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“dick simpson”

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  • Winning Elections in the 21st Century

    by Dick Simpson, Betty O'Shaughnessy ...
    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! And the book she recommends for candidates, campaign staff, volunteers, and citizens is Winning Elections in the 21st Century, a handbook for anyone who wants to know how campaigns are run and won today.Written by two longtime ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Chicago’s Modern Mayors

    From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot

    by Dick Simpson, Betty O'Shaughnessy, Xolela Mangeu, Gregory D Squires, Monroe Anderson, Costas Spirou, Dennis Judd, Kari Lydersen, Daniel Bliss0, Marco Rosaire Rossi1, Clinton Stockwell2 ...
    Political profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the cityChicago’s transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy edit in-depth analyses of the five mayors that guided the city through this transition beginning with Harold Washington’s 1983 election: Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, and Lori Lightfoot. Though the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Democracy's Rebirth

    The View from Chicago

    by Dick Simpson ...
    Dick Simpson draws upon his fifty-year career as a legislator, campaign strategist, and government advisor to examine the challenges confronting Americans in their struggle to build the United States as a multiracial, multiethnic democracy. Using Chicago as an example, Simpson examines how the political, racial, economic, and social inequalities dividing the nation play out in our neighborhoods ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps

    The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present

    by Dick Simpson ...
    In Rogues, Rebels, and Rubber Stamps, Dick Simpson challenges and recasts current theories of Regime Politics as he chronicles the dramatic story of the civic wars in the Chicago City Council since the civil war. At the same time, the author provides a window into the broader struggle for democracy and justice.Simpson points out that through analyzing city council floor fights, battles at the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • African Democracy and Development

    Challenges for Post-Conflict African Nations

    by Paul Zeleza, Sylvia Macauley, Fredline M’Cormack-Hale, John Yoder, Arthur Abraham, Amos Sawyer, Helen Hintjens, Elisabeth King, Jessica Schafer, Thomas Kwasi Tieku ...
    Various African nations have undergone conflict situations since they gained their independence. This book focuses on particular countries that have faced conflict (civil wars and genocide) and are now in the process of rebuilding their political, economic, social, and educational institutions. The countries that are addressed in the book include: Rwanda, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • "Far, Far From Home"

    The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers

    by Dick Simpson, Tally Simpson ...
    In April 1861, Dick and Tally Simpson, sons of South Carolina Congressman Richard F. Simpson, enlisted in Company A of the Third South Carolina Volunteers of the Confederate army. Their letters home--published here for the first time--read like a historical novel, complete with plot, romance, character, suspense, and tragedy. In their last year of college when the war broke out, Dick and Tally ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

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  • American Politics: A Very Short Introduction

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    by Richard M. Valelly ...
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  • The Swing Vote

    The Untapped Power of Independents

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  • Lee and Grant

    A Dual Biography

    by Gene Smith ...
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  • It's Even Worse Than It Looks

    How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism

    by Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein ...
    Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America's two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise, endangering our very system of constitutional democracy. And one of these parties has taken on the role of insurgent outlier; the Republicans have become ... Read more

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  • Barack Obama : A Pocket Biography Of Our 44th President

    by Steven J Niven ...
    Affordable, readable, and indispensable, this pocket biography of Barack Obama allows you to put the story of our 44th President right in your back pocket. Written in a clear and concise style, this biography is accessible for anyone interested in a brief yet thorough introduction to Barack Obama. Steven J. Niven of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University chronicles President Obamas ... Read more

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