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New Titles in Political Communication

American History/Government and Politics

Ceasar, James W., Nature and History in American Political Development: A Debate. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, March 2006.

Dodson, Linda L., The Impact of Women in Congress. Oxford: Oxford University Press, May 2006.

Dowdle, Michael W. Ed. Public Accountability: Designs, Dilemmas and Experiences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, June 2006.

Garfinkle, Norton and Daniel Yankelovich, Eds., Uniting America: Restoring the Vital Center to American Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press, December 2005.

Goldfarb, Jeffrey, The Politics of Small Things: The Power of the Powerless in Dark Times. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Harris, Frederick C. and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism, 1973-1994. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, December 2005.

Henriques, Peter R., Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, April 2006.

Holzer, Harold, Gabor S. Boritt, and Mark E. Neely, Jr., The Lincoln Image: Abraham Lincoln and the Popular Print. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, December 2005.

Hufbauer, Benjamin, Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006.

Katz, Richard S. and William J. Crotty, Handbook of Party Politics. Thousand Oaks: Sage, January 2006.

Kercher, Stephen E., Revel With a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Meyer, David S., The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2006.

Mucciaroni, Gary and Paul J. Quirk, Deliberative Choices: Debating Public Policy in Congress. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Perrin, Andrew J., Citizen Speak: The Democratic Imagination in American Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Polletta, Francesca, It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, April 2006.

Stromquist, Shelton, Reinventing "The People:" The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem, and the Origins of Modern Liberalism. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, February 2006.

Campaigns and Elections

Aarts, Kees, Andre Blais, and Hermann Schmitt, Eds., Political Leaders and Democratic Elections. Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 2006.

Brader, Ted, Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Geer, John, In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Kaid, Lynda Lee and Christina Holtz-Bacha, The SAGE Handbook of Political Advertising. Thousand Oaks: Sage, June 2006.

General Interest

Lilleker, Darren G., Key Concepts in Political Communication. Thousand Oaks: Sage, March 2006.

Media and Politics

Chadwick, Andrew, Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, February 2006.

Gomery, Douglas, Television Industries. Berkeley: University of California Press, July 2006.

Havens, Timothy, Global Television Marketplace. Berkeley: University of California Press, July 2006.

Lewis, Justin, Rod Brooks, Nick Mosdell, and Terry Threadgold, Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: Media Coverage of the 2003 Iraq War. New York: Peter Lang, 2006.

Lindner, Rolf, The Reportage of Urban Culture: Robert Park and the Chicago School. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, January, 2006.

Lynch, Marc, Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today. New York: Columbia University Press, February 2006.

Nadel, Alan, Television in Black-and-White America: Race and National Identity. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006.

Stole, Inger L., Advertising on Trial: Consumer Activism and Corporate Public Relations in the 1930s. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, February 2006.

Toplin, Robert Brent, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11: How One Film Divided a Nation. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006.

Public Opinion/Political Behavior

Bobo, Lawrence and Mia Tuan, Prejudice in Politics: Group Position, Public Opinion and the Wisconsin Treaty Rights Dispute. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, April 2006.

Canes-Wrone, Brandice, Who Leads Whom?: Presidents, Policy, and the Public. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Dalton, Russell J., Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices: The Erosion of Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2006.

Jowell, Roger, Carole Roberts, Rory Fitzgerald, and Gillian Eva, Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally: Lessons from the European Social Survey. Thousand Oaks: Sage, June 2006.

Sproule, J. Michael, Propaganda and Democracy: The American Experience of Media and Mass Persuasion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, November 2005.

Supreme Court/Constitutionalism/Freedom of Speech

Elkin, Stephen L., Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design After Madison. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Fleming, James E., Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case for Autonomy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Gitlin, Todd. Intellectuals and the Flag. New York: Columbia University Press, January 2006.

Graber, Mark, A., Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, July 2006.

Kahn, Ronald and Ken I. Kersch, Eds., The Supreme Court and American Political Development. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006.

Klarman, Michael J., From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Equality. Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 2006.

Wrightsman, Lawrence S., Psychology of the Supreme Court. Oxford University Press, March 2006.

Yoo, John, The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs After 9/11. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.


Editor: David Ryfe , Middle Tennessee State University. Last Updated: January 3, 2006