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With three independent branches, a legislature divided into two houses, and many diverse constituencies, it is remarkable that the federal government does not collapse in permanent deadlock. Yet, this system of government has functioned for well over two centuries, even through such heated partisan conflicts as the national health-care showdown and

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An examination of the development of America's two-party system of government, established between 1796 and 1800.

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Wendy J. Schiller develops a theory of dual representation - where two legislators share the same geographical constituency - to explain Senator's behaviour.

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The legitimacy of the American electoral system depends on sustaining reasonable levels of fairness, accountability, responsiveness, and common sense.

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This book examines expectations that elections will lead to counterinsurgency success through close analysis of four cases where governments were supported by the United States: Vietnam, El Salvador, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Such expectations are unfounded, and contributed to a flawed counterinsurgency strategy by the United States.

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The Quaker Party's campaign in 1764 to replace Pennsylvania's proprietary government with royal government prefigures, in some ways, the colonies' struggle against George III. This is the key, in James Hutson's analysis, to Pennsylvania politics in the decades before the Revolution. In a lucidly written narrative, he follows the efforts of the Quak

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The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have begun an unprecedented process of rapid change in their political, economic, and social characters.

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This psychological study dissects the characteristics of 20 world leaders-both men and women-profiling the factors that formed their personalities and revealing how certain traits have shaped their political decisions.

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This book investigates persuasive attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican primaries through a variety of mediadebates, TV spots, Twitter, Facebook, political cartoons, the National Review, and TV talk shows.

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Crabtree and Durand explore how the Peruvian elite and foreign mining interests have been able to entrench their position and marginalise the left, even as leftist governments have risen to power elsewhere on the continent.

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This unique study focuses upon a specific component of American presidential rhetoric--how presidents depict the office--and relates that rhetorical tactic to broader questions of politics, public opinion, political symbolism, and presidential power.

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Offers an account of the key philosophical work. This book sets Plato's work in context, introduces the major themes and provides a discussion of the key sections and passages of the text. It explores some of the areas of thought that the Republic has impacted upon and provides useful information on further reading.

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Offers an account of the key philosophical work. This book sets Plato's work in context, introduces the major themes and provides a discussion of the key sections and passages of the text. It explores some of the areas of thought that the Republic has impacted upon and provides useful information on further reading.

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A thoughtful exploration of the current state of political campaigning and how it is ruining American politics.

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How did the 2020 election shape the major political parties in the U.S This volume explores the opposing forces of party polarization and internal party factionalism during this tumultuous period. Leading authors demonstrate how factions within the parties reshaped, and responded to, the changing political environment.

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This volume examines how and why individual political behaviour can be influenced by various contextual characteristics of the locality in which the individual resides, and proposes a conceptual framework to guide future research. It also explores methodological problems unique to this field.

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This updated eighth edition of Political Campaign Communication adds an essential overview of the 2016 presidential campaign. The concise update explores key issues that arose in 2016 including candidate surfacing, the changing role of advertising, social media, journalism and the rise of fake news, and issues of gender.

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A synthesis of writings in political communication from the fields of communication, political science, journalism and history. This updated edition features new chapters on the topics of campaign management, congressional campaigns, politics and popular culture, and "unofficial Washington".

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A synthesis of writings in political communication from the fields of communication, political science, journalism and history. This updated edition features new chapters on the topics of campaign management, congressional campaigns, politics and popular culture, and "unofficial Washington".

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Although the control or regulation of political conflict is a constant concern of governments and a source of substantial speculation, empirical investigation of systems of regulation is a relatively recent enterprise.