Political parties and party platforms

An impassioned call to arms for Democrats to embrace the principles that made the party and the country great-a true moral vision for leadership at home and abroadIn this powerful and provocative manifesto, a cri de coeur for Democrats who have grown increasingly frustrated with their party's leaders, former senator Gary Hart takes the Democrats to task for choosing caution and calculation in place of moral principles.

The global financial crisis of 2007-8 did not offer the political and economic opportunities to the left that many thought it would.

This easy-to-understand guide to politics and government introduces more than 80 of the most important theories and big ideas of leaders and politicians throughout history.

An objective and dispassionate study of the oldest religion based regional political party: the Shiromani Akali Dal, participating in the democratic politics and processes of socio-economic development and transformation of the country.

As the 2016 election campaign attests, the Grand Old Party-once moderate and even magnanimous-has fallen into a prison of its own making when it comes to presidential politics.

All four post-Cold War presidents have attempted to negotiate and ratify at least one major arms control agreement.

With a combined focus on social democrats in Northern and Southern Europe, this book crucially broadens our understanding of the transformation of European social democracy from the mid-1970s to the early-1990s.

Argues that radical right voting in Europe is rooted in people''s feelings of attachment to and defensiveness of their local communities.

This book corrects an imbalance in Canadian political literature through offering a conservative account of Canadian political thought.

Since its publication in 1993, John Rawls's Political Liberalism has been central to debates concerning political legitimacy, democratic theory, toleration, and multiculturalism in contemporary political theory.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

Radcliff examines the question of how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life that citizens experience.

This book explores the mechanisms and elements of populism to develop new theoretical and methodological approaches.

Globalization, European integration, and social change have devaluated traditional social democratic policy instruments.

The rise of the Republican Party from its mid-twentieth-century minority status between 1960 and 1980 had a profound impact on American politics that is still being felt in the second decade of the twenty-first century.

This book provides an innovative analysis and interpretation of the overall trajectory of the Western European radical left from 1989 to 2015.

Europe's political landscapes are in turmoil, and new radical parties challenge the established political order.

How the political beliefs of Tea Party supporters are connected to far-right social movementsAre Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending?

This book presents a comprehensive overview of India's electoral democracy and political system.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

Coalition government among different political parties is the way most European democracies are governed.

The Reputational Premium presents a new theory of party identification, the central concept in the study of voting.

A supplemental text for courses on Interest Groups, American Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections, and Women and Politics, and other Women's Studies courses.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

Political parties are alleged to be turning their backs to civil society; they are said to discourage the active participation of their members and to distance themselves from the privileged relations to affiliated social organisations they once prized.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the British Labour Party was broadly supportive of Irish home rule.

A groundbreaking analysis of political hobbyismtreating politics like a spectator sportand an urgent and timely call to arms for the many well-meaning, well-informed citizens who follow political news, but do not take political action.

Is America in the midst of an electoral transformation?

This timely compilation of papers was originally presented at the 1987 Hofstra University Conference on the Nixon Presidency.

This Element examines the affective polarization present in American politics, arguing that intergroup discussions can mitigate animosity.

Throughout Europe, stateless nationalist and regionalist parties have moved from 'niche' actors in party systems to mainstream political players.

Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party?

In this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party's willingness to exploit American racial tensions.

'Downing Street is said to be 'furious' at this book - and it is easy to understand why.

The Moderate Majority examines the Republican electorate and challenges the conventional narrative that today's Republicans are all radicalized, reactionary ideologues.

Following a normative approach that suggests international norms and standards for elections apply universally, regardless of regime type or cultural context, this book examines the challenges to electoral integrity, the actors involved, and the consequences of electoral malpractice and poor electoral integrity that vary by regime type.

Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity.

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From the Five Star Movement to Podemos, from the Pirate Parties to La France Insoumise, from the movements behind Bernie Sanders to those backing Jeremy Corbyn, the last decade has witnessed the rise of a new blueprint for political organisation: the digital party.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

The Encyclopaedia of Political Parties is a comprehensive record of documents and information pertaining to all the recognised and registered national and regional political parties of India.

In 1948, a group of conservative white southerners formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, soon nicknamed the "e;Dixiecrats,"e; and chose Strom Thurmond as their presidential candidate.

In 2021, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated a century of existence.

This Element examines the affective polarization present in American politics, arguing that intergroup discussions can mitigate animosity.

As the last decade has shown, ideological polarization in Congress has reached historic levels.

Decision-making in the European Union before and after the Lisbon Treaty aims to assess what the changes the Treaty of Lisbon envisaged and whether these ambitions have materialised since the Treaty entered into force.