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  • Florida's Minority Trailblazers

    The Men and Women Who Changed the Face of Florida Government

    by Susan MacManus ...
    Series series Florida Government and Politics
    "Saves a piece of Florida political history by narrating the personal stories of the state's 'minority trailblazers' from the Civil Rights Movement to the present day."--Richard E. Foglesong, author of Immigrant Prince: Mel Martinez and the American Dream "Captures Florida's ongoing political transition from a 'yellow-dog,' lily-white state to one where diversity is beginning to make an impact on ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Barack Obama and the New America

    The 2012 Election and the Changing Face of Politics

    by Diana Owen, Kyle Kondik, Susan MacManus, Karen E. Trainer, Michael Toner, Nate Cohn, Geoff Skelley, Jamelle Bouie, Robert Costa, Sean Trende, Brigadier General James D. Campbell, Rhodes Cook, Alan Abramowitz ...
    Larry Sabato, one of the leading experts in American politics, has brought together respected journalists and academics from across the political spectrum to examine every facet of the 2012 election, and what its development and outcome will mean for the nation moving forward. In frank, accessible prose, each author offers insight that goes beyond the headlines, and dives into the underlying ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • The South and the Transformation of U.S. Politics

    by Charles S. Bullock, III, Susan A. MacManus, Jeremy D. Mayer, Mark J. Rozell ...
    A strong case can be made that the South has had the greatest impact of any region on the transformation of U.S. politics and government. Since 1968, we have seen the demise of the "solid (Democratic) South" and the rise of the Republican-dominated South; the rise of the largely southern white evangelical religious right movement; and demographic changes that have vastly altered the political ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Changing Political South

    How Minorities and Women are Transforming the Region

    by Charles S. Bullock, III, Jeremy D. Mayer, Susan A. MacManus, Mark J. Rozell ...
    The phenomenal growth of minority populations in the U.S. South is quickly transforming the region's politics. Most political observers see the Democratic Party rising in the region, with increasingly Democratic-leaning women voters joining emergent populations of Asian and Latino voters and African American voters. Some argue that demography is destiny, and yet the analyses presented in The ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • African American Statewide Candidates in the New South

    by Charles S. Bullock, III, Susan A. MacManus, Jeremy D. Mayer, Mark J. Rozell ...
    African American candidates for state and federal office in the United States face unique challenges, given the nation's complicated racial dynamics. To date, there have been only two elected African American governors in the country, the first elected in Virginia in 1989 and the second in Massachusetts in 2006. While Black candidates running statewide have been elected in increasing numbers in ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Key States, High Stakes

    Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections

    by Charles S. Bullock III, Charles S. Bullock III, Dante J. Scala, Daniel C. Reed, Amy Widestrom, Christopher Dennis, Susan A. MacManus, David J. Bonanza, Mary L. Moss, Joel Turner, Scott Lasley0, Stanley P. Berard1, M Jean Kingston2, Robert Rupp3, Costas Panagopoulos4, Joseph D. Giammo5, Michael A. Maggiotto6, Raymond H. Scheele7, Janna L. Deitz8, Edward Anegon9, David Nice0, Diana Evans1, Geoffrey Peterson2, Andrew Dowdle3, Ted G. Jelen4 ...
    The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the potential to transform the composition of congress and set the stage for the nation's politics for ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Presidential Election of 2020

    Donald Trump and the Crisis of Democracy

    by William Crotty, Barbara Norrander, Amy N. Benner, John C. Berg, Susan A. MacManus, Thomas R. Marshall, Shayla C. Nunnally, Arthur C. Paulson, John Kenneth White, John J. McGlennon0 ...
    The Presidential Election of 2020: Donald Trump and the Crisis of Democracy places the election of 2020 within the context of the Trump presidency, a chaotic and tense time in American politics and a dangerous one. The election is analyzed in depth and its meaning for the state of American society is made clear. A major theme in the book is a critique of Donald Trump's leadership, his incompetence ... Read more

    $34.89 USD

  • Young v. Old

    Generational Combat In The 21st Century

    by Susan A. MacManus ...
    Arguing that an inter-generational war is brewing in the United States, this book paints a picture of the "ageing of America" and what it means for politics and policy questions, including social security, health care, crime, jobs, social welfare, defence and foreign affairs. Differences between older and younger citizens are examined in the light of voting and registration patterns, ideological ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Fight Like Hell

    The Untold History of American Labor

    by Kim Kelly ...
    **Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and EsquireThis revelatory and inclusive book “unearths the stories of the people—farm laborers, domestic workers, factory employees—behind some of the labor movement’s biggest successes” (The New York Times) from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly.**Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction-era ... Read more

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  • The Swing Vote

    The Untapped Power of Independents

    by Linda Killian ...
    As our country's politicians engage in bitter partisan battles, focused on protecting their own jobs but not on doing the nation's business, and political pundits shout louder and shriller to improve their ratings, it's no wonder that Americans have little faith in their government. But is America as divided as the politicians and talking heads would have us believe? Do half of Americans stand on ... Read more

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  • So Rich, So Poor

    Why It's so Hard to End Poverty in America

    by Peter Edelman ...
    "A competent, thorough assessment from a veteran expert in the field." — Kirkus ReviewsIncome disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today's economy has stultified wage growth for half of America's workers—with even worse results at the bottom and for people of color—while bestowing billions on the few at the very top.In this ... Read more

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  • From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

    An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

    by Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty ...
    Newly updated: "An enjoyable introduction to American working-class history." — The American ProspectPraised for its "impressive even-handedness", From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend has set the standard for viewing American history through the prism of working people ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). From indentured servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Chesapeake to high-tech ... Read more

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