Political parties books

A compelling look at the rise and fall of the Black Panther generation, through the eyes of a founding member.

Presidential transitions offer the chance for new ideas, policies, and people to inhabit the White House. Transitions have triggered policy change for decades and eager interest groups have sought ways to capitalize on this often...

An exclusive, inside look at 'The Teavangelical Movement, ' an emerging political force in America in which evangelicals and Tea Party members intersect to impact the governing of America, including rare, behind-the-scenes...

Patronage systems in public service are reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. Grindle considers why patronage has been...

Just in time for the 2012 election, Douglas E. Schoen, one of America s preeminent political pundits, analyzes the growing chasm between the political class politicians, lobbyists, fundraisers, consultants and the American...

The Democratic Party has long presented itself as the party of the poor, the working class, the little guy. As Jay Cost's sweeping revisionist history reveals, nothing could be further from the truth.

Why have the...

Dominance and Decline provides a comprehensive, comparative account of Canadian election outcomes from 2000 through to 2008.

A Pure Theory of the Republic constitutes the first positive theory of a republican state. It lays the foundation of a true political science and explains how collective freedom may be institutionally guaranteed. This illuminating...

The front and back covers of What the Republican Jobs Bill will do for America are similar to a host of self-help pseudo-psychology books. This book contains no words inside - just 128 blank pages (which does make it an...

The front and back covers of Proof Barack Obama Isn't Qualified to be President! are similar to a host of political analysis books. This book contains no words inside - just 128 blank pages (which does make it an excellent book...

Party and Procedure in the United States Congress offers students and researchers an in-depth understanding of the procedural tools available to congressional leaders and committee chairs and how those tools are implemented in the...

Powers, the actress best known for her role in the popular TV series Hart to Hart, delivers this engaging memoir in which she talks about her life in Hollywood and as an internationally known wildlife activist.

Conducting a comparative case study among four parties in the Turkish political system, this study shows how the variance in interest configurations and the power resources of local party activists constitute these changing...

What's in a name? In Irish politics it seems that the brothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, sons and daughters of politicians have a special ability to win seats in Dail Eireann, especially when they follow one of their relatives...

As leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron inherited a multi-faceted gender problem: only 17 women MPs; an unhappy women's organization; electorally uncompetitive policies 'for women'; and a party which was seemingly...

This book is a collection of eleven essays dealing with Lenin's attempt to develop a Bolshevik Party between 1910 and 1914 as well as his curious relations with a tsarist police spy and a female Bolshevik during that period.

Over two decades have passed since the collapse of the USSR, yet the words Soviet Union still carry significant weight in the collective memory of millions. But how often do we consider the true meaning of the term Soviet ?...