Elections and referenda / suffrage Books
University of Notre Dame Press The Glory and the Burden
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The expanded edition of Robert Schmuhl’s The Glory and the Burden is an urgent and necessary read for anyone craving context and understanding of the American presidency at a volatile time for U.S. democracy. If you’re asking yourself daily about why American politics and the presidency have become so troubled, this book is your answer." —Robert Costa, co-author of #1 New York Times best seller Peril and chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News"Schmuhl brings a historian’s perspective while writing brightly with touches of humor. The Glory and the Burden plows new ground, making sense of what many dismiss as inexplicable." —Tom Bettag, executive producer for ABC News Nightline with Ted Koppel"This updated edition of Robert Schmuhl's study of America's presidents is, like the original work, a thoughtful, thorough, and incisive look at the nation's leaders. Schmuhl provides a refreshingly cogent analysis of the complex individuals who willingly undertake that impossible job. For anyone interested in American history, The Glory and the Burden is indispensable." —Julia Keller, Pulitzer Prize–winning author“In his new book The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from the New Deal to the Present, Expanded Edition, Robert Schmuhl casts a cold eye on the American political system and reveals some stunning insights. . . . The book is full of . . . perceptive observations. It is a must-read for all followers of politics this election season." —Irish VoiceTable of ContentsPreface to This Edition Prologue 1. Consequences of Change 2. Perils of Power 3. Paralysis of Polarization 4. Conundrums of Communications 5. Reveries of Reform 6. Presidency in Progress 7. The Paradoxical Present Epilogue A Chronology of the Modern American Presidency For Further Reading Acknowledgments
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University of Notre Dame Press The Glory and the Burden
Book SynopsisRobert Schmuhl chronicles the American presidency for nearly a century, providing a compelling picture of how the functions of the office and who occupies it have changed over the decades.The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from the New Deal to the Present is a timely examination of the state of the American presidency and the forces that have shaped it since 1933, with an emphasis on the dramatic changes that have taken place within the institution and to the individuals occupying the Oval Office. A new chapter and other elements have been added to the book, which originally appeared in the fall of 2019. This expanded, updated edition probes the election of Joe Biden in 2020, the transition of the White House from Donald Trump to Biden, and Biden's first several months in office.Robert Schmuhl traces the evolution of the modern presidency back to the terms of Franklin Roosevelt, maintaining that FDR's White House years had a profound impactTrade Review“The expanded edition of Robert Schmuhl’s The Glory and the Burden is an urgent and necessary read for anyone craving context and understanding of the American presidency at a volatile time for U.S. democracy. If you’re asking yourself daily about why American politics and the presidency have become so troubled, this book is your answer." —Robert Costa, co-author of #1 New York Times best seller Peril and chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News"Schmuhl brings a historian’s perspective while writing brightly with touches of humor. The Glory and the Burden plows new ground, making sense of what many dismiss as inexplicable." —Tom Bettag, executive producer for ABC News Nightline with Ted Koppel"This updated edition of Robert Schmuhl's study of America's presidents is, like the original work, a thoughtful, thorough, and incisive look at the nation's leaders. Schmuhl provides a refreshingly cogent analysis of the complex individuals who willingly undertake that impossible job. For anyone interested in American history, The Glory and the Burden is indispensable." —Julia Keller, Pulitzer Prize–winning author“In his new book The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from the New Deal to the Present, Expanded Edition, Robert Schmuhl casts a cold eye on the American political system and reveals some stunning insights. . . . The book is full of . . . perceptive observations. It is a must-read for all followers of politics this election season." —Irish VoiceTable of ContentsPreface to This Edition Prologue 1. Consequences of Change 2. Perils of Power 3. Paralysis of Polarization 4. Conundrums of Communications 5. Reveries of Reform 6. Presidency in Progress 7. The Paradoxical Present Epilogue A Chronology of the Modern American Presidency For Further Reading Acknowledgments
£70.55
Pennsylvania State University Press Deplorable
Book SynopsisExplores the use of anti-democratic language in US presidential elections, using examples detailing the political, economic, and cultural elements that make such appeals more likely.Trade Review“Deplorable seeks to understand why some presidential campaigns represent the worst American politics has to offer. These elections, Stuckey argues, do not employ traditional discourse to distinguish between issues, parties, and candidates. Instead, deplorable elections tap into fears, arising primarily from race and inequality. Stuckey brilliantly identifies when and how discourse degenerates to despicable and campaigns deteriorate to deplorable. I highly recommend her exquisitely written, lush, and lyrical exploration of these critical elections.”—Diane J. Heith,author of The Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation“What just happened? And has anything like it happened before? For readers asking such questions after recent US presidential elections, Deplorable offers plenty to ponder. Distinguished presidential scholar Mary Stuckey tracks campaign discourse from Jefferson to Trump, highlighting election seasons that were especially unstable, economically arduous, and fraught with racial tension. This book will instruct, provoke, and challenge Americans who are ready to reckon with history and plan a better way forward.”—Angela G. Ray,author of The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States“Stuckey’s careful description and analysis of selected campaigns sustains a provocative narrative with significant import for our democracy. Her treatment of Donald Trump’s election campaigns is a must read.”—Steven R. Goldzwig Congress and the PresidencyTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Creating Citizenship in a Republic, 1800/1840/18522. Looking Backward During the Nation’s Centennial, 18763. Introducing the Politics of Fear to the Twentieth Century, 19244. The Veneer of Civility: The Subtle Politics of Racism, 19685. The Southern Strategy Goes Bipartisan, 19926. It Doesn’t Get More Deplorable Than This, 2016Afterword: Or Maybe It Does—A Few Words About 2020NotesBibliographyIndex
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Pennsylvania State University Press The Seven Democratic Virtues What You Can Do to
Book SynopsisOutlines specific steps that average American citizens can take to reduce political polarization and safeguard democratic institutions.Trade Review“An essential and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library contemporary political science collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists. Deserving of as wide a readership as possible, it should be noted for students, academia, political activists, governmental policy makers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.”—Midwest Book Review“As warning signs flare about the state of American democracy, we should consider both cultural and institutional solutions. Beem’s The Seven Democratic Virtues is an empowering text that gives readers actionable steps to promote democracy through their individual behavior.”—Jeremy Rose Fairvote“With our democratic future at stake, The Seven Democratic Virtues deserves a wide hearing.”—Beau Underwood A Public Witness“Beem uses his deep understanding of Western philosophical and theological traditions, plus contemporary social and cognitive psychology, to construct a strong and distinctive argument that we must cultivate certain virtues to combat polarization and misinformation. He offers essential guidance for anyone who cares about democracy.”—Peter Levine,author of We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America“No one has mined the history of the Western intellectual tradition on the virtues and done nearly so good of a job in transposing those rich resources into the context of twenty-first-century democratic politics. Beem’s treatment takes old, dusty texts and breathes urgent vitality into them for the reform of our civic life.”—Michael Neblo,author of Deliberative Democracy Between Theory and Practice“When we think of democracy as simply a mechanism for making collective decisions, we overlook the fact that democracy is also the moral proposal that free and equal citizens can live together as a self-governing community, despite their ongoing political disagreements. Of course, in recognizing this moral dimension of democracy, we also confront the fact that democracy is not easy. In this engaging and important book, Christopher Beem makes an impassioned case for recovering the idea of democratic civic virtues, the dispositions and practices that citizens need to conduct themselves well amidst political conflict. John Dewey once wrote that democracy is a ‘task before us.’ Christopher Beem reminds us that democracy also sets a task within us.”—Robert B. Talisse,author of Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its PlaceTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: The Democratic Vice1. Tribalism2. Tribal Alignment3. Tribalism and Madison’s PrecautionsPart 2: Democratic Thinking4. Humility5. Honesty6. ConsistencyPart 3: Democratic Acting7. Courage8. TemperancePart 4: Democratic Belief9. Charity10. Faith (and Hope)Conclusion: Democratic ExcellenceNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Washington Press The Wicked Wine of Democracy
Book SynopsisThe Wicked Wine of Democracy is a frank account by a political operative and practicing lobbyist who in the early 1950s went from being a journalist in Seattle to working on the campaigns of such important political figures as Warren G. Magnuson, Henry Scoop Jackson, Frank Church, William Proxmire, and, finally, John F. Kennedy. He was so successful in managing the media for campaigns across the country that in 1957 the Washington Post labeled him the Democrat's answer to Madison Avenue. After Kennedy's victory, Miller opened a lobbying office on Capitol Hill and took on clients as diverse as the United Steelworkers of America, the Western Forest Industries Association, and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. In this always revealing and often humorous memoir, Miller reports on the highlights and backroom conversations from political campaigns, labor negotiations, and lobbying deals to give an honest picture of how politics worked over his forty-year career in the nation's CapTrade Review"'Smiling Joe' Miller's fascinating story is vividly and candidly recounted in his memoir . . . packed full of fascinating political anecdotes as well as public policy discussion. Students of Northwest political history, in particular, won't want to pass up what 'may be the most relevant look at American politics in the last half of the twentieth century that you will ever read.'." * Blue Oregon *"The Wicked Wine of Democracy hums along like a Shiraz-warmed conversation at the dinner table." * Seattle Times *"In this campaign season, [Miller's] book is an entertaining reminder that while political policies and philosophies matter, so do personalities, backroom arm-bending, and that wicked wine." * Bellingham Herald *"Joe Miller has spared no one, including himself. He played the game long and devotedly, did it with good intentions, and has earned his reputation as a good man." * Crosscut.com *"[Miller's] comments on money remind us both of the pervasiveness of the fat envelope in American political history, and that, while the process is now less crude, the denominations are a lot larger. About the role of money in politics, Miller concludes, 'Does it work? Almost always. What is different these days is the aggressive way that money is pursued, by both sides." * Oregon Historical Quarterly *Table of ContentsForeword / Shelby Scates Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Political Junkie 2. Something Special - Dick Neuberger 3. Maggie and the Tiger 4. Frosty 5. Prox 6. Winning Big 7. Revenge in Kentucky 8. Hawaiian Odysseys 9. A State That Time Forgot 10. Outside on the Inside 11. The Campaign and Aftermath 12. A Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist 13. No Vestal Virgin in the Whorehouse 14. The Spotted Owl and Other Varmints 15. Mike's "Fish Bowl" 16. Pirates of Pork 17. Strike! Strike! Strike! 18. Battle of the "Black Hats" 19. The Wicked Wine of the Democratic Process 20. Reflections A Word about Sources Index
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Yale University Press Launching Democracy in South Africa The first
Book SynopsisThis text looks at the course and context of the first free elections in South Africa in 1994 using results from a team of analysts who monitored the election. It presents a detailed account of the election and the polity that emerged from it.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The European Union and EVoting Electronic Voting
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to systematically evaluate e-voting from the wider European perspective. It focuses on the European experience, thereby raising key issues at the heart of the social sciences, legal scholarship and technology studies in a penetrating and interdisciplinary manner. It coincides with a crucial juncture for European integration in which the Convention on the Future of Europe and the 2004 Intergovernmental Conference will discuss measures to further democratize the EU.Table of Contents1. The European Union and E-voting: Upgrading Euro-Elections Fernando Mendez and Alexander H. Trechsel Part One: Political Outcomes 2. Internet Voting and the European Parliament Elections: Problems and Prospects Rachel Gibson 3. E-voting as the Magic Ballot for European Parlimentary Elections? Evaluating E-voting in the light of Experiments in UK Local Elections Pippa Norris 4. Second-Order Elections to the European Parliment: Is E-voting the Solution? Hermann Schmitt Part Two: Legal Considerations 5. Fundamental and Political Rights in Electronic Elections Pierre Garrone 6. Introducing E-voting for the European Parliment Elections: The Constitutional Problems Andreas Auer and Mario Mendez Part Three: Designing E-voting 7. Designning Internet Voting: The Potential Impact of a Pre-voting Public Sphere on Pre-electoral Opinion Formation Raphael Kies and Hanspeter Kriesi 8. Balancing Security and simplicity in E-Voting: Towards an Effective Compromise Lawrence Pratchett, Melvin Wingfield, N. Ben Fairweather and Simon Rogerson Part Four: Institutional Visions 9. E-Voting, E-democracy and EU-democracy: A Thought Experiment Philippe C. Schmitter 10. E-Voting: A new Political Institution for the Network Society? New Life for an Old Democratic Procedure Karl-Heinz Ladeur Epilogue: Internet Voting and Democratic Politics in an Age of Crisis and Risk Stephen Coleman
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Irish Elections 194877 Results and Analysis
Book SynopsisThis book is the second in the series Sources for the Study of Irish Politics, which is produced by the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI). The aim of the PSAI is to promote the professional study of politics in and of Ireland, and the aim of the series is to make more widely available material that is at present difficult to obtain. Building on its predecessor Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis (1993), this volume assembles the full results of all elections to Dáil Éireann from 1948 to 1977. The book also contains analysis of each election, summaries of votes, percentages and seats for each election, lists of TDs (members of parliament) elected at each election, information on defeated TDs and women TDs, analysis of tranfer patterns, members of govenrment appointed after each election, and the full results of all by-elections held in the period. It also provides summary results of the nine general elections of the period 1981-2007, aTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The STV electoral system in Ireland 2.The 1948 general election 3.The 1951 general election 4.The 1954 general election 5.The 1957 general election 6.The 1961 general election 7.The 1965 general election 8.The 1969 general election 9.The 1973 general election 10.The 1977 general election 11.Summary results of elections 1981–2007 12. TDs elected to Dáil Éireann 1921–2008 13. Irish political parties 1948–77
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University of California Press Politicking and Emergent Media
Book SynopsisPresidential campaigns of the twenty-first century were not the first to mobilize an array of new media forms in efforts to gain electoral victory. The author looks at four US presidential campaigns during the long 1890s (1888-1900) as Republicans and Democrats deployed a variety of media forms to promote their candidates and platforms.Trade Review"Informative... straight-forward, impressively researched, and full of original insight." BookforumTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Stereopticon, The Tariff Illustrated, and the 1892 Election Political Oratory, Partisan Pageantry, and the Public Sphere Judge Wheeler, The Tariff Illustrated, and the 1888 Presidential Election A Tale of Two Screens: The Democratic Party's Use of the Stereopticon in 1888 The Stereopticon and the 1892 Election Watching the Election Returns 2. The Stereopticon: Platform or New Media Form? A Lexicon of the Screen From Magic Lantern to Stereopticon: A Brief History The Stereopticon and Presidential Politics, 1872-1884 3. Cinema, McKinley at Home, and the 1896 Election The Nation's Media Formation The Stereopticon and Illustrated Lecture in the 1896 Campaign The American Mutoscope Company and the McKinley Campaign Campaign-Related Films at the Edison Manufacturing Company Phonograph/Telephone/Bicycle A Celebration of Novelty and Tradition, Spectacle and Power Watching the Election Returns An Assessment 4. Cinema as a Media Form When Did Cinema Become Cinema? Politicking and the Media After the 1896 Presidential Campaign The Illustrated Lecture, Imperialism, and the Elections of 1898 and 1900 5. Coda Electoral Politics and the Media From Early Cinema to Media Archaeology? Appendix: Referenced Documents Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Newspapers Notes Bibliography Index
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Princeton University Press Why We Vote How Schools and Communities Shape
Book SynopsisWhy do more people vote - or get involved in other civic and political activities - in some communities than in others? This book demonstrates that our communities shape our civic and political engagement, and that schools are especially significant communities for fostering strong civic norms.Trade Review"[A]n impressive study... Extremely compelling and provocative... Why We Vote challenges us to think seriously about the role of schools in society."--Andre Blais, Science Magazine "In this examination of public engagement in the United States today, Campbell ... argues that voter turnout is affected not only by people's desire to protect their own interests -- the view traditionally taken by political scientists -- but by their feelings of civic obligation as well."--Education WeekTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Chapter One: Introduction: Voting Alone 1 Part One: What You Do Now Depends on Where You Are Now 11 Chapter Two: Putting Madison and Tocqueville to the Test: The Dual Motivations Theory of Public Engagement 13 Chapter Three: Further Implications of the Dual Motivations Theory 50 Chapter Four: Social Networks 76 Part Two: What You Did Then Depends on Where You Were Then 93 Chapter Five: Social Environments and Adolescents' Public Engagement 95 Part Three: What You Do Now Depends on What You Did Then 129 Chapter Six: The Links between Adolescents' and Adults' Public Engagement 131 Part Four: What You Do Now Depends on Where You Were Then 145 Chapter Seven: Adolescents' Social Environments and Adults' Public Engagement: The Civic Motivation Model 147 Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Implications for Theory and Policy 180 Appendix A: Data Sources 201 Appendix B: Questions from the 1996 National Election Study Used in Table 2.1 and Figure 2.4 204 Appendix C: Full Results of Models Discussed in the Text 208 Notes 223 Bibliography 243 Index 261
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Princeton University Press Party Competition
Book SynopsisParty competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes. This title offers a comprehensive treatment of party competition using the computational techniques of agent-based modeling. It shows how agent-based modeling can be used to reflect how political systems really work.Trade Review"[T]he book is an excellent starting point for everyone interested in party competition and provides food for future agent-based research."--Victor M. Eguiluz, JASSS "Besides political scientists who are interested in the topic, this book is well suited for any social scientist who looks for an exemplary introduction to basic techniques of simulation-based research."--Johannes Zschache, RMM "This is a rich and provocative book... For methodologically sophisticated political scientists, and especially those interested in spatial analysis, this is no doubt the best introduction available to the challenging, exciting, and, to many, still mysterious worlds of agent-based modeling."--Charles H. Blake, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xiii Part One: Preliminaries 1 Chapter 1. Modeling Multiparty Competition 3 Chapter 2. Spatial Dynamics of Political Competition 15 Chapter 3. A Baseline ABM of Party Competition 28 Chapter 4. Systematically Interrogating Agent-Based Models 56 Part Two: The Basic Model 83 Chapter 5. Benchmarking the Baseline Model 85 Chapter 6. Endogenous Parties, Interaction of Different Decision Rules 106 Chapter 7. New Decision Rules, New Rule Features 132 Part Three: Extensions and Empirics 157 Chapter 8. The Evolutionary Dynamics of Decision Rule Selection 159 Chapter 9. Nonpolicy Factors in Party Competition 183 Chapter 10. Party Leaders with Policy Preferences 206 Chapter 11. Using Theoretical Models to Analyze Real Party Systems 228 Chapter 12. In Conclusion 258 References 267 Index 275
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Princeton University Press Local Elections and the Politics of SmallScale
Book SynopsisOffers comprehensive analysis of electoral politics in America's municipalities. Arguing that explanations of voting behavior are ill suited for local contests, the author puts forward a theory that the differences between local, state, and national democracies.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2013 Best Book Award, Urban Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association "This study takes a modest step toward filling a vast hole in the systematic investigation of local elections in the U.S."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Size, Scope, and Bias: What Differentiates Local Electoral Politics? 12 Chapter 2 Who Votes in Local Elections? 53 Chapter 3 Who Runs for Local Office? 87 Chapter 4 Systematic versus Idiosyncratic Factors in Local Elections 116 Chapter 5 What Influences Local Voters' Electoral Choices? 149 Chapter 6 Rethinking Local Democracy 183 References 209 Index 215
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Princeton University Press Power in the Portrayal Representations of Jews
Book SynopsisUnveils a fresh perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in historical and literary texts of the period. Employing the methods of the historical literary study in looking at a range of texts, this title reveals the paradoxical relations between the Andalusi Muslim and Jewish elites in this era.Trade Review"A substantial contribution to our knowledge of inter-faith and inter-cultural relations... Few authors could achieve what [Brann] has done in such an economical [way]."--Cynthia Robinson, Near Eastern Studies "A substantial and methodologically innovative contribution to our knowledge of inter-faith and inter-cultural relations, both in al-Andalus and in the medieval world at large... Few authors could achieve what [Brann] has achieved and broaden the scope of a field of inquiry to the extent that he has done in such an economical [fashion]."--Cynthia Robinson, The Medieval Review "Brann negotiates the boundary between literary and historical studies with considerable finesse and graceful erudition."--Mark D. Meyerson, American Historical Review "Brann's book is elegantly written, scholarly in drawing on previous studies, yet original in its insights. The author makes his case that medieval Jews and Muslims in al-Andalus admired, scorned, deplored, and were envious of each other in varying measure and that each group's representation of the Other teaches us less about that other than about itself."--Consuelo Lopez-Morillas, SpeculumTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix ABBREVIATIONS xi INTRODUCTION: Power in the Portrayal 1 CHAPTER ONE: Force of Character 24 CHAPTER TWO: An Andalusi-Muslim Literary Typology of Jewish Heresy and Sedition 54 CHAPTER THREE: Textualizing Ambivalence 91 CHAPTER FOUR: Muslim Counterparts, Rivals, Mentors, and Foes--A Trope of Andalusi-Jewish Identity? 119 CHAPTER FIVE: The Silence of the Jews 140 BIBLIOGRAPHY 161 INDEX 185
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Princeton University Press He Runs She Runs Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not
Book SynopsisWhile there are far more women in public office today than in previous eras, women are still vastly underrepresented in this area relative to men. Conventional wisdom suggests that a key reason is because female candidates start out at a disadvantage with the public, compared to male candidates, and then face higher standards for their behavior andTrade ReviewWinner of the 2014 Victoria Schuck Award, American Political Science Association Winner of the 2014 David O. Sears Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology "Brooks argues that women candidates are not harmed by gender stereotypes, a position that challenges much of the conventional wisdom explaining why women candidates lose to male opponents. The book begins by outlining the accepted theories on why gender matters in political campaigns. The concise review is a nice summary of this body of research."--ChoiceTable of ContentsTables ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations 15 Chapter 3 How to Study Gender Stereotype Usage and Double Standards in Campaigns 39 Chapter 4 Descriptive Candidate Gender Stereotypes and the Role of Candidate Experience 59 Chapter 5 Tears and Anger on the Campaign Trail 82 Chapter 6 Unbinding the Double Bind 110 Chapter 7 Knowledge Gaffes 132 Chapter 8 Reassessing the Parity Problem 143 Chapter 9 A Bright Future for Women in Politics 163 Appendix 1 Text of Newspaper Treatments 177 Appendix 2 Questionnaire 185 Appendix 3 How the Public Responds to Each Behavior 188 Appendix 4 How the Public Responds to Candidate Experience 191 Appendix 5 Results for Candidate Experience * Candidate Gender 192 Appendix 6 Results for Candidate Gender (Control Group only) 194 Appendix 7 Results for Crying * Candidate Gender 195 Appendix 8 Results for Anger * Candidate Gender 196 Appendix 9 Results for Toughness * Candidate Gender 197 Appendix 10 Results for Lack of Empathy * Candidate Gender 198 Appendix 11 Results for Knowledge Gaffe * Candidate Gender 199 References 201 Index 217
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Princeton University Press The Unheavenly Chorus
Book SynopsisLooks at the political participation of individual citizens alongside the political advocacy of thousands of organized interests - membership associations such as unions, professional associations, trade associations, and citizens groups, as well as organizations like corporations, hospitals, and universities.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2012 Award for Excellence in Social Sciences, Association of American Publishers Winner of the 2012 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American Publishers "Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady are the nation's leading analysts of participatory inequality, and The Unheavenly Chorus is their magnum opus--a wide-ranging, heavily statistical analysis of how Americans try to make themselves heard as individuals and through organizations of different kinds."--Paul Starr, New Republic "Superb."--John Diiulio, America "In The Unheavenly Chorus, [the authors] present a timely and wide-ranging analysis that catalogs and describes the nature and magnitude of political inequality in the United States... These esteemed authors, who have devoted their careers to the study of political participation, have assembled in 718 pages the most complete compendium of political inequality we have--its definition, sources, magnitude, and consequences--together with a consideration of changes in participatory processes that might alleviate inequalities in political voice. In the end, it is a troubling story about the state of American democracy."--Andrea Louise Campbell, Harvard Magazine "In The Unheavenly Chorus, the authors take direct aim at how economic inequality contributes to inequality in citizen involvement in politics. Over the course of 600 pages, they assiduously document that politics in America is a sport played mostly by members of the upper and upper-middle classes."--Nolan McCarty, American InterestTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxv Chapter 1. Introduction: Democracy and Political Voice 1 PART I: Thinking about Inequality and Political Voice Chapter 2. The (Ambivalent) Tradition of Equality in America 31 Chapter 3. The Context: Growing Economic Inequality and Weakening Unions 69 Chapter 4. Equal Voice and the Dilemmas of Democracy 96 PART II: Inequality of Political Voice and Individual Participation Chapter 5. Does Unequal Voice Matter? 117 Chapter 6. The Persistence of Unequal Voice 147 Chapter 7. Unequal at the Starting Line: The Intergenerational Persistence of Political Inequality with Nancy Burns 177 Chapter 8. Political Participation over the Life Cycle with Jennifer Erkulwater 199 Chapter 9. Political Activism and Electoral Democracy: Perspectives on Economic Inequality and Political Polarization 232 PART III: Inequality of Political Voice and Organized Interest Activity Chapter 10. Political Voice through Organized Interests: Introductory Matters 265 Chapter 11. Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus? Th e Shape of the Organized Interest System with Traci Burch and Philip Edward Jones 312 Chapter 12. The Changing Pressure Community 347 Chapter 13. Beyond Organizational Categories 370 Chapter 14. Political Voice through Organized Interest Activity with Philip Edward Jones and Traci Burch 393 PART IV: Can We Change the Accent of the Unheavenly Chorus? Chapter 15. Breaking the Pattern through Political Recruitment 447 Chapter 16. Weapon of the Strong? Participatory Inequality and the Internet 483 Chapter 17. What, if Anything, Is to Be Done? with Shauna Shames 534 Chapter 18. Conclusion: Equal Voice and the Promise of American Democracy 574 Appendixes Appendix A: Equality and the State and U.S. Constitutions 605 Appendix B: The Persistence of Political and Nonpolitical Activity 608 Appendix C: The Intergenerational Transmission of Political Participation 616 Appendix D: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects 619 Appendix E: The Washington Representatives Database 621 Appendix F: Additional Tables 645 Appendix G: Do Online and Offline Political Activists Differ from One Another? 649 Index 655
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Princeton University Press Who Votes Now Demographics Issues Inequality and
Book SynopsisCompares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral reforms and the choices offered by candidates influence voter turnout.Trade Review"Who Votes Now? provides a fresh and valuable look at questions basic to the functioning of a democratic society."--Dan Balz, Washington Post "Who Votes Now? is a must-read for students of voting behaviour."--Steffen Zittlau, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix One Introduction 1 1.1 Economic Inequality, Income Bias, and Turnout 4 1.2 Policy Choices and Turnout 6 1.3 Economic Inequality and Voting Inequality 7 1.4 Voter Turnout and Election Laws 10 1.5 Data and Chapter Outline 11 Two Demographics of Turnout 16 2.1 Measuring Voter Turnout 18 2.2 Measuring Socioeconomic Status 23 2.3 Measuring Race and Ethnicity 25 2.4 Demographics of Turnout, 1972-2008 (CPS) 27 2.5 A More or Less Representative Voting Population? 35 2.6 More or Less Income Bias? 37 2.7 Representation: Of the Eligible or the Available? 43 2.8 Conclusion 45 Appendix 2.1: Current Population Survey: Sample and Variable Details 46 Appendix 2.2: Additional Data on the Representativeness of Voters, 1972-2008 48 Three Theoretical Framework and Models 52 3.1 Costs, Benefits, and Demographics 54 3.2 Model Specification 55 3.3 Education and Income 58 3.4 Race and Ethnicity 67 3.5 Age 72 3.6 Gender and Marital Status 76 3.7 Conclusion 79 Appendix 3.1: Estimation Results for the Demographic Models of Voter Turnout 84 Appendix 3.2: Additional First Differences for Income 88 Four The Legal Context of Turnout 90 4.1 Electoral Innovation in the United States 91 4.2 Previous Research on Electoral Rules and Turnout 95 4.3 Research Design and the Search for Effects 97 4.4 The Effects of Electoral Reforms: Difference-in-Difference Estimates 100 4.5 Cross-Sectional Time Series Analysis of Aggregate Turnout 112 4.6 Conclusion 117 Appendix 4.1: Voter Registration and Election Law Data Set 119 Appendix 4.2: Sources of State-Level Turnout and Demographic Data 120 Five Policy Choices and Turnout 121 5.1 Policy Choices and the Costs and Benefits of Voting 122 5.2 Policy Choices: Conceptualization and Measurement 124 5.3 Perceived Policy Choices, 1972-2008 126 5.4 Multivariable Analysis: Perceived Policy Alienation and Perceived Policy Difference 128 5.5 Perceived Policy Difference and Perceived Policy Alienation across Income Groups 135 5.6 Conclusion 139 Appendix 5.1: Comparing Alternative Measures of Alienation and Indifference 147 Six On the Representativeness of Voters 154 6.1 The Conventional Wisdom 155 6.2 Political Differences between Voters and Nonvoters: 1972 and 2008 158 6.3 Who Votes Matters: Policy Differences between Voters and Nonvoters 161 6.4 A More Detailed Look at Preferences: 2004 167 6.5 Conclusion 176 Appendix 6.1: Survey Question Wording 177 Seven Conclusion 182 7.1 The Politics of Candidate Choices and Policy Choices 183 7.2 Turnout and Institutions 185 7.3 On Turnout and Political Inequality 187 References 189 Index 201
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Princeton University Press The Unheavenly Chorus Unequal Political Voice
Book SynopsisLooks at the political participation of individual citizens alongside the political advocacy of thousands of organized interests - membership associations such as unions, professional associations, trade associations, and citizens groups, as well as organizations like corporations, hospitals, and universities.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2012 Award for Excellence in Social Sciences, Association of American Publishers Winner of the 2012 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American Publishers "Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady are the nation's leading analysts of participatory inequality, and The Unheavenly Chorus is their magnum opus--a wide-ranging, heavily statistical analysis of how Americans try to make themselves heard as individuals and through organizations of different kinds."--Paul Starr, New Republic "Superb."--John Diiulio, America "In The Unheavenly Chorus, [the authors] present a timely and wide-ranging analysis that catalogs and describes the nature and magnitude of political inequality in the United States... These esteemed authors, who have devoted their careers to the study of political participation, have assembled in 718 pages the most complete compendium of political inequality we have--its definition, sources, magnitude, and consequences--together with a consideration of changes in participatory processes that might alleviate inequalities in political voice. In the end, it is a troubling story about the state of American democracy."--Andrea Louise Campbell, Harvard Magazine "In The Unheavenly Chorus, the authors take direct aim at how economic inequality contributes to inequality in citizen involvement in politics. Over the course of 600 pages, they assiduously document that politics in America is a sport played mostly by members of the upper and upper-middle classes."--Nolan McCarty, American InterestTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxv Chapter 1. Introduction: Democracy and Political Voice 1 PART I: Thinking about Inequality and Political Voice Chapter 2. The (Ambivalent) Tradition of Equality in America 31 Chapter 3. The Context: Growing Economic Inequality and Weakening Unions 69 Chapter 4. Equal Voice and the Dilemmas of Democracy 96 PART II: Inequality of Political Voice and Individual Participation Chapter 5. Does Unequal Voice Matter? 117 Chapter 6. The Persistence of Unequal Voice 147 Chapter 7. Unequal at the Starting Line: The Intergenerational Persistence of Political Inequality with Nancy Burns 177 Chapter 8. Political Participation over the Life Cycle with Jennifer Erkulwater 199 Chapter 9. Political Activism and Electoral Democracy: Perspectives on Economic Inequality and Political Polarization 232 PART III: Inequality of Political Voice and Organized Interest Activity Chapter 10. Political Voice through Organized Interests: Introductory Matters 265 Chapter 11. Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus? Th e Shape of the Organized Interest System with Traci Burch and Philip Edward Jones 312 Chapter 12. The Changing Pressure Community 347 Chapter 13. Beyond Organizational Categories 370 Chapter 14. Political Voice through Organized Interest Activity with Philip Edward Jones and Traci Burch 393 PART IV: Can We Change the Accent of the Unheavenly Chorus? Chapter 15. Breaking the Pattern through Political Recruitment 447 Chapter 16. Weapon of the Strong? Participatory Inequality and the Internet 483 Chapter 17. What, if Anything, Is to Be Done? with Shauna Shames 534 Chapter 18. Conclusion: Equal Voice and the Promise of American Democracy 574 Appendixes Appendix A: Equality and the State and U.S. Constitutions 605 Appendix B: The Persistence of Political and Nonpolitical Activity 608 Appendix C: The Intergenerational Transmission of Political Participation 616 Appendix D: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects 619 Appendix E: The Washington Representatives Database 621 Appendix F: Additional Tables 645 Appendix G: Do Online and Offline Political Activists Differ from One Another? 649 Index 655
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Princeton University Press The Impression of Influence
Book SynopsisConstituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions--even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislators skillfully inform constituents with strategicTrade Review"[R]igorous and illuminating."--Choice "This book is sophisticated in its approaches, theoretically rigorous, and well written... The result is a deeply engaging and highly informative work."--Wendy J. Schiller, Congress & The Presidency "A noteworthy essay that grapples with the broad question of democratic accountability... There is much to like about The Impression of Influence."--Scot Schraufnagel, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Representation, Spending, and the Personal Vote 1 2 Solving the Representative's Problem and Creating the Representative's Opportunity 15 3 How Legislators Create an Impression of Influence 32 4 Creating an Impression, Not Just Increasing Name Recognition 64 5 Cultivating an Impression of Influence with Actions and Small Expenditures 81 6 Credit, Deception, and Institutional Design 121 7 Criticism and Credit: How Deficit Implications Undermine Credit Allocation 148 8 Representation and the Impression of Influence 174 9 Text as Data: Methods Appendix 186 Bibliography 189 Index 203
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Princeton University Press The Impression of Influence
Book SynopsisConstituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions--even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislators skillfully inform constituents with strategicTrade Review"[R]igorous and illuminating."--Choice "This book is sophisticated in its approaches, theoretically rigorous, and well written... The result is a deeply engaging and highly informative work."--Wendy J. Schiller, Congress & The Presidency "A noteworthy essay that grapples with the broad question of democratic accountability... There is much to like about The Impression of Influence."--Scot Schraufnagel, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Representation, Spending, and the Personal Vote 1 2 Solving the Representative's Problem and Creating the Representative's Opportunity 15 3 How Legislators Create an Impression of Influence 32 4 Creating an Impression, Not Just Increasing Name Recognition 64 5 Cultivating an Impression of Influence with Actions and Small Expenditures 81 6 Credit, Deception, and Institutional Design 121 7 Criticism and Credit: How Deficit Implications Undermine Credit Allocation 148 8 Representation and the Impression of Influence 174 9 Text as Data: Methods Appendix 186 Bibliography 189 Index 203
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Princeton University Press The Gamble
Book Synopsis"Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest--and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election--with a big difference. Using an unusual "moneyball" approach and drawing on extensive quanTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2013 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American Publishers "Sides and Vavreck offer a detailed, quantified description of the battlefield--an effort to provide political science insight in real time."--David Lauter, Los Angeles Times/Jacket Copy blog "In The Gamble, two super-smart thinkers lay out moneyball politics for anyone to understand."--Gregg Easterbrook, ESPN.com "Good, sane tome on how the fundamentals matter."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "A work of real originality and depth. In places it extends existing work and does so with care and sophistication. In other places it breaks new ground, especially with analyses of the interplay between the media and popular references and perceptions."--Richard Johnston, Forum "Sides and Vavreck's book is an overdue corrective. They weren't embedded in a campaign or buddies with top strategists. They don't usher you inside the room. But they have something that campaign reporters lack: data. Lots and lots and lots of it... Underpinning their real-time information are decades of supporting political-science data and theory. The result is that while most election narratives track the inputs of the campaign, Sides and Vavreck track the outputs... There's no better book for understanding it--and the political structures that will continue shaping U.S. elections in 2016 and beyond--than The Gamble. For campaign journalism, the book is a game-changer."--Ezra Klein, Bloomberg View "The Gamble reveals how few 'breaking' developments in presidential campaigns (the rules are different for your local freeholder race, with its scant media coverage) can actually move the numbers. Pry out the secrets, read the data, and you can ignore the rest of the clattering B.S. machine that is the modern presidential election."--David Weigel, Slate "With the most comprehensive and demanding analytics of a wide array of data, Sides and Vavreck cut through many of the myths of the 2012 campaign... Reading The Gamble, I'm pulled in two directions. There is an excitement that comes with the clarity of very smart and skilled professionals working through data and presenting an overwhelmingly compelling case. That's balanced with a maddening sense of frustration that so much blood, sweat, tears, and treasure was put into an endeavor that was likely predetermined by forces out of anyone's control... Read [it]. You'll be glad you did."--Stuart Stevens, Daily Beast "The discounting of campaign drama has more recently been taken to a new level by political scientists John Sides and Lynn Vavreck in The Gamble, which might have been subtitled Nothing to See Here, Folks... Sides and Vavreck take the provocative but stimulating route of considering every explanation of the outcome other than the 'fundamentals' (basically, the power of incumbency and acceptably positive economic trends and conditions) and exploding each with varying quantities of empirical dynamite."--Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly "Without a doubt the most provocative book is The Gamble by Sides and Vavreck."--Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly "A necessary corrective to the personality-driven and hyperventilating accounts of presidential campaigns driven by a news media out to sell half-baked narratives... Eminently readable."--Rick Hasen, Slate "The Gamble is political analysis done properly, a serious challenge to journalists and pundits. And it suggests that the politics that works is politics done properly, that produces real improvements for people in their daily lives."--Daniel Finkelstein, The Times "Probably the most successful attempt to integrate political science and narrative to date... If you really want to understand the 2012 elections, you should rely on The Gamble."--Sean Trende, Real Clear Books "What really mattered in last year's elections? George Washington University professor John Sides and UCLA professor Lynn Vavreck, in a remarkably fast turnaround for an academic work, applied social science to the developments of last year's presidential election in The Gamble. It turns out that the events journalists described in real time (including this one) weren't as important as they were made out to be. And Sides and Vavreck provide an important reality check that observers should heed before the daily doings of 2016 consume us all."--Steven Shepard, National Journal "The Gamble is a mine of information about why the result of the election was apparent to said psephologists as far back as November 2011... This is a scientific book. As the publication blurb states, 'other books may tell you what the candidates did and why, but this book tells you whether what they did actually mattered.' In that respect The Gamble pays off."--Simon Burns, MP, Total Politics "The Gamble is best viewed as a data-rich application of existing campaign theory to a particular presidential election, in this case, the 2012 election."--James E. Campbell, Congress & the PresidencyTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface to the Paperback Edition xiii Foreword by Charles T. Myers xix Acknowledgments xxi Chapter 1: Ante Up 1 Chapter 2: The Hand You're Dealt 11 Chapter 3: Random, or Romney? 32 Chapter 4: All In 64 Chapter 5: High Rollers 97 Chapter 6: The Action 141 Chapter 7: The Winning Hand 174 Chapter 8: Cashing In 226 Appendixes 243 Notes 273 Index 323
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Princeton University Press The China Model
Book SynopsisWesterners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as "political meritocracy." The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and theTrade ReviewA Financial Times Summer Books Selection Selected as one of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2015 A Guardian Best Holiday Reads of 2015 selection "[I]t is part of the job of academics to ask fundamental questions that challenge conventional thinking. Bell performs this role admirably in lucid, jargon-free prose that leads the reader back to some of the most fundamental questions in political philosophy - refracted through the experience of contemporary China ... I found the questions that Bell raised consistently stimulating."--Gideon Rachman, Financial Times "Bell ... has written a fascinating study. Open-minded readers will find it equips them with a more intelligent understanding of Chinese politics and, no less valuable, forces them to examine their devotion to democracy... [The China Model] isn't just for those who want to better understand China. More than anything I've read for a while, it also forced me to think about what's good and bad about Western systems of government. From start to finish the book is a pleasure and an education."--Clive Crook, Bloomberg View "Bell makes a solid and worthy case for why the outside world might want to think about the Chinese experiment in governance a bit more deeply... This is a very clearly written book."--Kerry Brown, Asian Review of Books "The China Model ... is as important for us as it is for China. If the book brings us some humility about the ways in which an undemocratic model like China's can be deeply rooted in history and culture, it will have done good work. But it will do something better if it can remind us that our own history isn't over."--Rob Goodman, POLITICO "In careful, clear and measured prose, [Bell] works hard to overcome prejudice, defuse emotions and discuss the pros and cons in the cool language of political philosophy. This, perhaps, is the book's greatest contribution."--James Miller, Literary Review of Canada "Serious re-evaluations of democracy are inhibited by two factors: fears about the alternatives turning sour and a century of educational indoctrination that makes imagining the alternatives a frightful exercise. Bell's book should be read as an antidote (or if you prefer, an elixir) to overcome these doubts."--Siddharth Singh, Mint "This book is a welcome addition to the expanding literature on the emerging 'China model'... Bell's argument, based on his long-term observation of China's political development, provides a nuanced, thought-provoking view of the meritocratic aspects of the Chinese system that have been obscured by the broad label 'authoritarianism.' It offers an original explanation for the resilience of the Chinese regime and essentially challenges the widely held notion that liberal democracy is the universally desirable political outcome for modern societies."--Choice "Bell is not an apologist for China but someone who teaches us to ask different questions. And these questions are fascinating."--Mariana Mazzucato, Financial Times, a FT Best Book of 2015 "A must-read scholarly account of China's political development with stimulating questions, powerful analysis as well as theoretically relevant arguments."--Bingdao Zheng, Chinese Political Science Review "[Bell] offers an earnest, well-balanced, and timely discussion of the limitations and suitability of Western liberal democracy to current Chinese realities... This is a very bold recommendation that aptly rounds off what is throughout a highly original volume steeped in political theory. It hopefully will instigate serious debate."--Niv Horesh, China Journal "Strikingly original."--Benjamin Herscovitch, Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas "Important, original and deeply researched... Honest, thoroughly researched, imaginative, and hugely important volume on Chinese political development and its possible impact on the global arena."--Bogdan Goralczyk, China Review "A must-read text for all political scientists, in particular, for those who study democracy and democratization."--Baogang He, Perspectives on Politics "A serious intellectual work that deserves to be read by scholars who are interested in the merits and limitations of liberal democracy."--Lynette H. Ong, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Is Democracy the Least Bad Political System? 14 Chapter 2 On the Selection of Good Leaders in a Political Meritocracy 63 Chapter 3 What's Wrong with Political Meritocracy 110 Chapter 4 Three Models of Democratic Meritocracy 151 Concluding Thoughts: Realizing the China Model 179 Notes 199 Selected Bibliography 283 Index 307
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Princeton University Press Unequal and Unrepresented
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kay Lehman Schlozman, Winner of the 2018 Warren Miller Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association""[Unequal and Unrepresented] is a valuable scholarly tool and a carefully constructed compilation of empirical evidence to support an argument whose conclusions are, as the authors write, ‘not especially encouraging.’" * Publishers Weekly *
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Princeton University Press Inside the Mind of a Voter
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the Stein Rokkan Prize, European Consortium for Political Research and the International Science Council"
£27.00
Princeton University Press Electoral Violence Corruption and Political Order
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Princeton University Press Unequal and Unrepresented
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kay Lehman Schlozman, Winner of the 2018 Warren Miller Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association""[Unequal and Unrepresented] is a valuable scholarly tool and a carefully constructed compilation of empirical evidence to support an argument whose conclusions are, as the authors write, ‘not especially encouraging.’" * Publishers Weekly *
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Princeton University Press Persuasive Peers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Best Book Award, Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association"
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Princeton University Press Persuasive Peers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Best Book Award, Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association""Contributes richly to the literature on clientelism."---Scott Mainwaring, Latin American Research Reviews
£94.50
Princeton University Press Shock to the System
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A]n extremely impressive book not only for the boldness of its claims but also the nuance in seeking to walk through the intervening steps linking shocks and dominant parties to democratization."---Stephen Haggard, Perspectives on Politics"To make a novel contribution in this already crowded research field is an impressive achievement. Through his ambitious coverage of the universe of cases and meticulous attention to each transition, Miller presents convincing new perspectives on the mechanisms behind democratic transitions." * Journal of Peace Research *
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Princeton University Press Violent Victors
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award, Political Organizations and Parties section of the American Political Science Association""Shortlisted for the Gregory Luebbert Best Book Prize, Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association""Violent Victors is a rich, rigorous and comprehensive book that delves into the complex and nuanced relationship between wartime violence and postwar electoral politics, transitional justice and governance."---Laia Balcells, International Affairs"Articulates a fascinating and novel puzzle. . . . [and provides] a thorough consideration of alternative explanations."---Michael K. Miller, Perspectives on Politics"A must-read."---Mauricio Rivera, Journal of Peace Research"[A] penetrating study of founding elections in postwar societies. . . . [Violent Victors] is required reading for anyone interested in peacebuilding, justice, democracy, and governance after civil war."---Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, Peace & Change
£85.00
Princeton University Press Protecting the Ballot
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the European Politics & Society Best Book Award, American Political Science Association""Mares . . . makes use of extensive research to demonstrate that reforms to eliminate corruption were opposed by incumbent powers until political fragmentation or ‘elite split’—as in France and Germany—prolonged competition and increased electoral costs, creating incentives for cooperation." * Choice *
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University Press of Kansas Do Running Mates Matter The Influence of Vice
Book SynopsisDo Presidential running mates actually matter? In the first book to put this question to a rigorous test, Christopher Devine and Kyle Kopko draw upon an unprecedented range of empirical data to reveal how, and how much, running mates influence voting in presidential elections.Trade ReviewRichard Nixon once famously claimed that vice presidential candidates cannot help presidential candidates, they can only hurt. In Do Running Mates Matter? Professors Devine and Kopko exhaustively test this and numerous other claims regarding the importance of vice presidential candidates in the electoral process. While others have worked at various aspects of this question over the past few decades, this work is a data-driven yet highly accessible scholarly tour de force. A must-read for students of the presidency and presidential elections."—Jody Baumgartner, coauthor of The American Vice Presidency: From the Shadow to the Spotlight "Running mates matter, but in unexpected ways. Devine and Kopko provide the most comprehensive, multimethod examination of running mates to date. They convincingly demonstrate that the largest impact is from an evaluation of presidential candidates’ decision-making process in the selection of vice presidential candidates."—Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University
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Taylor & Francis Ltd British Elections and Parties Review
Book SynopsisThis volume features key political issues for 1990s Britain: the reform of the Labour party; the use of opinion polls; the impact of the media; European integration; Scotland and regional trends; and the bases of party support.Table of ContentsContemporary British History- "This book provides an invaluable source of up-to-date information on parties, elections and voting behavious in Britain, drawn from contemporary cutting-edge research...The four editors are to be congratulated on producing the very model of an edited, research based book...This is a llively and scholarly testimony to the continuing vitality of the EPOP research community and its role in ur developing understanding of contemporary history, providing an invaluable source of reference for scholars and research students alike."Parliamentary Afairs -" the standard of papers is high and there is a useful compendium of data and further reading at the back."Political Studies- "As in previous volumes, these articles are followed by an invaluable reference section. This remains a "must buy" for all those with even a passing interest in elections or party politics."Contemporary Review- " This should prove an invaluable source for future students of British political life at the end of the twentieth century"Contemporary Review"This series has now become an indispensible part of our understanding of modern British politics
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International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. The West On Trial
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Over to You MR Brown
Book SynopsisAnthony Giddens sets out his agenda for the New Labour of today, who stand once again at a decisive point in its history. He argues that a change of leadership can help reinvigorate the party, but winning a fourth term of government will be impossible without reinvigorating Labours ideological position and policy outlook.Trade Review"The immense virtue of Anthony Giddens's brilliant book is that it preaches against complacency ... Giddens sets out admirably his own picture of the social democratic future."Charles Clarke, The Guardian "Provides an important route map for progress [and] a valuable corrective to the collective amnesia that can afflict a reckoning of the government's record."David Milliband, The Observer "Giddens makes a weighty and significant contribution, serving up a rich diet of thoughts, ideas and policies." Alan Milburn, New Statesman "Over to You will prove accessible and stimulating reading."Michael White, Times Literary Supplement "Packed full of thoughtful observations and practical policy proposals, on matters as diverse as the labour market, immigration and multiculturalism."Parliamentary Affairs "Clearly written, and easy to read, this book makes for interesting reading for those engaged with current politics and it will be interesting to see if some of the policy suggestions are adopted by Brown."Sociology "Forms a very useful guide to the concerns of those installing themselves at new desks across Whitehall."Roy Bacon, Defence Focus "Perhaps the most important thing about this stimulating book is that it shows a new way of thinking about welfare."Ranier Fsadni, Times of Malta "In Over to You, Mr Brown [Giddens] has produced another restless tour de horizon, taking in most of the main axes of contemporary political debate."Nick Pearce, Progress "I would be delighted if Brown were to accept Giddens's advice on the future direction of policy laid out in this book."Clare Short, The House MagazineTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. Chapter One: After Ten Years: Labour’s Successes and Failures. Chapter Two: The Contenders: Brown v Cameron. Chapter Three: The World in Flux: How to Respond?. Chapter Four: The Public Services – Putting People First. Chapter Five: We Can Have a More Equal Society. Chapter Six: Changing Life-Styles: a New Agenda. Chapter Seven: No Giving up on Multiculturalism!. Chapter Eight: Shedding the Island Identity. Chapter Nine: How to Build a Progressive Consensus. Chapter Ten: Labour’s Contract with the Future
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Over to You MR Brown
Book SynopsisAnthony Giddens sets out his agenda for the New Labour of today, who stand once again at a decisive point in its history. He argues that a change of leadership can help reinvigorate the party, but winning a fourth term of government will be impossible without reinvigorating Labours ideological position and policy outlook.Trade Review"The immense virtue of Anthony Giddens's brilliant book is that it preaches against complacency ... Giddens sets out admirably his own picture of the social democratic future."Charles Clarke, The Guardian "Provides an important route map for progress [and] a valuable corrective to the collective amnesia that can afflict a reckoning of the government's record."David Milliband, The Observer "Giddens makes a weighty and significant contribution, serving up a rich diet of thoughts, ideas and policies." Alan Milburn, New Statesman "Over to You will prove accessible and stimulating reading."Michael White, Times Literary Supplement "Packed full of thoughtful observations and practical policy proposals, on matters as diverse as the labour market, immigration and multiculturalism."Parliamentary Affairs "Clearly written, and easy to read, this book makes for interesting reading for those engaged with current politics and it will be interesting to see if some of the policy suggestions are adopted by Brown."Sociology "Forms a very useful guide to the concerns of those installing themselves at new desks across Whitehall."Roy Bacon, Defence Focus "Perhaps the most important thing about this stimulating book is that it shows a new way of thinking about welfare."Ranier Fsadni, Times of Malta "In Over to You, Mr Brown [Giddens] has produced another restless tour de horizon, taking in most of the main axes of contemporary political debate."Nick Pearce, Progress "I would be delighted if Brown were to accept Giddens's advice on the future direction of policy laid out in this book."Clare Short, The House MagazineTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. Chapter One: After Ten Years: Labour’s Successes and Failures. Chapter Two: The Contenders: Brown v Cameron. Chapter Three: The World in Flux: How to Respond?. Chapter Four: The Public Services – Putting People First. Chapter Five: We Can Have a More Equal Society. Chapter Six: Changing Life-Styles: a New Agenda. Chapter Seven: No Giving up on Multiculturalism!. Chapter Eight: Shedding the Island Identity. Chapter Nine: How to Build a Progressive Consensus. Chapter Ten: Labour’s Contract with the Future
£14.99
Edinburgh University Press Electoral Systems and Voting in the United
Book SynopsisExamines the workings of various systems of elections and voting behaviour in the UK.Table of Contents1. Introduction and Principles; Part One - Electoral Systems; 2. Plurality Systems; 3. Majoritarian Systems; 4. Proportional Systems; Part Two -Voting Behaviour; 5. Traditional Debates on UK Voting Behaviour; 6. Voting Behaviour in Elections for UK Members of the European Parliament; 7. Voting Behaviour in Elections to the Scottish Parliament; 8. Voting Behaviour in Elections to the National Assembly for Wales; 9. Voting Behaviour in Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly; Conclusion: Identifying Trends in Voting Behaviour Across the United Kingdom.
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Revolution or Evolution
Book SynopsisLooks at the Scottish elections of 2007 and asks: was the outcome of the 2007 Scottish election revolutionary or a natural progression in Scottish Politics?Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. A watershed election?; Part I: The Impact of Devolution; 2. What do Scots want? Identities, values and attitudes; 3. What has devolution achieved? The public's view; 4. Governing Scotland: what do people want?; Part II: The Parliamentary Election; 5. What swayed voters? Records, Personalities and Issues; 6. Why did the SNP win?; Part III: The Local Elections; 7. Do voters care about parties any more?; 8. A personal vote? How voters used the STV ballot; Conclusion; 9. The 2007 Elections: Revolution or Evolution?; Appendices; 1. Summary of results of Parliamentary and Local Elections; 2. Technical Details of Survey
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The History Press Ltd The Struggle for Democracy
Book SynopsisFurthermore, not only did voting take place in public, so landlords could and did evict tenants who voted against their wishes, but voting qualifications also differed from place to place. All the major reforms are covered: Catholic Emancipation, further Reform Acts, the end of the House of Lords veto and, of course, votes for women.
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University of British Columbia Press Elections
Book SynopsisThis volume, by eminent political scientist John Courtney, assesses the history and development of five “building blocks” of Canada’s electoral regime: the franchise, electoral districts, voter registration, election machinery, and plurality voting.Trade ReviewOverall, this is a very accessible volume, with well-informed and well-organised discussion of Canada’s democratic strengths and weaknesses. -- Marian Sawer * Australian Canadian Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2004 & Vol. 23, No. 1, 2005 *The volume is pitched at a level that is accessible and interesting to senior undergraduate students, without compromising analytical sophistication. Elections should be required reading for students of elections and Canadian political history. -- Livianna Tossutti, Brock University * Canadian Journal of Political Science, December 2005 *Both as individual books, as well as the state goals of the Canadian Democratic Audit series, the analyses achieve what they set out to do. It is heartening to see that the state of politics is taken seriously, that there are difficult questions asked, systemic weaknesses are pointed out, and that these authors have the capacity to recommend what it is that might work better to develop a more inclusive and participatory democratic system. These books succeed in that they are moving into a territory that has a broad scope in challenging issues and institutions that set the stage for the major political categories of analysis. -- Robert Imre, University of Notre Dame, Australia * Political Studies Review, vol. 4, no 2, May 2006 *John C. Courtney is the leading scholar on the history, principles, and current practice of elections in Canada. Thus, he is the best choice to analyse the Canadian electoral system for the Canadian Democratic Audit series ... overall, Courtney’s volume is an even-handed comprehensive overview of the Canadian electoral system ... A great deal has been written about plurality voting, but few are as careful in their analysis as Courtney. -- Henry J. Jacek, McMaster University * The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no.1 *Table of ContentsFigures and TablesForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 The Rules of the Electoral Game2 Who Can Vote?3 From Gerrymandering to Independence: Territorially-Based Districts4 Registering Voters5 Electoral Machinery: From Partisanship to Professionalism6 Representation, Plurality Voting, and Democratic Deficit7 Auditing Canada’s Electoral Democracy Discussion QuestionsAppendix: Three Challenges and Possible ReformsGlossaryWorks CitedIndex
£66.30
University of British Columbia Press Citizens
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive assessment of citizen engagement in Canada, this volume raises challenging questions, not just about the interests and capabilities of Canadians as democratic citizens, but also about the performance of our democratic institutions.Trade ReviewI strongly recommend this volume to those concerned with the state of Canadian democracy, as well as to instructors of senior undergraduate and graduate courses in political behaviour. The authors turn what could have been a mundane recitation of data into a thoughtful and important reflection on the social, policy and electoral consequencesof the democratic divide. -- Livianna Tossutti, Brock University * Canadian Journal of Political Science *The first comprehensive assessment of citizen engagement in Canada, this volume raises challenging questions about the interests and capabilities of Canadians as democratic citizens, as well as the performance of our democratic institutions. It is essential reading for politicians and policy-makers, students and scholars of Canadian politics, and all those who care about the quality of Canadian democracy. * International Review of Administrative Sciences 71(4), 2005 *This is an excellent exposition of the attention Canadians pay to their politics, the information they have about it, their levels or participation, and their civic mindedness. The volume also places the information in a comparative context, measuring the data against the background afforded by such observers as Ron Inglehart and Douglas Coupland, both of whose works deal with the impact of generations on attitudes and values. This volume is part of the “Canadian Democratic Audit” series examining how well Canadian democracy is practiced at the outset of the 21st century. The product of the combined efforts of four notable Canadian academic specialists, it is also a timely effort; coming when the levels of Canadian voting are diminishing while media commentary discusses apparent public cynicism and alienation from the political process. The range of topics is wide. It deals with such group dynamics as sex, social class, education, income, etc., as well as activities at the three levels of government – federal, provincial, and municipal. This worthy addition to the series could serve as an important segment of courses in Canadian and comparative politics. Highly Recommended. -- P. Regenstreif, University of Rochester * Choice *Table of ContentsFiguresForeword1 Auditing Democratic Citizenship2 How Much Attention Do Canadians Pay to Politics?3 What Do Canadians Know About Politics?4 Can Canadians Get By with Less Information?5 How Much Do Canadians Participate in Politics?6 How Civic-Minded Are Canadians?7 Engaging CanadiansDiscussion QuestionsAdditional ReadingWorks CitedIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Citizens Adrift The Democratic Disengagement of
Book SynopsisCitizens Adrift is a rich study of the generational decline in political involvement that offers recommendations as to how to stem the erosion of democratic life.Trade ReviewIn his recent book, Citizens Adrift: The Democratic Disengagement of Young Canadians, Paul Howe has managed to do what others have not. He presents a comprehensive and balanced examination of the political (dis)engagement of young Canadians. Howe has avoided the trap of simplistic analyses and conclusions and, instead, offers readers a thorough and considered look at the oft-cited low levels of political interest and participation among Canadian youth. He employs statistical data from a wide variety of sources (including those from Canada, the United States and numerous European countries) and draws upon theories in political science, sociology and psychology in order to approach the subject in a unique way. -- Brandi Bell * Canadian Journal of Political Science (45:2), June 2012 *In Citizens Adrift, Paul Howe explores a problem that every political scientist in Canada has to be thinking about: Why are younger people less interested in politics than their elders? Howe comes to the topic with an open mind, an infectious enthusiasm, and an impressive toolkit. Drawing on the research of others, generating new data of his own, and comparing Canadian results with similar countries, he examines the issue of disengagement from a number of fascinating angles. His diagnosis is at once wise, persuasive, and troubling; his prescriptions are realistic and achievable. Citizens Adrift is a model of political science that deserves a place on every scholar’s reference table not just because it is accessible and intelligent, but because it will inform reflection and discussion both in class and, one hopes, on the street. -- Canadian Political Science Association Prize JuryTable of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Setting the Stage1 Democratic Participation in Canada2 The Wellsprings of DisengagementPart 2: Political Attentiveness3 The Evolution of Political Attentiveness: A Six-Country Comparison4 Political Attentiveness in Canada: The Current Landscape5 Political Knowledge and Canadian DemocracyPart 3: Social Integration6 Community Attachments7 Ascendant Individualism8 Social Integration and Political EngagementPart 4: Looking Back, Looking Forward9 Political Culture in the Age of Adolescence10 Engendering Engagement among Young Canadians: A Holistic ApproachAppendicesNotesWorks CitedData ReferencesIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Code Politics Campaigns and Cultures on the
Book SynopsisThis book unravels the paradox of the Canadian prairies by explaining how the region’s three provinces developed such distinct political cultures.Trade ReviewThis is a well written book, extensively researched, well thought out and combining an interesting mix of theory and historical-empirical evidence. It speaks intelligently about questions to do with the theory of political culture, socialization, the role of ideas in politics and the nature of qualitative content analysis. -- Allen MIlls, University of Winnipeg * Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol 45 No 3 *Table of ContentsForeword by Nelson WisemanIntroduction: Cultures, Campaigns, and Codes1 The Prairie Paradox: Explaining Cultural Difference2 Politics over Time: Explaining Cultural Persistence3 Campaigns in Alberta: A Code of Freedom4 Campaigns in Saskatchewan: A Code of Security5 Campaigns in Manitoba: A Code of ModerationConclusion: Decoding Prairie CulturesAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
£78.30
University of British Columbia Press Parties Elections and the Future of Canadian
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive account in decades of major party system change in Canada.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Change and Continuity in Canadian Parties and Elections / Amanda Bittner and Royce Koop1 Has Brokerage Politics Ended? Canadian Parties in the New Century / R. Kenneth Carty2 Candidate Recruitment in Canada: The Role of Political Parties / William Cross and Lisa Young3 The Effects of Constantly Campaigning upon the Canadian Parliament / Kelly Blidook and Matthew Byrne4 Constituency and Personal Determinants of MPs’ Positions on Social Conservative Issues in the 37th and 38th Canadian Parliaments / Munroe Eagles5 City Ministers: The Local Politics of Cabinet Selection / Anthony M. Sayers6 Women Candidates, Voters, and Legislators: A Gender Perspective on Recent Party and Electoral Politics / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant7 Revisiting the “Ethnic” Vote: Liberal Allegiance and Vote Choice among Racialized Minorities / Allison Harell8 The Canadian Party System: Trends in Election Campaign Reporting, 1980-2008 / Blake Andrew, Patrick Fournier, and Stuart Soroka9 Parties, Politics, and Redistribution: The Constitutional and Practical Challenges of Politicized Apportionment / Russell Alan Williams10 Too Little, Too Soon: State Funding and Electoral District Associations in the Green Party of Canada / Harold Jansen and L.A. (Lisa) Lambert11 When Partisans Are Attacked: Motivated Reasoning and the New Party System / J. Scott Matthews12 Coping with Political Flux: The Impact of Information on Voters’ Perceptions of the Political Landscape, 1988-2011 / Amanda Bittner13 Situating the Canadian Case / Richard Johnston14 Parties and Elections after 2011: The Fifth Canadian Party System? / Royce Koop and Amanda Bittner
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Parties Elections and the Future of Canadian
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive account in decades of major party system change in Canada.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Change and Continuity in Canadian Parties and Elections / Amanda Bittner and Royce Koop1 Has Brokerage Politics Ended? Canadian Parties in the New Century / R. Kenneth Carty2 Candidate Recruitment in Canada: The Role of Political Parties / William Cross and Lisa Young3 The Effects of Constantly Campaigning upon the Canadian Parliament / Kelly Blidook and Matthew Byrne4 Constituency and Personal Determinants of MPs’ Positions on Social Conservative Issues in the 37th and 38th Canadian Parliaments / Munroe Eagles5 City Ministers: The Local Politics of Cabinet Selection / Anthony M. Sayers6 Women Candidates, Voters, and Legislators: A Gender Perspective on Recent Party and Electoral Politics / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant7 Revisiting the “Ethnic” Vote: Liberal Allegiance and Vote Choice among Racialized Minorities / Allison Harell8 The Canadian Party System: Trends in Election Campaign Reporting, 1980-2008 / Blake Andrew, Patrick Fournier, and Stuart Soroka9 Parties, Politics, and Redistribution: The Constitutional and Practical Challenges of Politicized Apportionment / Russell Alan Williams10 Too Little, Too Soon: State Funding and Electoral District Associations in the Green Party of Canada / Harold Jansen and L.A. (Lisa) Lambert11 When Partisans Are Attacked: Motivated Reasoning and the New Party System / J. Scott Matthews12 Coping with Political Flux: The Impact of Information on Voters’ Perceptions of the Political Landscape, 1988-2011 / Amanda Bittner13 Situating the Canadian Case / Richard Johnston14 Parties and Elections after 2011: The Fifth Canadian Party System? / Royce Koop and Amanda Bittner
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press Fighting for Votes
Book SynopsisThis book shines a light on how parties, the media, and voters interacted during a recent Ontario election, providing one of the most complete accounts of a provincial election available.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 The Political and Economic Setting3 The Run-Up to 20114 The Campaign5 The Parties’ Campaign Messages6 From 1.0 to 2.0: The Online Campaign7 The Leaders’ Debate8 The Parties’ Campaign Strategies9 At the Races: The Toronto Star’s Coverage of the Election10 Did the Parties’ Campaign Efforts Affect Voters?11 Vote Choice12 Fighting for VotesAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Permanent Campaigning in Canada
Book SynopsisThis book provides a provocative look at the growth of non-stop election campaigning in Canada and its implications for Canadian democracy and how we are governed.Trade ReviewThe existing literature on this topic reflects a series of disparate thoughts about political behaviour, political communication, and public administration - thoughts that the editors and contributors successfully unite under a common set of theoretical assumptions and methodological commitments. -- William Wilson, University of Ottawa * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33.1 *The editors have collected essays that examine the rise of permanent campaigning in Canada and its implications for politics and governing … Though the authors of the essays appear to connect most of these developments to Harper, most suggest the long-term implications are yet to be seen, speculating that Justin Trudeau’s “sunny ways” might bring some changes. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- J. F. Kraus, Wagner College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsForeword / Tom FlanaganPart 1: Theoretical Parameters1 Welcome to Non-Stop Campaigning / Alex Marland, Anna Lennox Esselment, and Thierry Giasson2 Governing on the Front Foot: Politicians, Civil Servants, and the Permanent Campaign in Canada / Jonathan Craft3 Databases, Microtargeting, and the Permanent Campaign: A Threat to Democracy? / Steve PattenPart 2: Political Parties4 Media-Party Parallelism: How the Media Covers Party Messaging / Andrea Lawlor5 “Friend, Can You Chip in $3?”: Canadian Political Parties’ Email Communication and Fundraising / Alex Marland and Maria Mathews6 Online, All the Time: The Strategic Objectives of Canadian Opposition Parties / Thierry Giasson and Tamara A. Small7 Permanent Polling and Governance / André Turcotte and Simon Vodrey 8 Election Preparation in the Federal NDP: The Next Campaign Starts the Day after the Last One Ends / David McGranePart 3: Governance9 Institutional Change, Permanent Campaigning, and Canada’s Fixed Election Date Law / Phillipe Lagassé10 Preaching to the Choir in Case It Is Losing Faith: Government Advertising’s Direct Electoral Consequences / Denver McNeney and David Coletto11 The Obama Approach in Canada: Lessons in Leadership Branding / J.P. Lewis and Kenneth Cosgrove12 Campaigning from the Centre / Anna Lennox Esselment and Paul Wilson13 Permanent Campaigning and Digital Government / Amanda Clarke and Mary Francoli14 24 Seven Videostyle: Blurring the Lines and Building Strong Leadership / Mireille Lalancette and Sofia Tourigny-Koné15 Vulnerable Populations and the Permanent Campaign: Disability Organizations as Policy Entrepreneurs / Mario Levesque16 Permanent Campaigning: Changing the Nature of Canadian Democracy / Anna Lennox Esselment, Alex Marland, and Thierry GiassonGlossary; List of Contributors; Index
£59.40
University of British Columbia Press Identities and Interests
Book SynopsisIdentities and Interests examines the electoral behaviour of racialized Canadians: how they self-identify, why they support minority candidates, and what these patterns mean for Canadian politics.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Framing and Explaining Affinity Voting3 Coethnic and Racialized Affinity in Canada4 The Importance of Self-Identification5 Ethnic Identity and Voter Behaviour6 The Role of Interests, Ideology, and Policy7 Affinity Voting in Federal Elections8 ConclusionAppendicesNotes; References; Index
£62.90
University of British Columbia Press Identities and Interests
Book SynopsisIdentities and Interests examines the electoral behaviour of racialized Canadians: how they self-identify, why they support minority candidates, and what these patterns mean for Canadian politics.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Framing and Explaining Affinity Voting3 Coethnic and Racialized Affinity in Canada4 The Importance of Self-Identification5 Ethnic Identity and Voter Behaviour6 The Role of Interests, Ideology, and Policy7 Affinity Voting in Federal Elections8 ConclusionAppendicesNotes; References; Index
£25.19
