Categoría: Historia
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Elecciones USA’12: los 12 factores decisivos
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en HistoriaUn análisis sobre los que han sido los 12 factores decisivos que han supuesto, finalmente, la reelección de Barack Obama como presidente de los Estados Unidos. Una reflexión que destaca lo más relevante de las elecciones norteamericanas 2012, a partir de los 27 artículos publicados en El Periódico de Catalunya (durante la campaña electoral), de…
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Andalucía, la aldea gala
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en HistoriaUna semana antes de las elecciones andaluzas se publicaron hasta un total de cuatro encuestas en diferentes medios de comunicación, otorgando todas ellas la mayoría absoluta al PP en esos comicios. Ese mismo día, Mariano Rajoy terminó su mitin en Cádiz felicitando a Javier Arenas «por adelantado» por la victoria. Siete días después, el PP…
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La nueva imagen demócrata con Jimmy Carter
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James E. (Jimmy) Carter representa a una de las figuras vivas del stateman de nuestro siglo. Candidato demócrata, Presidente de los Estados Unidos (1977-1981) y Premio Nobel de la Paz, su trayectoria hacia la nominación en clara carrera de frontrunner, su emotiva retórica y el uso de viejas y nuevas estrategias de comunicación política le…
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Secretos de campaña
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en HistoriaEl 9 de marzo de 2008 se celebraron elecciones generales en España. Los dos partidos mayoritarios llevan días, meses, preparando sus estrategias. Encerrados en sus laboratorios, los comités electorales del pp y el psoe intentan poner el cascabel al gato: esa masa apolítica y desafecta, profundamente desencantada con las siglas políticas, que decantará la balanza.…
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Storia politica della Repubblica. 1943-2006: Partiti, movimenti e istituzioni
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en HistoriaDa garanti del nuovo ordine democratico, costruito dopo la tempesta della guerra e i vent’anni di dittatura fascista, i partiti hanno svolto a lungo una funzione cardine, fino a identificarsi con lo stesso Stato e ad accreditare un’equazione distorta, come estrema difesa di un ceto politico sempre più delegittimato: democrazia uguale regime partitico. Con la…
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Coalition: The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government
When David Cameron and Nick Clegg stepped out into the rose garden at No. 10 to launch the first coalition government since the Second World War, it was amid a sea of uncertainty. Some doubted whether the coalition could survive a full term – or even a full year. Five years later, this bold departure…
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The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
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en HistoriaThe Conservatives are back, and back with a bang ? two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Just why did the world?s oldest and most successful political party dump…
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Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea
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On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small island in the North Sea, thirty miles off the German coast, which for generations had stood as a symbol of Anglo-German conflict: Heligoland. A long tradition of rivalry was to come to an end here, in…
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The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
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A fresh look at President William McKinley from New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rove—“a rousing tale told by a master storyteller whose love of politics, campaigning, and combat shines through on every page” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals). The 1896 political environment resembles that of today:…
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Whistle Stop: How 31,000 Miles of train travel saved the Presidency of Harry Truman
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President Harry Truman was a disappointment to the Democrats, and a godsend to the Republicans. Every attempt to paint Truman with the grace, charm, and grandeur of Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been a dismal failure: Truman’s virtues were simpler, plainer, more direct. The challenges he faced-stirrings of civil rights and southern resentment at home, and…