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He examines the rise of the opposition in Poland, a country which has experienced more political crises than any other East European nation.

Zuzowski argues that KOR, by introducing an innovative approach to political dissent in Poland, contributed significantly to the transformation of Polish politics.

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Examining the role of political consultants in elections, this text focuses on state and regional races and considers the strategies and variables unique to the smaller political campaigns.

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Through the individual characteristics of China's political leaders, a nation-building process began. Conservative reformers saw a corruption of the moral order of society that needed to be eliminated in order to restore the country's moral integrity, while liberal reformers attempted to embrace the flaws and lead China toward Socialism.

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This masterful compilation of biographical essays on prominent Middle East and North African political leaders fills a void in the current reference literature.

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This work challenges the current state of political leadership studies by offering a variety of analytical methods from around the world. The different approaches offer insights of the roles of cultural and political context, including the historical circumstance, and environmental factors.

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The book shows how political marketing - the design of government by focus groups and polls - spearheaded by Blair in the UK and Clinton in the US has spread round the world to countries as diverse as Brazil as well as New Zealand and Germany. -- .

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An old pro on political mischief in the United States gives us an overview of U.S. campaign tactics and ethics from eighteenth-century pamphleteers to campaign consultants and media wizards in the 1990s.

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This volume addresses the recurring problem of the non-participation of significant numbers of citizens in the political process of the US political system. Specifically, the book explores the reasons why half of eligible voters fail to exercise their basic right to vote.

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Mexico stands apart for having been ruled by one political party since the 1920s, and this study examines the remarkable political stability Mexico has experienced over the past seven decades.

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Political violence in Northern Ireland began in the late 1960s and has been part of life there and to a lesser extent in the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain for nearly three decades.

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Offers a data study of career-noncareer relations in US administrations with regard to the history of relations between careerists and political appointees. Interviews and comments from about 50 surveys also provide impressions about relations during the Reagan administration.

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Basing her analysis on extensive field studies she conducted in two diverse political cultures--a rural working-class community in Hawaii and a suburban upper-middle class community in Ohio--Buker begins by developing a model for interpreting narratives which builds upon structural analysis and philosophical hermeneutics.

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Politics, Media and Campaign Language is an original, groundbreaking analysis of the story of Australian identity told through Australian election campaign language. Introducing the concept of identity security, the book argues that the story of Australian identity is characterised by recurring cycles of anxiety and reassurance, which betray a deep underlying feeling of insecurity.

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Politics, Media and Campaign Language is an original, groundbreaking analysis of the story of Australian identity told through Australian election campaign language. Introducing the concept of identity security, the book argues that the story of Australian identity is characterised by recurring cycles of anxiety and reassurance, which betray a deep underlying feeling of insecurity.

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Contributors to this volume, from established democracies, new and restored democracies, and democracies facing destabilizing pressure, examine the extent to which electoral politics in their countries have been affected by the emergence of high-tech professional campaigns.

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Contributors to this volume, from established democracies, new and restored democracies, and democracies facing destabilizing pressure, examine the extent to which electoral politics in their countries have been affected by the emergence of high-tech professional campaigns.

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Argues that voters are eminently capable of playing an efficacious role in democratic politics and of routinely demonstrating the ability to evaluate competing stewards in a discriminating manner. This book offers a cognitively based model of voting and uses a normal vote approach to analyzing local-level election returns.