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  • The 2012 Presidential Election

    Forecasts, Outcomes, and Consequences

    by Robert S. Erikson, James D. King, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Jon R. Bond, Richard Fleisher, Eric M. Uslaner, James W. Riddlesperger Jr., David P. Redlawsk ...
    Though many analyses of the 2012 presidential election have emerged, none can match this collection's depth, diversity, or ability to critically and soundly argue where American politics will go from this point forward. This volume includes some of the most recognized scholars in the field and innovative younger scholars who provide a fresh perspective on the election. It is a diverse and award ... Read more

    $136.99 CAD

  • American Public Opinion

    Its Origins, Content, and Impact

    by Robert S. Erikson, Kent L. Tedin ...
    Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public Opinion goes beyond a simple presentation of data to include a critical analysis of the role of public opinion in American democracy.New to the 11th EditionUpdates all data through the 2020 elections and includes early ... Read more

    $148.99 CAD

  • The Timeline of Presidential Elections

    How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter

    by Robert S. Erikson, Christopher Wlezien ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    In presidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race for president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It’s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The 2012 Campaign and the Timeline of Presidential Elections

    by Robert S. Erikson, Christopher Wlezien ...
    Series series Chicago Shorts
    Do voters cast ballots for the candidates whose positions best match their own? Or does the race for president come down to who runs the most effective campaign? In their book, The Timeline of Presidential Elections, published in 2012, Erikson and Wlezien documented how both factors come into play. Having amassed data from national polls covering presidential elections from 1952 to 2008, they ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The 2012 Campaign and the Timeline of Presidential Elections

    by Robert S. Erikson ...
    Series series Chicago Shorts
    Do voters cast ballots for the candidates whose positions best match their own? Or does the race for president come down to who runs the most effective campaign? In their book, The Timeline of Presidential Elections, published in 2012, Erikson and Wlezien documented how both factors come into play. Having amassed data from national polls covering presidential elections from 1952 to 2008, they ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Welfare Trends in the Scandinavian Countries

    by Robert Erikson, Erik Jorgen Hansen, Stein Ringen, Hannu Uusitalo ...
    Discusses important aspects of the development of the welfare state in the Scandinavian countries and Iceland since the mid-1970s. It focuses on societal changes during a period of modest economic growth. Topics include labour market benefits, education and social mobility, class and inequality, income distribution and trajectories and health. ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Catastrophe in the Making

    The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow

    by William R. Freudenburg, Robert B. Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai Erikson ...
    When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, we attribute the suffering to “natural disasters” or “acts of God.” But what if they’re neither? What if we, as a society, are bringing these catastrophes on ourselves?That’s the provocative theory of Catastrophe in the Making, the first book to recognize Hurricane Katrina not as a “perfect storm,” ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction

    'Hearts Resolved and Hands Prepared'

    by Christopher D. Johnson, Paula R. Backscheider, Leslie A. Chilton, Robert A. Erikson, Susan K. Howard, Marta Kvande, James E. May, Melissa Mowry, Alexander Pettit, Charles E. Robinson, Mary Anne Schofield, Rivka Swenson, O M Brack Jr. ...
    New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction is a collection of thirteen essays honoring Professor Jerry C. Beasley, who retired from the University of Delaware in 2005. The essays, written by friends, collaborators and former students, reflect the scholarly interests that defined Professor Beasley's career and point to new directions of critical inquiry. The initial essays, which discuss ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

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    Dispatches from the 2016 Circus

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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

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  • The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

    by Gosta Esping-Andersen ...
    Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, one of the most distinguished contributors to current debates on this issue, here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced western societies.Esping-Andersen distinguishes ... Read more

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  • Mobilizing for Human Rights

    International Law in Domestic Politics

    by Beth A. Simmons ...
    This volume argues that international human rights law has made a positive contribution to the realization of human rights in much of the world. Although governments sometimes ratify human rights treaties, gambling that they will experience little pressure to comply with them, this is not typically the case. Focusing on rights stakeholders rather than the United Nations or state pressure, Beth ... Read more

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