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With new and revised essays throughout, this book provides a real education in practical campaign politics. Academics and campaign professionals describe the innovation and reality of election campaigns as they have evolved over time to culminate in the phenomena of the new town meetings, bus tours, talk radio, infomercials, focus groups, and the Internet. The third edition explains how campaign themes and strategies are set and communicated; how advanced campaign tactics are used; why mobilizing volunteers is essential; why early campaign money is worth more; how to get the media to cover a campaign without paying for it; and how to use focus groups, survey research, and media to win elections. Offering a uni… More >>
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Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane
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Compiling example after example, the editors of Crooks and Liars, a popular blog, examine the torrent of right-wing kookery—the eager willingness of conservatives to fervently believe things that are provably false—and its ramifications both for our national discourse and our national well-being. The authors show how this outlandish, overheated rhetoric—generated by mainstream-media figures like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Lou Dobbs—is accompanied by a wave of lethal right-wing violence and threatening behavior.
The book explores the main drivers of this descent into madness: the extremist Radical Right and the longtime Republican willingness—dating back to Nixon, but refined in more r… More >> Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane
Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics
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The new edition of this book describes the role of gender in the American electoral process through the 2008 elections. It strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2008 elections and providing a deeper analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding presidential elections, voter participation and turnout, voting choices, the participation of African American women, congressional elections, the support of political parties and women’s organizations, candidate communications with voters, and state elections. This updated volume… More >>
Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics
American Government, Election Update
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This text presents a succinct and timely approach to the principles and practices of the American governmental system. Concentrating on the most significant issues necessary to understanding American government, this book is specifically structured to engage today’s students through a concise, stimulating style that is free of ideological and political bias. Walter E. Volkomer wrote this book with the intent of producing a relatively short American government textbook that would provide all of the necessary details to give students a full understanding of the governmental system. … More >>
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The American Elections of 2008
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The American Elections of 2008 assembles leading political scientists and journalists to explain the election results and their implications for America’s future. Topics include financing the elections, religion’s influence, the media, and how the George W. Bush legacy affected the outcome. The book also explores Congressional behavior in the twenty-first century and discusses how it affected election results in 2008…. More >>
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Democracy Under Pressure: An Introduction to the American Political System, 2006 Election Update
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Master the fundamentals of American government with DEMOCRACY UNDER PRESSURE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM, 2006 UPDATE! This political science text provides a realistic guide to American politics and institutions while discussing the way democracy responds to challenges from diverse constituencies or dramatic public events. Studying is made easy with student-friendly tools including bold-faced terms, bulleted chapter highlights, and an end-of-chapter list of key terms with page references…. More >>
Democracy Under Pressure: An Introduction to the American Political System, 2006 Election Update
Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics
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Imagine a presidential election with four well-qualified and distinguished candidates and a serious debate over the future of the nation! Sound impossible in this era of attack ads and strident partisanship? It happened nearly a century ago in 1912, when incumbent Republican William Howard Taft, former president Theodore Roosevelt running as the Progressive Party candidate, Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs all spoke to major concerns of the American people and changed the landscape of national politics in the bargain. The presidential election of 1912 saw a third-party candidate finish second in both popular and electoral votes. The Socialist candidate received the hi… More >>
Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics
Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women
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Traister provides a social commentary on how the 2008 presidential election brought issues concerning women, power, sexism and feminism to the fore…. More >>
Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women
The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior
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The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The Handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholars critically assess the scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics. This Handbook offers comprehensive coverage of the various theoretical app… More >>
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Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics
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With President George W. Bush’s approval ratings at record lows, the 2008 election was a contest that Democrats were predicted to win. And with Barack Obama’s victory over John McCain, they did. But it was the highly unlikely journey to this likely destination that set this presidential election apart from others…. More >>
Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics