Categoría: Historia
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Secretos de campaña
El 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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El Discurso de Gettysburg y otros escritos sobre la Unión
La obra de Abraham Lincoln, pese a su innegable importancia para la comprensión del significado de la democracia representativa, no ha sido recibida ni interpretada en español. Una temprana traducción de sus escritos en Sudamérica pasó inadvertida y, en la actualidad, no había ninguna edición disponible de sus obras. Esta antología aspira a colmar una…
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Las mujeres de los dictadores
Ellos son Lenin, Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Salazar, Mao, Ceaucescu, Bokassa, Franco. Ellas se llaman Inessa, Clara, Nadia, Magda, Felismina, Jiang Qing, Elena, Catherine, Sofía, Carmen… No importa si son mujeres de vida alegre, intelectuales, aventureras o amantes apasionadas, ellos siempre recurren a ellas y caen en sus redes de seducción. Esposas, compañeras, musas, admiradoras, tienen…
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Se llamaba Alfredo. Claves de una derrota electoral inevitable
Todo el mundo esperaba el día clave, el día en el que Zapatero hablase, saliese y comunicara el momento exacto en el que los españoles estarían llamados a las urnas. Adelantó las elecciones y escogió el 20 de noviembre, la misma fecha de la muerte del dictador Francisco Franco. Lejos de ser un momento democrático,…
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Storia politica della Repubblica. 1943-2006: Partiti, movimenti e istituzioni
Da 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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Truman’s Whistle-stop Campaign
Faced with the likely loss of the 1948 presidential elections, Harry S. Truman decided to do what he did best: talk straight. When Truman boarded the train to head west in June 1948, he and his campaign advisors decided to shift from prepared text to extemporaneous stump speeches. The «new Truman» emerged as a feisty,…
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Political Communication in Britain: Polling, Campaigning and Media in the 2015 General Election
This book offers a unique exploration of the 2015 General Election from the perspectives of those most intimately involved as strategists, journalists and analysts. It features contributions from the rival parties, news and polling organizations as well as academic experts who examine all aspects of the campaign. A common theme that emerges is the increasing…
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The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion: Symbols, Sinners, and Saints
The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion examines the rhetoric of the Founding Fathers, activists, presidents, and contemporary actors who play a large role in helping to define American civil religion. These rhetorical analyses demonstrate how America’s civil religion is forged through the constant contestations of its beliefs, rituals, places, events, and myths by different groups…
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The American Political Scandal: Free Speech, Public Discourse, and Democracy
In this holistic examination of political scandal in the United States, David Dewberry argues convincingly that such scandals follow a consistent narrative centered largely on media coverage and politician performance rather than the actual corruption or ethics violation committed. In making this argument, he also provides an analytical framework for understanding the patterns underlying scandals…
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All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class
Based on unrivalled access to all the key politicians and their advisors – including Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, George Osborne, Nigel Farage and Dominic Cummings, the mastermind of Vote Leave – Shipman has written a political history that reads like a thriller, and offers a gripping, day-by-day account of what really happened behind-the-scenes in Downing…