Elections category: 1210 books
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Lettera aperta di un Sindaco deluso dal Sindaco d’Italia al tempo del Referendum costituzionale e della protesta globale nelle Città e in Europa
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 18, 2016
La fiducia dei cittadini per le Istituzioni può ripartire solo da una rinnovata credibilità del Comune e del Sindaco. A condizione che il Primo cittadino non venga trasformato in sceriffo di Nottingham, incaricato di esigere tasse locali sempre più alte, non per dare servizi migliori alla sua comunità...
Quarterly Essay 74 The Prosperity Gospel
How Scott Morrison Won and Bill Shorten Lost
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2019
What went wrong for Labor and how did Scott Morrison achieve his remarkable victory? In this dazzling report from the campaign trail, Erik Jensen homes in on the insecurities that drive Bill Shorten and the certainties that helped Scott Morrison win. He considers how each man reflects, challenges...
Reforming Democracy
Institutional Engineering in Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal political rules regulating the direct relationship between elites within the political...
Camelot's End
Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time.
The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning...
by Paul I. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
A retired college professor is unexpectedly called back to teach a new course on “starting a democracy from scratch.” The course will allow graduate students, all classroom teachers themselves, to move up the salary scale.
He meets enthusiasm from some students, indifference from others,...
The Ideational Approach to Populism
Concept, Theory, and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2018
Populism is on the rise in Europe and the Americas. Scholars increasingly understand populist forces in terms of their ideas or discourse, one that envisions a cosmic struggle between the will of the common people and a conspiring elite. In this volume, we advance populism scholarship by proposing...
The Gumshoe and the Shrink
Guenther Reinhardt, Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker, and the Secret History of the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon Election
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The Gumshoe and the Shrink is a tale of political intrigue-a detective story and medical mystery set against the backdrop of the closest and most storied presidential election in American history. It’s the never-before-told account of how the craziest private detective in the country uncovered Richard...
Remolino
El México de la sociedad organizada, los poderes fácticos y Enrique Peña Nieto
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Incluye audio del autor.Remolino: el futuro depende de lo que hagan o dejen de hacer las minorías conscientes.¿A dónde va México? Carecemos de respuestas definitivas, pero existe suficiente información para hacer un bosquejo bastante preciso de las fuerzas que, desde la sociedad, los poderes...
The Trumping of America
A Wake Up Call to the Free World
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
Trump alone is not to blame… How does it reflect on North American societal values when wealth trumps humanity, selfish individualism trumps compassion, the need to be entertained and to win trumps the truth, and racism and misogyny are rewarded with the most powerful position in the world?
The...
Veblens America
The Conspicuous Case of Donald J. Trump
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
The astonishing political rise of Donald Trump sent seasoned observers scurrying for clues and explanations. How did Trump happen? Of course no one guide will suffice, but a surprisingly helpful one, suggests Sidney Plotkin, is the early twentieth-century American radical, Thorstein Veblen. In remarkably...
Politics, Media and Campaign Language
Australias Identity Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Politics, Media and Campaign Language' is an original, groundbreaking analysis of the story of Australian identity, told in Australian election campaign language. Stephanie Brookes argues that the story of Australian identity is characterized by recurring cycles of anxiety and reassurance, which betray...
Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act
Are Voters Lost in Translation?
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act provides an interesting and unique approach to the problem of translating minority language ballots and evaluating the causes and effects of differences in the translated ballot language. As a whole, this book demonstrates the strong relationship between...
Taking Aim at Attack Advertising
Understanding the Impact of Negative Campaigning in U.S. Senate Races
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019
Negative campaigning is a central component of politics in the United States. Yet, until now, demonstrating the impact of combative advertising on voters has been elusive. How can we reconcile the findings of a plethora of studies with the methods of politicians? This book cuts through to the central...
Reactionary Republicanism
How the Tea Party in the House Paved the Way for Trump's Victory
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
The shocking election of President Trump spawned myriad analyses and post-mortems, but they consistently underestimate the crucial role of the Tea Party on the GOP and Republican House members specifically. In Reactionary Republicanism, Bryan T. Gervais and Irwin L. Morris develop the most sophisticated...