Now in a thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, An Introduction to the Policy Process provides
students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and affordable introduction to the field of …

The rise of the Tea Party redefined both the Republican Party and how we think about
intraparty conflict. What initially appeared to be an anti-Obama protest movement of fiscal …

Political campaigns today are won or lost in the so-called ground war--the strategic
deployment of teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid part-timers who work the phones and …

What social groups support which political party, and how that support has changed over
time, are central questions in the sociology of political behaviour. This study provides the first …

Despite the democratic significance of citizen talk about politics, the field of communication
has not considered how that talk is weathering stresses facing our civic culture. We examine …

What are the primary factions within the Democratic and Republican parties, and to what
extent do rival factions cooperate? We address these questions using a unique data set of …

Much has been written about the historic nature of the Obama campaign. The multi-year,
multi-billion dollar operation elected the nation's first black president, raised and spent more …

In 1980, Republicans used appeals to sexist and racist bigotry to win the Presidency. The
party adopted an electoral strategy that included getting votes by playing on the fear and …

Throughout history, humans have explored new places, making both good and bad moral
decisions along the way. As humanity proceeds to explore space, it is important that we …

Stephen K. Medvic's Campaigns and Elections is a comprehensive yet compact core text
that addresses two distinct but related aspects of American electoral democracy: the …