running scared why politicians di king anthony (12 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. [xi], 244pp. First Edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge, spine ends bumped, else Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket (edge wear) protected in a mylar sleeve. ISBN 0-684-82730-1. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. TSB-397 Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53119.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Free Pr 1997-01-01 00:00:00 Binding: Hardcover VG. in VG dj dj in mylar; rem mrk on bottom edge 244 pages. 1st edition. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. xi, [1], 244 pages. Tables. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on Three Politicians at Risk; Why American Politicians Are Vulnerable; How They Came to be Vulnerable; Why Their Vulnerability Matters; A Case of Fright: The First Oil Shock; A Case of Paralysis: The Budget Deficit; A Case of Fraud: The Wars on Crime; More Democracy, More Dissatisfaction; and What, If Anything, Might Be Done? Anthony Stephen King FBA (17 November 1934 - 12 January 2017) was a Canadian-British professor of government, psephologist and commentator. He taught at the Department of Government at the University of Essex for many years. From 1969, he was Professor of Government at Essex, where he also led a Wednesday brainstorming class of selected bright students from the Department of Government. He also taught at Princeton and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He regularly appeared on election results programming and analyzed their implications. For each UK General Election from 1983 to 2005, he was BBC television's analyst on their election night programming.[2] On a monthly basis, he analyzed political opinion polls on voting intentions for The Daily Telegraph.[2] He also wrote many books on politics and was co-editor of the Britain at the Polls series of essays. During the latter part of his life, his research focused on: the changing British constitution; the British prime ministership; American politics and government and the history of democracy. In this penetrating and provocative look at the American political scene, Britain's most famous political scientist, Anthony King, casts a friendly eye across the ocean to point out something we take for granted at our peril: we have more elections, more often, than any other country on the planet. There is no year in the United States--ever--when a major statewide election is not being held somewhere. As a result, American politicians are extraordinarily vulnerable. They single-mindedly worry about their electoral futures to the point of "hyperdemocracy"; in essence, the American system is too democratic. Our term of office for members of the House is the shortest on Earth. We are virtually the only country where most incumbents regularly face primary challenges. Indeed, we are alone in having any direct primaries at all. In this book, the history, causes, and consequences of American hyperdemocracy are all examined in engaging detail. Anthony King appreciates America's many strengths--but he warns that until the subject of hyperdemocracy can be honestly faced, our deep political malaise will only continue. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Do members of Congress skew their political activities toward self-advertisement, credit-claiming and often meretricious position-taking? According to British political scientist King, U.S. politicians continuously worry about getting reelected, thanks to America's combination of short terms, prodigiously high campaign costs, direct primaries and candidate-centered elections with weak party support. The result, King charges, is that America's elected officials live in constant insecurity, wasting time and scarce resources on nonstop campaigning and fund-raising. This state of affairs, he suggests, helps explain the American system's paralysis, its inability, for example, to tackle budget deficits and crime. King's prescription: lengthen representatives' two-year terms to four years, extend senators' to eight years, and hold these elections concurrently with presidential elections; select candidates by state and local conventions and caucuses instead of primaries; allow political parties to contribute more funds to their candidates' campaigns. Written with acid wit, this is an eye-opening comparative look at American democracy in action, and inaction.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A penetrating and provocative look at the American political scene by a British political scientist, discussing US elections and their great frequency, their enormous cost, the vast influence of media and spin doctors, and the amazing amounts of time and effort devoted to these extravaganzas, the author offering a variety of suggestions on how America can reduce and simplify the electoral process and get back to real basics of governance. Hardcover with dust jacket, notes, indexed, 244pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. "A penetrating and provocative look at the American political scene by a Britain's most famous political scientist." He points out "something that we take for granted at our peril: we have more elections, more often, than any othercountry on the planet." Contains an index and source notes in the rear. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. It appears to have been unread; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 244 pages.

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