Search Results - "Elections"

Women as Candidates in American Politics / by Carroll, Susan J., 1950-

Subjects: “…Elections United States. nli 148417…”
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Expressive Politics : Issue Strategies of Congressional Challengers / by Boatright, Robert G.

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Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy / by Engstrom, Erik J.

Table of Contents: “…Gerrymandering and the evolution of American politics -- Districting and the construction of early American democracy -- The origins of single-member districts -- The strategic timing of congressional redistricting -- Stacking the states, stacking the house: the partisan consequences of congressional redistricting -- Electoral competition and critical elections -- A congress of strangers: gerrymandering and legislative turnover -- The partisan impact of malapportionment -- From turbulence to stasis, 1900-1964 -- Gerrymandering and the future of American politics.…”
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The Power of People : Congressional Competition, Public Attention, and Voter Retribution / by Theriault, Sean M., 1972-

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Town Hall Meetings and the Death of Deliberation / by Field, Jonathan Beecher

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Empire of Direct Mail : How Conservative Marketing Persuaded Voters and Transformed the Grassroots / by Moriyama, Takahito

Table of Contents: “…The rise of political consultants -- The development of political direct mail -- The presidential election of 1964 -- After Goldwater -- Debates over campaign finance reform -- The formation of the New Right.…”
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Downsizing Democracy : How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public / by Crenson, Matthew A., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…From popular to personal democracy -- The rise and fall of the citizen -- Elections without voters -- Political parties: the old patronage and the new -- Disunited we stand -- From masses to mailing lists -- The jurisprudence of personal democracy -- Movements without members -- Privatizing the public -- Does anyone need citizens?…”
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J. Edgar Hoover and the Anti-Interventionists : FBI Political Surveillance and the Rise of the Domestic Security State, 1939-1945 / by Charles, Douglas M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Background -- Beginnings : war, phony war, and election, 1939-40 -- Intensification : the lend-lease debate, America First, and its allies, December 1940 to summer 1941 -- Focus : from great debate stalemate to wartime probe, mid-1941 to summer 1942 -- Retribution : the FBI and the Victory Program leak, 4 December 1941 to mid-1942 -- Blossoming of the domestic security state, November 1941 to March 1942 -- Conclusion.…”
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Prescription for the People : An Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All / by Quigley, Fran, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…People everywhere are struggling to get the medicines they need -- The United States has a drug problem -- Millions of people are dying needlessly -- Cancer patients face particularly deadly barriers to medicines -- The current medicine system neglects many major diseases -- Corporate research and development investments are exaggerated -- The current system wastes billions on drug marketing -- The current system compromises physician integrity and leads to unethical corporate behavior -- Medicines are priced at whatever the market will bear -- Pharmaceutical corporations reap history-making profits -- The for-profit medicine arguments are patently false -- Medicine patents are extended too far and too wide -- Patent protectionism stunts the development of new medicines -- Governments, not private corporations, drive medicine innovation -- Taxpayers and patients pay twice for patented medicines -- Medicines are a public good -- Medicine patents are artificial, recent, and government-created -- The United States and big pharma play the bully in extending patents -- Pharma-pushed trade agreements steal the power of democratically elected governments -- Current law provides opportunities for affordable generic medicines -- There is a better way to develop medicines -- Human rights law demands access to essential medicines.…”
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The Eternal Dissident : Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman and the Radical Imperative to Think and Act / by Beerman, Leonard I., 1921-2014

Table of Contents: “…Greenberg -- How I lost the election in St. Louis, July 9, 1971 / response by Professor William Cutter -- Invocation for religious leaders for McGovern, June 1, 1972 / commentary by Reverend J. …”
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Barack Obama's America : How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era / by White, John Kenneth

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Young American Muslims : Dynamics of Identity / by Kabir, Nahid Afrose

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