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  • Why Parties Matter

    Political Competition & Democracy in the American South

    by John H. Aldrich, John D. Griffin ...
    "Takes on an ambitious task: charting the development of political party competition in the United States with a special focus on how the South lagged behind." —Jason M. Roberts, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSince the founding of the American Republic, the North and South have followed remarkably different paths of political development. Among the factors that have led to their ... Read more

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard M. Valelly ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    American politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American democracy works well is hotly debated. Amidst all this roiling partisan argument and confusing claims and counterclaims, there has never been a greater need for an impartial primer on the basics of the American political system. This Very Short Introduction gives readers a concise, accessible, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Poor People's Movements

    Why They Succeed, How They Fail

    by Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward ...
    Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic Regulating The Poor assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this provocative study, four protest movements of lower-class groups in 20th century America:-- The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • New York Politics: A Tale of Two States

    by Edward V. Schneier, John Brian Murtaugh, Antoinette Pole ...
    Completely revised and updated with extensive new material, this acclaimed book offers an inside look at how influence is wielded in Albany. The authors--an Albany-based political scientist and a former State Assembly member, now joined by an expert on both state politics and political blogging and networking--infuse their discussion of institutions and processes with the drama and significance of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Why Parties?

    A Second Look

    by John H. Aldrich ...
    Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political parties are in ... Read more

    $22.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction

    by L. Sandy Maisel ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • American Political Parties and Elections

    A Very Short Introduction

    by L. Sandy Maisel ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Uneasy Alliances

    Race and Party Competition in America

    by Paul Frymer ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    Uneasy Alliances is a powerful challenge to how we think about the relationship between race, political parties, and American democracy. While scholars frequently claim that the need to win elections makes government officials responsive to any and all voters, Paul Frymer shows that not all groups are treated equally; politicians spend most of their time and resources on white swing voters--to the ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • Partisan Nation

    The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era

    by Paul Pierson, Eric Schickler ...
    A provocative exploration of how America's democratic crisis is rooted in a dangerous mismatch between our Constitution and today's nationalized, partisan politics.The ground beneath American political institutions has moved, with national politics subsuming and transforming the local. As a result, American democracy is in trouble.In this paradigm-shifting book, political scientists Paul Pierson ... Read more

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  • A Working People

    A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation

    by Steven A. Reich ...
    Series series The African American Experience Series
    In this book, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have beaten and built America’s black workforce since Emancipation. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have faced a unique set of obstacles and prejudices on their way to becoming a productive and indispensable portion of the American ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Debating the Presidency

    Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive

    Edited by Richard J. Ellis, Michael Nelson ...
    The study of the presidency—the power of the office, the evolution of the executive as an institution, the men who have served—has generated a great body of research and scholarship. What better way to get students to grapple with the ideas of the literature than through conflicting perspectives on some of the most pivotal issues facing the modern presidency? Richard Ellis and Michael Nelson have ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change

    by Joseph E. Luders ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
    Social movements have wrought dramatic changes upon American society. This raises the question: Why do some movements succeed in their endeavors while others fail? Luders answers this question by introducing an analytical framework that begins with a shift in emphasis away from the characteristics of movements toward the targets of protests and affected bystanders and why they respond as they do. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD