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  • TELEVANGELISM

    TELEVANGELISM Term first used by Jeffrey K. Hadden and Charles E. Swann in Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of Televangelism (Addison-Wesley 1981) to describe a new form of religious broadcasting combining television and evangelism. Televangelism also is referred to as “the electric church” by religious broadcasters, especially Ben Armstrong (The Electric Church , Nelson…

  • Structural Bias

    Besides “partisan bias” in media reporting, a second type of media bias is known as “structural bias.” This type of bias stems from certain “structures” (customs, reporting routines, commercial pressures, etc.) that operate within the news industry. As a result of the highly commercial and purportedly nonpartisan nature of the mainstream media, the issue of…

  • Nuclear Nonproliferation in Iran

    Nuclear Nonproliferation in Iran in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Nuclear Nonproliferation in Iran: On May 13, 2013, the United States provided a statement in protest of Iran's rotation as President of the Conference on Disarmament (“CD”). […]

  • Nuclear Nonproliferation in Iran

    Nuclear Nonproliferation in Iran in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Nuclear Nonproliferation in Iran: On May 13, 2013, the United States provided a statement in protest of Iran's rotation as President of the Conference on Disarmament (“CD”). […]

  • Voting

    Preference Voting in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: A ranked ballot or preferential voting system is a type of voting system in which each voter casts their vote by ranking candidates in order of preference. 'Bandwagon' Voting in Election Law Voting for […]

  • Voting

    Preference Voting in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: A ranked ballot or preferential voting system is a type of voting system in which each voter casts their vote by ranking candidates in order of preference. 'Bandwagon' Voting in Election Law Voting for […]

  • Political History as Science

    Political History as Science The New Political History as Science While the origins and presuppositions of the new political history were diverse and complex, they are easy to trace because the new genre was far more conscious of methodology than historians had ever been before. Newsletters, journals and training programs were established to study and…

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    History of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) The following commentary about Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): President of the United States, 1933-1945. Member of Senate State of New York (1910-1913); Assistant […]

  • Comparative Politics

    Political Science: Fields in Political Science: Comparative PoliticsIntroduction to Comparative PoliticsComparative politics involves study of the politics of different countries. Some political scientists, known as area specialists, study a single country or a culturally similar g…

  • William Rehnquist Chief Justice

    Introduction to William Rehnquist Chief JusticeIn 1986 President Ronald Reagan appointed Rehnquist to replace the retiring Warren E. Burger as the Court's chief justice, a decision that provoked further controversy over Rehnquist's record. After his confirmation Rehnquist guided the…

  • Gun Control Laws

    Gun Control: Gun Control LawsIntroduction to Gun Control LawsThe federal government and all U.S. states have some gun control laws. These laws are based on several strategies: forbidding certain types of people from obtaining any firearms; prohibiting anyone other than the police, …

  • Electronic Voting Origins

    Electronic Voting Origins of Electronic VotingIntroduction to Electronic Voting OriginsElectronic voting has been used in United States elections since the mid-1970s. The first electronic voting system is believed to be the Video Voter, an electromechanical device. The incentive fo…

  • Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History

    The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History Bibliographic Details Title: The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History Description: Two volumes Authors: Michael Kazin (Editor), Rebecca Edwards (Editor), Adam Rothman (Editor) Pages: 1056 Publisher: Princeton University Press Copyright: 2009 Language: English ISBN-10: 0691129711 ISBN-13: 978-0691129716 Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History Review For their “Princeton Encyclopedia…

  • Encyclopedia of American Immigration

    Encyclopedia of American Immigration Bibliografic Details Editor: Carl L. Bankston III. Pasadena, California, University of Tulane Publisher: Salem Press Date of Publishing: 2010 Number of Vols: 3 vols. Pages: 1.000 ISBN: 978-1-58765-599-9 Note: Online access included with purchase of print. Reviews and Descriptions Review from ABA “This collection is aimed at high school and undergraduate…

  • Communist Governments In Nicaragua

    Communism: Communist Governments in Other Regions Latin America NicaraguaThe only other Latin American country to be governed along communist lines was Nicaragua. An uprising led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1979 deposed the dictatorial regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle a…