| The 2008 Presidential Elections: A Story in Four Acts 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Jones, E. (Editor), Vassallo, Salvatore (Editor) |
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ISBN: 023061938X ISBN-13: 9780230619388 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: The purpose of this volume is two fold. First, and most important, we explain the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections to a European audience from the selection of the candidates to the shaping of the national campaign, and from choices made at the ballot box to the constitution and platform of the incoming administration. In this way, we shed light on why things happened as they did and how our allies in Europe should expect U.S. policy and politics to progress once the dust has settled from the electoral contest. A second purpose is to give an American audience some sense of why these elections are so closely followed outside the United States - and why so many Europeans complain that they should have a vote. Part of this has to do with how the elections are framed. The prologue, 'aftermath' and epilogue to the volume cast the issues from a European perspective and show what implications are drawn from them by the outside world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - Executive Branch - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship |
| Dewey: 324.973 |
| LCCN: 2009010089 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 259 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
