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Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412811031
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)
Download or read book The American Democrat written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1931.
Author : David M. Faris
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612196950
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)
Download or read book It's Time to Fight Dirty written by David M. Faris and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2018 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American electoral system is clearly failing more horrifically in the 2016 presidential election than ever before. In It's Time to Fight Dirty, David Faris expands on his popular series for 'The Week' to offer party leaders and supporters concrete strategies for lasting political reform - and in doing so lays the groundwork for a more progressive future. With equal parts playful irreverence and persuasive reasoning, It's Time to Fight Dirty is essential reading as we head toward the 2018 midterms... and beyond.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780895262424
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (624 download)
Download or read book The American Democrat and Other Political Writings written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His argument, that the real American should be one rooted in virtue, honor, and honesty, transcend time and historical era. This edition is the first to combine all three works - the entirety of Letter and The American Democrat, and numerous excerpts from Notions.".
Author : Ismail K. White
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691199515
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Steadfast Democrats written by Ismail K. White and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over the last half century, there has been a marked increase in ideological conservatism among African Americans, with nearly 50% of black Americans describing themselves as conservative in the 2000s, as compared to 10% in the 1970s. Support for redistributive initiatives has likewise declined. And yet, even as black Americans shift rightward on ideological and issue positions, Democratic Party identification has stayed remarkable steady, holding at 80% to 90%. It is this puzzle that White and Laird look to address in this new book: Why has ideological change failed to push black Americans into the Republican party? Most explanations for homogeneity have focused on individual dispositions, including ideology and group identity. White and Laird acknowledge that these are important, but point out that such explanations fail to account for continued political unity even in the face of individual ideological change and of individual incentives to defect from this common group behavior. The authors offer instead, or in addition, a behavioral explanation, arguing that black Americans maintain political unity through the establishment and enforcement of well-defined group expectations of black political behavior through a process they term racialized social constraint. The authors explain how black political norms came about, and what these norms are, then show (with the help of survey data and lab-in-field experiments) how such norms are enforced, and where this enforcement happens (through a focus on black institutions). They conclude by exploring the implications of the theory for electoral strategy, as well as explaining how this framework can be used to understand other voter communities"--
Author : Al From
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1137401443
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book The New Democrats and the Return to Power written by Al From and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Barack Obama's solid win in the 2012 election, it's easy to forget that there was a time, not long ago, when the Democrats were shut out of power for over a decade. But Al From remembers. In 1984, he led a small band of governors, US senators, and members of Congress to organize the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). Their mission: to rescue the party from the political wilderness, redefine its message, and, most importantly, win presidential elections. In April 1989, From traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, to recruit the state's young governor, Bill Clinton, to be chairman of the DLC. Here, Al From explores the founding philosophy of the New Democrats, which not only achieved stunning validation during Clinton's two terms, but also became the model for resurgent center-left parties in Europe and throughout the democratic world. Here, he outlines for the first time the principles at the heart of the movement, including economic centrism, national security, and entitlement reform, and why they are vital to the success of the Democratic Party in the years ahead.
Author : John S. Jackson
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815726384
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)
Download or read book The American Political Party System written by John S. Jackson and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From party polarization, elections, and internal party politics, to the evolution of the U.S. presidency, John S. Jackson's new book has something for everyone interested in American politics. Beginning with a discussion of the creation of the U.S. government to the formation of today's political powerhouses, Jackson provides a narrative sweep of American party history like none other. Unique to this book is a detailed breakdown of the evolution of political parties from 1832 to the current era. Jackson explains how the reform era came to be, as well as how it produced the polarized party era we have today. In doing so, he guides the reader to an appreciation of where U.S. party politics originated and the aspirations of those who helped create the current system. Jackson also examines the internal mechanisms and personalities of the Democratic and Republican parties. He compares multiple presidential elections, thus telling a broader story of the unfolding of today's party polarization and gridlock. He also explores the theoretical meaning of the changes observed in the parties from the responsible party model perspective. The themes of continuity and change are set in the context of group-think versus rational decisionmaking. Specific focus is given to political elites who are sophisticated about politics and who make strategic decisions, but are also bound by their humanity and occasionally fail to see the right deci-sion due to their own personal biases. This book will be particularly useful for those who want to explore polarization, the responsible parties model, the rational actor model, and anyone who wants to better understand elections, party politics, and the evolution of the presidency.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The American Democrat written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John B. Judis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743254783
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book The Emerging Democratic Majority written by John B. Judis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-02-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A WINNER OF THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY'S ANNUAL POLITICAL BOOK AWARD Political experts John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira convincingly use hard data -- demographic, geographic, economic, and political -- to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. In the 1960s, Kevin Phillips, battling conventional wisdom, correctly foretold the dawn of a new conservative era. His book, The Emerging Republican Majority, became an indispensable guide for all those attempting to understand political change through the 1970s and 1980s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the country in Republican hands, The Emerging Democratic Majority is the indispensable guide to this era. In five well-researched chapters and a new afterword covering the 2002 elections, Judis and Teixeira show how the most dynamic and fastest-growing areas of the country are cultivating a new wave of Democratic voters who embrace what the authors call "progressive centrism" and take umbrage at Republican demands to privatize social security, ban abortion, and cut back environmental regulations. As the GOP continues to be dominated by neoconservatives, the religious right, and corporate influence, this is an essential volume for all those discontented with their narrow agenda -- and a clarion call for a new political order.
Author : Lance Selfa
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608461920
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Democrats written by Lance Selfa and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A smart, readable history of the Democrats that reminds us of the party's allegiance to capital."—Indypendent
Author : Mickey Edwards
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300186029
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Parties Versus the People written by Mickey Edwards and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An urgent and engaging look at how American politics have become the founding fathers’ worst nightmare” (The Daily Beast). America’s political system is dysfunctional. We know it, yet the problem seems intractable—after every election, voters discover yet again that political “leaders” are simply quarreling in a never-ending battle between the two warring tribes. As a former congressman, Mickey Edwards witnessed firsthand how important legislative battles can devolve into struggles not over principle but over party advantage. He offers graphic examples of how this problem has intensified and reveals how political battles have become nothing more than conflicts between party machines. In this critically important book, he identifies exactly how our political and governing systems reward intransigence, discourage compromise, and undermine our democracy—and describes exactly what must be done to banish the negative effects of partisan warfare from our political system and renew American democracy. “Overcoming tribalism and knee-jerk partisanship is the central challenge of our time. Mickey Edwards shows why and how in this fascinating book filled with sensible suggestions.” —Walter Isaacson, New York Times–bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci “Many Americans, whether Democrats, Republicans, independent or otherwise, would welcome a few more like [Edwards] in office.” —The Boston Globe
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The American Democrat, Or Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331970524
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The American Democrat written by J. Fenimore Cooper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Democrat: Or Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America A limited monarchy is a government in which the will of the sovereign is restrained by ceitain provisions of the state, that cannot lawfully be violated. In its true signification, the word monarch means any prince at the head of a state. Monarchs are known by different titles; such as emperors, kings, princes, grand dukes, dukes, &c. &c.; but it is not now common to apply the term to any below the rank of kings. The title of sovereign is of more general use, though properly meaning the same thing as that of monarch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Matthew Levendusky
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226473678
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)
Download or read book The Partisan Sort written by Matthew Levendusky and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Washington elites drifted toward ideological poles over the past few decades, did ordinary Americans follow their lead? In The Partisan Sort, Matthew Levendusky reveals that we have responded to this trend—but not, for the most part, by becoming more extreme ourselves. While polarization has filtered down to a small minority of voters, it also has had the more significant effect of reconfiguring the way we sort ourselves into political parties. In a marked realignment since the 1970s—when partisan affiliation did not depend on ideology and both major parties had strong liberal and conservative factions—liberals today overwhelmingly identify with Democrats, as conservatives do with Republicans. This “sorting,” Levendusky contends, results directly from the increasingly polarized terms in which political leaders define their parties. Exploring its far-reaching implications for the American political landscape, he demonstrates that sorting makes voters more loyally partisan, allowing campaigns to focus more attention on mobilizing committed supporters. Ultimately, Levendusky concludes, this new link between party and ideology represents a sea change in American politics.
Author : Fred Turner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022606414X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Democratic Surround written by Fred Turner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “smart and fascinating” reassessment of postwar American culture and the politics of the 1960s from the author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture (Reason Magazine). We tend to think of the sixties as an explosion of creative energy and freedom that arose in direct revolt against the social restraint and authoritarian hierarchy of the early Cold War years. Yet, as Fred Turner reveals in The Democratic Surround, the decades that brought us the Korean War and communist witch hunts also witnessed an extraordinary turn toward explicitly democratic, open, and inclusive ideas of communication—and with them new, flexible models of social order. Surprisingly, he shows that it was this turn that brought us the revolutionary multimedia and wild-eyed individualism of the 1960s counterculture. In this prequel to his celebrated book From Counterculture to Cyberculture, Turner rewrites the history of postwar America, showing how in the 1940s and ‘50s American liberalism offered a far more radical social vision than we now remember. He tracks the influential mid-century entwining of Bauhaus aesthetics with American social science and psychology. From the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the New Bauhaus in Chicago and Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Turner shows how some of the best-known artists and intellectuals of the forties developed new models of media, new theories of interpersonal and international collaboration, and new visions of an open, tolerant, and democratic self in direct contrast to the repression and conformity associated with the fascist and communist movements. He then shows how their work shaped some of the most significant media events of the Cold War, including Edward Steichen’s Family of Man exhibition, the multimedia performances of John Cage, and, ultimately, the psychedelic Be-Ins of the sixties. Turner demonstrates that by the end of the 1950s this vision of the democratic self and the media built to promote it would actually become part of the mainstream, even shaping American propaganda efforts in Europe. Overturning common misconceptions of these transformational years, The Democratic Surround shows just how much the artistic and social radicalism of the sixties owed to the liberal ideals of Cold War America, a democratic vision that still underlies our hopes for digital media today. “Brilliant . . . [an] excellent and thought-provoking book.” —Tropics of Meta
Author : Langdon Morris
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781658632300
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (323 download)
Download or read book Winning the War for America written by Langdon Morris and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics is first of all the pursuit of power. And then in step two it's about what you do with power when you get it. Power offers the supreme seduction of being able to make things go your way, and also avoids having their way imposed upon you. In America, "your way" and "their way" are growing further apart, leaving us in a highly polarized society that is at war with itself. American's political parties and their contrasting ideologies are the driving forces in the war, because parties have evolved as the surest way to attain power. Each party naturally crafts its strategy and its vision according to what it thinks will sell its way into office.For more than a century, the Republicans have been the party of money, which also means that they're a minority party. To attain power they must therefore stitch together a coalition of diverse interests to overcome the larger and urbanized Democratic base. The key innovation of the Ronald Reagan coalition of 1980s was in doing just that by crafting a platform that appealed not only to its natural constituency of wealthy and business interests based on an economic promise, but which also appealed to specific groups of Americans based upon the ideological promise of purity and patriotism. Reagan, that is, was the first successful "values politician" of our era, and as the cities became progressively more Democratic, rural America has shifted in favor of Republican-branded patriotism.The Reagan coalition has stayed together largely because of a very strong dose of persuasion, or more accurately, propaganda, from right wing media. But the heavy reliance on propaganda and prepackaged outrage had a major unexpected consequence in 2016, the surprising rise of Donald Trump.The Democrats, in contrast, constitute a natural majority that should win national elections often and easily, but while the Republicans are excellent strategists who play for the long term, the Democrats are poor ones who play tactically, and consequently they lose elections that they should win. In addition, due to the arcane Electoral College process, they also lose elections that they actually do win.Coming up on four years of bad GOP government, we now approach the 2020 with trepidation, for this will not be an election of nuances and convivial variations on common themes, it will be a hugely ugly election campaign. Accusations, hard selling, and hard contrasts, nasty name calling and angry accusations, threats and intimidation, rhetoric and bombast, monstrous claims and insidious insinuation will be the norm. And perhaps Vladimir Putin will again be heavily involved. Months of unpleasantness lie ahead as the parties vie for office, and with it the power to bring forth their deeply contrasting visions of America's future.This is the War for America.
Author : Stephen A Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781524978105
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (781 download)
Download or read book The Four Stages of the American Political Party System written by Stephen A Reed and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Kwak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947492431
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (924 download)
Download or read book Take Back Our Party written by James Kwak and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, the Democrats were the party of the people-of the New Deal, unions, and the War on Poverty. The New Democrats, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama changed all that. Scarred by the Reagan Revolution, they abandoned their party's historical identity. They embraced the idea that markets are the source of prosperity and government's role is to nurture private sector growth, which would help both the 1% and the 99%. This idea has failed. Inequality has grown to historic proportions, and many families struggle with constant economic insecurity. In choosing markets over people, the party abandoned lower- and middle-income families-and by 2016, they no longer knew what the Democrats stood for. If we are to reverse the tide of inequality and to defend our country from President Trump and the Republicans, we must take back our party. It is time to restore the vision of Franklin Roosevelt: that a decent society takes care of all its citizens and ensures them the basic necessities of life. It is time for the Democratic Party to represent the people once again.
