Beers&Politics

Categoría: Biografías

  • Adolfo Suárez: El presidente insesperado de la Transición

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    Biografía del que fue presidente del Gobierno de España entre 1976 y 1981, el primer presidente democrático tras la dictadura del general Franco, una figura clave de la transición democrática española. Suárez legalizó los partidos socialista y comunista, amén de los diferentes sindicatos existentes en la época. Fundó Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD), partido que…

  • Political Communication and Leadership: Mimetisation, Hugo Chavez and the construction of power and identity

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    The long-lasting hegemonic rule of President Hugo Chávez not only involved significant rearrangements in the control of political power in Venezuela but also shifts in the way its citizens constructed, connected and interacted with politics. In this book, Elena Block explores the political communication style developed by Chávez to transmit his ideologies and engage with…

  • The Political Rhetoric and Oratory of Margaret Thatcher

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    This book examines the political oratory, rhetoric and persona of Margaret Thatcher as a means of understanding her justifications for ‘Thatcherism’. The main arenas for consideration are set piece speeches to conference, media engagements, and Parliamentary orations. Thatcher’s rhetorical style is analysed through the lens of the Aristotelian modes of persuasion (ethos, pathos, logos). Furthermore,…

  • Believer: My Forty Years in Politics

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    David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities…

  • Cameron at 10: From Election to Brexit

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    The most intimate account of a serving prime minister ever published, this is the gripping inside story of David Cameron’s government as told by senior figures, including the Prime Minister, George Osborne and Boris Johnson. Spanning the early days of the coalition to a bitterly contested general election, and ending with the astonishing EU Referendum…

  • The Reagan Persuasion: Charm, Inspire, and Deliver a Winning Message

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    Persuade, mentor, and motivate like the Great Communicator More than just an influential speaker, Ronald Reagan was a master of all types of communication and employed his personal warmth and charm to rally Americans around his vision. Now, former Reagan speechwriter James C. Humes shows how you can replicate Reagan’s ability to influence others and…

  • Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee

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    The gallons of ink spilled on Winston Churchill – and the huge appetite for books about him – have created something of an imbalance in our understanding of twentieth-century Britain. Not only does Clement Attlee’s life deserve to have a rightful place alongside the Churchill legend. It is also more emblematic, and more representative, of…

  • Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power

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    The epic 2012 presidential contest between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney represents the stunning comeback of GOP boss Karl Rove, the brilliant political operator whose scorched-earth partisanship infamously earned him the moniker «Bush’s Brain» and provoked some observers to label him as dangerous to American democracy. How, after leaving the Bush administration…

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

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    This year marks the centenary of Harold Wilson’s birth, the fiftieth anniversary of his most impressive general election victory and forty years since his dramatic resignation as Prime Minister. He was one of the longest-serving premiers of the twentieth century, having won a staggering four general elections, yet, despite this monumental record, his place in…

  • The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power

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    President George W. Bush dubbed Karl Rove “The Architect” for his skill in creating an unprecedented campaign and fund-raising machine. But Rove’s ambitions have always been far more sweeping—to build a right-wing dynasty that can dominate American politics for decades. Rove’s master plan imagines a political system so controlled by Republicans that it is resisted…