Parties, Campaigns, Elections

Campaign Crises: Detours on the Road to Congress
R. Sam Garrett

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! How do sleepy congressional campaigns become heated battles? What happens behind the scenes during pivotal moments? Sam Garrett explores the dynamic    More >

Campaign Finance in Local Elections: Buying the Grassroots
Brian E. Adams

Even in local elections, money matters—but just how much? Drawing on multifaceted data from more than 700 races featuring 2,800 candidates, Brian Adams comprehensively investigates the    More >

Campaigns and Elections: Issues, Concepts, Cases
Robert P. Watson and Colton C. Campbell, editors

Blending insightful scholarship with a "nuts and bolts" approach, Campaigns and Elections examines the electoral process at the local, state, and national levels. The    More >

Cozy Politics: Political Parties, Campaign Finance, and Compromised Governance
Peter Kobrak

Cozy politics, Peter Kobrak contends, is shredding the already fragile fabric of political rapport between citizens and their government. Exploring the insidious system that encourages    More >

Electing Jesse Ventura: A Third-Party Success Story
Jacob Lentz

While many commentators and political scientists dismissed Jesse Ventura's rise to the governorship as a fluke of celebrity, Jacob Lentz shows that it was Minnesota's unique    More >

Election Night News and Voter Turnout: Solving the Projection Puzzle
William C. Adams

In eight of the past dozen presidential elections, TV networks proclaimed the winner while citizens on the West Coast, Hawaii, and Alaska were still casting ballots. Is this a problem? Do    More >

Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism
Larry Diamond, Edward B. Foley, and Richard H. Pildes, editors

In the midst of the political ugliness that has become part of our everyday reality, are there steps that can be taken to counter polarization and extremism—practical steps that are    More >

Florida 2000: A Sourcebook on the Contested Presidential Election
Mark Whitman, editor

Florida 2000 offers a clear, but also nuanced, account of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the disputed presidential election. Combining original sources with analyses, Mark    More >

Hillary Clinton’s Race for the White House: Gender Politics and the Media on the Campaign Trail
Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose

Senator Hillary Clinton won 18 million votes in 2008—nearly twice that of any presidential contender in recent history—yet she failed to secure the Democratic nomination. In    More >

Inside Political Campaigns: Chronicles—and Lessons—from the Trenches
James R. Bowers and Stephen Daniels, editors

This guided tour of the inner workings of the election campaign process demystifies the often murky world of professional politics. Offering a unique blend of theory and practice, Inside    More >

Law and Election Politics: The Rules of the Game
Matthew J. Streb, editor

How much money can a candidate for political office legally collect, and from what sources? What can and can't be said in campaign ads? Who determines the process of redistricting, and    More >

Madam President? Gender and Politics on the Road to the White House
Lori Cox Han and Caroline Heldman, editors

Scholars and pundits alike will continue for years to speculate about why both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris lost presidential elections to Donald Trump. Their conclusions may differ,    More >

Polarized Politics: The Impact of Divisiveness in the US Political System
William Crotty, editor

What are the consequences of political polarization in the United States? Are citizens' interests adequately represented when divisive politics are the norm? What ideologies—and    More >

Political Giving: Making Sense of Individual Campaign Contributions
Bertram N. Johnson

Why do some 30 million people in the United States give money to political candidates and causes—even though most individual contributions are irrational from the perspective of a    More >

Political Parties Matter: Realignment and the Return of Partisan Voting
Jeffrey M. Stonecash

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! After years of decline, why has party attachment become a strong force once again in US politics? Jeffrey Stonecash argues that the recent resurgence of    More >

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