Political Parties category: 994 books
Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters?
The Mormon Church Versus the Office of the Presidency of the United States of America
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Mitt Romney is both a participant and victim of the Mormon Religion. Mormonism is a well-masked cult that enslaves the minds of those raised in it. Did you know that Mitt Romney truly believes when he leaves this earth he will become a literal “God”, equal to Jesus Christ, and be awarded his...
by Kathryn Pearson
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Political party leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives command greater loyalty than ever from fellow party members in roll call votes, campaign contributions, and partisan speeches. In return, leaders reward compliant members with opportunities to promote constituent interests and to advance...
The Neglected Voter
White Men and the Democratic Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
In the 1960s, the Republican Party began to win over a crucial demographic: white male voters. Presidential politics was transformed for a generation.
David Paul Kuhn explains this fundamental fact behind the rise of the Republicans and the decline of the Democrats, and reminds the political left...
Earth v. Trump: For a Failure to Protect
The Climate Defenders' Guide to Washington Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Commentaries on today's federal politics of climate change and clean energy technologies like wind, solar and energy efficiency. The author highlights efforts of the Trump administration to roll back federal climate and clean energy policies and environmental regulations dating back to the mid-1970s.
The...
The Roots of Modern Conservatism
Dewey, Taft, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Between 1944 and 1953, a power struggle emerged between New York governor Thomas Dewey and U.S. senator Robert Taft of Ohio that threatened to split the Republican Party. In The Roots of Modern Conservatism, Michael Bowen reveals how this two-man battle for control of the GOP--and the Republican presidential...
by Ronald J. Pestritto
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Woodrow Wilson is best known for his service as the twenty-eighth president of the United States and his influence on American foreign policy in the twentieth century and beyond. Yet Wilson is equally important for his influence on how Americans think about their Constitution and principles of government.
Woodrow...
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?
Multicultural Conservatism in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2001
In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now? Angela Dillard offers the first comparative analysis of a conservatism which today cuts across the boundaries of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.
To be an African-American and a conservative, or a Latino who is also a conservative and a homosexual, is to...
Africa’s Big Men
Predatory State-Society Relations in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
This book spotlights, analyzes and explains varying forms and patterns of state-society relations on the African continent, taking as point of departure the complexities created by the emergence, proliferation and complicated interactions of so-called ‘big men’ across Africa's fifty-four states....
George Kateb
Dignity, Morality, Individuality
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
George Kateb’s writings have been innovatory in exploring the fundamental quandary of how modern democracy—sovereignty vested in the many—might nevertheless protect, respect, promote, even celebrate the singular, albeit ordinary individual. His essays, often leading to unexpected results, have...
The Struggle for Labour's Soul
Understanding Labour's Political Thought Since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
The election of the most left-wing Labour Party Leader since 1945, followed by the Party's third consecutive general election defeat and the ongoing cultural divisions around Brexit present an ideal opportunity for a thorough re-evaluation of the state of the Party within its broader ideological and...
Searching for Lord Haw-Haw
The Political Lives of William Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Searching for Lord Haw-Haw is an authoritative account of the political lives of William Joyce. He became notorious as a fascist, an anti-Semite and then as a Second World War traitor when, assuming the persona of Lord Haw-Haw, he acted as a radio propagandist for the Nazis. It is an endlessly compelling...
Public Opinion
Measuring the American Mind
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
The fifth edition of Public Opinion: Measuring the American Mind provides a comprehensive, accessible introduction to public opinion in the United States and describes how public opinion data are collected, how they are used, and the role they play in the U.S. political system. Bardes and Oldendick...
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Alan I. Abramowitz has emerged as a leading spokesman for the view that our current political divide is not confined to a small group of elites and activists but a key feature of the American social and cultural landscape. The polarization of the political and media elites, he argues, arose and persists...
A Citizen's Guide to Presidential Nominations
The Competition for Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Presidential nominations in the United States can sometimes seem like a media circus, over-hyped and overly speculative. Even informed citizens might be tempted to tune them out. Yet understanding the process, one distinct to American politics, is crucial for civic participation. If presidential elections...