Download or read book Election 2000 A Space Odyssey written by Jim Hightower and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2001-02-20 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Hightower, America's favorite subversive, is still mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore. But he will give you a sizeable piece of his mind on Election 2000. This plain-talking, name-naming, podium-pounding populist zeros in on everything that ails us, from the global economy and media to big business and election winners everywhere. In his hard hitting commentary and hilarious anecdotes, Hightower spares no one, including the scared cows -- and especially the politicians -- who helped steer us into this mess in the first place. An equal opportunity muckrucker and a conscientious agitator for "We the People", Hightower inspires us to take charge again, build a new politics for a better tommorow -- and have a lot of laughs along the way
Download or read book If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates written by Jim Hightower and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If anything, in this presidential election special, he's madder than ever! In his earlier bestseller, There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos, Hightower only began to tap into the deep yearning that Americans have for a new politics that speaks to them from a real-world, kitchen-table perspective. Now, with the year 2000 being an especially significant marker for contemplating our country's direction, not only for the new year but for the new century and the new millennium, it's time for citizens to reclaim their political, economic, and cultural heritage. Leading the way with his hilariously irreverent yet profoundly serious book is our name-naming, podium-pounding, point-them-in-the-right-direction populist, Hightower himself. He whacks conventional wisdom right upside the head,showing,with startling facts and compelling personal stories, that despite a so-called period of prosperity, America's middle class is getting mugged, and that far from being ordained by the gods,globalization is globaloney! Hightower rips the mass off of the candidates, the parties, the consultants, and especially the moneyed powers whoa re supporting all of the leading presidential hopefuls. he's mad about them all--but what he's maddest about, what really gets his goat,is that they are all the same! To paraphrase Jim, American politicians are alike because they don't come cheap. In fact, they're all very expansive. which is why only the rich can own them and why their allegiance is definitely not to regular,worka-day citizens. No one is spared in this insightful and engaging blend of horror and success stories, hard-hitting commentary, laugh-out-loud humor, useful facts, and sparkling language. An equal opportunity muckraker and conscientious agitator for "We the people," Hightower inspires us to take charge again, to build a new politics, and, together, to build a better tomorrow. Jim Hightower's If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates proves yet again that his is a uniquely wise and peerlessly singular voice in the maelstrom of political prattle.
Download or read book Democratic Empire written by Jim Cullen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEMOCRATIC EMPIRE DEMOCRATIC EMPIRE The United States Since 1945 Democracy and empire often seem like competing, even opposing, concepts. And yet, since the end of World War II, the United States has integrated elements of both in the process of becoming a dominant global power. Democratic Empire: The United States Since 1945 explores the way democracy and empire have converged and been challenged both at home and abroad, surveying the nation’s recent cultural, political and economic history. This account pays particular attention to mass media, the fine arts, and intellectual currents in the era of the American Dream. Concise and engagingly written, Democratic Empire presents a unique analysis of US history since 1945 and the egalitarian and imperial forces that have shaped contemporary America.
Download or read book The Election of the Century The 2000 Election and What it Tells Us About American Politics in the New Millennium written by Stephen J. Wayne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places the 2000 presidential and congressional elections into the larger and future context of American politics. The essays in Part I focus on the role of "wedge" issues in 2000, including the economy, foreign policy, and race. Part II examines the electorate in terms of gender, religion, and age. Part III analyzes Republican and Democratic strategies in 2000. Part IV focuses in on specific factors affecting the 2000 races including the Clinton factor.
Download or read book Memory s Orbit written by Joseph Natoli and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixing memoir and cultural criticism, Memory's Orbit examines the intersections between a wide range of films and current events, finding its theme and orbiting narrative structure in the personal stories we live within and their relationship to the social and cultural order. Joseph Natoli covers such films as The Matrix, American Beauty, Fight Club, Eyes Wide Shut, and American History X, as well as such headline events as the death of John F. Kennedy Jr., the dot-com boom, the WTO protests in Seattle, and Bush versus Gore, consistently identifying those aspects of the social order that have shaped his narrating frame. Eschewing theoretical exposition and jargon, Natoli performs postmodern critique, and this book continues his innovative work in the genre of cultural studies.
Download or read book The Perfect Tie written by Andrew E. Busch and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election, James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch continue their study of national elections and their broader implications for American politics and society. With groundbreaking research of electoral politics and penetrating discussions of divided government, independent candidates, party platforms, realignment theory, the electoral college, and campaign strategies, Ceaser and Busch attempt to make sense of the 2000 presidential election. By separating myth from fact in presidential contests and by emphasizing the significance of frequently overlooked issues, such as foreign policy, this book is essential reading for courses in American Government, Campaigns and Elections, and Presidential Politics, as well as for any American interested in the real and lasting importance of the 2000 elections.
Download or read book A Novel Approach to Politics written by Douglas A. Van Belle and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A textbook you will want to read. A Novel Approach to Politics turns the conventional textbook wisdom on its head by using pop culture references to illustrate key concepts and cover recent political events. Adopters of previous editions are thanking author Douglas A. Van Belle for some of their best student evaluations to date. With this Sixth Edition, Van Belle brings the book fully up-to-date with current events and policy debates, international happenings, and other assorted ‘intergalactic’ matters. Van Belle tackles the most tumultuous political periods in recent history head-on, encouraging you to engage with ideas, arguments, and information that might make you uncomfortable. Employing a wide range of references from Brooklyn Nine-Nine to The Good Place to Ready Player One, you are given a solid grounding in institutions, ideology, and economics. To keep things grounded, the textbook nuts and bolts are still there to aid you, including chapter objectives, chapter summaries, bolded key terms, and discussion questions.
Download or read book American Countercultures An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists Alternative Lifestyles and Radical Ideas in U S History written by Gina Misiroglu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 2300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counterculture, while commonly used to describe youth-oriented movements during the 1960s, refers to any attempt to challenge or change conventional values and practices or the dominant lifestyles of the day. This fascinating three-volume set explores these movements in America from colonial times to the present in colorful detail. "American Countercultures" is the first reference work to examine the impact of countercultural movements on American social history. It highlights the writings, recordings, and visual works produced by these movements to educate, inspire, and incite action in all eras of the nation's history. A-Z entries provide a wealth of information on personalities, places, events, concepts, beliefs, groups, and practices. The set includes numerous illustrations, a topic finder, primary source documents, a bibliography and a filmography, and an index.
Download or read book Political Parties and the Internet written by R. K. Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an assessment of how political parties are adapting to the rise of new ITCs, and what the consequences of that adaptation will be. Includes case studies of the US, UK, Australia, Korea, Mexico, France, Romania and the Mediterranean region.
Download or read book The 2000 Presidential Election written by Cory Gideon Gunderson and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the people and events of the controversial 2000 presidential election, the results of which were not decided until over one month after election day.
Download or read book Bible Code II written by Michael Drosnin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-10-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible code-the ancient code encrypted in the Bible that may reveal our future-was made known to the world by investigative reporter Michael Drosnin. Now he reveals startling new predictions warning that we may have only three years to stop the countdown to Armageddon. This dramatic account opens on the morning of September 11, 2001, when Drosnin witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center-and then found the terrible event predicted in detail in the 3,000-year-old Bible code. But according to the code, September 11 was only the beginning. The Bible code says we are already in the "End of Days," the Apocalypse foretold by all three major religions of the West. Drosnin has traveled the globe to meet with world leaders to prevent the impending danger-and to search for the "Code Key," a long-buried ancient object that may completely unlock the Bible code, just in time to save our world.
Download or read book The Election of 2000 written by Gerald M. Pomper and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work assesses the first presidential election of the 21st century. After a relatively uneventful campaign season, the American electorate divided evenly between two similar candidates who raised and spent record sums of money.
Download or read book Mediated Access written by Brian McNair and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While rates of formal political participation are in decline, public participation in political debate facilitated through access broadcasting has been increasing. This book assesses the contribution made by these programmes to the democratic process.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Political Marketing written by Jennifer Lees-Marshment and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the Obama campaign universally acknowledged as the most successfully marketed presidential campaign of all time, the future of political marketing is fiercely contested, provoking a wealth of high quality scholarship from across the globe. This work provides an accessible introduction to the field, international in both content and authorship, which will set the direction of future research. Routledge Handbook of Political Marketing contains cutting edge contributions written by academic experts and informed practitioners but will also have a cohesive structure, containing emerging areas and authors alongside established ones. The handbook addresses the practicalities as well as the broader impact of political marketing on politics including its’ role in the changing relationship between political leaders, parties and voters. With each chapter providing a comparative and carefully structured discussion of a key topic, the handbook examines issues within the following broad themes: Understanding the market, gathering ideas, and debate Product development, branding and strategy Internal Marketing Communicating and connecting with the public Government Marketing - delivery, policy and leadership With each chapter written to a common template presenting new research and contemporary case studies, the handbook combines a succinct presentation of the latest research with an accessible and systematic format that will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners alike.
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Download or read book Overtime written by Larry Sabato and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read never-before-published anecdotes, commentaries, and interviews from key insiders about the most exciting Presidential Election in our nation's history! Provides unique, riveting insider stories and analyses of the election that will capture readers' attention while helping them to understand why things happened as they did. Contributors include: George Terwilliger (Bush legal team); Ron Klain and Jeremy Bash (Gore legal team); Donnie Fowler (Gore campaign advisor); Tom Fiedler (Editor," Miami Herald"); Larry J. Sabato and Joshua Scott (University of Virginia); Chuck Babbington ("Washington Post"); Diana Owens (Georgetown University); Tim Burger ("NY Daily News"); Jake Tapper (Salon.com/CNN); and Rhodes Cook (The Rhodes Cook Letter). Offers never-before-published information about Election 2000! Edited by Larry Sabato, this collection of first-hand stories and analyses offers stunning insights into "the election of the century" from the people who were there. George Terwilliger from the Bush legal team and Ron Klain and Jeremy Bash from the Gore legal team provide insider accounts of the Florida ballot recount battle. Tim Burger of the" NY Daily News" writes a previously unpublished story about the Bush DUI, Diana Owen from Georgetown University provides unique coverage of the media consortium recount, and Tom Fiedler, editor of the" Miami Herald "-which was at the "center of the storm"- writes the introductory chapter. "Overtime" stands far out from the crowd of books on Election 2000 because it contains original, never-before-seen material and because it offers a wide spectrum of insider views, providing a balance ofjournalistic, academic, and campaigner accounts. Because it combines political journalism with solid political science research, it is both highly readable "and" enlightening. And because "Overtime" was written and published after the initial rush of post-election books, it includes data and stories that have been revealed since the first wave hit the bookstands. "Overtime" is not only an entertaining read with a unique insider's view, but will help readers truly make sense of this complex and historic election. It walks readers through the story of the election, offers a context for understanding why things happened as they did, and leaves them with a more meaningful appreciation of the powerful effects this election had, and will continue to have, on our political system. Larry J. Sabato is at the" University of Virginia." According to The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Sabato is "probably the most quoted college professor in the land." The "Washington Post" calls him "the Mark McGwire of political analysts." He has appeared on dozens of nationally broadcast television shows, including "60 Minutes," "Nightline," "Face the Nation," "The Today Show," "Good Morning America," "48 Hours," "Larry King Live," and "The Jim Lehrer News Hour." Dr. Sabato is the Director of Government Studies at the University of Virginia and is the recipient of more than two dozen major scholarships, grants, and academic awards, and has written 19 books, including: "Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics" (Lanahan, ISBN 0965268780); "Peep Show: Media and Politics in an Age of Scandal" (Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 0742500101); and "Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence ofCorruption in American Politics" (Random House, ISBN 0812924991).
Download or read book Mousepads Shoe Leather and Hope written by Zephyr Teachout and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Dean's campaign for president changed the way in which campaigns are run today. With an unlikely collection of highly talented and motivated staffers drawn from a variety of backgrounds, the Dean campaign transformed the way in which money was raised and supporters galvanized by using the Internet. Surprisingly, many of the campaign staff members were neither computer whizzes nor practiced political operatives, even though that is how some of them are identified today. This book allows key individuals in the campaign the chance to tell their stories with an eye to documenting the Internet campaign revolution and providing lessons to future campaigns. Howard Dean's inspirational statement of what it took for his campaign to get as far as it did-"mousepads, shoe leather, and hope"-holds great wisdom for anyone campaigning today, especially the 2008 presidential candidates.
