Elections and referenda / suffrage Books
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 *
£70.40
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
£80.00
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
£29.75
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 *
£80.00
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 *
£25.50
Princeton University Press Making Democracy Count
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£25.20
Princeton University Press Political Entrepreneurs
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book is without any doubt a must-read for all party scholars. De Vries and Hobolt demonstrate that by focusing too much on the peculiarity of our times and trying to understand the novelty of a phenomenon we sometimes overlook that some patterns remain the same."---Sarah Engler, Party Politics"A smart and accessible book which relies on a wealth of empirical evidence to make its case — and it shines bright as an example of great academic writing, because it does so with a clarity that looks effortless but is so hard to attain."---Felix Simon, Medium"Covering and utilising an impressive bibliography in their research, they [De Vries and Hobolt] offer readers an innovative approach to the theory of political parties. Attempting to capture a broad audience while simultaneously attracting political experts, political scientists and entrepreneurs, the book offers us a timely approach to the way our politics are constructed. Moreover, it suggests that our world has to be seen as a more complex field. With Political Entrepreneurs, De Vries and Hobolt have successfully refreshed the literature on political parties, making the field more appealing to new researchers"---George Kordas, LSE Review of Books"Catherine de Vries and Sara Hobolt are arguably among the most influential scholars working on party competition in Europe. . . . Their book presents an exceptional contribution to research on European party competition that will unquestionably be a focal point of reference for any future research in this field."---Julia Schulte-Cloos, Acta Politica
£19.80
Manuel Arriaga Rebooting Democracy A Citizens Guide to Reinventing Politics
£6.99
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Reagans Victory
Book SynopsisOffers a study of the 1980 American election and shows why it was a landmark election. Beginning with Carter's speech on July 15, 1979, the book introduces the field of candidates, follows their campaigns, identifies the turning points and winning strategies, and assesses the results, including the GOP's first Senate majority in 26 years.
£21.56
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Free at Last to Vote The Alabama Origins of the
Book SynopsisAlthough the heroism of last century's freedom marches will long be credited for ending racial discrimination, civil rights legislation owes much to work done more quietly in the district courtrooms of the South. This book helps in understanding how the Voting Rights Act came about by focusing on several key cases in Alabama.Trade ReviewLandsberg's memoir and history of the Justice Department's voting litigation in Elmore, Perry, and Sumter Counties is a richly valuable addition to our understanding of the origins of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. David J. Garrow, author of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ""Before Martin Luther King's celebrated campaign for voting rights in Selma in 1965, the Department of Justice had more quietly paved the way for federal legislation to enfranchise African Americans in the South. Landsberg's book uncovers an important dimension behind that pioneering legislation."" Steven F. Lawson, author of Civil Rights Crossroads: Nation, Community, and the Black Freedom Movement
£54.32
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Real Making of the President Kennedy Nixon
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£22.91
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The First Modern Clash over Federal Power Wilson
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£40.50
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas A Third Term for FDR The Election of 1940
Book SynopsisIn 1940, for the first time since America's founding, a sitting president sought a third term in office. But this was only one remarkable aspect of that year's election. A Third Term for FDR reveals how domestic policy more than international events influenced Roosevelt's decision to run and his victory in November.
£32.21
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas I Like Ike The Presidential Election of 1952
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£23.96
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Election of 1860 A Campaign Fraught with
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWith his unequalled mastery of the political history of the pre-Civil War decade, Michael Holt brilliantly unpacks the complexities of the selection of the four presidential nominees in 1860 and the convoluted campaign that ensued. Challenging conventional wisdom regarding the determinative salience of the slavery expansion question, Holt highlights condemnation of Buchanan administration corruption as a key issue in what he portrays as America’s most consequential presidential election. Altogether, an analytic tour de force."" - Charles W. Calhoun, author of The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant""Michael Holt, the premier scholar of mid-nineteenth century American politics, is uniquely qualified to write about the 1860 presidential election. His incisive new book demolishes the idea that Abraham Lincoln’s victory demonstrated a national resolve to end slavery. Instead, Holt shows that Republicans hammered away primarily at the scandal-marred record of James Buchanan’s outgoing Democratic administration to carry the Lower North’s key swing states. Only the Deep South’s reckless secessionists transformed an electoral contest into a shooting war—and thereby unleashed forces that led ultimately to emancipation."" - Daniel W. Crofts, author of Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery: The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union""Readers have long expected indefatigable research and fresh interpretations from Michael Holt, and The Election of 1860 will meet those expectations. Holt’s description and analysis of this exceedingly important election is a valuable addition to the literature of politics, the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln, and anyone who wants to know about all three of those subjects will benefit from reading this book."" - Michael S. Green, author of Lincoln and the Election of 1860
£33.56
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Obama Legacy
Book SynopsisLeading observers and scholars of US politics examine President Barack Obama's choices, operating style, and opportunities taken and missed, as well as the institutional and political constraints on the president's policy agenda.
£32.21
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Two Suns of the Southwest Lyndon Johnson Barry
Book SynopsisOver time the presidential election of 1964 has come to be seen as a generational shift, a defining moment in which Americans deliberated between two different visions for the future. In its juxtaposition of these divergent visions, Two Suns of the Southwest is the first full account of this critical election and its legacy for US politics.
£32.21
University Press of Kansas After Reagan Bush Dukakis and the 1988 Election
Book SynopsisFrom a scholar who played a small role in the 1988 US presidential election, After Reagan provides an eye-opening look at a presidential campaign that few suspected marked the end of an era - or the rise of forces roiling our political landscape today.Trade ReviewJohn J. Pitney, Jr.’s After Reagan transports the reader back in time to the hard-fought presidential race between George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis. Pitney’s retelling highlights the candidates, issues, and media environment of that time and juxtaposes them with our current political world. This engaging, well-written book is much more than an expert analysis of one memorable election from thirty years ago—it’s a thoughtful exploration of how much, for better and for worse, our politics has changed since then." - Jeffrey Crouch, author of The Presidential Pardon Power"This fine book might well be subTitled Present at the Creation. Pitney’s argument-that in the Bush-Dukakis race of 1988 we find the seeds of present-day presidential politics in both parties-is both timely and well supported. Judiciously argued and gracefully written, After Reagan makes a worthy contribution to the literature." - John Robert Greene, author of The Presidency of George H. W. Bush, Second Edition, RevisedTable of ContentsEditors' ForewordPrefaceIntroduction1. Retrospect: 1950-19802. Reagan, Bush, and the Republicans3. The Democrats in the 1980s4. The Republican Nomination Contest5. The Democratic Nomination Contest6. The General Election: The Triumph of the Fundamentals7. Campaigns Have ConsequencesAppendix A: 1988 Democratic Primary ResultsAppendix B: 1988 Republican Primary ResultsAppendix C: 1988 Presidential General Election ResultsAppendix D: How States Voted in 1988 and 2016NotesBibliographic EssayIndex
£40.50
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Election of the Evangelical Jimmy Carter
Book SynopsisOffers an unprecedented, behind-the-headlines analysis of a now almost unimaginable political moment, which proved to be a pivotal turning point in polarizing American political parties along ideological and cultural lines and eventually in destroying the winning coalition that Jimmy Carter created.Trade ReviewTo understand current US politics, look to the election of 1976. That's the argument that Daniel K. Williams makes - quite convincingly - in this well-researched, engaging account of a crucial presidential race that often gets overlooked." - Matthew Pressman, assistant professor of journalism, Seton Hall University"Here is the definitive 'making of the president, 1976.' Based on extensive archival research and written in clear, concise prose, this book explains why Jimmy Carter won the election and why the electoral map was never the same after." - Edward Berkowitz, author of Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies"The presidential election of 1976 changed modern American politics in every conceivable way. Daniel Williams tells this important tale with prose that crackles and with the pace of a political thriller. Ford, Dole, Carter, and Mondale come alive for the reader, and the analysis of their decision-making offers a real contribution to the historiography of the presidency in the 1970s. This will remain the definitive study of the election of 1976 for some time to come." - John Robert Greene, author of I Like Ike: The Presidential Election of 1952"Daniel Williams's study of the 1976 presidential election goes well beyond previous scholarship. Whereas many scholars have written about 'how Jimmy won,' in this thorough and insightful book Williams argues that the election reflected and encouraged transformation of the Democratic and Republican parties, ironically not in directions favored by the two contenders who would turn out to be 'the last of the moderates.' Williams is convincing in his thesis that this was the last of the New Deal elections that divided along regional and class lines and foreshadowed elections to come in which parties divided according to values-based ideologies." - Marjorie J. Spruill, author of Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics"In this well-written and well-researched account, Dan Williams finds the origins of our polarized politics in the presidential campaign of 1976. The Election of the Evangelical shows not just how Americans put the first born-again Christian into the White House but also how our entire political system was reborn - from the new importance of presidential primaries and the new influence of pressure groups at both ends of the spectrum to the larger trend to 'outsider' politicians like Jimmy Carter." - Kevin M. Kruse, coauthor of Fault Lines: A History of the United States since 1974"In this meticulously researched, sharply argued, and briskly written book, Dan Williams revisits the 1976 presidential election - a surprising, eventful contest that pioneered many of the features of modern presidential campaigns and anticipated the polarized cultural politics of the twenty-first century. With judicious insight, Williams reconstructs Jimmy Carter's path to the White House and the enduring impact of his victory." - Bruce J. Schulman, William E. Huntington Professor of History, Boston University
£26.55
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Beyond Donkeys and Elephants Minor Political
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive account ever written of contemporary minor political parties in the United States, Beyond Donkeys and Elephants covers parties at the national, regional, and state levels. It discusses the well-known alternatives as well as niche state-level parties.Trade ReviewRichard Davis makes a significant contribution to the field with a much-needed book-length treatment of minor parties in the United States. In addition, this book makes a major contribution by examining the role of third parties in state party politics. The scholarship is sound and the contributors unbiased; it offers the reader a clear-eyed examination of third parties at both the national and state levels and is well suited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in American political parties." - John K. White, author of Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era and coauthor of Party On! Political Parties from Hamilton and Jefferson to Today's Networked Age"Beyond Donkeys and Elephants casts a bright light on American politics 'beyond' the two major parties. For a variety of reasons, and with a variety of consequences, political activists have found it useful to organize outside the Democratic and Republican Parties. Our understanding of the two-party landscape is incomplete without this picture of the rest of the system." - Hans Noel, author of Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America
£48.75
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
£26.96
University Press of Kansas The Last Lincoln Republican The Presidential
Book SynopsisA close look at the presidential election of 1880 reveals that Andrew Garfield's victory could have been a continuation of Lincoln's vision. This was the choice made by the American people - and, as The Last Lincoln Republican makes poignantly clear, the great opportunity forever lost when Garfield was assassinated.Trade ReviewAt last a stylish, succinct, and up-to-date biography of James Garfield and a coherent argument about what Garfield's election might have meant for the Republican Party and the United States had he lived. As Arrington argues, Garfield was a bold and strategic defender of the principles that the Republican Party had been founded upon, particularly its vision of equality. Garfield's death shortly after his inauguration was a lost opportunity and a turning point in the history of Reconstruction. With a careful eye to detail and a deep knowledge of the political system, Arrington tells this tragic story clearly and well."" - Gregory P. Downs, author of The Second American Revolution: The Civil War-Era Struggle over Cuba and the Rebirth of the American Republic
£40.50
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Fundraiser in Chief Presidents and the Politics
Book SynopsisArgues that presidential fundraising is an underexamined tool of modern presidential leadership and should be viewed as an instrument of presidential power akin to signing statements, executive orders, public speeches, and veto threats.Trade Review"Drawing upon a painstakingly collected data set of presidential fundraisers spanning nearly a half century, Brendan Doherty provides a comprehensive portrait of presidential fundraising in the modern era. This lucidly written and cogently argued book is the definitive scholarly account of the ‘Fundraiser-in Chief.’ An invaluable resource for researchers, teachers, and journalists, it is also a must-read for all Americans concerned with the role of money in contemporary US politics."—Richard J. Ellis, author of "The president’s time is distinctly finite, but the demand for campaign cash is apparently infinite: Brendan Doherty’s important research digs into how presidents have managed that tension over the last forty-plus years. With new data—one might say rich data!—and keen insight, Doherty explores how presidents have both responded to institutional changes in the campaign finance regime and shaped them. This book provides by far the most comprehensive evaluation of the rise of presidents’ drive for donor dollars and whether the role of fundraiser-in-chief is not only time-consuming but potentially corrupting."—Andrew Rudalevige, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor and Chair of Government, Bowdoin College"Presidential fundraising is one more aspect of the job that has developed an outsized importance. Today, an important measure of leadership is raising dollars. Brendan J. Doherty does a masterful job of tracing this development and its implications for present-day politics. A must-read!"—John Kenneth White, The Catholic University of America, coauthor of American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're HeadedTable of Contents Preface 1. Fundraising as a Presidential Leadership Tool 2. Escalation and Complication 3. Nationalization 4. Priorities and Strategies 5. Fundraising behind Closed Doors 6. Controversies and Prospects Appendix: Tracking Presidential Fundraisers Notes Index
£19.90
University Press of Kansas Two Suns of the Southwest
Book SynopsisOver time the presidential election of 1964 has come to be seen as a generational shift, a defining moment in which Americans deliberated between two distinctly different visions for the future. In its juxtaposition of these divergent visions, this volume is the first full account of this critical election and its legacy for US politics.Trade Review"Clearly written and accessible to the lay reader, Two Suns of the Southwest ably synthesizes the extensive scholarship on Goldwater, Johnson, and the civil rights era, while drawing from archival research to present a straightforward study that would especially benefit undergraduates focused on history and political science."—Journal of Southern History"Comprehensive and well-researched . . . Young clearly shows [1964] was really a pivotal event in the development of the nation’s two major political philosophies. College instructors looking to enliven classroom discussion [should] consider the adoption of Two Suns of the Southwest."—Southwestern Historical Quarterly"A concise academic history of the presidential election of 1964. A worthy contribution to the American Presidential Elections series, it pays equal attention to Republicans and Democrats, while framing the candidates through their visions of the rising Sunbelt."—Journal of Arizona History"This important and thoughtful book carefully examines an election that because of the inadequacy of Barry Goldwater as a candidate—and the rout by Johnson—is often overlooked."—VVA Veteran "Nancy Beck Young has written a well argued and carefully researched study of one of the most significant elections in twentieth-century America. Its echoes still sound today. In style and length and with a balance of primary and secondary sources, it is an ideal primer for classes in American political history."—Robert A. Goldberg, author of Barry Goldwater"Two Suns of the Southwest tells the riveting and timely story of the 1964 US presidential election, when the lion of modern liberalism, Lyndon Johnson, and cowboy-crusader of western conservatism, Barry Goldwater, waged battle over the future of the country. With careful command of her sources and engaging and approachable prose, Nancy Beck Young shows us how 1964 was both a product of long-simmering tensions in the Democratic Party and especially the GOP, and a dramatic pivot in the political destiny of this country. Highly illuminating and instructive, this is a must read for students of all ages and standing who want to understand one of the most important elections in American history, as well as the political moment in which we now live."—Darren Dochuk, Author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism"This is the work of a careful, thoughtful, and thorough scholar. It amazes me to note that we have reached the day in political historiography when we need an overview of the 1964 campaign. There are plenty of works examining specific aspects of the election, detailing Republican, Democratic, and conservative viewpoints. There are works putting the campaigns into the broader context of the key issues of the times and those that analyze the election results' long-term significance. What this author does is to bring all of those perspectives together in one package. This is an important step in the historiography of conservatism. It signals how far we have come from the days when no political historian would examine figures like Goldwater and Buckley without inviting scorn from the academy."—Mary C. Brennan, author of Turning Right in the Sixties: The Conservative Capture of the GOPTable of Contents Editors' Foreword Preface Introduction 1. The Myth of Republican Moderation in the 1950s 2. A New Frontier for the Democratic Party? 3. A Republican Civil War Begins 4. Pyrrhic Triumph or Extremist Victory? 5. "That was Lyndon Baines Johnson!" 6. Backlash, Frontlash, Smearlash 7. "Government is not an Enemy of the People. It is the People" Conclusion Appendix A: Republican Primary Results Appendix B: Democratic Primary Results Appendix C: General Election Results, Popular Vote Totals 1964 Appendix D: General Election Results, Electoral College Totals 1964 Appendix E: Lyndon B. Johnson's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1965 Notes Bibliographic Essay Index
£22.46
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Fundraiser in Chief
Book SynopsisArgues that presidential fundraising is an underexamined tool of modern presidential leadership and should be viewed as an instrument of presidential power akin to signing statements, executive orders, public speeches, and veto threats.Trade Review"Drawing upon a painstakingly collected data set of presidential fundraisers spanning nearly a half century, Brendan Doherty provides a comprehensive portrait of presidential fundraising in the modern era. This lucidly written and cogently argued book is the definitive scholarly account of the ‘Fundraiser-in Chief.’ An invaluable resource for researchers, teachers, and journalists, it is also a must-read for all Americans concerned with the role of money in contemporary US politics."—Richard J. Ellis, author of "The president’s time is distinctly finite, but the demand for campaign cash is apparently infinite: Brendan Doherty’s important research digs into how presidents have managed that tension over the last forty-plus years. With new data—one might say rich data!—and keen insight, Doherty explores how presidents have both responded to institutional changes in the campaign finance regime and shaped them. This book provides by far the most comprehensive evaluation of the rise of presidents’ drive for donor dollars and whether the role of fundraiser-in-chief is not only time-consuming but potentially corrupting."—Andrew Rudalevige, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor and Chair of Government, Bowdoin College"Presidential fundraising is one more aspect of the job that has developed an outsized importance. Today, an important measure of leadership is raising dollars. Brendan J. Doherty does a masterful job of tracing this development and its implications for present-day politics. A must-read!"—John Kenneth White, The Catholic University of America, coauthor of American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're HeadedTable of Contents Preface 1. Fundraising as a Presidential Leadership Tool 2. Escalation and Complication 3. Nationalization 4. Priorities and Strategies 5. Fundraising behind Closed Doors 6. Controversies and Prospects Appendix: Tracking Presidential Fundraisers Notes Index
£58.00
University Press of Kansas Who Is James K. Polk
Book SynopsisJames K. Polk’s ascension to the White House was a pivotal moment in propelling the US towards civil war, and the 1844 election expanded the vigorous campaigning that had been growing since 1824. Mark Cheathem examines the transition from traditional political issues, such as banking and tariffs, to newer ones, like immigration and slavery.Trade Review"Who Is James K. Polk? is essential reading for every political junkie, for anyone interested in presidential campaigns, and for all who seek to understand antebellum America and the road to civil war."—Real Clear Books "Elections matter. And few have mattered more in US history than the 1844 election, which elevated to the White House a leader whose aggressive policies inadvertently helped set the nation on a path to civil war. In Who Is James Polk?, historian Mark Cheathem harnesses his unrivalled command of the politics of the 1830s and 1840s to give us the definitive account of this pivotal, if too often neglected, election. A must-read addition to this justly acclaimed series on America’s presidential elections."—Richard J. Ellis, author of Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox: The 1840 Election and the Making of a Partisan Nation"This will be the standard work on the election of 1844. It is also the model for how presidential elections should be studied and discussed. Cheathem gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of all the campaigns during the 1844 election. Any reader will feel like a political insider after reading this excellent work."—William K. Bolt, professor of history, Francis Marion University, and former assistant editor of the James K. Polk Project"Mark Cheathem’s account of the election of 1844 tells us who James K. Polk was, how he earned the Democratic nomination for president, how he won the White House, and why it matters. Deeply researched and engagingly written, the book places this often-overlooked election into the wide sweep of antebellum politics and explains that Polk’s election represented a ‘tipping point’ for the United States. Indeed, Cheathem makes clear that the sectional conflict over slavery that put the nation on the path to civil war cannot be fully analyzed without an understanding of this election. Historiographically significant, this book is a worthy contribution to the American Presidential Elections series."—Christopher J. Leahy, professor of history, Keuka College, and author of President without a Party: The Life of John TylerTable of Contents Editors’ Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. “A Political Saturnalia”: Jacksonian Party Politics, 1824–1840 2. “Oll for Klay”: The Whig National Convention 3. “An Entirely New Man”: The Democratic Convention 4. “:In the Hands of the Slave Power”: The Campaigns of Joseph Smith, John Tyler, and James G. Birney 5. “A National Festival”: The 1844 Campaign 6. “The Republic Is Safe”: Understanding Polk’s Victory Epilogue Appendix: James K. Polk’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1845 Notes Bibliographic Essay Index
£30.36
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Last Lincoln Republican The Presidential
Book SynopsisThe story of the presidential election of 1880, fully explored for the first time in The Last Lincoln Republican, is a political drama of lasting consequence and dashed possibilities.Trade ReviewAt last a stylish, succinct, and up-to-date biography of James Garfield and a coherent argument about what Garfield’s election might have meant for the Republican Party and the United States had he lived. As Arrington argues, Garfield was a bold and strategic defender of the principles that the Republican Party had been founded upon, particularly its vision of equality. Garfield’s death shortly after his inauguration was a lost opportunity and a turning point in the history of Reconstruction. With a careful eye to detail and a deep knowledge of the political system, Arrington tells this tragic story clearly and well." - Gregory P. Downs, author of The Second American Revolution: The Civil War-Era Struggle over Cuba and the Rebirth of the American Republic"Making masterful use not only of a vast array of primary sources but also of his own voluminous knowledge, Benjamin Arrington has written a clear-eyed, fast-paced, important new book about one of the most fraught and fascinating presidential elections in our nation’s history." - Candice Millard, author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a PresidentTable of Contents Editors’ Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “Half Way between God and the Devil”: The Election of 1876 and Its Aftermath 2. “Let Us Not Shrink Now”: The Rise of James A. Garfield 3. “Antagonisms and Controversies”: The 1880 Republican National Convention—Part 2 4. “If Any Outsider Is Taken, I Hope It Will Be Garfield”: The 1880 Republican National Convention—Part 2 5. “The Most Infamous Man in America”: Winfield Scott Hancock and the 1880 Democratic National Convention 6. “Indefatigable Agitators”: Third-Party Candidates in the 1880 Election 7. “Those Great Questions of National Well-Being”: The 1880 Presidential Campaign 8. “The Personal Aspects of the Presidency Are Far from Pleasant”: James A. Garfield as President Conclusion Notes Bibliographic Essay Index
£21.80
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
£41.79
Gill The Tribe
Book SynopsisIn The Tribe, Caitríona Perry is on familiar ground, returning to Washington and the green strongholds of the United States.Irish Americans were once considered kingmakers in local and national elections, but generations of assimilation and rising numbers of newer immigrants have diluted that power. Many even argue that the concept of an Irish vote is dead.But through exclusive interviews with powerful Irish American insiders, including President Bill Clinton, President Donald Trump's former Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Trump's Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Congressman Joe Kennedy III, legendary Boston mayor Ray Flynn and many more, a clear sense that the Irish are still wielding valuable soft power at the highest levels of US politics emerges.Here, Caitríona Perry gets to the heart of the source and effectiveness of Irish power and influence in America and how it could, or should, evolve.
£21.59
International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. The West On Trial
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£23.40
Manchester University Press From Votes to Seats The Operation of the UK
Book SynopsisWith the use of diagrams this work examines the non-partisan processes involved in defining new constituencies, in detail, illustrating how they operate and stresses the important role of tactical voting in the production of recent election results.Trade Review"'I have no doubt that this is an important contribution to knowledge and to the debate about electoral reform.' Graham Thomas, University of Reading"Table of Contents1. From votes to seats - disproportionality, seats, votes, ratios and vote types2. Biases between the two main parties3. Bias and The Boundary Commissions4. Variations in turnout and their impact on the outcome5. Wasted and surplus votes - campaigning and increased vote effectiveness6. Tactical voting - increasing vote effectiveness even more7. Towards reform
£15.99
Manchester University Press The Marketing of Political Parties
Book SynopsisThe book discusses, employing the findings from empirical research, the role of political marketing within the UK General Election of 2005. -- .Table of Contents1. Introduction - Darren Lilleker, Nigel Jackson & Richard Scullion2. ‘Are you thinking what we’re thinking?’, or ‘Are we thinking what you’re thinking?’: An exploratory analysis of the market-orientation of the UK parties - Robert P. Ormrod and Stefan C. M. Henneberg3. The 2005 UK general election and the emergence of the ‘negative brand’ - Jenny Lloyd4. Political marketing and the 2005 election: what’s ideology got to do with it? - Heather Savigny5. A marketing analysis of the 2005 British general election advertising campaigns - Janine Dermody and Stuart Hanmer-Lloyd6. The autistic campaign: the parties, the media and the voters - Ivor Gaber7. Banking Online: the use of the Internet by political parties to build relationships with voters - Nigel A. Jackson8. Investigating electoral choice through a 'consumer as choice maker' lens - Richard Scullion9. Local political marketing: political marketing as public service - Darren G. Lilleker10. View from the armchair: Why young people took no interest and no notice of the campaigns - Dianne Dean11. Conclusion: was 2005 the year political marketing came of age? - Darren G. Lilleker, Nigel Jackson & Richard Scullion
£76.50
Manchester University Press The Marketing of Political Parties
Book SynopsisThe book discusses, employing the findings from empirical research, the role of political marketing within the UK General Election of 2005. -- .Table of Contents1. Introduction - Darren Lilleker, Nigel Jackson & Richard Scullion2. ‘Are you thinking what we’re thinking?’, or ‘Are we thinking what you’re thinking?’: An exploratory analysis of the market-orientation of the UK parties - Robert P. Ormrod and Stefan C. M. Henneberg3. The 2005 UK general election and the emergence of the ‘negative brand’ - Jenny Lloyd4. Political marketing and the 2005 election: what’s ideology got to do with it? - Heather Savigny5. A marketing analysis of the 2005 British general election advertising campaigns - Janine Dermody and Stuart Hanmer-Lloyd6. The autistic campaign: the parties, the media and the voters - Ivor Gaber7. Banking Online: the use of the Internet by political parties to build relationships with voters - Nigel A. Jackson8. Investigating electoral choice through a 'consumer as choice maker' lens - Richard Scullion9. Local political marketing: political marketing as public service - Darren G. Lilleker10. View from the armchair: Why young people took no interest and no notice of the campaigns - Dianne Dean11. Conclusion: was 2005 the year political marketing came of age? - Darren G. Lilleker, Nigel Jackson & Richard Scullion
£18.88
Manchester University Press The Irish Voter
Book SynopsisContains reports on the Irish election study and is an academic survey of the motives, outlook and behaviour of the Irish voter. This work explores a number of well-known puzzles about Irish electoral behaviour and uses a data set to provide answers to them whilst offering an insight into the impact of the economy on electoral behaviour.Table of ContentsList of tablesList of figures1. Introduction2. How people voted3. The evidence for cleavage politics4. The extent and meaning of party attachment5. Credit and blame for the ‘Celtic Tiger’6. Leaders and their parties7. Grassroots campaigning8. Parties or candidates?9. Adding it all up10. Voter turnout: the need for facilitation and mobilisation11. ConclusionReferencesAppendix I: Details of the surveyAppendix II: The Electoral SystemAppendix III: Table for Chapter 9Appendix III: Questionnaire with frequency distributionsIndex
£72.00
Manchester University Press The Irish voter
Book SynopsisThis pioneering analysis uses the results from the first ever Irish election study to provide a comprehensive survey of the motives, outlook and behaviour of voters in the Republic of Ireland. Building on the foundations laid down by previous work on comparative electoral behaviour, it explores long-term influences on vote choice, such as party loyalties and enduring values, as well as short-term ones, such as the economy, the party leaders and the candidates themselves. It also examines how people use their vote and why so many people do not vote at all.Many features of Irish elections make such a detailed study particularly important. The single transferable vote system allows voters an unusual degree of freedom to pick the candidates they prefer, while electoral trends observed elsewhere can be found in a more extreme form in Ireland. For example, attachment to parties is very low, differences between them are often obscure, candidate profiles are very high and turnout isTable of ContentsList of tablesList of figures1. Introduction2. How people voted3. The evidence for cleavage politics4. The extent and meaning of party attachment5. Credit and blame for the ‘Celtic Tiger’6. Leaders and their parties7. Grassroots campaigning8. Parties or candidates?9. Adding it all up10. Voter turnout: the need for facilitation and mobilisation11. ConclusionReferencesAppendix I: Details of the surveyAppendix II: The Electoral SystemAppendix III: Table for Chapter 9Appendix III: Questionnaire with frequency distributionsIndex
£18.99
Manchester University Press Race and Representation Electoral Politics and
Book SynopsisThe central concern of Race and representation is the political integration of Britain’s ethnic minorities. The book provides a direct and extensive comparison between the voting behaviour of ethnic minorities and the electorate as a whole.Trade Review'A pioneering and important study.' David Denver, University of Lancaster 'This study is long overdue. It will inevitably attract a great deal of interest.' James Mitchell, University of Sheffield ' The debates on ethnic minority electoral participation have been bedevilled by methodological problems and political disputes. Shamite Saggar's sensitive analysis and careful use of the British Election Study data make this an important and authoritative contribution to the understanding of ethnic minority politics." Zig Layton-Henry, University of WarwickTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Framing conceptual and theoretical questions3. Ethnic minorities as a political constituency4. Electoral engagement5. Party choice and partianship6. Issues and attitudes7. Race card politics8. Candidates and representatives9. British racial and electoral politics in transformation
£23.75
Manchester University Press Voting for a Scottish Government
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the historic 2007 Scottish Parliament election in which the SNP supplanted Labour as Scotland’s largest party for the first time ever, and went on to form the Scottish Government.Table of ContentsList of figuresList of tablesPreface1. The road to ‘a historic moment’2. Results and the sources of party support3. Voters, parties and leaders4. Issues, polices and performance5. The ‘Scottish question’6. ‘Scottish not British’? The election in multi-level context7. Battling for votes: campaigning and its impact8. Turnout and turning out: a normal election?9. Scotland’s hanging chads: rejected ballots in 200710. Why did the SNP win?Appendix 1: Technical details of the SES surveysAppendix 2: Opinion polls in Scotland, 2003–07Appendix 3: Full results of regression analysesReferencesIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Coalition Britain
Book SynopsisLooks beyond the sound and fury of the 2010 British general election campaign in search of the deeper causes and long-term consequences of the poll, placing the election in a broader context. -- .Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book and will be of signficant value to academics and students of British party politics. It provides a thoughtful and interesting evaluation of the Coalition, its influences and the circumstances that led up to its formation.(Andrew Scott Crines, University of Leeds, Political Studies Review, May 2014) -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction Gianfranco BaldiniElections, voters, parties 1. The British general election of 2010 and the advent of coalition government Patrick Dunleavy2. The Labour party Eric Shaw 3. The path to (sharing) power: Conservative party Richard Hayton 4. The Liberal Democrats: Challenges, issues and policies Elizabeth Evans5. The financial crisis and financial regulation in the UK Lucia Quaglia 6. Inequality, poverty and the 2010 election Jonathan Hopkin and Martina Viarengo 7. Immigration and multiculturalism: controversies and policies Roberto Bertinetti The Changing UK State and its role in the world 8. Devolution and the 2010 election in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Alan Trench 9. Between Europe and America: The coalition and Britain’s changing international role Gianfranco Baldini Conclusion
£18.99
Manchester University Press Electoral competition in Ireland since 1987 The
Book SynopsisThis major new account of the politics of modern Ireland offers a rigorous analysis of the forces which shaped both how the Irish state governed itself from the period since 1987 and how it lost its economic sovereignty in 2010.Trade Review'...the best and most complete political synthesis of the era.' Gerard Howlin, The Sunday Times Ireland, May 2016'What he successfully does is tie together the political events and personalities behind events in a 25-year period. The result leaves the reader with a genuinely good knowledge of what happened in politics and is certainly an encouragement to delve further into more detailed accounts.'Brian Hayes, Irish Times, June 2016 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: The conservative revolutionariesI. Of constitutional and economic crusades: Ireland in the 1980s2. Charles J. Haughey and the politics of coalition3. The politics of changing coalitions4. Tribunals of inquiry and the politics of corrupt influence 5. Fianna Fáil and the politics of hubris6. Fianna Fáil and the politics of nemesisConclusion: The Politics of Troika IrelandIndex
£68.00
Manchester University Press Electoral Competition in Ireland Since 1987 The
Book SynopsisThis major new account of the politics of modern Ireland offers a rigorous analysis of the forces which shaped both how the Irish state governed itself from the period since 1987 and how it lost its economic sovereignty in 2010.Trade Review'...the best and most complete political synthesis of the era.' Gerard Howlin, The Sunday Times Ireland, May 2016'What he successfully does is tie together the political events and personalities behind events in a 25-year period. The result leaves the reader with a genuinely good knowledge of what happened in politics and is certainly an encouragement to delve further into more detailed accounts.'Brian Hayes, Irish Times, June 2016 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: The conservative revolutionariesI. Of constitutional and economic crusades: Ireland in the 1980s2. Charles J. Haughey and the politics of coalition3. The politics of changing coalitions4. Tribunals of inquiry and the politics of corrupt influence 5. Fianna Fáil and the politics of hubris6. Fianna Fáil and the politics of nemesisConclusion: The Politics of Troika IrelandIndex
£17.67
Lexington Books Prejudice and the Old Politics The Presidential
Book SynopsisCombining statistical analysis with narrative history, this re-evaluation of the 1928 presidential election offers a portrait of the candidates and the campaign. The study is based on data from that election and other presidential elections from 1916 to 1940.Trade ReviewLichtman has written what will almost surely be the definitive book on the subject. * Commonweal Magazine *Challenges many well-established ideas and interpretations in a serious and convincing way. [This book] deserves careful reading and study. * Presidential Studies Quarterly *Lichtman provides a fresh approach and an exquisite blend of political theory, quantitative analysis, and historical interpretation that will appeal to both scholars and informed laypersons. * Library Journal *The book combines an elegant scheme of statistical analysis with an engaging style. [Lichtman's] theoretical and methodological contributions demand the most careful attention by students of recent American history and politics. * CHOICE *Every teacher and writer on the period should take Lichtman very seriously indeed. * Journal of Southern History *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Prologue: Al Smith versus Herbert Hoover Chapter 2 Introduction: Interpretations and Revisions Chapter 3 Catholics versus Protestants Chapter 4 Wets versus Drys Chapter 5 Immigrants versus Natives Chapter 6 City versus Country Chapter 7 Blacks versus Whites and Men versus Women Chapter 8 Economic Issues Chapter 9 Change and Continuity in Presidential Politics, 1916-1940 Chapter 10 Conclusions Chapter 11 Statistical Discussions Chapter 12 Appendix 1: Statistical Discussion Chapter 13 Appendix 2: Analysis of Seven Separate Regions Chapter 14 Appendix 3: Transcripts of the Republican Party Survey of Local Leaders Chapter 15 Appendix 4: Sources of the Statistical Data
£58.66
Lexington Books Term Limits
Book SynopsisThe emergence and impact of the modern term limits movement is a story of political development and transformation. This text, divided into two parts, presents an overview and analysis of the origins and effects of the movement.Table of ContentsPart 1 The Constitutional Dilemma Chapter 2 The Origin and Evolution of Term Limits at the Federal Level Chapter 3 The Constitutional Barrier: U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton Chapter 4 The Powers of the Incumbents Part 5 Term Limits at the States' Level Chapter 6 States' Level Term Limits: A Comparative Account Chapter 7 The Costs and Benefits of Term Limits Chapter 8 The State of Michigan—A Case Study Chapter 9 Conclusions: What Political Differences Do Term Limits Make?
£75.60
Lexington Books Wreath Layer or Policy Player The Vice Presidents
Book SynopsisSince World War II, American vice presidents have played an ever-increasing role in the nation''s foreign policy. This study of the foreign-policy activities of five key vice presidentsRichard Nixon, Walter Mondale, George Bush, Dan Quayle, and Al Goreprovides the first comprehensive analysis of the role of the vice president in foreign-policy affairs. In order to bring readers to a better understanding of this role, Paul Kengor asks incisive questions: Did the vice presidents'' involvement in foreign policy actually benefit the administration? If so, what useful lessons can be drawn from their experiences? Is there good reason to approve or reject an enhanced role in foreign policy for future vice presidents? How, specifically, might the vice president be used in conducting the nation''s international affairs? The answers to these questions are crucial reading for scholars of the presidency and foreign policy, for policy makers, and for all of us assessing vice presidents past and future.Trade ReviewAnyone who thinks the vice presidency is irrelevant needs to read this important book. -- Brian Ripley, Mercyhurst CollegeThis is not only good policy, but good history as well. Kengor illuminates fascinating events about each vice president, many of which heretofore remained untold. -- Don Goldstein, University of PittsburghFuture White House chiefs of staff should consult this book. -- Michael Paul Palaschak, Center for Strategic and International Studies PresiIt is in the nature of things that a vice president's contributions to policy will be subtle and obscure, and that "credit" will be deflected rather than documented. Dr. Kengor's insights about the modern vice presidency's growing importance is all the more impressive for that reason. It is a product of aggressive, old-fashioned research—more interviews than search engines, more telephones than data links, and more shoe leather than email. No one will fully understand the American policy process any longer without a grasp of the vice president's expanding role. . . . This text breaks new ground in our search for that understanding. -- R. Joseph De Sutter, Former Assistant National Security Advisor to the Vice PresidentTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction and Methodology Chapter 2 The Evolution of a Reform: The Vice President in Foreign Policy Chapter 3 A Path-Breaking Vice President: Richard M. Nixon (1953-61) Chapter 4 A Political Vice President: Walter Mondale (1977-81) Chapter 5 A Crisis-Managing Vice President: George H. W. Bush Chapter 6 A "War-Time" Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle (1989-93) Chapter 7 A "Presidential" Vice President?: Al Gore (1993- ) Chapter 8 Conclusions: Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations
£37.80
Lexington Books Class Voting in Western Europe
Book SynopsisClass Voting in Western Europe provides a rare, systematic, longitudinal, and cross-national study of social class and party choice in eight Western European, democratic countries: Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, (West) Germany, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands. This highly accessible and engaging work is based on data from the Eurobarometer surveys, conducted from 1975-1997. Class Voting in Western Europe outlines the theories of changes in class voting and provides and empirical analysis of class voting. This study differentiates between traditional class voting, total class voting, and overall left-right voting. Knutsen''s thorough study will provide a new, straightforward understanding of social class and party choice to anyone interested in the complex relationship between modern society and politics.Trade ReviewThis book is a 'must-read' for scholars wanting to understand class voting in comparative perspective. Knutsen clearly demonstrates that class vote is on the decline in eight major European democracies since the early seventies — no matter what measures are used. The analysis is a major contribution to the social cleavage literature inspired by Lipset and Rokkan, and to comparative politics literature in general. -- Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Wissenschaftszentrum fuer Sozialforschung, Berlin, and Sciences Po, ParisTable of ContentsPart 1 Part I: Theories and explanations for the decline in class voting Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Social mobility Chapter 4 New social divisions Chapter 5 Cognitive mobilization Chapter 6 The embourgeoisement thesis Chapter 7 New Politics and middle class radicalism Chapter 8 The debate about the political orientations of the service class Chapter 9 Party strategy, class appeal and changes in class structure Chapter 10 The debate about the persistence or decline of class voting Part 11 Part II: Class schema and operationalizations of social class Chapter 12 The Erikson/Goldthorpe class schema Chapter 13 Operationalization of social class: Occupation variables and construction of class variables in the Eurobarometer data set. Part 14 Part III: Party systems, party families and the party choice variable Chapter 15 Voting intention in the Eurobarometer data Chapter 16 Party families and trends in support for the various parties Chapter 17 Socialist/non-socialist party choice Part 18 Part IV: Total class voting Chapter 19 Introduction Chapter 20 The strength of the correlation Chapter 21 Statistical measures for tapping class voting Chapter 22 Party families Chapter 23 Patterns within countries and changes over time Chapter 24 Conclusions: Main patterns regarding changes over time Part 25 Part V: Overall left-right (socialist/non-socialist) class voting Chapter 26 Overall left-right voting for the whole period Chapter 27 Trends in overall left-right class voting Part 28 Part VI: Traditional class voting: Socialist/non-socialist party choiceand the two class variables Chapter 29 Introduction: The relevance of traditional class voting in advances industrial democracies and how it is measured Chapter 30 Empirical analysis: Trends in traditional class voting Chapter 31 Class voting according to a different treatment of the routinenon-manual group Part 32 Part VII: Explanations for changes in class voting Chapter 33 Introduction Chapter 34 Hypotheses about trends and cross-national patterns of class voting Chapter 35 Explaining trends in class voting within countries over time Chapter 36 Explaining the cross-national variations in level of class voting Chapter 37 Pooled time-series cross sectional analyses Chapter 38 Part VIII: Conclusions Part 39 Part IX: Literature
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Lexington Books Women the State and War
Book SynopsisWomen, the State, and War looks at the intersection of gender, citizenship, and nationalism; marriage, intermarriage, and how states gender that relationship; and the ways in which women are used as symbols to reinforce or further nationalistic goals. Women have long struggled with issues of citizenship, identity, and the challenge of being recognized as equal members of the community. Governments use feminine imagery (e.g., mother country) to create a national identity, while simultaneously minimizing the role that women play as productive contributors to the society. Authors Joyce P. Kaufman and Kristen P. Williams examine the relationship of government and women in four different countries: the United States, Israel, the former Yugoslavia, and Northern Ireland. In each case, numerous similarities appear: conflict plays a significant role in the definition of citizenship for women; women''s movements have worked in contradiction to the state; and citizenship and marriage are genderedTrade ReviewIn this timely and accessible book, Kaufman and Williams merge mainstream questions and feminist frameworks to advance the insights of both. Their comparative study deepens our knowledge of citizenship and nationalism as gendered, and demonstrates the political salience of feminist inquiry. -- V. Spike Peterson, University of ArizonaRecommended. * CHOICE *The analytical work itself is largely both compelling and convincing. For students of gender, violence and the State, this text offers an accessible overview of feminist literature on nationalism. * International Feminist Journal of Politics, March 2010 *Kaufman and Williams rightly observe that with the rise of nationalism, protection for women's rights declined....I would recommend the book as very informative and for bringing attention to women's continuous struggles for equal rights....Kaufman and Williams also succeed in establishing the role of women's activism in the context of war and open conficts. * Women's Studies Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2010 *I would recommend this book as very informative and for bringing attention to women's continuous struggles for equal rights…. Kaufman and Williams also succeed in establishing the role of women's activism even in the context of war and open conflicts. * WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2010 *With their superb combining of IR theory and careful case studies, Kaufman and Williams reveal how state elites have relied on the manipulations of "mixed marriages" to exclude certain women from nationalist-defined citizenship - and how so many women have organized to resist that exclusion and the militarism that it foments. -- Cynthia Enloe, author of Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the LinkTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Feminist International Relations Theory and the State Chapter 4 Chapter 3. United States and Derivative Citizenship Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Balkan Wars and the Breakup of Yugoslavia Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Israel and Palestine: Two Peoples, One Land Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Northern Ireland: The Impact of "The Troubles" Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Conclusion
£88.20
Rlpg/Galleys Images Issues and Attacks
Book SynopsisImages, Issues, and Attacks explores important differences between incumbents and challengers in the uses of televised advertising in modern presidential elections. Elections since 1956 can be divided into three categories: elections with strong incumbents, the incumbent wins; elections with weak incumbents, the incumbent loses; and elections with surrogate incumbents, the vice president runs. Incumbent and challenger advertising emphasizes personal imagery, links the imagery to specific issues, and attacks rivals for opposing those images and issues. The first part of the book describes how incumbents and challengers used these themes in the elections from 1980 to 2000. The second part applies those findings to the 2004 election and shows how George W. Bush presented himself as a strong incumbent and how he and his challengers varied their mix of images, issues, and attacks over different periods of the election campaign.Trade Review. . . this is an accessible and comprehensive presentationof important patterns in presidential campaign advertising across the past quarter century. * Political Science Quarterly *This book presents the clearest understanding currently in print regarding not only the distinguishing characteristics between the television ads of presidential incumbents and their challengers but also defines and analyzes the major differences between the advertising of three 'kinds' of incumbents: the strong, the weak, and the surrogates. -- Judith S. Trent, University of CincinnatiTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction and General Overview Chapter 2 Elections with Strong Incumbents: 1984 to 1996 Chapter 3 Elections with Weak Incumbents: 1980 and 1992 Chapter 4 Elections with Surrogate Incumbents: 1988 to 2000 Chapter 5 The 2004 Election: Nomination Campaigns Chapter 6 The 2004 Election: The Bush Campaign Chapter 7 The 2004 Election: The Kerry Campaign Chapter 8 Summary and Interpretations
£79.20
Lexington Books Making a Difference A Comparative View of the
Book SynopsisThis book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the Internet in elections. It examines the role of context in shaping candidate and party usage of the Internet in democratic electoral systems.Trade ReviewThere are two ways to explain the impact of the Internet on democratic process. One describes the Internet's role in specific situations. The second attempts to define the concepts that help us better understand this role. These collected studies do bothand do them very well. The volume allows the reader to visualize how and where the integration of the Internet into campaigns and elections has succeeded or failed and, even more importantly, to begin to comprehend why. The breadth of cases is valuable and expansive, representing countries and regions that have not often been studied. Each country case delves deeply into the respective campaign and election systems, providing an engaging and ultimately powerful snapshot of the contemporary state of the impact of technological diffusion on democratic process.. -- Kenneth Rogerson, Duke UniversityThis book is an intellectual feast for all serious Internet scholars, especially comparativists. It describes and analyzes Internet coverage of election campaigning in twelve countries in the Americas, Asia, and Australia. A wide array of political communication issues take on new life when viewed from the perspectives of these politically and culturally diverse nations. -- Doris Graber, professor of political science and communication at the University of Illinois-Chicago and editor emeritus ofPolitical CommunicaThe Internet is a driving force in globalization—but as this thought-provoking anthology discloses, that doesn't mean internet-campaigning is the same everywhere. Explore the online politics of a dozen nations with the estimable tour guides of Making a Difference. You'll be invigorated by the voyage. -- Michael Cornfield, vice president of research and media strategy for 720 Strategies, and adjunct professor in political management at the George WaThe analyses are generally competent and interesting, and the editors draw significant comparative conclusions from them. Recommended. * CHOICE, December 2008 *A much-needed volume examining the Internet in context across political systems. The contributors make a big stride forward in identifying how properties of technology interact with features of political structure in processes of stasis and change. -- Bruce Bimber, author of Information and American Democracy: Technology in the Evolution of Political Power (Cambridge University Press, 2003),There are two ways to explain the impact of the Internet on democratic process. One describes the Internet's role in specific situations. The second attempts to define the concepts that help us better understand this role. These collected studies do both and do them very well. The volume allows the reader to visualize how and where the integration of the Internet into campaigns and elections has succeeded or failed and, even more importantly, to begin to comprehend why. The breadth of cases is valuable and expansive, representing countries and regions that have not often been studied. Each country case delves deeply into the respective campaign and election systems, providing an engaging and ultimately powerful snapshot of the contemporary state of the impact of technological diffusion on democratic process. -- Kenneth Rogerson, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Chile: Promoting the Personal Connection—The Internet and Presidential Election Campaigns Chapter 4 2 Australia: Potential Unfulfilled? The 2004 Election Online Chapter 6 3 Singapore: Elections and Internet—Online Activism and Offlince Quiescence Chapter 7 4 Indonesia: Electoral Politics and the Internet Chapter 8 5 United States: Internet and Elections Chapter 9 6 Canada Chapter 10 7 United Kingdom Chapter 11 8 Spain Chapter 12 9 Belgium Chapter 13 10 Netherlands Chapter 14 11 Italy Chapter 15 12 Germany Chapter 16 Conclusion Chapter 17 Bibliography Chapter 18 Contributors
£98.10
Rlpg/Galleys Making a Difference
Book SynopsisThis book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the internet in national electoral campaigns. It covers an array of electoral and party systems throughout the globe from parliamentary to presidential, party-based to candidate-oriented, multi-party to two-party, and stable party system to dynamic party system. It takes a look at three groups of nations with varying levels of Internet access_those where internet usage is common across demographic groups, those where usage has reached significant levels but not widespread penetration, and those where internet access is still limited to a small elite. Each chapter is a study of a particular nation, focusing on its electoral and party systems, the accessibility of the Internet to the population, the nature of candidate/party usage, and the effects of the internet on the conduct of campaigns. By reviewing the findings from these studies, Making a Difference draws conclusions about exactly how the internet influences electoral politics.Trade ReviewThere are two ways to explain the impact of the Internet on democratic process. One describes the Internet's role in specific situations. The second attempts to define the concepts that help us better understand this role. These collected studies do bothand do them very well. The volume allows the reader to visualize how and where the integration of the Internet into campaigns and elections has succeeded or failed and, even more importantly, to begin to comprehend why. The breadth of cases is valuable and expansive, representing countries and regions that have not often been studied. Each country case delves deeply into the respective campaign and election systems, providing an engaging and ultimately powerful snapshot of the contemporary state of the impact of technological diffusion on democratic process.. -- Kenneth Rogerson, Duke UniversityThis book is an intellectual feast for all serious Internet scholars, especially comparativists. It describes and analyzes Internet coverage of election campaigning in twelve countries in the Americas, Asia, and Australia. A wide array of political communication issues take on new life when viewed from the perspectives of these politically and culturally diverse nations. -- Doris Graber, professor of political science and communication at the University of Illinois-Chicago and editor emeritus ofPolitical CommunicaThe Internet is a driving force in globalization—but as this thought-provoking anthology discloses, that doesn't mean internet-campaigning is the same everywhere. Explore the online politics of a dozen nations with the estimable tour guides of Making a Difference. You'll be invigorated by the voyage. -- Michael Cornfield, vice president of research and media strategy for 720 Strategies, and adjunct professor in political management at the George WaThe analyses are generally competent and interesting, and the editors draw significant comparative conclusions from them. Recommended. * CHOICE, December 2008 *A much-needed volume examining the Internet in context across political systems. The contributors make a big stride forward in identifying how properties of technology interact with features of political structure in processes of stasis and change. -- Bruce Bimber, author of Information and American Democracy: Technology in the Evolution of Political Power (Cambridge University Press, 2003),There are two ways to explain the impact of the Internet on democratic process. One describes the Internet's role in specific situations. The second attempts to define the concepts that help us better understand this role. These collected studies do both and do them very well. The volume allows the reader to visualize how and where the integration of the Internet into campaigns and elections has succeeded or failed and, even more importantly, to begin to comprehend why. The breadth of cases is valuable and expansive, representing countries and regions that have not often been studied. Each country case delves deeply into the respective campaign and election systems, providing an engaging and ultimately powerful snapshot of the contemporary state of the impact of technological diffusion on democratic process. -- Kenneth Rogerson, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Chile: Promoting the Personal Connection—The Internet and Presidential Election Campaigns Chapter 4 2 Australia: Potential Unfulfilled? The 2004 Election Online Chapter 6 3 Singapore: Elections and Internet—Online Activism and Offlince Quiescence Chapter 7 4 Indonesia: Electoral Politics and the Internet Chapter 8 5 United States: Internet and Elections Chapter 9 6 Canada Chapter 10 7 United Kingdom Chapter 11 8 Spain Chapter 12 9 Belgium Chapter 13 10 Netherlands Chapter 14 11 Italy Chapter 15 12 Germany Chapter 16 Conclusion Chapter 17 Bibliography Chapter 18 Contributors
£40.50
