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Combining the rich content of the print edition with the advanced online functionality demanded by today′s researchers, Elections A to Z: Online Edition is the ultimate 21st century research tool for finding current, accurate information on U.S. elections.
Advanced Web-enabled features allow users to conduct searches from A to Z on election. Like all CQ Press online editions, Elections A to Z: Online Edition comes loaded with powerful user-friendly functions such as CiteNow!, which lets researchers download full citations in MLA, APA, Bluebook, and other formats.
Elections A to Z explains how campaigns and elections, the hallmark of any democracy, are conducted in the United States. The new third edition has been redesigned and updated with new entries covering the vital current elections topics that readers want to know about.
Entries range from short definitions of terms like front-runner to in-depth essays exploring vital aspects of campaigns and elections, such as the right to vote, turnout trends, and the history, evolution, and current state of House, Senate, presidential, and some state-level elections.
Readers will find essential information on:
Stages in the campaign process and the general election The roles of political consultants, the media, and political parties Debates and issues such as term limits, majority-minority districts, and campaign finance Amendments, legislation, and court cases that have shaped electoral, campaign, and voting matters Voter turnout and voting rights in the United States Important terms and concepts like absolute majority and dark horse Highlights of presidential elections throughout U.S. historyReviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 6 Up-This invaluable resource on the history and process of U.S. national elections supersedes the 2008 edition by updating its many charts, tables, and chronologies; adding whole articles ("Tea Party"); and revising preexisting entries to encompass significant developments such as the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision. The approximately 225 alphabetically arranged articles cover topics from "Absentee Voting" and "Electoral Behavior" to "Beauty Contest" and "Scandals"; they also offer separate entries on black, women's, and youth suffrage. Entries feature at least one small black-and-white photo or other illustration; multiple cross references; and, often, breakout quotes. The prose is journalistic in style, with some editorial insertions-most notably in the final article, "ZZZ," which is an analysis of voter apathy with a pointed sidebar passage from JFK's "Ask Not." speech. The electoral process is the chief focus here; there are no biographical articles or, aside from one short disquisition on "Ideology," any general surveys or studies of political philosophy. Nonetheless, capped by a large documentary and tabular "Reference Material" section and a comprehensive index, this remains a first-rate, richly detailed picture of this country's glorious, if not always rational, electoral system.--John Peters, Children's Literature Consultant, New York City (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
More than 225 entries provide an alphabetical look at the many aspects of the election process in the U.S. This work has been extensively updated and revised since the third edition appeared, in 2008. New entries include recent events, such as the Tea Party movement and voter photo-ID legislation, as well as the growing impact of social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) on the election process. A chronology, Historic Milestones in U.S. Elections, chronicles the years 1787-2010. The entries (ranging in length from half a page to 16 pages) explore constitutional amendments, qualifications for office, campaign regulations and strategies, political consultants, reapportionment and redistricting, pivotal events, candidates, primary scheduling, voter turnout, election scandals, and trends in elections. Sidebars give a Closer Look at some of the entries, and many of the entries have sidebars that provide more on a topic. There are black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Examples of entries are Absentee voting, Contested elections, Election anomalies, Initiatives and referendums, Negative campaigning, and Super Tuesday. The appendix includes 23 tables of reference material. Examples of these tables include Women in Congress, 45th-112th Congresses, 1877-2011 ; Election Results: Congress and the Presidency, 1860-2010 ; Major Platform Fights ; Political and Election Websites ; and Incumbents Reelected, Defeated, or Retired, 1946-2010. All of the material in these tables has been updated from the third edition. A selected bibliography and a comprehensive index complete the volume. This timely work would be an excellent choice, not only for academic and public libraries but for high-school libraries as well.--Talley, Kaye Copyright 2010 Booklist
Choice Review
Editors Tarr (editor of many CQ Press volumes) and Benenson (freelance journalist; formerly a Congressional Quarterly editor) have revised this latest edition to include new information and events that have occurred since the publication of the third edition (2008; 2nd ed., by John Moore, CH, Dec'03, 41-1938). This volume, part of the "American Government A to Z Series," offers revised and updated content in 225 entries, which now include topics such as the Tea Party movement, social media, the 2010 midterm elections, and campaign finance reform. This ready reference work provides an alphabetical listing of entries supplemented by maps, charts, column notes on related topics, and closer looks. Readers will benefit from the detailed political milestones section at the beginning of the book and a section of reference material at the end. This reference material includes information that one might find in a political almanac--an added benefit. The single deficiency is the lack of bibliographic information at the end of each entry and the lack of coverage in the selected bibliography. Despite these drawbacks, this volume will be useful to anyone seeking information on elections; it should be added to all library collections. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers. T. S. Hefner-Babb Lamar University--Beaumont
Library Journal Review
This updated edition covers the 2010 midterm elections, the emergence of the Tea Party, reapportionment and redistricting after the 2010 census, and the growing influence of social media on elections. The scope of entries is impressive, with the set covering election fraud, lieutenant governors, scandals, and the history of national party conventions, among many other topics; the wide-ranging appendixes include numerical charts of incumbents re-elected, defeated, or retired; women in Congress; Senate votes cast by vice presidents, etc. VERDICT An especially useful ready reference work for an election year, this volume offers much useful and easily browsable information to answer patron questions.-Donald Altschiller, Boston Univ. Lib. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
