Harding's “Return to Normalcy” banners, from buttons emblazoned with Dwight Eisenhower's trademark “I Like Ike” to Shepard Fairey's iconic “HOPE” poster for Barack Obama, and highly thought-out promotions for Biden and the rest of the 2020 presidential candidates, campaign materials serve as portals into the complex nature of American politics, values, and emotion.This collection of visual messaging, brimming with five hundred punchy color images from United States presidential campaigns from the turn of the twentieth century to today, contains the bold graphics, quippy one-liners, and cutting-edge designs that shaped the way America viewed its would-be leaders and revealed the way its would-be leaders viewed America in return. Presidential candidates might range from policy wonks to moral champions to experienced leaders, but they all rely on expert branding to convey their unique platforms to the public.In the fast-moving age of Twitter and Facebook, this tangible display of effective—and regrettable—American artifacts is destined to delight political junkies and design aficionados of all stripes.
£17.09
Kohlhammer Kommunale Planung: Burger Erfolgreich Beteiligen
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£16.62
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Wahlkapitulationen in Europa
Book SynopsisDer Band gibt einen Ãœberblick Ãber die Entwicklungen der Wahlkapitulationen in Europa.
£80.36
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Election Campaigns and Voter Decision-Making in a
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£24.00
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Explaining Ethnic and Election Violence
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£92.25
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Politicians' Expressions of Anger and Leadership
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£48.75
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Rebel Parties in African Post-Conflict Elections:
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£77.25
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft An N Enquiry Into Linear Conflict Models
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£32.66
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El método Obama, Las 100 claves comunicativas del
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£10.40
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El destructor / The Destroyer
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£16.11
