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Harold Wilson: The Unprincipled Prime Minister?: A Reappraisal of Harold Wilson

This year marks the centenary of Harold Wilson’s birth, the fiftieth anniversary of his most impressive general election victory…

Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea

On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small…

Shaping Political Attitudes: The Impact of Interpersonal Communication and Mass Media

Recent research in the area of public opinion has focused most of its attention on the effect of the…

Performing Politics: Media Interviews, Debates and Press Conferences

For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent…

Intimate Politics: Publicity, Privacy and the Personal Lives of Politicians in Media Saturated Democracies

It is often remarked that politicians private lives are becoming a feature of political communication in many advanced industrial…

Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced

Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced, by Theodore F. Sheckels, Nichola D….

The Social Basis of the Rational Citizen: How Political Communication in Social Networks Improves Civic Competence

Social networking lies at the heart of a number of fascinating political questions and social concerns, including citizen competence,…

Presidential Campaign Rhetoric in an Age of Confessional Politics

Presidential Campaign Rhetoric in the Age of Confessional Politics analyzes religious rhetoric in presidential campaigns from 1976-2008, proposing a…

The Rhetoric of Soft Power: Public Diplomacy in Global Contexts

The Rhetoric of Soft Power: Public Diplomacy in Global Contexts provides new insight into the global growth of the…

Communicator-In-Chief: How Barack Obama Used New Media Technology to Win the White House

Communicator-in-Chief examines the role of new media technologies such as e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, blogs, video games, texting…