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Price: $19.99
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Sale: $13.99
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Manufacturer: Tantor Media
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Audio CD
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Author: Charles Osgood
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Publisher: Tantor Media
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Edition: MP3 Una
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973.099
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Publication Date: 2008-06-16
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Description: Charles Osgood, one of America's favorite news personalities, offers a rib-tickling compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns.
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Price: $90.00
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Sale: $50.50
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Manufacturer: Pinter Pub Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Brian Girvin
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Publisher: Pinter Pub Ltd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324.24040904
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Publication Date: 1994-09
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Reading Level: 242
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $0.01
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Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Bill Sammon
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Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324.9730929
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Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Washington Times reporter Bill Sammon makes it clear in the opening pages of At Any Cost that he's not a big fan of Al Gore. In this fast-paced account of what happened to Florida's controversial vote, he explains how a defeated Gore desperately fought to turn things around. He starts by suggesting that tens of thousands of voters in the Florida Panhandle--Republican country--decided not to cast ballots when the media wrongly called the state for Gore early in the evening on Election Day, before all the polls had closed in the western part of the state. Without this blunder--which hasn't received nearly the attention heaped on the media for prematurely calling the election for George W. Bush several hours later--Sammon believes Gore would have given up his post-election campaign much sooner. Sammon also believes this had repercussions outside Florida: "If not for the networks' early and erroneous projections, Bush might have easily won the popular vote, and carried a few congressional seats with him." The bulk of the book zeros in on Gore and his goal of "seizing the presidency." In one nifty bit of reporting, Sammon tracks down a navy lieutenant whose military ballot Gore's lawyers were determined to throw out. Sammon describes the unseemly spectacle of their success: When the [Duval County] canvassing board announced that the ballots of 149 soldiers, sailors, and airmen had been disqualified, a pair of jubilant Gore lawyers exchanged high-fives. A Republican, visibly shaken by this sight, demanded to know how they could celebrate the disenfranchisement of U.S. military members risking their lives around the world. One of the Gore lawyers glibly replied, "A win's a win." Sammon also covers all that business about the chads, Gore's "smear campaign" against Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and the Supreme Court's controversial Bush v. Gore ruling. This is by no means the definitive story of what happened in Florida, but it's a useful piece of journalism--and one that Bush's supporters will read with that heady mixture of outrage and excitement that politics uniquely provides. --John J. Miller
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $19.94
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Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Kiron Skinner::Bruce Bueno de Mesquita::Serhiy Kudelia::Condoleezza Rice
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324
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Publication Date: 2008-08-05
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Reading Level: 356
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Description: The Strategy of Campaigning explores the political careers of Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin, two of the most galvanizing and often controversial political figures of our time. Both men overcame defeat early in their political careers and rose to the highest elected offices in their respective countries. The authors demonstrate how and why Reagan and Yeltsin succeeded in their political aspirations, despite—or perhaps because of—their apparent “policy extremism”: that is, their advocacy of policy positions far from the mainstream. The book analyzes the viability of policy extremism as a political strategy that enables candidates to forge new coalitions and outflank conventional political allegiances.
Kiron K. Skinner is Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Carnegie Mellon University, a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a member of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel and the National Security Education Board. Serhiy Kudelia is Lecturer of Politics at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine and advisor to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is Julius Silver Professor and Director of the Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy at New York University and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Condoleezza Rice is on a leave of absence from Stanford University, where she was a Professor of Political Science and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is currently serving as U.S. Secretary of State. |
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Price: $49.95
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Sale: $36.99
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Manufacturer: Sage Publications Ltd
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jocelyn A J Evans
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Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324.9
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Publication Date: 2004-01-31
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Reading Level: 219
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Description: 'This clear and comprehensive textbook will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate courses on elections and voting behaviour. Complex theoretical and statistical ideas are explained lucidly and effectively - no mean achievement' - Representation 'Voters and Voting fills a yawning gap in the study of elections and voting behaviour. No other book today matches the breadth and depth of coverage provided by Jocelyn Evans. This book is destined to become a staple in university courses on elections, parties and political methodology. It will also be a well-thumbed addition to scholars' personal libraries' - David M Farrell, The University of Manchester This accessible textbook provides a comprehensive introduction and guide to theories of voting and electoral behaviour. The text introduces the concept of voting and traces the historical origins and development of voting theories up to and including present-day techniques and models. Approaches reviewed include the early social and psychological models, through the rational choice, spatial modelling and economic theories, to the more sophisticated contemporary models. By carefully presenting and explaining the major technical and methodological advances made in voting studies, the text serves to provide a complete review of the different approaches and techniques that have characterized this area of study from its origins to the present day. The book includes separate chapters on abstention and electoral competition, and employs a range of empirical examples from a number of countries. It concludes by looking at how voting studies might evolve in the future. Voters and Voting: An Introduction will be essential reading for all students of electoral and political behaviour across the social and political sciences. (20070118)
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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $43.65
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Manufacturer: CQ Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Cq Press Staff
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Publisher: CQ Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324.973
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Publication Date: 2005-12-15
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Reading Level: 277
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Description: This comprehensive resource explains with detail and clarity the evolution of presidential elections. Now updated to include comprehensive coverage of the 2004 Bush-Kerry presidential contest, this convenient volume explains the process through which the president is elected--including the complexities of the Electoral College system. Readers will find information on: - Who runs for president and how the process, from primary to inauguration, works; - The contests held for every presidential election from 1789 to 2004; - The complexities and impact of the primary and caucus systems; - Popular and electoral votes for president from 1789 to 2004; - The role of and debates over the Electoral College; - A biographical directory of U.S. presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $3.94
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Manufacturer: Basic Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: J. William Middendorf II
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324
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Publication Date: 2008-03-31
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: Barry Goldwater’s 1964 run for the presidency was one of the major political turning points of the twentieth century: The policy positions and electoral strategies of that campaign have become standard tenets of Republican politics. A member of the “Draft Goldwater” movement as early as 1962, Bill Middendorf had better than a ringside seat for this pivotal event and knows its inside story better than anyone else. A Glorious Disaster tells that story in all its rollicking, agonizing, and never-before-published detail.
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $21.95
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Manufacturer: Stanford Economics and Finance
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ray Fair
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Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 303.4973
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Publication Date: 2002-08
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Reading Level: 184
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Description: What do the following events have in common? In 2000, the election between George W. Bush and Al Gore was a virtual tie. The 1989 and 1990 vintages have turned out to be two of the best ever for Bordeaux wines. In 2001, the Federal Reserve lowered the interest rate eleven times. The decade of the 1970s was one of the worst on record for U.S. inflation. In 2001, the author of this book, at age 59, ran a marathon in 3 hours and 30 minutes, but should have been able to do it in 3 hours and 15 minutes.
This book shows clearly and simply how these diverse events can be explained by using the tools of the social sciences and statistics. It moves from a discussion of formulating theories about real world phenomena to lessons on how to analyze data, test theories, and make predictions. Through the use of a rich array of examples, the book demonstrates the power and range of social science and statistical methods.
In addition to “big” topics—presidential elections, Federal Reserve behavior, and inflation—and “not quite so big” topics—wine quality—the book takes on questions of more direct, personal interest. Who of your friends is most likely to have an extramarital affair? How important is class attendance for academic performance in college? How fast can you expect to run a race or perform some physical task at age 55, given your time at age 30? (In other words, how fast are you slowing down?) As the author works his way through an incredibly broad range of questions and topics, demonstrating the usefulness of statistical theory and method, he gives the reader a new way of thinking about many age-old concerns in public and private life.
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Price: $23.00
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Sale: $16.50
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Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Hunter S. Thompson
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Publisher: Random House
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324.9730928
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Publication Date: 1994-08-30
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Reading Level: 245
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Description: Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better Than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again - without leaving home - yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received from candidate Clinton's top aides, and 100 percent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all ever penned by man, beast, or Thompson.
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Hosea Hudson::Neil Irvin Painter
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324.27375096073075
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Publication Date: 1993-12
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Reading Level: 426
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