{"product_id":"the-art-of-political-manipulation-by-william-h-riker-9780300035926","title":"The Art of Political Manipulation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn twelve entertaining stories from history and current events, a noted political scientist and game theorist shows us how some of our heroes as well as ordinary folk have manipulated their opponents in order to win political advantage. The stories come from many times and places, because manipulation of people by other people is universal: from the Roman Senate through the Constitutional Convention of 1787, to the Congress, state legislatures, and city councils of twentieth-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe results of manipulation are not trivial, as we see, for example, in Riker's account of Lincoln's outmanoeuvring of Douglas in their debates and in his description of the parliamentary trick that defeated the Equal Rights Amendment only six years ago in the Virginia Senate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tales can be enjoyed by anyone. For the scholar, they are held together by a concluding chapter in which Riker discusses the feature of politics that all of the manipulators exploited and sketches out the new political theory that explains why manipulation works the way it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\nLincoln at Freeport\u003cbr\u003e\nChauncey DePew and the Seventeenth Amendment\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Flying Club\u003cbr\u003e\nGouverneur Morris in the Philadelphia Convention\u003cbr\u003e\nHeresthetic in Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\nCamouflaging the Gerrymander\u003cbr\u003e\nPliny the Younger on Parliamentary Law\u003cbr\u003e\nTrading Votes at the Constitutional Convention\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to Win on a Roll Call by Not Voting\u003cbr\u003e\nWarren Magnuson and Nerve Gas\u003cbr\u003e\nExploiting the Powell Amendment\u003cbr\u003e\nReed and Cannon\u003cbr\u003e\nConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Political Manipulation\u003c\/em\u003e is \"a useful and entertaining informal essay on political tactics that will have direct utility in the classroom.\" - Douglas W. Rae, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Riker is Wilson Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester and a former president of the American Political Science Association. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eTheory of Political Coalitions\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471724855532,"sku":"9780300035926","price":52.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300035926-the-art-of-political-manipulation.jpg?v=1775250584","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-art-of-political-manipulation-by-william-h-riker-9780300035926","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}