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Election Reform
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00As the United States seeks to establish democratic reforms abroad, many U.S. citizens question whether democracy is safe at home. In recent years, there have been disturbing allegations of white police officers stopping African-American motorists on their way to the polls; immigrants, minorities, and the poor being denied the right to vote; and countless... more...
This Is Not Florida
University of Minnesota Press 2010; US$ 25.00The behind-the-scenes story of the historic Franken-Coleman Minnesota Senate recount more...
Just How Stupid Are We?
Basic Books 2009; US$ 14.95Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from ?The Simpsons,? but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a map. Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid. In Just How Stupid Are We? , best-selling author Rick Shenkman takes aim at our great national piety: the... more...
Next Generation
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 110.00Award-winning journalist John Celock interviewed over ninety young leaders across America serving in various capacities, from Vice President and Governor to Senator and County Legislator, to provide an in-depth look at the challenges of political participation for young elected officials. The interviews are complemented by extensive research... more...
The Economic Realities of Political Reform
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 28.00Regens and Gaddie argue that proposed political campaign finance reforms will not necessarily have the impact expected by advocates. more...
1968
Ivan R. Dee 2010; US$ 16.95The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis L. Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the way Americans felt about politics and their national leaders. Bitterness over racial issues and the Vietnam War that marked the 1968 election continued... more...
The Myth of Digital Democracy
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 26.95Is the Internet democratizing American politics? Do political Web sites and blogs mobilize inactive citizens and make the public sphere more inclusive? The Myth of Digital Democracy reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet has done little to broaden political discourse but in fact empowers a small set of elites--some new, but most... more...
Rethinking American Electoral Democracy
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 39.95While frustration with various aspects of American democracy abound in the United States, there is little agreement over?or even understanding of?what kinds of changes would make the system more effective and increase political participation. Matthew J. Streb sheds much needed light on all the major concerns of the electoral process in this timely... more...
Why Americans Don't Join the Party
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 82.50Two trends are dramatically altering the American political landscape: growing immigration and the rising prominence of independent and nonpartisan voters. Examining partisan attachments across the four primary racial groups in the United States, this book offers the first sustained and systematic account of how race and immigration today influence... more...
Financing the 2008 Election
Brookings Institution Press 2011; US$ 32.95The latest installment in a series that dates back half a century, Financing the 2008 Election is the definitive analysis of how campaign finance and spending shaped the historic presidential and congressional races of 2008. It explains why these records were set and what it means for the future of U.S. politics. David Magleby and Anthony Corrado have... more...









