Political Process

In early 2012, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed that Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who advocated for insurance coverage of contraceptives, "wants to be paid to have sex." Over the next few days, Limbaugh attacked Fluke...

Can people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy? About how to govern society in a way that is inclusive, participatory and addresses popular needs? This book argues that they can. In a study conducted in...

Inside the Local Campaign reveals what goes on in constituency campaigns during a Canadian election. It brings to light the key roles of candidates and their supporters on the ground in an election, and demonstrates that local electioneering matters.For...

In the tradition of Shattered and Game Change, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin provides an insider's look at how women across the political spectrum carried a revolution to the ballot box and defeated Donald Trump, based on interviews with key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545716Author Michel BalinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 152g

In Human Rights and Development, award-winning author Peter Uvin extends the examination of development aid and human rights violations that he presented in his book on the Rwandan genocide, Aiding Violence. Whereas that book is diagnostic, Human Rights...

For a century at least, parties have been central to the study of politics. Yet their typical conceptual reduction to a network of power-seeking elites has left many to wonder why parties were ever thought crucial to democracy. This book seeks to...

Like a lot of Americans, Steve Almond spent the weeks after the 2016 election lying awake, in a state of dread and bewilderment. The problem wasn't just the election, but the fact that nobody could explain, in any sort of coherent way, why America had...

Politicians have used immigrants as scapegoats for the nation's problems throughout American history. No group achieved more success with this tactic than the Know Nothing Party, which directed its attacks primarily against Catholic immigrants. Within a...

A country's electoral system has a profound effect on its politics; its citizens ought therefore to ask themselves at frequent intervals whether that currently in force is satisfactory. This book does not argue for a particular answer, but aims to help...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781863958189Author Annabel CrabbFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Black Inc.Publisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 201gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 16mm

While political history has plenty to say about the impact of Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency in 1980, four Senate races that same year have garnered far less attention - despite their similarly profound political effect. Tuesday Night...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION AND AFTERWORD FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITION Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett reveals the real story behind Hillary Clinton's deep state collaborators in government and exposes their nefarious actions during and after the 2016...

A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the world Donald Trump's election victory resulted in one of the most unexpected presidencies in history. Identity Crisis provides the definitive account of the campaign that seemed to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648210075Author Jessamyn ConradFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Marie Lall's book seeks to uncover and explain the recent political and economic reforms implemented in post-military Myanmar, focussing on key turning-points that ushered in the current transformation programme, particularly those affecting education,...

This book offers a vast range of grassroots perspectives on global migrant labour organisation in the twenty-first century. From workers' organisations in South African migrant worker resistance in the Gulf, from forest workers in the Czech Republic to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815727293Author Jane MansbridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538164822Author John H. AldrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 152g

The British general election of 1931 marked the culmination of a period of political and economic crisis, and has long been regarded as a watershed in twentieth-century British history. In the summer of 1931 a struggling Labour government collapsed; its...

Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks examines the effects of technology on three criminal organizations: the Sinaloa cartel, the Zetas, and the Caballeros Templarios.Using social network analysis, and analyzing the use of web platforms Facebook,...

Renowned political scientist Alan I. Abramowitz presents a groundbreaking argument that the most important divide in American politics is not between left and right but rather between citizens who are politically engaged and those who are not. It is the...

New York Times bestselling author Roger Stone's insider tell-all about the presidential campaign that shocked the world.) Stone continues to be front page news and his updated book responds to the charges made by Robert Mueller.Two years ago, Roger...

How a woman-led citizens’ group beat a Southern political machine by enlisting federal bureaucrats and judges to protect their neighborhood from unchecked economic development   This social history of local political activism tells the story of the...

A groundbreaking look at how group expectations unify Black Americans in their support of the Democratic partyBlack Americans are by far the most unified racial group in American electoral politics, with 80 to 90 percent identifying as Democrats-a...

This analysis of how the ability to participate in society online affects political and economic opportunity finds that technology use matters in wages and income and civic participation and voting. Just as education has promoted democracy and economic...

`A terrific account of the surreal 2017 campaign in Wales with great access to the main players.' -Huw Edwards `Nothing has changed,' is what Theresa May repeatedly said at the Welsh Conservative manifesto launch in Gresford when she was accused of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596980907Author Bernard GoldbergFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Regnery Publishing IncPublisher Regnery Publishing IncWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940069541Author James F. KrileFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Fieldstone AlliancePublisher Fieldstone AllianceWeight(grams) 567g

Spared by the Arab revolts, Bouteflika's Algeria continues to intrigue observers. How does its political system function? Who really governs? Who are behind the protests? How strong are the Islamists? Are there alternatives to dependence on hydrocarbons?...

This comprehensive study of party competition in Europe since 2008 aids understanding of the recent, often dramatic, changes taking place in European politics. It addresses how the multiple crises that Europe faces have affected the intensity and...

Are corporations citizens? Is political inequality a necessary aspect of a democracy or something that must be stamped out? These are the questions that have been at the heart of the debate surrounding campaign finance reform for nearly half a century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641849265Author Olear GregFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Gregory OlearPublisher Gregory OlearWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 6mm

The tumultuous events that began in Egypt in 2011 have embraced revolution and counter-revolution. For Philip Marfleet, they are a complex and continuing process in which millions of people from a range of political formations and socio-economic and...

Political parties formed the cornerstone of the liberal democracy for which Britain claimed it was fighting in the Second World War. However, that conflict represented the most sustained challenge to the British party system during the twentieth century...

If you share the commonly-held notions about the New Right, which typically associate it with a reactionary ideology of social and economic change, then you are in for a surprise: this study - the first to be carried out from the inside - shows that, at...

Most citizens know how elections work in their own country, but not all elections are created equally. Elections occur in all democracies and many non-democratic regimes as well. They determine who will hold public office and who will have the power to...

The flaws in the American electoral process have become increasingly apparent in recent years. The contemporary tipping point in public awareness occurred during the 2000 election count, and concern deepened due to several major problems observed in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062698452Author Greg SargentFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint William Morrow PaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political strategies that shape access to...