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  • Political Tool Kit

    Secrets of Winning Campaigns

    by Ron Parsons ...
    From city councils to governorships, from county commissioners to coroners, there are thousands of contested or vacant elected offices each year throughout the United States. In Political Tool Kit, author Ron Parsons provides a practical guide for citizens who are seeking an opportunity to participate in the democratic process through political candidacy.Based on his education and personal ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • How the World Works

    by Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian ...
    An eye-opening introduction to the timelessly relevant ideas of Noam Chomsky, "arguably the most important intellectual alive" (The New York Times), this book is a penetrating, illusion-shattering look at how things really workOffering something not found anywhere else, How the World Works is pure Chomsky, but tailored for those who are new to his work. The book is made up of meticulously edited ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Year of Voting Dangerously

    The Derangement of American Politics

    by Maureen Dowd ...
    Maureen Dowd's incendiary takes and takedowns from 2016--the most bizarre, disruptive and divisive Presidential race in modern history.Trapped between two candidates with the highest recorded unfavorables, Americans are plunged into The Year of Voting Dangerously. In this perilous and shocking campaign season, The New York Times columnist traces the psychologies and pathologies in one of the ... Read more

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  • Renegade

    The Making of a President

    by Richard Wolffe ...
    Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcomer with no money and an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • A History of Fianna Fáil

    The outstanding biography of the party

    by Noel Whelan ...
    The Fianna Fáil Party was founded in 1926 and first came to Government in 1932. From that date until 2010, it has completely dominated the political life of the Republic of Ireland. For all but 13 of those 78 years, it has formed the Government of Ireland, either on its own or as the dominant party in a coalition. Fianna Fáil has always seen itself as more than a party. Its self-image has been ... Read more

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  • The Ruling Elite of Singapore

    Networks of Power and Influence

    by Michael D. Barr ...
    Michael Barr explores the complex and covert networks of power at work in one of the world's most prosperous countries - the city-state of Singapore. He argues that the contemporary networks of power are a deliberate project initiated and managed by Lee Kuan Yew - former prime minister and Singapore's 'founding father' - designed to empower himself and his family. Barr identifies the crucial ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

  • Australia Reconstructed

    Bold steps to improve voter representation and the political landscape

    by Klaas Woldring ...
    This book is a plea for system change in Australia, referring to the various systems that underpin and shape governance. As the 2013 federal election approaches the many flaws in the system of government in Australia are again evident. However, they do not themselves form the focus of the election debate. During the last years the tone and quality of the parliamentary debate has become the focus ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Beyond Federation

    Options to renew Australia’s 1901 Constitution

    Edited by Klaas Woldring ...
    Australia has been a federation for more than a hundred years, and an independent country for more than seventy. But its system of government is still based on political compromises thrashed out in the late nineteenth century. In particular, the division of power between national and state governments is dysfunctional, irrelevant to the twenty-first century, and it costs us many billions of ... Read more

    $8.29 USD

  • EU Referendum 2016: A Guide for Voters

    by David Torrance ...
    Should the United Kingdom remain a part of the European Union or leave the European Union? This is the question we will have to answer on 23 June, when we head to the ballot boxes to cast our votes in the in/out referendum on EU membership. It's a complicated issue. What, exactly, would the much discussed 'Brexit' mean for the UK? With varied opinions on the EU from all over the political spectrum ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption

    by Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Margit Tavits ...
    Corruption is a significant problem for democracies throughout the world. Even the most democratic countries constantly face the threat of corruption and the consequences of it at the polls. Why are some governments more corrupt than others, even after considering cultural, social, and political characteristics? In Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption, the authors argue that ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The 2016 Contenders: Scott Walker

    by Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington Post ...
    Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories.Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually over the long haul of a presidential campaign.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's immovability, ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender and Elections

    Shaping the Future of American Politics

    Edited by Susan J. Carroll, Richard L. Fox ...
    The fourth edition of Gender and Elections offers a systematic, lively, multi-faceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2016 elections. This timely, yet enduring, volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important development for women as voters and candidates in the 2016 elections and providing a more long-term, in-depth analysis of the ways in which ... Read more

    $28.69 USD