With President George W. Bush's approval ratings at record lows, the 2008 election was a contest that Democrats were predicted to win. And with Barack Obama's victory over John McCain, they did. But it was the highly unlikely journey to this likely destination that set this presidential election apart from others.
For too many people, America has become the primary symbol of all that is grotesque, deadening, and oppressive. It is time, says James Ceaser in this provocative book, to take America back, to reaffirm confidence in our principles, and to remind ourselves that the real America-as opposed to the symbolic one-has forged a system of liberal ...
In their fourth book on American elections, Ceaser and Busch explore the campaign, election, and aftermath of the election season. While the book focuses on the heated presidential campaign, it also includes analyses of the house and senate races. More than just a summary, The Election examines the theories behind the events and uses studies and ...
Examining the development of the process of presidential selection from the founding of the republic to the present day, James Ceaser contends that many of the major purposes of the selection system as it was formerly understood have been ignored by current reformers and modern scholars. In an attempt to reverse this trend, Professor Ceaser ...
In this inaugural volume of the "Alexis De Tocqueville Lectures", political scientist James Ceaser traces the way certain ideas, including nature, history and religion - which he calls foundational ideas - have been understood and used by statesmen and public intellectuals over the course of American history, from the Puritans to the current day. ...
Do political scientists in a liberal democracy bear a special responsibility that goes beyond their academic pursuits? Ceaser, a scholar of American political parties, argues that they do, and he challenges colleagues and students to reexamine what they do as political scientists. He observes that liberal democracy is a compound of two elements ...
In The Perfect Tie, Ceasar and Busch study the US 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. The ...
By the authors of "Upside Down and Inside Out: The 1992 Elections and American Politics", this work advances their research of electoral politics and continues their discussion of divided government, independent candidates, party platforms, realignment theory, "outsiderism" and campaign strategies.
Election Reform: Politics and Policy is the definitive work on the manner in which policymakers responded to the crisis that emerged from the 2000 presidential election. Editors Daniel Palazzolo and James Ceaser address two fundamental questions: How did the states and Congress respond to the problems in election law and administration that became ...
This academic, yet accessible, analysis of the events of the 2000 Presidential election and their implications for the American political system is by two political scientists who discuss in-depth the issues behind the events.
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