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  • In the Balance of Power

    Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States

    by Omar H. Ali, Jacqueline Salit ...
    Reveals the multiple independent political tactics and strategies that African Americans have used to expand democracy and uphold civil and political rights since the founding of the nation.This new edition of Ali’s groundbreaking narrative includes an epilogue by independent political analyst and leader Jacqueline Salit. New material addresses the historic presidencies of both Barack Obama and ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • The Independent Voter

    by Thom Reilly, Jacqueline S. Salit, Omar H. Ali ...
    Independent voters—the 40–50 percent of Americans who reject identification with either of the two major parties or with any party—are increasing in number and impact. Independents are determining the outcome of major elections, upending the long-held categories of political science. Drawing on historical and contemporary data (including survey data, participant observation, interviews, and ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

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  • American Politics

    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

    $7.19 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Let them Eat Tweets

    How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality

    by Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson ...
    A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceAn “essential” (Jane Mayer) account of the dangerous marriage of plutocratic economic priorities and right-wing populist appeals — and how it threatens the pillars of American democracy.In Let Them Eat Tweets, best-selling political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson argue that despite the rhetoric of Donald Trump, Josh Hawley, and other right-wing ... Read more

    $18.19 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dollars for Life

    The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment

    by Mary Ziegler ...
    A new understanding of the slow drift to extremes in American politics that shows how the anti-abortion movement remade the Republican Party“A timely and expert guide to one of today’s most hot-button political issues.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A sober, knowledgeable scholarly analysis of a timely issue.”—Kirkus Reviews“[Ziegler’s] argument [is] that, over the course of decades, t... ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

  • The Tea Party

    A Brief History

    by Ronald P. Formisano ...
    A historian looks at the remarkable rise of the Tea Party movement and its effect on American politics.The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009–2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem unclear. In this book, American political historian Ronald P. ... Read more

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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

  • More Parties or No Parties

    The Politics of Electoral Reform in America

    by Jack Santucci ...
    Americans want electoral reforms so that they can have more choice in elections. Recent surveys show that 20 to 50 percent of Americans are open to a new electoral system, while demand for a third party has crept upward since Gallup began asking in 2003. More Americans now call themselves "independent" than identify with either of the major parties, but what happens when Americans try to reform ... Read more

    $46.79 CAD

  • Debating the Presidency

    Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive

    Edited by Richard J. Ellis, Michael Nelson ...
    The study of the presidency—the power of the office, the evolution of the executive as an institution, the men who have served—has generated a great body of research and scholarship. What better way to get students to grapple with the ideas of the literature than through conflicting perspectives on some of the most pivotal issues facing the modern presidency? Richard Ellis and Michael Nelson have ... Read more

    $87.19 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