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Modern Political Campaigns How Professionalism, Technology, and Speed Have Revolutionized Elections, Second Edition

Modern Political Campaigns: How Professionalism, Technology, and Speed Have Revolutionized Elections, 2025, Michael D. Cohen, Ph.D., 1996 (UF Alum).Modern Political Campaigns brings together academic and practical considerations to help understand how professionalism, technology, and speed have revolutionized elections, creating more voter-centric races for public office.

Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors

Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors. 2023. Sharon Wright Austin, Professor, University of Florida. Sharon is the author of several articles and books, including The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America and The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social […]

From Pandemic to Insurrection: Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election

From Pandemic to Insurrection: Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election, forthcoming September 2022. Michael P. McDonald, Professor, University of Florida. From Pandemic to Insurrection: Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election describes voting in the 2020 election, from the presidential nomination to new voting laws post-election. Election officials and voters navigated the challenging pandemic […]

Party Politics in Russia and Ukraine: Electoral System Change in Diverging Regimes

Party Politics in Russia and Ukraine: Electoral System Change in Diverging Regimes, 2022.  Bryon Moraski, Associate Professor, University of Florida. Party Politics in Russia and Ukraine provides a window into the political landscapes of Russia and Ukraine, two countries that have clashed with each other—and struggled with their own popular revolts—in recent years. Moraski sheds […]

Modern Political Campaigns: How Professionalism, Technology, and Speed Have Revolutionized Elections

Modern Political Campaigns: How Professionalism, Technology, and Speed Have Revolutionized Elections, 2021, Michael D. Cohen, Ph.D., 1996 (UF Alum). Modern Political Campaigns brings together academic, practical, and interviews to help understand how professionalism, technology, and speed have revolutionized elections, creating more voter-centric races for public office. (Rowman & Littlefield)

Politicians Behaving Badly Men, Women, and the Politics of Sexual Harassment

Politicians Behaving Badly: Men, Women, and the Politics of Sexual Harassment, 2019, Paulina Cossette, Ph.D., 2013 (UF Alum) & Stephen C. Craig, Professor, University of Florida. This book examines citizens’ attitudes about sexual harrassment in the MeToo era, seeking to determine how much these attitudes may have changed over the past few years. Using an […]

The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America.

The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America. 2019. Sharon Wright Austin, Professor, University of Florida. This book explores the impact of ethnic diversification of African American communities on the prospects for black political empowerment. Focusing on Boston, Chicago, Miami, and New York City―cities that for the last several years […]