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  • How the Tea Party Captured the GOP

    Insurgent Factions in American Politics

    by Rachel M. Blum ...
    This incisive and timely study of American party politics reveals how a fringe group within the Republican party came to wield outsized power.The rise of the Tea Party redefined both the Republican Party and how we think about intraparty conflict. What initially appeared to be an anti-Obama protest movement of fiscal conservatives matured into a faction that sought to increase its influence in the ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cooperating Factions

    A Network Analysis of Party Divisions in U.S. Presidential Nominations

    by Rachel M. Blum, Hans C. Noel ...
    Series series Elements in American Politics
    Popular accounts of presidential nomination politics in the United States focus on factions, lanes, or even a civil war within the party. This Element uses data on party leader endorsements in nominations to identify a network of party actors and the apparent long-standing divisions within each party. The authors find that there are divisions, but they do not generally map to the competing camps ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Religion and Regimes

    Support, Separation, and Opposition

    by Rebekah Samaniego, Rachel Blum, J. Christopher Soper, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, Christine A. Gustafson, Clyde Wilcox, Christopher Marsh, Ramazan Kilinç, Paul Christopher Manuel, Joel Fetzer, Michele Dillon, Scott W. Hibbard ...
    This work is a collection of essays that describe and analyze religion and regime relations in various nations in the contemporary world. The contributors examine patterns of interaction between religious actors and national governments that include separation, support, and opposition. In general, the contributors find that most countries have a majority or plurality religious tradition, which ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

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  • American Politics: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard M. Valelly ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    American politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American democracy works well is hotly debated. Amidst all this roiling partisan argument and confusing claims and counterclaims, there has never been a greater need for an impartial primer on the basics of the American political system. This Very Short Introduction gives readers a concise, accessible, and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • They Don't Represent Us

    Reclaiming Our Democracy

    by Lawrence Lessig ...
    WITH A NEW FOREWORD ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION"This urgent book offers not only a clear-eyed explanation of the forces that broke our politics, but a thoughtful and, yes, patriotic vision of how we create a government that's truly by and for the people."—DAVID DALEY, bestselling author of Ratf**ked and UnriggedIn the vein of On Tyranny and How Democracies Die, the bestselling author of Republic, ... ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

    The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

    by Morris P. Fiorina, Samuel J. Abrams ...
    Series series The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
    Red states, blue states . . . are we no longer the United States? Morris P. Fiorina here examines today’s party system to reassess arguments about party polarization while offering a cogent overview of the American electorate.Building on the arguments of Fiorina’s acclaimed Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America, this book explains how contemporary politics differs from that of previous eras ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Asymmetric Politics

    Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats

    by Matt Grossmann, David A. Hopkins ...
    Why do Republican politicians promise to rein in government, only to face repeated rebellions from Republican voters and media critics for betraying their principles? Why do Democratic politicians propose an array of different policies to match the diversity of their supporters, only to become mired in stark demographic divisions over issue priorities? In short, why do the two parties act so ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Why American Elections Are Flawed (And How to Fix Them)

    by Pippa Norris ...
    Series series Brown Democracy Medal
    The flaws in the American electoral process have become more apparent over many years. The contemporary tipping point in public awareness occurred during the 2000 election count, but several major structural weaknesses exacerbated doubts in the 2016 campaign, worsening party divisions and further corroding public trust in the electoral process.It is impossible to fix a problem without ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • America's Failing Experiment

    How We the People Have Become the Problem

    by Kirby Goidel ...
    America’s Failing Experiment: How We the People Have Become the Problem, makes the controversial claim that the American political system suffers from too much democracy. An accomplished public policy expert coeditor of the Journal Survey Practice, Kirby Goidel argues that our elected officials are overly responsive to public opinion which is often poorly informed, incoherent, and uncertain. The ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Insecure Majorities

    Congress and the Perpetual Campaign

    by Frances E. Lee ...
    "[A] tour de force. Building upon her argument in Beyond Ideology, she adds an important wrinkle into the current divide between the parties in Congress." — Perspectives on PoliticsAs Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in recent history is ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women and Elective Office

    Past, Present, and Future

    Edited by Sue Thomas, Clyde Wilcox ...
    This edition of Women and Elective Office offers the latest research on women as candidates and officeholders. It provides a comprehensive look at at the history and status of women in elective office, their prospects for the future, and why women in elected office matter to American democracy. It features all-new essays and up-to-the-minute research by leading experts in the field, including the ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • At War with Government

    How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump

    by Amy Fried, Douglas B. Harris ...
    Polling shows that since the 1950s Americans’ trust in government has fallen dramatically to historically low levels. In At War with Government, the political scientists Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris reveal that this trend is no accident. Although distrust of authority is deeply rooted in American culture, it is fueled by conservative elites who benefit from it. Since the postwar era ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD