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Using official statistics, this book explores how the SNP managed to confound expectations and win a parliamentary majority in the 2011 Scottish General Election. Perhaps surprisingly, it was not constitutional politics or the return of the Conservatives to power in Westminster but domestic issues t...
Author
Christopher Carman, Robert Johns, J. Mitchell
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
188
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN #
1137023694
EAN Code
9781137023698
ISBN #
9
Infinite worlds, infinite possibilities: Freedom City is an eminently adaptable setting and this book proves it! Worlds of Freedom presents many visions of Mutants & Masterminds' most famous metropolis, from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras to the distant future, from parallel Earths where the A...
Author
Scott Bennie, Dwayne Butchino, Shawn Carman, Christopher McGlothlin
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Green Ronin Publishing, LLC
ISBN #
1934547077
EAN Code
9781934547076
ISBN #
8
• How do voters in Britain decide which party to vote for in elections?• Why do smaller parties get more support than they used to?• How do the mass media influence political opinions?The authors examine these and other questions in the third edition of this popular text. They trace the evolution of...
Author
David Denver, Christopher Carman, Robert Johns
Binding
Paperback
Pages
304
Publisher
Palgrave
ISBN #
0230241611
EAN Code
9780230241619
ISBN #
5
Legislative member organizations (LMOs)—such as caucuses in the U.S. Congress and intergroups in the European Parliament—exist in lawmaking bodies around the world. Unlike parties and committees, LMOs play no obvious, predefined role in the legislative process. They provide legislators with opportu...
Author
Prof. Nils Ringe, Prof. Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Christopher Jan Carman
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
288
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
ISBN #
0472118803
EAN Code
9780472118809
ISBN #
4
In the wake of the Enron and World Com debacle, campaign finance reform has once again ascended to the top of the congressional agenda. Outside money--party soft money as well as special interest dollars--continues to influence election results and affect public policy even as its sources remain obs...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
288
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
0742517721
EAN Code
9780742517721
ISBN #
3
What is a political representative's job, really? Are they supposed to simply figure out what "the people" want and deliver it, or are they charged to do what they think is best for their constituents -- even if that means sometimes ignoring those constituents' wishes? In Representing Red and Blue, ...
Author
David C. Barker, Christopher Jan Carman
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
224
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0199796564
EAN Code
9780199796564
ISBN #
1
In jargon-free English, the contributors to this study examine the main political issues facing seven European states and the European Union as an entity.
Binding
Paperback
Pages
832
Publisher
CQ Press
ISBN #
1452241465
EAN Code
9781452241463
ISBN #
2