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The Nationalization of American Political Parties, 1880-1896
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 78.00Investigates the creation of the first truly nationalized party organizations in the United States in the late nineteenth century. more...
Campaigning to the New American Electorate
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 22.95This is one of the first research endeavors to systematically compare the content of Spanish and English language campaign ads over an extended period of time (2000-2004) and across a variety of elections (Presidential, Congressional and Gubernatorial). Not only does it examine the way in which politicians have communicated to the nation's two largest... more...
Inside Political Campaigns: Theory and Practice
ABC-CLIO 1997; US$ 125.00As Dan Nimmo notes in his introduction, Inside Political Campaigns endeavors to trace the sources of professional campaign wizardry by encapsulating the theories and concepts that practitioners and scholars alike claim to guide and rationalize consultants' magical weaving of strategies, tactics, and techniques into a 'winning tapestry of political... more...
Revolt!
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 21.99Now that the Republicans have taken the House, How can they use their majority to reverse Obama's Socialist agenda? Revolt! lays out a game plan for success. Morris and McGann explain how to use the debt limit and budget fights to force Obama to accept Republican policies while, at the same time, undermining his chances of victory in 2012. ... more...
Republican Gomorrah
Nation Books 2009; US$ 15.95An intimate, investigative portrait of how the purveyors of the politics of personal crisis and redemption brought down the GOP?and why they?re still calling the shots for the party more...
Race Appeal
Temple University Press 2011; US$ 27.95In our evolving American political culture, whites and blacks continue to respond very differently to race-based messages and the candidates who use them. Race Appeal examines the use and influence such appeals have on voters in elections for federal office in which one candidate is a member of a minority group. Charlton McIlwain and Stephen Caliendo... more...
The Underdog in American Politics
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00One major party in American politics, the Democrats, has consciously identified itself with underdogs. This book analyzes the relationship between the party and the main political ideology of its base: liberalism. more...
Presidential Party Building
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 30.95Modern presidents are usually depicted as party "predators" who neglect their parties, exploit them for personal advantage, or undercut their organizational capacities. Challenging this view, Presidential Party Building demonstrates that every Republican president since Dwight D. Eisenhower worked to build his party into a more durable political... more...
The State of the Parties
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010; US$ 35.99Every four years, The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. With the dual themes of continuity and change characterizing the new edition, this essential party primer includes: three new chapters on party roles in the 2008 election, a section on the impact of party resources for the campaign,... more...
Two-Party Dominance
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95More than many areas of American politics research, studies of minor party competition and success are often overly driven by normative concerns that do not hold up to empirical scrutiny. This concise book presents a concerted effort to analyze the barriers in election law, such as ballot access restrictions and single member districts with a plurality... more...









