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  • Citizenship and Democracy

    A Case for Proportional Representation

    by Nick Leonen ...
    This book is part of the Towards the New Millennium Series, featuring the works of thoughtful Canadians who are profoundly interested in the future of Canada and the world.Most democracies do not use Canada’s "first past the post" voting system. To give a party more seats than its share of the popular vote warrants is deemed undemocratic by most. Such democracies use proportional representation to ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • How the Hell Did This Happen?

    The Election of 2016

    The iconic humorist offers his take on the stranger-than-fiction ( and stranger-than-fact) 2016 presidential election and its equally unbelievable aftermath.The 2016 election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P. J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dirty Sexy Politics

    by Meghan McCain ...
    Meghan McCain came to prominence as the straight-talking, progressive daughter of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain. And her profile has only risen since the election ended in favor of the other guy.What makes Meghan so appealing? As a new role model for young, creative, and vocal members of the GOP, she's unafraid to mix it up and speak her mind. In Dirty Sexy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • How the Right Lost Its Mind

    "Bracing and immediate." - The Washington PostOnce at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled his rise.In How the Right Lost Its Mind, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, and deeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came to lose its ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Breakthrough

    Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy

    by James O'Keefe ...
    In this New York Times bestseller, controversial ambush journalist James O’Keefe takes a hard-hitting look at how the media and government conspire to protect the status quo: “A spine-tingling, true crime thriller about the quest for truth in the age of media obfuscation” (Gavin McInnes, FOX News contributor).Hailed by David Weigel in Slate as having “had more of an impact on the 2012 election ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Brexit

    Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union

    In June 2016, the United Kingdom shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union. As this book reveals, the historic vote for Brexit marked the culmination of trends in domestic politics and in the UK's relationship with the EU that have been building over many years. Drawing on a wealth of survey evidence collected over more than ten years, this book explains why most people decided to ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Citizens Divided

    Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution

    Series Book 8 - The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
    The Supreme Court’s 5–4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which struck down a federal prohibition on independent corporate campaign expenditures, is one of the most controversial opinions in recent memory. Defenders of the First Amendment greeted the ruling with enthusiasm, while advocates of electoral reform recoiled in disbelief. Robert C. Post offers a new ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Becoming a Candidate

    Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office

    Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office explores the factors that drive political ambition at the earliest stages. Using data from a comprehensive survey of thousands of eligible candidates, Jennifer L. Lawless systematically investigates what compels certain citizens to pursue elective positions and others to recoil at the notion. Lawless assesses personal ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Democracy in America?

    What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It

    "Important and riveting . . . The solution isn't to redistribute wealth from the have-mores to the have-lesses. It's to redistribute political power to everyone." —Robert B. ReichAmerica faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. How did we get here? Through decades of dysfunctional government. In Democracy in America? veteran ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stop Mass Hysteria

    America's Insanity from the Salem Witch Trials to the Trump Witch Hunt

    #1 NYT bestselling author Michael Savage calls out the mass hysteria mongers and their methods, and shows Americans that we must look to history to understand the present and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.Since Donald Trump's historic ascendance to the presidency, American politics have reached a boiling point. Social and economic issues, even national security, have become loud, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Prototype Politics

    Technology-Intensive Campaigning and the Data of Democracy

    by Daniel Kreiss ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Given the advanced state of digital technology and social media, one would think that the Democratic and Republican Parties would be reasonably well-matched in terms of their technology uptake and sophistication. But as past presidential campaigns have shown, this is not the case. So what explains this odd disparity? Political scientists have shown that Republicans effectively used the strategy of ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • The American Political Party System

    Continuity and Change Over Ten Presidential Elections

    From party polarization, elections, and internal party politics, to the evolution of the U.S. presidency, John S. Jackson's new book has something for everyone interested in American politics. Beginning with a discussion of the creation of the U.S. government to the formation of today's political powerhouses, Jackson provides a narrative sweep of American party history like none other.Unique to ... Read more

    $34.99 USD