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Friday, November 18, 2011

Of Misquotation and Emulation

The fake Tocqueville quotation has crossed the Pacific, with the leader of the Australian opposition saying that America is great because America is good.

Progressive activists are trying to draw lessons from the successes of conservatives ...
who drew lessons from the earlier successes of progressive activists...
who drew lessons from even earlier successes of conservatives ...
Posted by Pitney at 4:32 PM

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Philip Klinkner:

The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America

Midterm: The Elections of 1994 in Context

The Losing Parties: Out-Party National Committees, 1956-1993

Steve Teles:

Whose Welfare? AFDC and Elite Politics

Jack Pitney:

The Art of Political Warfare

Congress' Permanent Minority?

Jacob Hacker:

The Road to Nowhere: The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Health Security

The Divided Welfare State: The Battle Over Public and Private Social Benefits

Paul Frymer:

Uneasy Alliances: Race and Party Competition in America

David Lublin:

The Paradox of Representation: Racial Gerrymandering and Minority Interests in Congress

The Republican South : Democratization and Partisan Change

Stephen K. Medvic

Political Consultants in U.S. Congressional Elections (Ohio State University Press 2001)

Shades of Gray:Â Perspectives on Campaign Ethics (Brookings Institution Press 2002)

Guide to Political Campaigns in America (CQ Press 2005)

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