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Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One Reflections on a Just Cause -- 1. On Narratives, Myths and Propaganda -- 2. Afterthoughts, Memory and History -- 3. Afterthought 2: The Arab Question and the Jewish Question -- 4. On the Arab-Israeli Conflic -- 5. From Liberation Struggle to Border Dispute -- 6. The Road to Nowhere -- Part Two The Trump-Netanyahu Deal -- 7. Zionist Religious-Nationalist Discourse in an Official American Text -- 8. Choices and Illusions -- 9. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix: Arab Public Opinion on the Palestinian Issue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Decision to Intervene Militarily in Afghanistan -- Chapter 2 The Course of the War -- Chapter 3 The Fortieth Army -- Chapter 4 The Position of the Soviet Political Establishment -- Chapter 5 The Implications of the Soviet-Afghan War for the Soviet Military -- Chapter 6 Coverage of the War in the Soviet Media -- Chapter 7 Public Opinion -- Chapter 8 The Afgantsy -- Chapter 9 Central Asia and the Soviet "Muslim" Peoples -- Chapter 10 The War and the Demise of the Soviet Union -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Foreword -- The recurring debate: America for Americans, or a nation of immigrants -- The sanctuary landscape -- The anti-sanctuary response -- Citizen attitude formation on immigration and immigrants: Review of research literature on morality, religion and socio-demographic factors -- Citizen attitudes about immigrants, immigration policy and sanctuary actions -- Public opinion in sanctuary and anti-sanctuary settings -- Case studies of Hazleton PA and Twin Falls ID: The logic of selection -- Hazleton, PA: Case study of active opposition to Latino settlement -- Twin Falls, ID: Case study of openness to Latino settlement -- Conclusions drawn from multiple streams of evidence.

In Lobbying in Company , Joris van den Tol argues that people made a difference in the Dutch West India Company colony in Brazil (1630-1654). Through a combination of petitions, personal relations, and public opinion, individuals were able to exercise influence on the decision-making process regarding Dutch Brazil. His thorough analysis of these different elements offers a new perspective on the Atlantic and the Dutch Republic in the 17th century as well as a better understanding of lobbying in the Early Modern period. It was not the organizational structure that decided success and failure, but it was the people that made a difference

The Revolution and the Constitution -- Federalism and the American constitutional order -- Civil liberties : democracy and the expansion of liberty's realm -- Civil rights : where liberty and equality collide -- Shaping Americans : political socialization, public opinion and the media -- Factions today : interest groups and political parties -- Democracy's moment : voting, campaigns, and elections -- Congress : partisanship, polarization, and gridlock -- The executive branch : the president, the bureaucracy, and executive power -- The federal courts : originalism versus living constitutionalism -- Appendix A. The Declaration of Independence --- Appendix B. Constitution of the United States -- Appendix C. Federalist numbers 10, 51, and 78.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 After a Half Century of Election Studies: Whence, Where, and Whither? -- 2 An Agenda for Voting Research -- 3 Some Thoughts on Democracy and Public Opinion Research -- 4 An Historical Context for Election Research -- 5 Context and Comparison in Election Research: The Israel National Election Study -- 6 Capturing Campaigns in National Election Studies -- 7 What About Issues? -- 8 Political Communication Scholarship: The Uses of Election Research -- 9 The Rule of Product Substitution in Presidential Campaign News -- About the Contributors -- Index

"Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a comprehensive, balanced, and accessible narrative of a complex historical topic. Charles D. Smith examines how underlying issues, group motives, religious and cross-cultural clashes, diplomacy and imperialism, and the arrival of the modern era shaped this volatile region. The narrative is supported by more than 40 primary documents that highlight perspectives from all sides of the struggle, as well as maps, photographs, chronologies, public opinion polls, and discussion questions. The final chapter, updated through early 2016, makes this the most current history of the topic"--Cover

Why do conservatives have such a hard time winning the economic debate in the court of public opinion? Simple, George Gilder says: conservatives misunderstand economics almost as badly as liberals do. Republicans have been running on tax cut proposals since the era of Harding and Coolidge without seriously addressing the key problems of a global economy in decline. Enough is enough. Gilder, author of New York Times bestseller Wealth and Poverty, proposes a completely new framework for understanding economic growth that will replace failed 20th century conservative economics and turn the economic debate--and the country--around.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The Alzheimerization of the Euthanasia Debate -- 2 The Incidence and Impact of Alzheimer's Disease -- 3 Media Representations, Metaphors, and the Stigmatization of Alzheimer's Disease -- 4 Curbing Demand for Acute Healthcare Services -- 5 The Euthanasia Option -- 6 Mobilizing Political Support for the Legalization of Euthanasia -- 7 Propaganda, 'Dirty Tricks' Fallacies, and Opposing Points-of-View -- 8 Selling Death -- 9 Alzheimer's Disease and Euthanasia as a Symbolic System of Control -- 10 Euthanasia Politics and Public Opinion -- Bibliography -- Index.

The institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture. As gay marriage equality gains acceptance in law and public opinion, questions abound regarding marriage's future. Will same-sex marriage lead to more radical marriage reform? Should it? Antonin Scalia and many others on the right warn of a slippery slope from same-sex marriage toward polygamy, adult incest, and the dissolution of marriage as we know it. Equally, many academics, activists, and intellectuals on the left contend that there is no place for monogamous marriage as a special status defined by law. Just Married demonstrates

Intelligence and science are both facing increasing demands for answers that neither can or should provide, at least not in the way policymakers and public opinion often expect. The twentieth-century's defined and knowable threats are gone. National Intelligence and Science is one of the first books to outline this change and its profound implications. The time has come not to bridge this divide, but instead to move beyond it to develop new forms for discovering, understanding, and reacting to the emerging challenges of a globalized yet fragmenting world.

This book integrates the study of presidential politics and foreign policy-making from the Vietnam aftermath to the events following September 11 and the Iraqi War. Focusing on the relationship between presidents' foreign policy agendas and domestic politics, it offers compelling portraits of presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. In the course of comparing the efforts of these presidents to articulate a clear conception of the national interest and to forge a foreign policy consensus, the author shows the key role of public opinion in constraining presidential initiat

Simona Bevern addresses the questions what and why political parties communicate in the time between elections, focusing on the dynamic rise and fall of policy issues. Despite the central role of political parties and the alleged importance of communication, only few scholars have taken a closer look at the content and dynamics of parties' communication in routine times of politics. In this study, interactions between parties' communication, their party competitors, the legislative agenda and public opinion are studied in Germany for the years 2004-2009, making use of a novel data set and quan

Pax Britannica? is a study of Britain''s international role and foreign policy during the century of her imperial greatness. The study shows how her foreign policy was affected, and to some extent, dictated by her domestic political issues. In her stimulating and readable study, Dr Chamberlain explains the how the whole nature of foreign-policy making changed in the nineteenth century. Once the preserve of a small handful of monarchs and professional diplomats, it was transformed by the expansion of the fanchise, the influence of the press and the mobilisation of public opinion by men such as

"Innovative forums that integrate citizen deliberation into policy making are revitalizing democracy in many places around the world. Yet controversy abounds over whether these forums ought to be seen as authentic sources of public opinion and how they should fit with existing political institutions. How can civic forums include less powerful citizens and ensure that their perspectives are heard on equal terms with more privileged citizens, officials, and policy experts? How can these fragile institutions communicate citizens' policy preferences effectively and legitimately to the rest of the political system?"--