The Ballot Box Battle

The Ballot Box Battle
Title The Ballot Box Battle PDF eBook
Author Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 42
Release 2014-11-26
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0307792846

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Illustrated in full color. Just in time for the presidential election comes Caldecott medalist Emily Arnold McCully's stirring tale of a young girl's act of bravery inspired by the great Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It is the fall of 1880, and Cordelia is more interested in horse riding than in hearing her neighbor, Mrs. Stanton talk about her fight for women's suffrage. But on Election Day, Mrs. Stanton tells the heart-wrenching story of her childhood. Charged with the story's message, Cordelia determines to go with Mrs. Stanton to the polls in an attempt to vote--above the jeers and taunts of the male crowd. With faces, landscapes, and action scenes brought to life by McCully's virtuosic illustrations, Cordelia's turning-point experience is sure to inspire today's young girls (and boys) everywhere.

Behind the Ballot Box

Behind the Ballot Box
Title Behind the Ballot Box PDF eBook
Author Douglas J. Amy
Publisher Praeger
Pages 0
Release 2000-09-30
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0275965856

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Annotation Examines the advantages and disadvantages of different voting systems and provides a guide to improving American elections.

Meddling in the Ballot Box

Meddling in the Ballot Box
Title Meddling in the Ballot Box PDF eBook
Author Dov H. Levin
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 320
Release 2020-08-24
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0197519911

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Why do world powers sometimes try to determine who wins an election in another country? What effects does such meddling have on the targeted elections results? Great powers have attempted for centuries to intervene in elections occurring in other states through various covert and overt methods, with the American intervention in the 2013 Kenyan elections and the Russian intervention in the 2016 US elections being just two recent examples. Indeed, the Americans and the Soviets/Russians intervened in one out of every nine national-level executive elections between 1946 and 2000. Meddling in the Ballot Box is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of foreign meddling in elections from the dawn of the modern era to the 2016 Russian intervention in the US election. Dov Levin shows that partisan electoral interventions are usually an "inside job" occurring only if a significant domestic actor within the target wants it. Likewise, a great power will not intervene unless it fears that its interests are endangered by an opposing party or candidate with very different preferences. He also finds that partisan electoral interventions frequently have significant effects on the results--sufficient in many situations to determine the winner. Such interference also tends to be more effective when it is conducted overtly. However, it is usually ineffective, if not counterproductive, when done in a founding election. A revelatory account that explains why major powers have meddled so frequently across the entire postwar era, Meddling in the Ballot Box also provides us with a framework for assessing the cyber-future of interference.

Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box

Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box
Title Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box PDF eBook
Author Philip Cowley
Publisher Biteback Publishing
Pages 214
Release 2014-10-28
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1849548250

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED... ... what emotions really influence where your cross goes on the ballot paper? ... whether people are claiming to vote when they haven't? ... which party's supporters are the kinkiest in bed? In the run-up to the most hotly contested and unpredictable election in a generation, this exhilarating read injects some life back into the world of British electoral politics. Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box sheds light on some of our more unusual voting trends, ranging from why people lie about voting to how being attractive can get you elected. Each of the fifty accessible and concise chapters, written by leading political experts, seeks to examine the broader issues surrounding voting and elections in Britain. It is not just about sexual secrets and skewed surveys: it illustrates the importance of women and ethnic minorities; explains why parties knock on your door (and why they don't); and shows how partisanship colours your views of everything, even pets. This fascinating volume covers everything you need to know (and the things you never thought you needed to know) about the bedroom habits, political untruths and voting nuances behind the upcoming election. 'This book is such an utterly brilliant idea it is ridiculous that no one has thought of it before ... I cannot recommend it highly enough.' John Rentoul

The Bullet and the Ballot Box

The Bullet and the Ballot Box
Title The Bullet and the Ballot Box PDF eBook
Author Aditya Adhikari
Publisher Verso Books
Pages 318
Release 2014-10-07
Genre History
ISBN 1781685649

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The Bullet and the Ballot Box offers a rich and sweeping account of a decade of revolutionary upheaval. When Nepal’s Maoists launched their armed rebellion in the nineties, they had limited public support and many argued that their ideology was obsolete. Twelve years later they were in power, and their ambitious plan of social transformation dominated the national agenda. How did this become possible? Adhikari’s narrative draws on a broad range of sources – including novels, letters and diaries – to illuminate the history and human drama of the Maoist revolution. An indispensible account of Nepal’s recent history, the book offers a fascinating case study of how communist ideology has been reinterpreted and translated into political action in the twenty-first century.

The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box

The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box
Title The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box PDF eBook
Author Masaaki Higashijima
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2022
Genre Dictatorship
ISBN

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Modern dictatorships hold elections. Contrary to our stereotypical views of autocratic politics, dictators often introduce elections with limited manipulation wherein they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud and pro-regime electoral institutions. Why do such electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box explores how dictators design elections and what consequences those elections have on political order. It argues that strong autocrats who can effectively garner popular support through extensive economic distribution become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies. When autocrats fail to design elections properly, elections backfire in the form of coups, protests, and the opposition's stunning election victories. The book's theoretical implications are tested on a battery of cross-national analyses with newly collected data on autocratic elections and in-depth comparative case studies of the two Central Asian republics--Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The book's findings suggest that indicators of free and fair elections in dictatorships may not be enough to achieve full-fledged democratization.

Equality at the Ballot Box

Equality at the Ballot Box
Title Equality at the Ballot Box PDF eBook
Author Lori Ann Lahlum
Publisher South Dakota State Historical Society
Pages
Release 2019-11-07
Genre History
ISBN 9781941813263

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Includes bibliographical references and index.