Social Sciences & Humanities Librarian
Marcia Whitehead
Contact:
Boatwright Library
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Book Reviews, Citing Sources, Classical Studies, E-Books, English & Literature, First Year Seminar, French, German, Humanities, International Education, Language and Linguistics, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Master of Liberal Arts, Primary Resources, Reference Sources, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Richmond Area , Russian, Scholarly Publications, Spanish, Special Topics
Books on Recent Senate Races
Electoral Incentives in Congress by ISBN: 9780472130795Publication Date: 2018-05-25Historical focus.
Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Riding the Wave by Call Number: JK1968 2010.C37 2012ISBN: 0415895170Publication Date: 2012
Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense by Call Number: JK1968 2008.C37 2010ISBN: 0415873886Publication Date: 2010
Ground Wars by ISBN: 9780691153049Publication Date: 2012-02-05Ground Wars provides an in-depth ethnographic portrait of two such campaigns, New Jersey Democrat Linda Stender's and that of Democratic Rasmus Kleis Nielsen examines how American political operatives use "personalized political communication" to engage with the electorate, and weighs the implications of ground war tactics for how we understand political campaigns and what it means to participate in them.
Political Communication Books
Campaign Crises: Detours on the Road to Congress by Call Number: JK2281.G376 2010ISBN: 1588266710Publication Date: 2010
- Federal Election Commission campaign guide.Summarizes the federal campaign finance laws applicable to candidate committees as of August 2011."--P. iii.
Praeger Handbook of Political Campaigning in the United States by Call Number: Circulating Books - Basement Levels JK2281 .P73 2016ISBN: 1440831629Publication Date: 2016-02-22
- Searching for Books in the LibraryPolitical campaigns -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Books on the States
The Book of the States by Publication Date: 1935 - 2011Covers information on each state's finances, demographics, elections and intergovernmental relations with the federal system.
State Politics Resources
- The Almanac of American PoliticsThis almanac is published in paper and online every two years covering politics and politicians for every state.
- CQ Almanac This link opens in a new windowAccess the CQ Almanac volumes published between 1945-present. These ebooks offer original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session. Browse by topic or track policy changes through the years. (Sage)
- CQ Magazine This link opens in a new windowAccess articles from a magazine that delivers nonpartisan news and analysis on the work of Congress. This database contains content from 1983-present. (Sage)
