Download or read book Safire s Political Dictionary written by William Safire and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring more than one thousand new, rewritten, and updated entries, this reference on American politics explains current terms in politics, economics, and diplomacy.
Download or read book Safire s New Political Dictionary written by William Safire and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 1993 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on terms and expressions, catchwords and slogans of American politics and government.
Download or read book Political Dictionary Safire s Political Dictionary Political Dictionary written by William Safire and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang written by Grant Barrett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as Beltway bandit and boondoggle, angry white male and leg treasurer, juice bill and Joe Citizen, banana superpower and the Big Fix. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesser-known terms such as cracking (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and fair-fight district (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and illuminating citations, some going back more than 200 years. (We learn, for instance, that a term as seemingly current as political football actually dates back to before the Civil War.) Selected entries will have extended encyclopedic notes. The book also features sidebar essays on topics such as political words in Blogistan; a short history of "big cheese"; all about chads and the 2000 election; the suffix "-gate" and all the related Watergate terms; and the naming of legislation. Political junkies, policy wonks, journalists, and word lovers will find this book addictive reading as well as a reliable guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.
Download or read book Dog Whistles Walk Backs and Washington Handshakes written by Chuck McCutcheon and published by ForeEdge from University Press of New England. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the amusement of the pundits and the regret of the electorate, our modern political jargon has become even more brazenly two-faced and obfuscatory than ever. Where once we had Muckrakers, now we have Bed-Wetters. Where Blue Dogs once slept peaceably in the sun, Attack Dogs now roam the land. During election season--a near constant these days--the coded rhetoric of candidates and their spin doctors, and the deliberately meaningless but toxic semiotics of the wing nuts and backbenchers, reach near-Orwellian levels of self-satisfaction, vitriol, and deceit. The average NPR or talk radio listener, MSNBC or Fox News viewer, or blameless New York Times or Wall Street Journal reader is likely to be perplexed, nonplussed, and lulled into a state of apathetic resignation and civic somnolence by the rapid-fire incomprehensibility of political pronouncement and commentary--which is, frankly, putting us exactly where the pundits want us. Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washington Handshakes is a tonic and a corrective. It is a reference and field guide to the language of politics by two veteran observers that not only defines terms and phrases but also explains their history and etymology, describes who uses them against whom, and why, and reveals the most telling, infamous, amusing, and shocking examples of their recent use. It is a handbook of lexicography for the Wonkette and This Town generation, a sleeker, more modern Safire's Political Dictionary, and a concise, pointed, bipartisan guide to the lies, obfuscations, and helical constructions of modern American political language, as practiced by real-life versions of the characters on House of Cards.
Download or read book The American Political Dictionary written by Jack C. Plano and published by New York, N.Y. : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. This book was released on 1982 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic textbook has been a vital supplement in American government classes for 35 years. Much more than a dictionary, the comprehensive information provided for each term qualifies The American Political Dictionary, Tenth Edition, as a reference book. Professor Plano's extensive experience in writing political dictionaries is evident in this scholarly, interpretive, current edition. Appropriate as a supplement in the introductory course in American government. This textbook could also supplement various texts in such courses as Legislative Process, The American Executive, Constitutional Law, and Foreign Policy.
Download or read book The New Language of Politics written by William Safire and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Political Dictionary Or Pocket Companion Chiefly Designed for the Use of Members of Parliament Whigs Tories Loyalists Magistrates Clergymen Half pay Officers Worshipful Alderman and Reviewers Being an Illustration and Commentary on All Words Phrases and Proper Names in the Vocabulary of Corruption with Biographical Illustrations from the Lives of the Most Celebrated Corruptionists in Church and State written by John Wade and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Political Dictionary written by Jack Charles PLANO (and GREENBERG (Milton)) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Presidential Congressional Political Dictionary written by Jeffrey M. Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This topical political dictionary presents a classified discussion parellel to topics found in American government texts on the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government. It seeks to serve as a guide to the technical language of American politics and government, and emphasizes those concepts, theories and facts essential for an understanding of the Congress and the Presidency. In addition to a definition or description, each entry contains a paragraph, explaining the political "significance," historically and currently, of the term or phrase. The appendix includes 10 tables and charts showing the structure of the government with its subdivisions and a guide to "How a Bill Becomes Law." ISBN 0-87436-357-8 : $28.00 (For use only in the library).
Download or read book A Political Dictionary written by Charles Pigott and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Dictionary of Politics written by Walter John Raymond and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White s Political Dictionary written by Wilbur Wallace White and published by Cleveland : World Publishing Company. This book was released on 1947 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Political Dictionary Articles Repr From the Penny Cyclopaedia Ed by G Long written by Political Dictionary and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigate the complex world of politics with this essential reference book. From historical events to contemporary controversies, it provides accessible and informative entries on a wide range of topics. An indispensable guide for students, journalists, and anyone interested in understanding the forces that shape our world. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Scandalmonger written by William Safire and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical novel based on five scandals in 1790's America.
