Author: William L. Benoit
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: presidential, primaries, debates, analysis, decision, functional, primary
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2001-12-30
List price: $88.95
ISBN-10: 0275974405
ISBN-13: 9780275974404

Benoit and his colleagues apply the functional theory of political campaign discourse to 25 presidential primary debates from the 1948 American presidential primary campaign to the 2000 presidential primaries.

Author: Sidney Kraus
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: lea, communication, policy, public, presidential, debates, televised
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 1999-10-01
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0805816038
ISBN-13: 9780805816037

With this second edition, Kraus continues his examination of formal presidential debates, considering the experience of television in presidential elections, reviewing what has been learned about televised debates, and evaluating that knowledge in the context of the election process, specifically, and the political process, generally. He also examines the media and the role they occupy in presidential elections. Because critics often refer to the Lincoln-Douglas debates when reproaching presidential debates, comparisons of the two are discussed throughout the book. Much of the data and informa

Authors:Derek Matravers, Jonathan Pike,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: anthology, philosophy, political, contemporary, debates
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2003-02-21
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0415302102
ISBN-13: 9780415302104

This book provides a comprehensive collection of influential essays that present a balanced survey of the major ideas that have come out of this area of study in the last two decades. Each article has been carefully chosen to enable any student of political philosophy to grasp the main debates within the topic. Clearly divided into two parts, Part One deals with fundamental philosophical issues: the nature of social explanation; distributive justice and liberalism and communitarianism. Part Two contains seminal papers in more specific areas: citizenship and multiculturalism; nationalism; de

Author: Gary Kates
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: controversies, rewriting, histories, new, debates, revolution, recent, french
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2005-11-20
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0415358337
ISBN-13: 9780415358330

This fascinating book studies all aspects of the French Revolution, from its origins, through its development, right up to the consequences of this major historical event. Bringing together key texts at the forefront of new research and interpretation, Gary Kates challenges orthodox assumptions concerning the origins, development and long-term historical repercussions of the Revolution. Completely updated to include discussion of new research and articles, this welcome second edition includes articles discussing colonialism and family legislation, and emphasizes approaches that focus on

Authors:Janet Ajzenstat, Ian Gentles, Paul Romney,
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Keywords: debates, founding, canada
Number of Pages: 502
Published: 2003-04-02
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0802086071
ISBN-13: 9780802086075

Canada’s Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and in the constituent assembly of the Red River Colony. The voices of the powerful and those of lesser note mingle in impassioned debate on the pros and cons of creating or joining the new country, and in defining its nature.In short explanatory essays and provo

Authors:Simone Gigliotti, Berel Lang,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: philosophy, debates, contemporary, reader, holocaust
Number of Pages: 484
Published: 2005-02-04
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 1405114002
ISBN-13: 9781405114004

This interdisciplinary collection of primary and secondary readings encourages scholars and students to engage critically with current debates about the origins, implementation and postwar interpretation of the Holocaust. Interdisciplinary content encourages students to engage with philosophical, political, cultural and literary debate as well as historiographical issues. Integrates oral histories and testimonies from both victims and perpetrators, including Jewish council leaders, victims of ghettos and camps, SS officials and German soldiers. Subsections can be used as the basis for oral or

Authors:Jane Stokes, Anna Reading,
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: developments, debates, current, britain, media
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1999-09-04
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0312225288
ISBN-13: 9780312225285

This edited collection by leaders in the field of media is divided into three sections providing an overview of the media industries, discussions of the significance of government policy, and analyses of media content. It is an excellent general introduction to the British media aimed at a global audience.