Elections and referenda / suffrage

A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the worldDonald Trump's election victory resulted in one of the most unexpected presidencies in history.

Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about itWhy are Americans governed by the rich?

A national cochair of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama when few thought he could ever be elected, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is here to tell you: Yes, you can!

Regime Change provides in-depth insights into President Bush's handling of national security and terrorism issues pre- and post-9/11 and guidelines for the Democratic presidential candidate's strategic "e;war on terrorism"e; that includes: restructuring the Intelligence Community and national security decision-making in the White House; rejuvenating the trans-Atlantic alliance and expanding global collaboration; nation-building in postwar Iraq and Afghanistan; fostering the Israeli-Palestinian peace process; democratization in the Middle East; defusing antagonisms with Muslim nations; nuclear disarmament in Iran and North Korea; dismantling Pakistan's nuclear black market operation; developing economic and security relationships with China in Central Asia; and more.

In The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election, James W.

Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about itWhy are Americans governed by the rich?

In this book, leading and emerging election scholars document the steps that state and local election officials took to augment their elections during the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of these changes.

Who could forget the Supreme Courts controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v.

Those who seek to accurately gauge public opinion must first ask themselves: Why are certain opinions highly volatile while others are relatively fixed?

Presidential campaigns of the twenty-first century were not the first to mobilize an array of new media forms in efforts to gain electoral victory.

This is the first study in half a century to focus on the election of 1796.

It was one of the most critical elections of American history, overshadowed only by the one that plunged the country into civil war.

The American vice presidency, as the saying goes, is not worth a bucket of warm spit.

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"e;An understanding of the relationship between the product and the process in election polling is often lost.

This book explains how voters evaluate women candidates, who votes for them, and why.

Arguing that an inter-generational war is brewing in the United States, this book paints a picture of the "e;ageing of America"e; and what it means for politics and policy questions, including social security, health care, crime, jobs, social welfare, defence and foreign affairs.

African State and Society in the 1990s is the first comprehensive English language book to appear on Cameroon's political events since 1989.

This book focuses on the trials and tribulations of Albania's efforts to create a democratic political order.

Using a combination of existing and original research, this new text provides a simple explanation for the low turnout in American elections: rather than creating an environment conducive to participation, the institutional arrangements that govern structure participation, representation, and actual governance in the United States create an environment that discourages widespread participation.

America's Choice 2000 attempts to make sense of the longest running, most fiercely contested and, ultimately, closest race in the history of presidential elections.

This book offers a closer examination of how Americans think and feel about their government.

This single volume work examines whether class political divisions have increased or decreased over time in America.

How did Costa Rica become Central America's first successful democracy?

In Direct Democracy or Representative Government?

Party polarization in the House of Representatives has increased recently.

Academic studies of elections are not in the business of predicting outcomes.

Ethnic Ironies describes the role of Latino electorates in national- and state-level politics during the 1992 elections.

This book covers the 1997 elections in Ireland, providing an in-depth analysis of both the campaign and the election results.

In the 2000 national elections, $100 million was spent on campaign polling alone.

This volume focuses on the relationship between the tasks of institutional design and the outcomes of the process of economic and political liberalization in Latin America and in Central and Eastern Europe.

The year 1996 in Italian politics was a year rich in novelty.

Money in the House provides a compelling look at how the drive to raise campaign money has come to dominate congressional party politics.

The role of money in the US electoral process has become more and more controversial in recent years.

Most African states experienced only a few fleeting years of democratic rule after independence before succumbing to authoritarianism.

Tremendous transformation marks the last three decades of American politics, and nowhere has this change been as distinctive and penetrating as in the American South.

Who was the first African-American senator?

The Collapse of the Democratic Presidential Majority makes sense of the last half century of American presidential elections as part of a transition from a world in which realignment was still possible to a dealigned political universe.

New Hampshire is the subject of Palmer's book precisely because it serves as the first presidential primary every four years.

The vivid portratal of the "e;Velvet Revolution"e; describes the dramatic social and political changes that heralded the downfall of the Communist leadership in Czechoslavakia.

Students of American government are faced with an enduring dilemma: Why two parties?

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Remote and Controlled examines the issue of widespread cynicism in an era of abundant information, asking whether it is possible to consume a steady diet of mainstream media and still understand and respect the political process.

Despite the early prospects for bipartisan unity on terrorism initiatives, government gridlock continues on most major issues in the wake of the 2004 elections.

The industrial revolution was the single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, and it continues to shape the contemporary world.

Exploring the remarkable political and economic changes sweeping Southeast Asia, the authors take as their starting point the trend,albeit uneven,toward democratization.

Do Democrats have greater difficulty maintaining party unity than Republicans?

This book explains how voters evaluate women candidates, who votes for them, and why.

Arguing that an inter-generational war is brewing in the United States, this book paints a picture of the "e;ageing of America"e; and what it means for politics and policy questions, including social security, health care, crime, jobs, social welfare, defence and foreign affairs.