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They found that the news media consistently downplay debate content and instead emphasize their own views on candidate performance--media verdicts influence voters as much as the debates themselves.

Extensive content analyses and more than 2,350 surveys were conducted to analyze media verdicts on the 1988 debates.

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Offers an analysis of Nigeria's controversial general elections of April 2007, and the implications for the future of the democratic movement in Africa. This book provides an account of what went wrong with these disputed presidential, federal, and state elections.

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This book examines Richard Nixon within the context of the emerging revisionism that his place in history should not be defined entirely by Watergate. It assesses his many achievements and explains his equally numerous shortcomings.

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Hitchens boldly puts the pieces of the Clinton puzzle together -- and isn't afraid to describe the result.

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The real significance of this study, however, is not the proposed system of presidential nominations, but the detailed assessment of voters in presidential primaries.

The text is enhanced by more than twenty tables that present graphic information on subjects ranging from the influence of presidential primaries from 1912 to 1988;

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The world is arguably more democratic than ever, yet many authoritarian regimes remain and new forms of non-democracy and justifications for it have emerged. Drawing on a wealth of examples, this important new text provides a global account of the nature of non-democratic government and of regime change through democratization or otherwise.

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Though many studies of contemporary campaigns focus on brief political advertisements and the growing impact of technology on contemporary campaigns, the definitive statements of most candidates are still made in public addresses.

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Though many studies of contemporary campaigns focus on brief political advertisements and the growing impact of technology on contemporary campaigns, the definitive statements of most candidates are still made in public addresses.

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Examining such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, this title explores how Arab citizens decide whether to back existing regimes, regime transitions, and democratization projects, and how the global position of Arab states shapes people's attitudes toward their governments.

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Place of publication taken from publisher's website.

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An examination of the political and social characteristics particular to Scandinavia which have made women's rise to power more rapid than in other regions of the world.

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10 PM, on the 7 May. The exit poll predicting the result of the 2015 General Election is announced. In that instant three lives are changed for ever. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were three very different men, from very different backgrounds. But they shared one ambition. To lead their country. This book deals with this campaign.

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Thus persons will demand autonomy and the freedom required to be self-governed.

Yet, as Murphy and Peck and the analysts brought together for this collection point out, self-government or democracy does not occur in a vacuum.

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Offers lessons about civil society and regime change - and about the paths to democratic consolidation. This book shows that the German experience was exceptional, and that what is often labeled polarization is the result of such factors as expansion of the franchise, elite defections, and the mobilization of new voters.

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Answers the question of whether black and Latino legislators better represent minority interests in Congress than white legislators. This book argues that minority members of Congress act on behalf of broad minority interests - inside and outside their districts - because of a shared bond of experience and a sense of linked fate.

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Packaging Politics examines the various ways in which politicians, spin doctors and special advisers, in political parties, in local government and Parliament have become increasingly enthusiastic and effective in using mass media to present and promote themselves and their policies to the public

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This fully revised new edition includes expanded coverage of Parliament's relationship with the courts, devolved assemblies and the European Union. Distinctively, the book goes beyond the usual focus of Parliament-Government relations to encompass policy-makers beyond Whitehall and Parliament's broader relationship with citizens.

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An account of the development of the parliamentary committee system in Australia from 1970 to 2006. It explores the implications the system has for both governance and careers of parliamentarians. It examines the different roles of House of Representative and Senate committees.

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