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Open and competitive elections governed by widely accepted rules and procedures are essential to the legitimacy of any political system. Elections assesses the history and development of five building blocks of the Canadian electoral regime: the franchise, electoral districts, voter registration, election machinery, and plurality voting. Arguing that on balance the Canadian electoral system is truly democratic, John Courtney demonstrates its vast improvements over the years. The right to vote is now generously interpreted. The process of redrawing electoral districts is no longer in the hands of elected officials. Voter registration lists include all but a small share of eligible voters. And those who manage and supervise elections on behalf of all citizens are honest and trustworthy officials. Using the recent push for reform of the plurality vote system as one example, Courtney also examines why certain electoral institutions have been amenable to change and others have not. In a democracy it is important for citizens to understand the most essential parts of their own electoral system. Elections is an ideal primer for undergraduate students, journalists, politicians, and citizens interested in the current state of Canadian democracy.

POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Political Process / Elections --- Elections --- Representative government and representation --- Voting --- Politics, Practical --- Social choice --- Suffrage --- Balloting --- Polls --- Political science --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Gouvernement representatif

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Far from integration into the Israeli incorporation regime, Palestinians inside the state are today placed in a paradoxical situation where, as Arab citizens of a Jewish state, they are both inside and outside, host and guest, citizen and stateless . Through the paradigm of stateless citizenship , Shourideh C. Molavi examines the dynamics of exclusion of Palestinian citizens and analytically frames the mechanisms through which their statelessness is maintained. With this she centres our analytical gaze on the paradox that it is through the actual provision of Israeli citizenship that Palestinians are deemed stateless. Molavi critically engages with the liberal variant of Zionist thought, and deconstructs discourse around minority rights and liberal citizenship in the context of Israel's racialized ideological and political makeup.

Citizenship --- Palestinian Arabs --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Law and legislation --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.

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Divided government --- Party affiliation --- Voting --- Presidents --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Political Process / Elections --- Government - U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Rights - U.S. --- Political science --- Opposition (Political science) --- Political parties --- Election. --- Election --- United States. --- Elections.

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"In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country--a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets--among them a Tea Party activist whose town has been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by a drilling accident--people whose concerns are actually ones that all Americans share: the desire for community, the embrace of family, and hopes for their children. Strangers in Their Own Land goes beyond the commonplace liberal idea that these are people who have been duped into voting against their own interests. Instead, Hochschild finds lives ripped apart by stagnant wages, a loss of home, an elusive American dream--and political choices and views that make sense in the context of their lives. Hochschild draws on her expert knowledge of the sociology of emotion to help us understand what it feels like to live in "red" America. Along the way she finds answers to one of the crucial questions of contemporary American politics: why do the people who would seem to benefit most from "liberal" government intervention abhor the very idea?"--

Political sociology --- United States --- Conservatism --- Liberalism --- Right and left (Political science) --- Ideology --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections. --- Political aspects --- Politics and government. --- Right and left (Political science). --- Right and left (political science). --- Political science / political ideologies / conservatism & liberalism. --- Political science / political process / elections. --- Politics and government --- Political science --- Conservatisme --- Libéralisme --- Droite et gauche (Science politique) --- Science politique --- Sociologie politique --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- Etats-Unis --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conservatism - United States --- Liberalism - United States --- Right and left (Political science) - United States --- Ideology - Political aspects - United States --- Political sociology - United States --- United States - Politics and government --- United States of America

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"Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the U.S. national legislature. Aside from the requirements that districts be continuous and, after 1842, that each select only one representative, there were few restrictions on congressional districting. Unrestrained, state legislators drew and redrew districts to suit their own partisan agendas. With the rise of the "one-person, one-vote" doctrine and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, redistricting became subject to court oversight. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting. His analysis reveals that districting practices across states and over time systematically affected the competitiveness of congressional elections; shaped the partisan composition of congressional delegations; and, on occasion, determined party control of the House of Representatives"--

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections. --- Representative government and representation --- Voting --- Election districts --- Apportionment (Election law) --- Gerrymandering --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Gerrymander --- Political Science --- Apportionment (politics) --- Congressional district --- Democratic Party (United States) --- Redistricting --- Republican Party (United States) --- State legislature (United States)