If there is one book to read to follow and make sense of the 2016 presidential election, it is Dr. Lara M. Brown’s Jockeying for the American Presidency. In her groundbreaking book, Dr. Brown called long ago what pundits are saying today. Cambria Press Publication: Jockeying for the American Presidency…
Quote from Cambria Press Publication Following last night’s GOP debate and in celebration of Constitution Day, we share a quote from Anthony Gierzynski’s well-reviewed book, Saving American Elections, that astutely captures this moment in American political history: “Americans love to have choices. In general, they demand—and get—a seemingly endless variety of…
#APSA2015 Cambria Press Booth (705) at 10 a.m. on Friday: Meet Thomas Cronin, Michael Genovese, and the authors behind The Quest for Leadership Meet Thomas E. Cronin, Michael Genovese, and the authors behind The Quest for Leadership today at 10 a.m. at the Cambria Press booth (705) in the #APSA2015…
Cambria Press Publication Excerpt from Doing Archival Research in Political Science Much of what is known about congressional campaigns is observed from the outside—in the brochures that are produced, the campaign advertisements that are aired, the polls that are taken by media organizations, and the articles that are written in…
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…
Cambria Press publication: Saving American Elections (Chapter Excerpts) From Section I: Diagnosis Chapter 1: Symptoms Although Americans have many opportunities to vote, large proportions of the citizenry (majorities in most cases) often do not exercise their right to do so (figure 1.9 summarizes typical levels of participation for various types of…
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…
If you’re looking to make sense of the 2016 presidential elections after last night’s Republican debate and trying to understand these candidates who are Jockeying for the American Presidency, this is the book. As Dr. Lara M. Brown (Associate Professor & Program Director, Political Management Masters, Graduate School of Political…
#APSA2014 Must! Lara M. Brown’s session on Friday and Saturday and her book Jockeying for the American Presidency which has earned rave reviews. This book is in the Cambria Politics, Institutions, and Public Policy in America (PIPPA) Series by Scott Frisch and Sean Kelly. Get the #APSA2014 book highlights See the book at…
Cambria Press authors and series editors Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q. Kelly will be at the WPSA annual conference in Seattle next week. Discussing politics to the extreme, their WPSA panels will be exciting ones that attendees won’t want to miss! Their award-winning book Jimmy Carter and the Water Wars, as…
