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The Political Effects of Entertainment Media
Entertainment media are rife with material that touches on the political. The stories with which we entertain ourselves often show us, for better or worse, that everything can be solved by the rise of an individual hero, and that the “best way” to deal with a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Our stories portray individuals along the lines of gender, racial, and ethnic stereotypes; offer us villains that are one-dimensional characters driven by evil; and show us politicians who are almost always corrupt, self-serving, and/or incompetent. They offer up models for how to deal with oppressive authority and they typically portray worlds that are just, where those who do the right ...
Principles of the Law, Election Administration: Non-Precinct Voting and Resolution of Ballot-Counting Disputes
Election administration is essential to the proper functioning of our democracy. The American Law Institute’s first Principles in this area focuses on two areas of great importance: non-precinct voting and the resolution of disputed elections. Part I provides principles for use by jurisdictions that wish to use absentee-voting or early-voting options as a supplement to in-person precinct-based voting on Election Day. Part II concerns principles applicable to disputed elections generally, while Part III specifically concerns procedures necessary for disputed presidential elections given their uniquely challenging scheduling constraints.
Battleground: Government and Politics
Through a detailed exploration of the viewpoints involved, this balanced and incisive work promotes understanding of the most divisive issues in American government today. Government and politics is an area in which there are no "right" answers, but much room for debate. Battleground: Government and Politics allows students and general readers alike to consider key political debates from all sides and to arrive at their own considered convictions, based on a firm understanding of the issues and points of view involved. This two-volume work explores dozens of the most contentious issues in contemporary life, issues that impact how our government is run today and how it will be run in the future. Each topic is examined in a balanced way, providing not only an overview of the issues involved, but an objective assessment of the stance of all sides. Readers can use these entries as thorough and solid summaries of the most contentious controversies in contemporary society, or as starting points for more in-depth research into the debates.
The Measure of American Elections
This book brings leading scholars together to examine the performance of elections across the United States, using a data-driven perspective.
Administering Elections
Administering Elections provides a digest of contemporary American election administration using a systems perspective. The authors provide insight into the interconnected nature of all components of elections administration, and sheds like on the potential consequences of reforms that fail to account for this.
Voting in America: What influences the American voter : interest groups, issues, and the media
The three volumes of Voting in America offer the most comprehensive and authoritative account of all aspects of voting in the United States ever assembled.
Voting in America: American voting systems in flux : debacles, dangers, and brave new designs
The three volumes of Voting in America offer the most comprehensive and authoritative account of all aspects of voting in the United States ever assembled.
Voting in America
The three volumes of Voting in America offer the most comprehensive and authoritative account of all aspects of voting in the United States ever assembled.
