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Author : Hans Sperber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dictionary of American Political Terms written by Hans Sperber and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hans Sperber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book American Political Terms written by Hans Sperber and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Safire
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199711119
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)
Download or read book Safire's Political Dictionary written by William Safire and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to the vagaries of language in American politics, its uses and abuses, its absurdities and ever-shifting nuances, its power to confound, obscure, and occasionally to inspire, William Safire is the language maven we most readily turn to for clarity, guidance, and penetrating, sometimes lacerating, wit. Safire's Political Dictionary is a stem-to-stern updating and expansion of the Language of Politics, which was first published in 1968 and last revised in 1993, long before such terms as Hanging Chads, 9/11 and the War on Terror became part of our everyday vocabulary. Nearly every entry in that renowned work has been revised and updated and scores of completely new entries have been added to produce an indispensable guide to the political language being used and abused in America today. Safire's definitions--discursive, historically aware, and often anecdotal--bring a savvy perspective to our colorful political lingo. Indeed, a Safire definition often reads like a mini-essay in political history, and readers will come away not only with a fuller understanding of particular words but also a richer knowledge of how politics works, and fails to work, in America. From Axis of Evil, Blame Game, Bridge to Nowhere, Triangulation, and Compassionate Conservatism to Islamofascism, Netroots, Earmark, Wingnuts and Moonbats, Slam Dunk, Doughnut Hole, and many others, this language maven explains the origin of each term, how and by whom and for what purposes it has been used or twisted, as well as its perceived and real significance. For anyone who wants to cut through the verbal haze that surrounds so much of American political discourse, Safire's Political Dictionary offers a work of scholarship, wit, insiderhood and resolute bipartisanship.
Author : Grant Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195304473
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang written by Grant Barrett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as Beltway bandit and boondoggle, angry white male and leg treasurer, juice bill and Joe Citizen, banana superpower and the Big Fix. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesser-known terms such as cracking (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and fair-fight district (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and illuminating citations, some going back more than 200 years. (We learn, for instance, that a term as seemingly current as political football actually dates back to before the Civil War.) Selected entries will have extended encyclopedic notes. The book also features sidebar essays on topics such as political words in Blogistan; a short history of "big cheese"; all about chads and the 2000 election; the suffix "-gate" and all the related Watergate terms; and the naming of legislation. Political junkies, policy wonks, journalists, and word lovers will find this book addictive reading as well as a reliable guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.
Author : Walter John Raymond
Publisher : Brunswick Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 9781556180088
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Politics written by Walter John Raymond and published by Brunswick Publishing Corp. This book was released on 1992 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack C. Plano
Publisher : New York, N.Y. : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)
Download or read book The American Political Dictionary written by Jack C. Plano and published by New York, N.Y. : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. This book was released on 1982 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic textbook has been a vital supplement in American government classes for 35 years. Much more than a dictionary, the comprehensive information provided for each term qualifies The American Political Dictionary, Tenth Edition, as a reference book. Professor Plano's extensive experience in writing political dictionaries is evident in this scholarly, interpretive, current edition. Appropriate as a supplement in the introductory course in American government. This textbook could also supplement various texts in such courses as Legislative Process, The American Executive, Constitutional Law, and Foreign Policy.
Author : Everit Brown
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dictionary of American Politics written by Everit Brown and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Duncan Watts
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748635025
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dictionary of American Government and Politics written by Duncan Watts and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary offers a fresh, up-to-date look at US government and politics, explaining and where necessary demystifying the key terms used in discussion of the political system.Major figures, events, ideas, movements and Supreme Court cases relevant to a study of the American political system are included with the aim of allowing readers to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the area. The Dictionary also raises key issues and areas of contention and academic debate.Coverage is comprehensive, with c.400 entries, each providing analysis of the subject. Terms are presented in an A-Z format with cross-referencing where appropriate.
Author : Jay M. Shafritz
Publisher : Harper Perennial
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
Download or read book The HarperCollins Dictionary of American Government and Politics written by Jay M. Shafritz and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1992 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the concerns of US governance. Some 5,000 encyclopedic entries (from "abdication" to Zorach v. Clauson) define and describe Supreme Court cases, laws, political slang, federal agencies, personalities, and terms from such related fields as sociology, history, and economics. Quotations and anecdotes are incorporated into many entries, and excerpts from a variety of sources add depth to the definitions. Illustrated with photos, cartoons, charts, and diagrams. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Alex Thomson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804757300
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Glossary of U.S. Politics and Government written by Alex Thomson and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thorough glossary explains the key concepts, institutions, personalities, and events most commonly referred to in the teaching of U.S. politics and government. The author has emphasized accessibility, in order to provide students with a ready source of knowledge that can supplement core reading. The book will help students to address any gaps they may have in their understanding of U.S. politics, which, in turn, will make studying this fascinating subject all the more rewarding and enjoyable.
