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The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. Alberta looks as Trump's victory not as the creator of this era of polarization and bruising partisanship, but rather as its most manifest consequence. When George W. Bush left office, the Republicans had no vision, no generation of new leaders, and no energy in the party's base. In the bloody struggle for the party's identity, the stage was set for an outsider to crash the party. How did the...
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Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling presents an outrageous history of American politics, past and present, Republican and Democrat. From national political scandals to tempests in a teapot that blew up; bribery, blackmail, bullying, and backroom deals that contradicted public policies; cronyism that cost taxpayers hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars; and personal conduct that can only be described as regrettable, The Swamp is a journey downriver...
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An original and authoritative account of Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented 1936 re-election landslide.
"Pietrusza steers clear of the pat narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented 1936 re-election landslide, and instead weaves an intricate tale of a polarized nation; of America's complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the very top of his Machiavellian game; and the unlocking of the puzzle...
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Everyone has an opinion about whether or not Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. The number of actors involved is staggering, the events are complicated, and it's hard to know who or what to believe. Spygate bypasses opinion and brings facts together to expose the greatest political scandal in American history.
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The year 2015 will be remembered as one of the most bizarrely compelling and genuinely unnerving in the nation's modern political history. One contender entered the race as the scion to a political dynasty. Another entered as a reality television star. There were the religious factions, the Tea Partiers, even a moderate or two. The Republican primary quickly bloated to seventeen candidates. But where the establishment had chosen a few frontrunners...
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A National Bestseller! Canada's Only Full-Time Political Campaign Manager - 50 Campaigns in 45 Years with 30 Victories John Laschinger opens the doors to the backrooms and war rooms of the political campaigns he has run, providing lessons for aspiring campaign managers, and exposing what really happens behind the scenes.
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Through the microcosm of Colorado's stunning political transformation, this is an inside look at the rapidly-changing business of campaigns and elections. The techniques pioneered in Colorado have been recognized by both parties and pundits as the future of American politics.
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Chronicles changes in American political party behavior between 1996 and 2008.
The years from 1996 to 2008 mark an important watershed in American politics. During this period changes in the political, demographic, regulatory, and technological landscape created an opportunity for political parties to increase their relevance in the electoral system. In Back in the Game, Brian J. Brox argues that while political parties still provide services to...
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Demonstrates how local political parties have retained a role of critical importance in American politics.
While the media pay the most attention to the actions of the national political committees, political scientists have long emphasized the key role of local party organizations. Despite sweeping changes in the political environment, remarkably little research has sought to understand precisely how these local parties are structured, what they...
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Seeks to understand and explain the behavior of party elites during the 2008 Democratic Party presidential race.
What is the dominant force in presidential nomination campaigns? Are nomination outcomes decided largely by the political party or by the candidates and their activities? In Strategic Decision-Making in Presidential Nominations, Kenny J. Whitby aims to provide some answers to these important questions, focusing on the closely contested...
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Examines existing models of political party transformation and tests them using data from fifteen European countries.
Political parties regularly change and adapt in response to ever-changing circumstances. Until now, these changes have frequently prompted both scholars and the media to suggest a whole new type of political party, and over time the number of models and types has proliferated to the point of confusion, contradiction, and a loss of...
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The definitive inside account of the 2016-20 coalition government.
Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts, the crises when the coalition came close to collapse and the sometimes fraught personal relationships between the fifteen figures who made up the last government.
He recounts how a group of Independents risked everything to form a government that was expected to last for only months but...
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Paul M. Sniderman is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr., Professor of Public Policy at Stanford University. Benjamin Highton is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Davis.
Citizens are political simpletons--that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. Certainly, there is no shortage of evidence of citizens' limited political knowledge, even about matters of the highest importance, along...
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Michael Laver is professor of politics at New York University. He is the coauthor of Multiparty Government: The Politics of Coalition in Europe. Ernest Sergenti is a consultant at the World Bank.
Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches to the subject leave many important questions unanswered....
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A los venezolanos les gusta votar, como lo atestiguan veinte procesos electorales en los últimos dieciocho años, y cincuenta y cuatro años de historia electoral desde 1958. La democracia electoral se ha instalado firmemente en nuestra cultura política desaconsejando cualquier otra vía para acceder al poder. ¿Qué ha motivado al venezolano a votar por más de medio siglo? Son muchas las razones. Una en particular es que el voto se ha convertido...
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¿Cómo puede ser que todo eso haya pasado, que esto siga pasando y nada suceda?
Este tipo de pregunta ha formado parte de la atmósfera general y expresa cierto aire de sorpresa y desconcierto, en el marco de un descalabro económico y social generalizado. Se dijo ya por el 2015 que mucha "gente" actuaba en contra de sus propios intereses. Hoy se subraya desde distintos ámbitos sociales y politicos, a veces con una sorprendente admiración- que...
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¿Cómo se defiende una democracia de los líderes que alcanzan el poder mediante mecanismos democráticos? ¿Cuál ha de ser la vía para enfrentar a los autócratas que, al calor del apoyo popular, pretenden hacerse con el poder absoluto? Estos son los dilemas que se le presentaron tanto a los demócratas venezolanos como a los mediadores de la Organización de Estados Americanos y el Centro Carter ante el ascenso de la "Revolución Bolivariana".
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Esta investigación contribuye con originalidad al conocimiento del cómo las elecciones locales se desarrollan en el México actual. Para ello, se analizan los órganos de administración y justicia electorales locales bajo el supuesto de que su diseño institucional impacta en la calidad de las elecciones y en la confianza en sus resultados, se examinan los determinantes del juicio ciudadano sobre la legitimidad de los comicios, y se explora el...
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Las democracias, para mantener su vitalidad, requieren ser permanentemente evaluadas y revisadas, siendo su sistema electoral una pieza clave. En estas páginas el lector encontrara algunas reflexiones sobre el sistema venezolano, a la luz de lo ocurrido en los comicios de diciembre de 2015.
El Observatorio Electoral Venezolano convocó a personas de competencia probada para que abordaran un amplio menú de temas: actuación de los poderes del Estado...
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