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  • The Republican Evolution

    From Governing Party to Antigovernment Party, 1860–2020

    by Kenneth Janda ...
    The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and its spread to new territories and states. Today, under the sway of Donald Trump, it is hardly recognizable as the party of Lincoln or even the party of Eisenhower. How and why has the Republican Party changed so drastically?Kenneth Janda sheds new light on the Republican Party’s transformations, drawing on a wide range of quantitative ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Republican Evolution

    From Governing Party to Antigovernment Party, 1860–2020

    by Kenneth Janda ...
    The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and its spread to new territories and states. Today, under the sway of Donald Trump, it is hardly recognizable as the party of Lincoln or even the party of Eisenhower. How and why has the Republican Party changed so drastically?Kenneth Janda sheds new light on the Republican Party’s transformations, drawing on a wide range of quantitative ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • A Tale of Two Parties

    Living Amongst Democrats and Republicans Since 1952

    by Kenneth Janda ...
    Series series Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance
    Since 1952, the social bases of the Democratic and Republican parties have undergone radical reshuffling. At the start of this period southern Blacks favored Lincoln’s Republican Party over suspect Democrats, and women favored Democrats more than Republicans. In 2020 these facts have been completely reversed. A Tale of Two Parties: Living Amongst Democrats and Republicans Since 1952 traces through ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Emperor and the Peasant

    Two Men at the Start of the Great War and the End of the Habsburg Empire

    by Kenneth Janda ...
    There was more to World War I than the Western Front. This history juxtaposes the experiences of a monarch and a peasant on the Eastern Front. Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary, was the first European leader to declare war in 1914 and was the first to commence firing. Samuel Mozolak was a Slovak laborer who sailed to New York--and fathered twins, taken as babies (and U.S. citizens) to his ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Party Systems and Country Governance

    by Kenneth Janda, Jin-Young Kwak ...
    Party Systems and Country Governance focuses on the variety of party systems across the world and their effects on country governance and the conceptualisation and measurement of country governance. International aid agencies have spent millions of dollars believing that the presence of stable party systems contributes to better country governance. This study largely supports the assumptions of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • American Parties in Context

    Comparative and Historical Analysis

    by Robert Harmel, Matthew Giebert, Kenneth Janda ...
    Roughly sixty-five years ago, a group of political scientists operating as the "Committee on Political Parties" of the American Political Association thought long and hard about whether the American parties were adequately serving their democracy, and made specific recommendations for improvements. Comparing the parties of this country to those of Great Britain, the Committee found the American ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

    by Stacey Abrams ...
    From New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country."With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter." **—**Kerry WashingtonA recognized expert on fair ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Poor Numbers

    How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Myth America

    Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

    by Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer ...
    **In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past.“Outstanding… Wonderfully accessible.” —Washington Post**The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Inequality and Instability

    A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis

    by James K. Galbraith ...
    As Wall Street rose to dominate the U.S. economy, income and pay inequalities in America came to dance to the tune of the credit cycle. As the reach of financial markets extended across the globe, interest rates, debt, and debt crises became the dominant forces driving the rise of economic inequality almost everywhere. Thus the "super-bubble" that investor George Soros identified in rich countries ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • American Politics: A Very Short Introduction

    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

  • It's Time to Fight Dirty

    How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics

    by David Faris ...
    Series series Activist Citizens Library
    **An accessible, actionable blueprint for how Democrats can build lasting, durable change—without having to amend the Constitution.“American democracy could disappear altogether within our own lifetimes. Everyone who wants to avoid that catastrophe must read his book.” —Guardian**The American electoral system is clearly falling apart—more than one recent presidential race has resulted in the clear ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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