Political Process
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Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections
$21.95 Add to cartHistorians have long been engaged in telling the story of the struggle for the vote. In the wake of recent contested elections, the suppression of the vote has returned to the headlines, as awareness
- Series: History in the Headlines
- Author: Downs, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 15 2020
- ISBN10: 082035774X
- Language: English
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The Responsive Chord: The Responsive Chord: How Media Manipulate You: What You Buy… Who You Vote For… and How You Think.
$16.99 Add to cartTony Schwartz, author of seminal text The Responsive Chord, is the progenitor of the study of media manipulation. As of 2016, his book is more important now than ever. The creator of the “Daisy Ad,” w… [more below]
- Author: Schwartz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: January 10 2017
- ISBN10: 163353605X
- Language: English
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The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party
$19.99 Add to cartAmerica is under attack. Its institutions and values are under daily assault. But the principal culprits are not foreign terrorists. They are influential and powerful Americans secretly stirring up di
- Author: Horowitz, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1595551034
- Language: English
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Jacking Out
$22.95 Add to cartAt the end of 2019, Aron Lee decided to live 2020 without access to the internet. He would interact with the world in what we have already come to think of as the “old-fashioned” way — taking calls
- Author: Lee, Aron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: July 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1772442836
- Language: English
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Democrats 101: A Primer for Us
$10.99 Add to cartWhat is a Democrat? Why is it so hard to define, and why do we keep letting the Republicans do it? Why do we squabble when we should be united? Why do we drift endlessly into policy disputes when bigg
- Author: Purvis, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1737251302
- Language: English
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Re: imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World
$21.95 Read moreRe: Imagining Change provides resources, theory, hands-on tools, and illuminating case studies for the next generation of innovative change-makers. This unique book explores how culture, media, memes,
- Author: Reinsborough, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1629633844
- Language: English
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Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change
$22.95 Add to cartWritten in an engaging and accessible style, Ideas for Action gives activists the intellectual tools to turn discontent into a plan of action. Exploring a wide range of political traditions–including
- Author: Kaufman, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1629631477
- Language: English
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Abolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression
$24.95 Add to cartThe Department of Justice sought information on all who visited the DisruptJ20.org website for Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Undercover agents infiltrate BlackLivesMatter protests. Police routinely com- Author: Robé, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1629633615
- Language: English
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Propaganda 2.1
$26.00 Add to cartSince the US presidential election of 2016 the words propaganda and fake news have been prominent in American political and cultural discourse. Yet very few people can provide a coherent explanation o… [more below]
- Author: Fallon, Peter K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: September 08 2022
- ISBN10: 166673134X
- Language: English
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50 Democracy Ideas You Really Need to Know
$12.99 Add to cartIn a series of 50 accessible essays, Adam Fleming introduces and explains the history, key ideas and tools of democracy developed by some of the world’s greatest thinkers – spanning from the ancient G… [more below]
- Author: Fleming, Adam
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1529434173
- Language: English
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A Political Education: A Washington Memoir
$35.00 Add to cartThis insider’s view of Washington in the 1950s and 1960s, of the tumultuous presidency of Lyndon Johnson, and of the conflicts and factions of the president’s staff has become a political classic sinc
- Author: McPherson, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 515
- Publish Date: March 01, 1995
- ISBN10: 0292751818
- Language: English
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Mao
$12.99 Add to cartA giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Ver… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Davin, Delia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 10 2013
- ISBN10: 019958866X
- Language: English
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The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers
$20.99 Add to cart“A masterful depiction of the party today. . . . McGregor illuminates the most important of the contradictions and paradoxes. . . . An entertaining and insightful portrait of China’s secretive rulers.
- Author: McGregor, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0061708763
- Language: English
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States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America
$32.65 Read moreAs America continues down its path of polarization, a celebrated journalist tells us the deep story of the red-state/blue-state divide
In the wake of Trump’s presidency, Republican-led states have join
- Author: Kleinknecht, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1620976412
- Language: English
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What Can We Hope For?: Essays on Politics
$41.58 Add to cartPrescient essays about the state of our politics from the philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue would become president of the United States
Richard Rorty, one of the most influential int- Author: Rorty, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0691217521
- Language: English
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Quest for the Presidency: The Storied and Surprising History of Presidential Campaigns in America
$36.95 Add to cartQuest for the Presidency gathers in a single volume the compelling stories behind every presidential campaign in American history, from 1789 through 2020. Bob Riel takes us inside the 1800 clash betwe… [more below]
- Author: Riel, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1640122303
- Language: English
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The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump
$20.99 Add to cartThe New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in main
- Author: Wehner, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 006282080X
- Language: English
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The Candidate’s 7 Deadly Sins: Using Emotional Optics to Turn Political Vices into Virtues
$27.99 Add to cartIf you ask candidates and campaign strategists for the keys to a successful campaign, they say logistics like fundraising, poll numbers, and grassroots.
These answers aren’t wrong, but they overlook
- Author: Wish, Peter A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1544507291
- Language: English
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True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society
$21.99 Add to cartWhy has punditry lately overtaken news? Why do lies seem to linger so long in the cultural subconscious even after they’ve been thoroughly discredited? And why, when more people than ever before are d… [more below]
- Author: Manjoo, Farhad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: March 17 2008
- ISBN10: 1620458403
- Language: English
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Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
$47.50 Read moreA prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond
Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Part- Author: Rodden, Jonathan a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1541644271
- Language: English
