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Aging Political Activists is at once a series of political autobiographies, a set of personal narratives of social commitment, a model for qualitative research, and a challenge to current theory and practice in the social and behavioral sciences.

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This is the first volume to chronicle the story of the evolution of the symbiotic relationship between the presidential press secretaries and reporters who covered White House news during the terms of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S.

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Lifting the lid on the most captivating story in British politics today, Back from the Brink charts the Conservative Party's remarkable journey from the political wilderness to the threshold of power.

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This rigorous, seminal study of leadership selection in British Politics focuses on the Conservatives and Labour Party to explore the skills needed to be an effective leader over the course of the 20th and into the 21st Century. -- .

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Connecting with Constituents examines the strategies presidential and vice presidential nominees and their surrogates employ while speaking at national nominating conventions to encourage voters to build bonds with one candidate and party and to discourage listeners from forming connections with the opposition. It examines addresses from 1980 to 2012.

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Examines the oratory and rhetoric of twelve key figures from Conservative Party politics -- .

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This book examines whether the 2016 presidential election challenged conventional wisdom in political science or strengthened current theories. Political scientists examine topics ranging from voter trends, election issues, political parties, and congressional elections to see whether Trumps victory was truly as unconventional as many assume.

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This incisive volume examines the rise to power of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party and the dilemmas it faced once in power. Unlike any other work in print, it deals with the Spanish Socialist Party exclusively and focuses on some of the problems facing all socialist parties in advanced capitalist democracies.

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This book covers the nomination and election of Donald Trump to the presidency. It places the 2016 election in historic perspective, examines todays polarized party system, and considers the outlook for American democracy in the twenty-first century.

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They include rules governing elections and campaign finance, shifts in core political values among the public that are consistent with Republican philosophy, and fundamental social and economic changes in American society that are likely to increase the ranks of Republican voters.

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The second half of the book is devoted to a test of the various theories of party behavior using survey data from The Party Elite Study and from the 1980 and 1984 National Election Studies.

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Newly available in paperback, the first comprehensive historical study of egalitarian ideas advocated by the British Left. Offers a compelling new perspective on British political thought, will appeal to scholars and students of British history and political theory and to anyone interested in contemporary political debates on progressive politics.

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This book explores the ways in which civil and uncivil groups in Northern Ireland use the Internet during a period of conflict transformation, with a particular emphasis on their framing of their positions in respect of the acceptability of political violence and their attitudes to the peace process. -- .

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As the campaign proceeds over ten two-week intervals of primaries and caucuses on a semi-randomized schedule, the aggregate value of contested states becomes successively larger, requiring the expenditure of larger amounts of money in order to campaign effectively.

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A pioneering case study of a major political party under extreme strain, Getting the Donkey Out of the Ditch traces in detail what the Democratic Party actually did in the two years immediately following its resounding defeat in the 1980 elections.

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This book explores the uses of the past in modern British politics. It looks at the way in which political parties construct and remember their pasts through archives, histories and commemorations. -- .

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This book examines the rise of Hizbullah and the marginalization and repression of Shiites that made them susceptible to exploitation by their sectarian leaders. It also explores how Hizbullahs abiding commitment to Iran's foreign adventures injured Lebanese Shiites and jeopardized their status beyond the boundaries of home.

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This important volume examines the inner dynamics of political parties with the intention of finding out how parties really work. By looking within, these authors provide an understanding of the internal play of party power and why parties function as they do within the broader political arena.

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Presents a systematic reexamination of the evolution of party politics in Japan since the end of the second World War. This study provides a set of interpretations based on a microanalytic approach that highlights the incentive and bargaining power of individual political actors, and their competitive and strategic behavior.