Congress A to Z
Congress A to Z

Author: Charles McCutcheon

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2022-06

Total Pages: 961

ISBN-13: 1071846744

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Congress A to Z provides ready-reference insight into the national legislature, its organization, processes, major legislation, and history. No other volume so clearly and concisely explains every key aspect of the national legislature. The Seventh Edition of this classic, easy-to-use reference is updated with new entries covering the dramatic congressional events of recent years, including a demographically younger Congress, the urban-rural divide, and climate change. Each of the more than 250 entries, arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, provides insight into the key questions readers have about the U.S. Congress and helps them make sense of the continued division between Republicans and Democrats, the methods members use to advance their agendas, the influence of lobby groups, the role of committees and strong-willed leaders, and much more. Key Features: Available in both electronic and print formats Quick answers to questions as well as in-depth background on the U.S. Congress Detailed tables and index Entries now include cross-references and lists of further readings to help readers continue the research journey

Elections A to Z
Elections A to Z

Author: Dave Tarr

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2012-06-12

Total Pages: 833

ISBN-13: 1506331505

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Combining the rich content of the print edition with the advanced online functionality demanded by today′s researchers, Elections A to Z: Online Edition is the ultimate 21st century research tool for finding current, accurate information on U.S. elections. Advanced Web-enabled features allow users to conduct searches from A to Z on election. Like all CQ Press online editions, Elections A to Z: Online Edition comes loaded with powerful user-friendly functions such as CiteNow!, which lets researchers download full citations in MLA, APA, Bluebook, and other formats. Elections A to Z explains how campaigns and elections, the hallmark of any democracy, are conducted in the United States. The new third edition has been redesigned and updated with new entries covering the vital current elections topics that readers want to know about. Entries range from short definitions of terms like front-runner to in-depth essays exploring vital aspects of campaigns and elections, such as the right to vote, turnout trends, and the history, evolution, and current state of House, Senate, presidential, and some state-level elections. Readers will find essential information on: Stages in the campaign process and the general election The roles of political consultants, the media, and political parties Debates and issues such as term limits, majority-minority districts, and campaign finance Amendments, legislation, and court cases that have shaped electoral, campaign, and voting matters Voter turnout and voting rights in the United States Important terms and concepts like absolute majority and dark horse Highlights of presidential elections throughout U.S. history

Elections A to Z
Elections A to Z

Author: David Tarr

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012-07-03

Total Pages: 833

ISBN-13: 0872897699

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Elections A to Z explains how campaigns and elections, the hallmark of any democracy, are conducted in the United States. The new Fourth Edition has been redesigned and updated with new entries covering the vital current elections topics that readers want to know about. Entries range from short definitions of terms like "front-runner" to in-depth essays exploring vital aspects of campaigns and elections, such as the right to vote, turnout trends, and the history, evolution, and current state of House, Senate, presidential and some state-level elections. Readers will find essential information on: - stages in the campaign process and the general election - the roles of political consultants, the media and political parties - debates and issues such as term limits, majority-minority districts and campaign finance - amendments, legislation and court cases that have shaped electoral, campaign, and voting matters - voter turnout and voting rights in the United States - important terms and concepts like 'absolute majority' and 'dark horse' - highlights of presidential elections throughout U.S. history.

Bears & Balls: The Colbert Report A-Z (An Unofficial Fan Guide)
Bears & Balls: The Colbert Report A-Z (An Unofficial Fan Guide)

Author: Sharilyn Johnson

Publisher: Third Beat Productions

Published: 2014-11-09

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0993942202

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The essential fan guide for truly dedicated members of the Colbert Nation! Contains over 200 highly-detailed encyclopedia-style entries, celebrating nine years of the Colbert Report’s greatest moments, obscure favorites, and behind the scenes insights including: Complete Colbert Super PAC play-by-play What really happens at a Colbert Report taping How Stephen Colbert prepares his guests to face off against his character Detailed timeline of the Daft Punk “Colbchella” fiasco Where uncensored versions of the show were broadcast How Colbert and his writers create The Word Is Jay the Intern really an intern? What ever happened to Stephen Jr.? Who the heck is “Jimmy”? Jon Stewart: great bromance, or greatest? From the technical to the tangential, Bears & Balls: the Colbert Report A-Z covers it all, and digs deep to answer questions you didn’t even know you had.

In Defense of Uncle Tom
In Defense of Uncle Tom

Author: Brando Simeo Starkey

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-01-12

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1316214087

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'Uncle Tom' is the most piercing epithet blacks can hurl at one another. It marks targets as race traitors, and that painful stain is often permanent. Much more than a slur, Uncle Tom is a vital component of a system of social norms in the black community that deters treachery. In this book, Brando Simeo Starkey provocatively argues that blacks must police racial loyalty and that those successfully prosecuted must be punished with the label Uncle Tom. This book shadows Uncle Tom throughout history to understand how these norms were constructed, disseminated, applied, and enforced. Why were Martin Luther King, Jr, Marcus Garvey, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall and others accused of racial betrayal? In Defense of Uncle Tom answers this and other questions and insists that Uncle Tom is too valuable to discard. Because it deters treachery, this epithet helps build black solidarity, a golden tool in promoting racial progress.

Think Big and Kick Ass in Politics
Think Big and Kick Ass in Politics

Author: Niccolò DaVinci

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2016-08-31

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1490776516

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This book is about power, success, strategy, seduction, thinking big, the law of attraction, winning, and kicking ass in real-life politics, period. It obliterates the lies and misconceptions surrounding the 2016 billionaire Republican presidential nominee and proves, with certitude, that, rather than just being a front-running political candidate, he is a shrewd, political mastermindthe likes of which has not been seen since the Italian Renaissance and Niccol Machiavelli himself. An inspirational work, it also reveals how you too can become a political mastermind. It unveils the true nature and definition of politics and teaches you how to successfully play and excel at the game of powerall to your advantage. The author also reveals how the mastermind mindset has made countless celebrities powerful and successful. He even reveals information about reality TV star Mimi Faust from VH1s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. One thing is certain, if you are a big thinkerwhether Democrat, Independent, or Republicanthis book is definitely a must read! With history and fact as his backbone, DaVinci does an impeccable job telling it like it is. Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, and Robert Greene would be astonished.

African Americans in Conservative Movements
African Americans in Conservative Movements

Author: Louis G. Prisock

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-05-23

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 3319893513

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Providing an expansive view of the making and meaning of African American conservatism, this volume examines the phenomenon in four spheres: the political realm, the academic world, the black church, and grass-roots activism movements. In his analysis of their activities in these realms, Louis Prisock examines the challenges African American conservatives face as they operate within the context of (largely white) conservatism. At the same time that African American conservatives challenge the white conservative movement’s principle of “color blindness,” they are accused of being “racial mascots,” or “tokens” from those outside of it. Prisock unwinds the intricacies of black conservatives’ relationships to both the wider conservative movement and the everyday life experiences of black Americans, showing that they are as vulnerable to the “inescability of race” as any other individual in a racialized America.