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  • Crisis!

    When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule

    by Cedric de Leon ...
    A timely analysis of the power and limits of political parties—and the lessons of the Civil War and the New Deal in the Age of Trump.American voters have long been familiar with the phenomenon of the presidential frontrunner. In 2008, it was Hillary Clinton. In 1844, it was Martin Van Buren. And in neither election did the prominent Democrat win the party's nomination. Insurgent candidates went on ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Freedom Train

    Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity

    by Cedric De Leon ...
    Revealing the central role of Black activists in spurring interracial solidarity in the US labor movement.Most accounts of interracial solidarity focus on white union activists. In Freedom Train, Cedric de Leon, a former organizer and elected leader in the US labor movement, argues that we can't comprehend the history of workers' triumphs in the United States without investigating the role of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Crisis!

    When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule

    by Cedric de Leon ...
    A timely analysis of the power and limits of political parties—and the lessons of the Civil War and the New Deal in the Age of Trump.American voters have long been familiar with the phenomenon of the presidential frontrunner. In 2008, it was Hillary Clinton. In 1844, it was Martin Van Buren. And in neither election did the prominent Democrat win the party's nomination. Insurgent candidates went on ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The New Handbook of Political Sociology

    Edited by Thomas Janoski, Cedric de Leon, Joya Misra, Isaac William Martin ...
    Political sociology is a large and expanding field with many new developments, and The New Handbook of Political Sociology supplies the knowledge necessary to keep up with this exciting field. Written by a distinguished group of leading scholars in sociology, this volume provides a survey of this vibrant and growing field in the new millennium. The Handbook presents the field in six parts: ... Read more

    $240.99 USD

  • The Origins of Right to Work

    Antilabor Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Chicago

    by Cedric de Leon ...
    "Right to work" states weaken collective bargaining rights and limit the ability of unions to effectively advocate on behalf of workers. As more and more states consider enacting right-to-work laws, observers trace the contemporary attack on organized labor to the 1980s and the Reagan era. In The Origins of Right to Work, however, Cedric de Leon contends that this antagonism began a century ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Party and Society

    by Cedric de Leon ...
    Series series Political Sociology
    Political parties are central to democratic life, yet there is no standard definition to describe them or the role they occupy. "Voter-centered" theoretical approaches suggest that parties are the mere recipients of voter interests and loyalties. "Party-centered" approaches, by contrast, envision parties that polarize, democratize, or dominate society. In addition to offering isolated and ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • Building Blocs

    How Parties Organize Society

    Edited by Cedric de Leon, Manali Desai, Cihan Tuğal ...
    Do political parties merely represent divisions in society? Until now, scholars and other observers have generally agreed that they do. But Building Blocs argues the reverse: that some political parties in fact shape divisions as they struggle to remake the social order. Drawing on the contributors' expertise in Indonesia, India, the United States, Canada, Egypt, and Turkey, this volume ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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    Crisis!

    When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule

    by Cedric de Leon ...
    Narrated by Christopher Grove ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 47 min

    American voters have long been familiar with the phenomenon of the presidential frontrunner. In 2008, it was Hillary Clinton. In 1844, it was Martin Van Buren. And in neither election did the prominent Democrat win the party's nomination. Insurgent candidates went on to win the nomination and the presidency, plunging the two-party system into disarray over the years that followed.In this book, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Black History of the White House

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    The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americans, from the generations of enslaved people who helped to build it or were forced to work there to its first black First Family, the Obamas.Clarence Lusane juxtaposes significant events in White House history with the ongoing struggle for ... Read more

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    Revised and updated: the award-winning historical analysis of the civil rights movement examining the interplay of race and class in the American South.In Race, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement, sociologist Jack M. Bloom explains what the civil rights movement was about, why it was successful, and why it fell short of some of its objectives. With a unique sociohistorical analysis, he argues ... Read more

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