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Jockeying for the American Presidency

Cambria Press publication Jockeying for the American Presidency (Chapter Excerpts) Chapter 1: Presidential Selection and Aspirant Opportunism “…to say that all presidents are opportunists does not mean that they are all the same. As previously mentioned, the opportunism of the presidents most probably varies across the individuals who have held the office. Aside from innate character differences and aptitudes, each...

Presidential Electors and the Electoral College

Cambria Press Publication Presidential Electors and the Electoral College (Chapter Excerpts) Chapter 1: A Risk to the Republic? “The 2000 election marked the fourth time in American history that a candidate was elected president without having won the popular vote. This electoral oddity drew a wealth of national attention to the Electoral College, a system as controversial as it is...

#2016Election – Can the American Elections be Saved?

From Cambria Press: #2016Election MUST READ–Saving American Elections This is a book which CHOICE, the academic library journal, recommends for “all readership levels”–One reason: the book provides a way to “teach the public to think of elections as a way to participate in community decisions and less as an individual expression of opinion.” http://goo.gl/H7ssgY See more Cambria Press publications with...

Cambria Press New Publication: #Slavery, Migrations, and Transformations

Cambria Press announces a new publication in the Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present Series by Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University). “One cannot extricate the diasporic experiences of Haitians in Miami or Nigerians in Houston from the larger political and social climate of today’s world, which transcends national, regional, and international borders and connects Africans and African diasporic experiences...

Sean Kelly, Coeditor of the Cambria PIPPA Series, Appointed to National Advisory Council

Cambria Press congratulates award-winning author and PIPPA (Politics, Institutions, and Public Administration) series coeditor, Sean Kelly, on his prestigious appointment to a national advisory council to further understanding on how Congress works. Not only is Dr. Kelly extremely qualified for the position given his impressive, award-winning research, but he is also an exceptionally dedicated political scientist. “I’m honored by the appointment,”...

President Barack Obama and Immigration: Yes, he can?

The Economist has just reported on President Barack Obama’s highly anticipated speech last night, with the article titled “Barack Obama runs a red light.” Did he? And if so, can he? And has this been done before? According to Ryan Barilleaux and Jewerl Maxwell: “Presidents make a variety of substantive decisions and issue executive orders, directives, proclamations, and—with growing frequency—signing...

Election Day: “Vote the PARTY, not the person” – Anthony Gierzynski, Saving American Elections

  Political scientist Anthony Gierzynski (University of Vermont) fully recognizes that “the petty, superficial, and distorted nature of partisan debate leaves voters without a sense of what the candidates and their parties represent.” (Saving American Elections, p. 83) and that “elections require that voters pay attention, gather enough information to make an informed choice, register to vote, and vote” (p.87)....

Cambria Press Book Review: Building a Healthy Black Harlem praised for being “valuable” and “an impressive achievement”

Cambria Press congratulates Jamie Wilson on the outstanding review of his book, Building a Healthy Black Harlem, by Afro-Americans in New York: Life and History. The journal praises the book for being “a valuable contribution to our knowledge of a place and time better known for its famous writers and artists than for the quotidian struggles of its workers facing...

POTUS, Congress, and Foreign Policy: Should President Obama End the ISIS Fight if Congress is Not On Board?

As Ryan Barilleaux and Jewerl Maxwell stated in Tough Times for the President, “half a century ago, Aaron Wildavsky noted in “The Two Presidencies” that presidents are more likely to get their way from Congress in foreign affairs than in domestic policy, and that deference continues to apply and appeared throughout our case studies. Even in the midst of tough times,...

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