2008 Presidential Elections A Story in Four Acts

Informationen zum Autor ERIK JONES is Professor of European Studies at the SAIS Bologna Centre of the Johns Hopkins University, USA and contributing editor of Survival.   SALVATORE VASSALLO is Member of Italian Parliament for the Partito Democratico and Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy. Klappentext The election of Barack Obama fundamentally changed America's relationship with the outside world. Written by a mix of scholars and practitioners! the chapters cover the entire electoral process and analyze what Obama's victory suggests about the development of America! socially! economically! and in its foreign relations. Zusammenfassung The election of Barack Obama fundamentally changed America's relationship with the outside world. Written by a mix of scholars and practitioners! the chapters cover the entire electoral process and analyze what Obama's victory suggests about the development of America! socially! economically! and in its foreign relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Erik Jones, Salvatore Vassallo Act I: Choosing the Candidates The Democratic Primaries; John A. Gans, Jr. The Republican Primaries; Trevor B. McCrisken Third Parties; William C. Binning Act II: The National Campaigns Setting the Agenda: "Yes We Can"; Jennifer Palmieri A Perfect Campaign: The Role of Money, Organization, and Strategy; Alicia Kolar Prevost  & James A. Thurber The Conventions and Debates; Andrew Wroe Act III: And the Winner Is . . . The Victory of Barack Obama; Michael E. Shin The Other Elections: Congress and the States; B. Guy Peters The New Administration; Fabrizio Bucci Act IV: The Aftermath A New Foreign Policy for the United States?; Mario Del Pero A New U.S. Economy?; Jonathon W. Moses A New U.S. Politics and Society?; Christopher J. Bailey Epilogue; Erik Jones, Salvatore Vassallo

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• Con la collaborazione di: Erik Jones (Editore), Salvatore Vassallo (Editore), E. Jones (Editore)
• Autori: JONES ERIK VASSALLO SALVATORE, Erik Vassallo Jones
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 18.11.2009
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva
• EAN: 9780230619388
• ISBN: 978-0-230-61938-8
• Numero di pagine: 259
• Categorie: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship; Politics / Current Events; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch; Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie