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When Democrats lost control of Congress in 1994, the Christian Right claimed a major role in their defeat and House Speaker Newt Gingrich credited the "organized Christian vote" with the Republican victory. Ministers from many political persuasions have long been active in American politics, but in ...
Author
James L. Guth, John C. Green, Corwin E. Smidt, Lyman A. Kellstedt
Binding
Paperback
Pages
240
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN #
0700608699
EAN Code
9780700608690
ISBN #
10
While the Christian Right has been the subject of a good deal of scholarly analysis, it has not been adequately studied within a comparative context―across time, across different institutional systems, or across different religious communities. In Sojourners in the Wilderness, a host of distinguishe...
Author
Corwin E. Smidt
Binding
Paperback
Pages
320
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
0847686450
EAN Code
9780847686452
ISBN #
9
God at the Grass Roots, 1996 is composed of entirely new and original essays that analyze the impact of the Christian Right in the 1996 national, state, and local elections. The nation's leading scholars of religion and politics identify and illuminate numerous trends that have dramatically evolved ...
Author
Mark J. Rozell, Clyde Wilcox
Binding
Paperback
Pages
250
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
0847686116
EAN Code
9780847686117
ISBN #
8
One of the most important developments in American politics has been the growing prominence of the Southern states in the national political landscape. The first edition of The New Politics of the Old South broke new ground by examining Southern political trends at the end of the twentieth century. ...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
328
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
0742511839
EAN Code
9780742511835
ISBN #
7
Social movements in the United States are important political actors because of their scale and duration, their generation of new ideas and understandings of existing problems, their ability to mobilize those who were previously passive citizens, and the impetus they provide for restructuring and br...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
344
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
0847683583
EAN Code
9780847683581
ISBN #
6
Religion is, and has always been, a powerful force in American politics. Over the past three decades, the study of religion and politics has gone from being ignored by the scholarly community to being a major focus of research. Yet, because this important research is not easily accessible to nonspec...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
600
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0195326520
EAN Code
9780195326529
ISBN #
5
The American Elections of 2008 assembles leading political scientists and journalists to explain the election results and their implications for America's future. Topics include financing the elections, religion's influence, the media, and how the George W. Bush legacy affected the outcome. The book...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
206
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
0742548325
EAN Code
9780742548329
ISBN #
4
The presidency of Barack Obama seeks major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy. I...
Author
Steven E. Schier
Binding
Paperback
Pages
304
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN #
1442201797
EAN Code
9781442201798
ISBN #
3
Author
James L. Guth
ISBN #
0700608680
Author
James L. Guth
ISBN #
0700608699
Author
James L. Guth
ISBN #
0813381835
Author
James L. Guth
ISBN #
0847682676
Author
James L. Guth
ISBN #
0847682684