RECENT BOOKS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - AVAILABLE AT THE GCC LIBRARY!
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Breakthrough : The Making of America's First Woman President by Why Americans have never elected a woman president, how we changed to make it possible, and why it matters. From Hollywood to the halls of Congress, a lively conversation about women's leadership, equal pay, and family-work balance is underway. On the cusp of a historic breakthrough--the potential election of America's first woman president--Nancy L. Cohen takes us inside the world of America's women political leaders. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with women governors and senators from both parties, experts, political operatives, and a diverse array of voters,Breakthrough paints an intimate portrait of the savvy women who've built an alternative to the old boys club and are rewriting the playbook for how women succeed in politics. In this accessible and often surprising story, Cohen introduces us to the inspiring women behind the women who have brought us to this threshold, and to a dynamic group of young leaders who are redefining how we think about leadership, feminism, and men's essential role in achieving gender equality.Breakthrough takes on our cultural assumptions to show that the barriers that once blocked a woman's ascent to the presidency have fallen, even more than we realize.Call Number: 320.082 C678bISBN: 9781619026117Publication Date: 2016 -
The Primary Rules by The Primary Rules illuminates the balance of power that the parties, states, and voters assert on the election process. Jewitt uncovers the effects of party rules on the competitiveness of the nomination, the number of voters who participate, and the nomination outcomes. The Primary Rules highlights the role of the parties in the invisible primary stage, as it investigates the parties' influence once the nominations begin. It provides readers with a clearer sense of what the rules are, how they have changed, their consequences, and practical guidance on how to modify the rules of the nomination system to achieve desired outcomes in future elections.Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780472131136Publication Date: 2019 -
Presidential Debates - Risky Business on the Campaign Trail by Schroeder analyzes the 2008 and 2012 presidential debates and the role of social media and contemporary news outlets in shaping their design and reception. He also expands his coverage of previous campaigns, including the landmark meetings in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780231170574Publication Date: 2016 -
Interference in Elections by Allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election have brought the issue of election interference to the fore, but is it actually a significant issue in the United States? This volume explores the history of election interference in the United States and beyond, as well as the various methods of interference. It also discusses whether interference can be effectively combatted and what attempts are being made to do so. Election interference has been declared a threat to the electoral process and democracy as a whole, and it is more important than ever to understand the various factors at play.Call Number: 324.9730932 I61ISBN: 9781534503878Publication Date: 2018
RECENT BOOKS ON VOTING - AVAILABLE AT THE GCC LIBRARY!
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The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act by In tracing the development of the Voting Rights Act from its inception, the authors begin by exploring the political and legal aspects of the Jim Crow electoral regime, explaining why the Voting Rights Act was necessary. The authors draw on court cases and election data to bring their discussion to the present with an examination of the 2006 revision and renewal of the act, and its role in shaping the southern political environment in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, when Barack Obama was chosen. They go on to closely evaluate the 2013 Shelby County decision, describing how the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court created an appellate environment that made the act ripe for a challenge.Call Number: 342.73072 B938rISBN: 9780806152004Publication Date: 2016 -
The American Nonvoter by Why don't eligible voters don't go to the polls on election day. This book examines how uncertainty regarding changing economic conditions, dramatic national events, and U.S. international interventions influences people's decisions whether to vote or not. The authors also challenge the stereotype of nonvoters as poor, uneducated and apathetic.Call Number: 324.973092 R144aISBN: 9780190670702Publication Date: 2017 -
Why Don't Americans Vote? by This timely book provides a thought-provoking discussion of issues that influence voter registration and turnout in contemporary America, provides readers with the historical context of registration and voting in the United States and offers a broad overview of these issues today.Call Number: 324.973 W629ISBN: 9781440841156Publication Date: 2016 -
The Great Suppression by Roth unearths the deep historical roots of the anti-egalitarian worldview, and introduces us to its modern-day proponents: GOP officials pushing to make it harder to cast a ballot; the lawyers looking to scrap all limits on money in politics; the libertarian scholars reclaiming judicial activism to roll back the New Deal; and the corporate lobbyists working to ban local action on everything from the minimum wage to the environment. And he travels from Rust Belt cities to southern towns to show us how these efforts are hurting the most vulnerable Americans and preventing progress on pressing issues. A sharp, searing polemic in the tradition of Rachel Maddow and Matt Taibbi, The Great Suppression is an urgent wake-up call about a threat to our most cherished values, and a rousing argument for why we need democracy now more than ever."--Publisher information.Call Number: 320.520973 R845gISBN: 9781101905760Publication Date: 2016 -
Opinions Throughout History: Voters' Rights by An in-depth volume that follow the debate, or path, to a decision on voters' rights issues as they evolved throughout history. This volume offers a wide range of opinion essays and editorials, speeches, and journal articles and expert analysis.Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781642650686Publication Date: 2019 -
Gerrymandering and Voting Districts by Gerrymandering, the manipulation of boundaries in order to benefit one group or political party, is not new, but thanks to technology it is more widespread. Questions about the constitutionality of gerrymandering have gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This provocative volume explores the practice of partisan redistricting, how it affects elections and policy, whether it is unconstitutional, and above all what must be done to ensure that control of the government rests in the hands of the people.Call Number: 328.73073455 G37ISBN: 9781534503250Publication Date: 2018 -
One Person, No Vote by Anderson chronicles the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice. Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans.Call Number: 324.62 A545oISBN: 9781635571370Publication Date: 2018 -
On Account of Race by An award-winning constitutional law historian examines case-based evidence of the court's longstanding support for white supremacy (often under the guise of "states rights") to reveal how that bias has allowed the court to solidify its position as arguably the most powerful branch of the federal government. This title tells the story of an American tragedy, the only occasion in United States history in which a group of citizens who had been granted the right to vote then had it stripped away. It is a warning that the right to vote is fragile and must be carefully guarded and actively preserved lest American democracy perish.Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781640093928Publication Date: 2020
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