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Book SynopsisThe first book-long analysis of the 'mediatization of politics', this volume aims to understand the transformations of the relationship between media and politics in recent decades, and explores how growing media autonomy, journalistic framing, media populism and new media technologies affect democratic processes.Trade Review'This book brings together some of the leading scholars in contemporary political communication to explore the mediatization of politics. Written in a highly accessible way it provides the reader with a critical insight into this increasingly important concept showcasing the latest theoretical reflections and empirical evidence. I have no doubt that this edited collection will become required reading for all those interested in understanding the mediatization process.' - James Stanyer, University of Loughborough, UKTable of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Mediatization of Politics: Towards a Theoretical Framework; Jesper Strömbäck and Frank Esser PART II: FOUNDATIONS 2. Mediatization and Democracy; Jay G. Blumler 3. Mediatization and Political Populism; Gianpietro Mazzoleni 4. Mediatization and New Media; Winfried Schulz 5. Mediatization and Political Autonomy: A Systems Approach; Frank Marcinkowski and Adrian Steiner Part III: DIMENSIONS OF MEDIATIZATION 6. Mediation of Political Realities: Media as Crucial Source of Information; Adam Shehata and Jesper Strömbäck 7. Mediatization at the Structural Level: Independence from Politics, Dependence on the Market; Linards Udris and Jens Lucht 8. Mediatization of News: The Role of Journalistic Framing; Claes H. de Vreese 9. Mediatization of Campaign Coverage: Metacoverage of U.S. Elections; Paul D'Angelo, Florin Büchel and Frank Esser 10. Mediatization of Political Organizations: Changing Parties and Interest Groups?; Patrick Donges and Otfried Jarren 11. Mediatization and Political Agenda Setting: Changing Issue Priorities?; Peter Van Aelst, Gunnar Thesen, Stefaan Walgrave and Rens Vliegenthart PART IV: CONCLUSION 12. A Paradigm in the Making: Lessons for the Future of Mediatization Research; Frank Esser and Jesper Strömbäck

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Book SynopsisIn a sweeping reinterpretation of the history of disfranchisement, Steve Suitts illuminates how a century of political conflicts in Alabama came to shape both some of America’s best achievements in voting rights and its continuing struggles over voter suppression. A War of Sections tells the unknown political history symbolized today by the annual pilgrimage of presidents and celebrities across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It is the story of how that crucial, tragic day in Selma in 1965 was only the flashpoint of a much longer history of failures and successes involving conflicts not only between Blacks and whites in Alabama but between white political factions warring in the state over voting rights.Suitts recasts the context and much of the content of disfranchisement in Alabama as an unremitting, decades- long sectional battle in white-only politics between the state’s rural Black Belt and north Alabama counties. He uncovers important Black and white heroes and villains who collectively shaped the arc of voting rights in Alabama and ultimately across the nation. A War of Sections offers a new understanding of the political dynamics of resistance and change through which a southern state’s longstanding democratic failures ironically provided motivation for and instruction to a reluctant nation regarding unmatched ways to advance universal voting. Along the way, the book introduces from this unheard past some prophetic voices that speak to the paramount issues of America’s commitment to the universal right to vote—then and now.

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Book SynopsisDemocracy in America examines the democratic revolution Tocqueville believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years. The primary focus of the book is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places. Tocqueville seeks to apply the functional aspects of democracy in the United States to what he sees as the failings of democracy in his native France.Democracy in America was published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the other in 1840. It was immediately popular in both Europe and the United States, while also having a profound impact on the French population. By the twentieth century, it had become a classic work of political science, social science, and history. It is a commonly assigned reading for students at American universities majoring in the political or social sciences, and part of the introductory political theory syllabus at Cambridge, Oxford, Princeton and other institutions.This case laminate collector''s edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket. 

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Book SynopsisThis volume undertakes the first international comparative analysis of metropolitan political behaviour.

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the many changes that have occurred within the European Parliament and in its external relations since the Lisbon treaty (2009) and the last European elections (2014). It is undoubtedly the institution that has evolved the most since the 1950s. Despite the many crises experienced by European integration in the last years, the Parliament is still undergoing important changes in its formal competences, its influence on policy-making, its relations with other EU institutions, its internal organisation and its internal political dynamics. Every contribution deals with the most recent aspects of these evolutions and addresses overlooked topics, providing an overview of the current state of play which challenges the mainstream intergovernmental approach of the EU. This project results from research conducted at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies of the College of Europe. Individual research of several policy analysts of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) have contributed to this endeavour.Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: The need for further research on the European ParliamentOlivier CostaPart I The EP and the EU Political System1 Parliamentary oversight: Challenges facing classic scrutiny instruments and the emergence of new forms of ‘steering’ scrutiny Eva-Maria Poptcheva2 The European Parliament and the European Council. A shift in the balance of power? Wolfgang Wessels, Johannes Müller Gomez and Johannes Wolters3 The CJEU and the Parliament’s powers since Lisbon. Judicial support to representative democracy? Sabine Saurugger and Fabien Terpan4 The relationship between the Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament: an evolving relationship? François Decoster, Jennifer Rousselle and Vincent DelhommePart II The EP in the EU Policy Making5 Taming Trilogues – The EU’s Law-Making Process in a Comparative Perspective Justin Greenwood and Christilla Roederer-Rynning6 The European Parliament and EU secondary legislation: Improved Scrutiny Practices and Upstream Involvement for Delegated Acts and Implementing Acts Vicky Marissen 7 Out of balance? Practical experience with quasi-legislative Delegated Acts 2009-2017 Michael Kaeding8 The European Parliament’s contribution to the EU Budget: a power game Anne Vitrey and Frederik Mesdag Part III The EP Politics9 The European Parliament and Civil Society Amandine Crespy and Louisa Parks10 Parliamentary questions and representation of territorial interest in the EP Nathalie Brack and Olivier Costa 11 The arduous way towards a uniform electoral system for the European Parliament Rudolf Hrbek 12 Euroscepticism at the EP Elections in 2014: A Reflection of the Different Patterns of Opposition to the EU? Birte Wassenberg13 Migration Policy Debates in the European Parliament. Does the Mainstream Right stand its Ground? Brice Cristoforetti and Lara Querton 14 Possible Future European Union Party Political Systems Martin Westlake Part IV The EP and EU Policies15 Reforming the European Parliament’s Monetary and Economic Dialogues: Creating Accountability Through a Eurozone Oversight Subcommittee Dermot Hodson and Michele Chang16 The European Parliament and the energy poverty: Such a long way to develop a distinctive voice in the Energy Union Frédérique Berrod, Louis Navé and Samuel Verschraegen17 Parliamentary Diplomacy: Democracy support at the European Parliament Beatrix Immenkamp and Naja Bentzen18 The European Parliament in Security and Defence: The Parliamentary Contribution to the European Defence Union Elena Lazarou 19 The European Parliament’s role in monitoring the implementation of EU trade policy Laura Puccio and Roderick Harte

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Book SynopsisThe British General Election of 2019 is the definitive account of one of the most consequential and controversial general elections in recent times, when Boris Johnson gambled everything calling an early election to 'Get Brexit Done', and emerged triumphant. Drawing upon cutting-edge research and wide-ranging elite interviews, the new author team provides a compelling and accessible narrative of this landmark election and its implications for British politics, built on unparalleled access to all the key players, and married up to first-class data analysis. The 21st volume in a prestigious series dating back to 1945, it offers something for everyone from Westminster insiders and politics students to the interested general reader.Table of ContentsPart 1: The 2017-19 Parliament Chapter 1: The Calling of the Election – (guest author Philip Cowley) Chapter 2: The Long Goodbye: Brexit – (guest authors Anand Menon and Alan Wager) Chapter 3: From May to Johnson: The Conservatives Chapter 4: The Man Who Wasn’t There: Labour Chapter 5: A New Hope? The Liberal Democrats and others Chapter 6: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Politics in the Devolved Nations (guest authors Ailsa Henderson, Roger Scully and Jon Tonge) Part 2: The Election Campaign Chapter 7: “Get Brexit Done”: The national campaign Chapter 8: The Red Wall Falls Chapter 9: Redemption? The Polls Chapter 10: The Air War: Broadcasting Chapter 11: Enduring Brands : The Press (guest authors David Deacon, David Smith and Dominic Wring) Chapter 12: All change? MPs and candidates (Guest authors: Rosie Campbell, Jennifer VanHeerde-Hudson and Chris Butler) Part 3: The Results Chapter 13: The British voter in 2019: an individual level analysis Chapter 14: The outcome in the constituencies: an aggregate analysis (guest authors John Curtice, Stephen Fisher and Patrick English) Chapter 15: The Election in Retrospect Appendix 1: The Results Analysed (guest authors John Curtice, Stephen Fisher and Patrick English) Appendix 2: The Voting Statistics

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Book SynopsisThis book adopts a regional approach to understanding 2020 presidential election outcomes, taking into account the tribalism that has come to define contemporary US politics and building a path to 270 Electoral College votes. The authors employ qualitative and quantitative methods to examine electoral outcomes in the Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, and Northeast, enriching contextual understandings of the national results and illuminating nuances in public opinion, voter behavior, and party politics. From this foundation, the book offers a comprehensive assessment of prominent issues in the 2020 campaign, which fundamentally shaped and reshaped the nature of the election. Scholars examine seven key issues, including multiple crises that unfolded during the campaign, to understand how these issues affected public opinion and the 2020 campaign.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction (Luke Perry).- Chapter 2. How Biden Rebuilt the Blue Wall (Luke Perry, Quinlyn Beaver and Jamie Nelson) .- Chapter 3. Pennsylvania: A New Bellwether? (Kevan M. Yenerall) .- Chapter 4. The Sun Belt Beginning to Shine for Democrat (Lawrence Becker and Tyler Hughes) .- Chapter 5. Progressive Grassroots Organizing (2016-2020) (Kristi Andersen) .- Chapter 6. The Polarized Pandemic (Philip A. Klinkner) .- Chapter 7. Judicial Nominations and Trump’s Complicated Relationship with the Courts (Daniel Tagliarina) .- Chapter 8. Endless Love: Evangelical Voters, the Republican Party, and Donald Trump (Christopher Cronin).- Chapter 9. Looking Down the Barrel of the 2020 Elections (Robert J. Spitzer).- Chapter 10. 2020 - A Pivotal Moment in America’s Climate Change Efforts (Aaron L. Strong).- Chapter 11. ‘America First’ Finished Second: Foreign Policy in the 2020 Presidential (Paul S. Adams).- Chapter 12. Conclusion: Main Themes and Implications for 2024 (Luke Perry)

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Book Synopsis.- Investiture and Removal of Governments: positive' and negative' parliamentarism..- The Heterogeneity of Early Elections..- Defining Caretaker Governments..- Government Formation and Political institutions: some robust findings..- Uncertainty, Complexity and Bicameralism: parliamentary structure and the duration of the government formation in Europe..- Minority Governments Revisited..- The Architecture of Coalition Governance..- Predicting Cabinet Types Using Banzhaf Power Scores..- Coalition Formation in the Presence of Pariah Parties: evidence from the Swedish local level..- From Ballots to Cabinets: analyzing the continuity between pre- and post-electoral coalitions in multiparty presidential democracies.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Literature Review.- Chapter 3. Theoretical Expectations.- Chapter 4. Hypotheses.- Chapter 5. Methodology.- Chapter 6. Results Section.- Chapter 7. Discussion/Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. History of African Americans and the Republican Party.- Chapter 3. Turn of the Republican Party Under Trump.- Chapter 4. The Republican Trump Voter.- Chapter 5. Black Identity and Voting.- Chapter 6. Methods.- Chapter 7. Results.- Chapter 8. Discussion and Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: The Vengeance of the Ten Commandments. Chapter 2. Background: The Secularist Error of Giving Up on God: why secularists are wrong in an increasingly multicultural society.- Chapter 3. Methodology and Data.- Chapter 4. Empirical results based on the non-parametric Index of Religious Morality.- Chapter 5. Empirical results based on the non-parametric Index of Religious Morality.- Chapter 6. Direct Measurements of Observing the “Ten Commandments” in the World Values Survey.- Chapter 7. The Kuznets Curves of Religious Morality.- Chapter 8. Good-Bye 1968:multicultural values and Generations.- Chapter 9. Overall Conclusion: Giving Up on the Ten Commandments: Not a Good Idea for Society?.

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Book SynopsisNigeria’s democratisation efforts since attaining political independence from Britain have been tumultuous and have spanned over three successive republics. A persistent bug decimating Nigeria’s democracy and repeatedly leading to military coups has been brazen electoral violence perpetrated by the nation’s political elite. Nigeria's 2019 Democratic Experience analyses and explains what went wrong in Nigeria’s experiment with democracy. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and the world’s seventh most populous nation, also contributes 70% of West Africa’s population. She is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil producer and has remained Africa’s largest economy by GDP since 2014. The country has hundreds of diverse ethnic nationalities and languages grouped into 36 states (or federating units) and an independent federal capital territory. Though recognized as Africa’s largest democracy, her democratisation process since the 1960s has remained tumultuous with massive electoral violence and political intolerance. This repeatedly compelled the military to intervene in the nation’s political history in the years 1966, 1983 and 1985. It is these developments that provided the motivation for this volume to capture for posterity the conduct of the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria.

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Book SynopsisFrom Pandemic to Insurrection: Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election describes voting in the 2020 election, from the presidential nomination to new voting laws post-election. Election officials and voters navigated the challenging pandemic to hold the highest turnout election since 1900. President Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the pandemic’s severity coupled with frequent vote fraud accusations affected how states provided safe voting, how voters cast ballots, how lawyers fought legal battles, and ultimately led to an unsuccessful insurrection.

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