Political Parties category: 994 books

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by Darren R. Halpin
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014

Interest groups form an important part of the development of political and social systems. This book goes beyond current literature in examining the survival and ‘careers’ of such groups beyond their formation. The author introduces the concept of organizational form and develops a framework...
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Ernesto Laclau

Post-Marxism, Populism and Critique

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Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014

Ernesto Laclau has blazed a unique trail in political theory and philosophy since the early 1970s. In so doing, he has articulated a range of philosophical and theoretical currents into a coherent alternative to mainstream models and practices of conducting social and political science. The editors...
Cover of Campaign Advertising and American Democracy
by Michael M. Franz, Paul B. Freedman, Kenneth M. Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009

It has been estimated that more than three million political ads were televised leading up to the elections of 2004.  More than $800,000,000 was spent on TV ads in the race for the White House alone and presidential candidates, along with their party and interest group allies, broadcast over a million...
Cover of Legacies of Losing in American Politics
by Jeffrey K. Tulis, Nicole Mellow
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018

American politics is typically a story about winners. The fading away of defeated politicians and political movements is a feature of American politics that ensures political stability and a peaceful transition of power. But American history has also been built on defeated candidates, failed presidents,...
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Political Islam in Tunisia

The History of Ennahda

by Anne Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017

Political Islam in Tunisia uncovers the secret history of Tunisia's main Islamist movement, Ennahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present. Banned until the popular uprisings of 2010-11 and the overthrow of Ben Ali's dictatorship, Ennahda has until now been impossible to investigate. This is...
Cover of Ontological Entanglements, Agency and Ethics in International Relations
by Laura Zanotti
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018

While the relevance of ontological commitments for epistemology and methodology in International Relations have been the subject of growing debate for several years, the implications for ethics and political agency of embracing an ontology of entanglement have remained unexplored. This work focuses...
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Hillary's Scheme

Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House

by Carl Limbacher, NewsMax
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2004

Can this country survive another Clinton presidency? Two terms of “Slick Willy” were bad enough. Now, numerous political experts and people close to the Clinton family hint that Hillary is plotting to retake the White House and ring in another four—or eight—years of a Clinton as commander...
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by Sean Wilentz
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

One of our most eminent historians reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in America’s enduring struggle against economic inequality. “There are two keys to unlocking the secrets of American politics and American political history.” So begins The Politicians &...
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Winston

The Story Of A Political Phenomenon

by Ian Wishart
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2014

They called him “Luigi’. In fact, they’ve called him lots of things. Love him or loathe him, there’s no denying Winston Raymond Peters is a force of nature. He’s the former school teacher brought to tears by a class of 11 year olds. He’s the former blast furnace worker for BHP...
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Bloggers on the Bus

How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press

by Eric Boehlert
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009

Ever since radio entered the American private home, technology has shaped political campaign strategy. Radio brought candidates more intimately and vividly into citizens' lives than newspapers could. The televised presidential debate of 1960 -- in which a strapping John F. Kennedy embarrassed a clammy...
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Politics of Urbanism

Seeing Like a City

by Warren Magnusson
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013

To see like a city, rather than seeing like a state, is the key to understanding modern politics. In this book, Magnusson draws from theorists such as Weber, Wirth, Hayek, Jacobs, Sennett, and Foucault to articulate some of the ideas that we need to make sense of the city as a form of political order. Locally...
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The Big Con

Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America

by Jonathan Chait
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008

The scam of supply-side economics is clearly and convincingly explained in “a classic of political journalism” (Michael Lewis). Jonathan Chait has written for a range of publications, from the Wall Street Journal to the Washington Post, and considers himself a moderate. But he’s convinced...
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The Way to Win

Taking the White House in 2008

by Mark Halperin, John F. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006

In The Way to Win, two of the country’s most accomplished political reporters explain what separates the victors from the victims in the unforgiving environment of modern presidential campaigns. Mark Halperin, political director of ABC News, and John F. Harris, the national politics editor...
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The Republican Party

A Father-And-Son Review of Gop History

by Ronald Laone, Jay Laone
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012

When Ronald Laones son was eleven, he asked his father, What does it mean to be a conservative? From that simple question came a journey of political enlightenment for father and son, one that culminated in The Republican Party, a history of the Republican Party, leaders, and beliefs. Beginning...
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