Political parties and party platforms

In May 2010, Labour suffered one of its worst ever election defeats.

In May 2010, Labour suffered one of its worst ever election defeats.

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A consistently surprising analysis of how and why the Republican Party imploded in the last decade, setting the stage for the rise of Trump and extremist candidates more generally.

A consistently surprising analysis of how and why the Republican Party imploded in the last decade, setting the stage for the rise of Trump and extremist candidates more generally.

The shocking election of President Trump spawned myriad analyses and post-mortems, but they consistently underestimate the crucial role of the Tea Party on the GOP and Republican House members specifically.

The shocking election of President Trump spawned myriad analyses and post-mortems, but they consistently underestimate the crucial role of the Tea Party on the GOP and Republican House members specifically.

Political Islam in Tunisia uncovers the secret history of Tunisia's main Islamist movement, Ennahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present.

Political Islam in Tunisia uncovers the secret history of Tunisia's main Islamist movement, Ennahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present.

Populism of the right and left has spread like wildfire throughout the world.

Populism of the right and left has spread like wildfire throughout the world.

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

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

This book brings together for the first time an updated, revised collection of influential essays and articles that capture some of the most exciting scientific and scholarly contributions to the topic of political ideology.

In the past thirty years, women's representation and gender equality has developed unevenly in Latin America.

In the past thirty years, women's representation and gender equality has developed unevenly in Latin America.

Saying that political and social oppression is a deeply unjust and widespread condition of life is not a terribly controversial statement.

Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges -- from both the left and the right.

Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges -- from both the left and the right.

Over the course of American political history, political elites and organizations have often updated their political communications strategies in order to achieve longstanding political communication goals in more efficient or effective ways.

Over the course of American political history, political elites and organizations have often updated their political communications strategies in order to achieve longstanding political communication goals in more efficient or effective ways.

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

State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

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

Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and leaders, voters' opinions, and media exposure to better understand how any one aspect can affect the others.

This revised edition features a new afterword, updated through the 2016 election.

This revised edition features a new afterword, updated through the 2016 election.

Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail.

When Mexico's authoritarian Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse.

When Mexico's authoritarian Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse.

Why do Republican politicians promise to rein in government, only to face repeated rebellions from Republican voters and media critics for betraying their principles?

Why do Republican politicians promise to rein in government, only to face repeated rebellions from Republican voters and media critics for betraying their principles?

Indian party politics, commonly viewed as chaotic, clientelistic, and corrupt, is nevertheless a model for deepening democracy and accommodating diversity.

Indian party politics, commonly viewed as chaotic, clientelistic, and corrupt, is nevertheless a model for deepening democracy and accommodating diversity.

Saying that political and social oppression is a deeply unjust and widespread condition of life is not a terribly controversial statement.

Contemporary American politics is highly polarized, and it is increasingly clear that this polarization exists at both the elite and mass levels.

In recent years, political parties and national legislatures in more than one hundred countries have adopted quotas for the selection of female candidates to political office.

During the Civil War, Northerners fought each other in elections with almost as much zeal as they fought Southern rebels on the battlefield.

From the end of the New Deal until quite recently, the U.

Angels in the Machinery offers a sweeping analysis of the centrality of gender to politics in the United States from the days of the Whigs to the early twentieth century.

Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections.

Hizbullah is not only a leading political actor in Lebanon and a dynamic force in the Middle East, but it is also distinguished by a sophisticated communication strategy.

Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections.

Hizbullah is not only a leading political actor in Lebanon and a dynamic force in the Middle East, but it is also distinguished by a sophisticated communication strategy.

Contemporary American politics is highly polarized, and it is increasingly clear that this polarization exists at both the elite and mass levels.

As the number of women candidates for office in the U.

Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail.

By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway.

By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway.