
The Art of Political Manipulation William H. Riker
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- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication date:
- 10 Sep 1986
- ISBN:
- 9780300035926
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 153 pages: 210 x 140mm
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The results of manipulation are not trivial, as we see, for example, in Riker’s account of Lincoln’s outmaneuvering 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.
The 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.
Preface
Lincoln at Freeport
Chauncey DePew and the Seventeenth Amendment
The Flying Club
Gouverneur Morris in the Philadelphia Convention
Heresthetic in Fiction
Camouflaging the Gerrymander
Pliny the Younger on Parliamentary Law
Trading Votes at the Constitutional Convention
How to Win on a Roll Call by Not Voting
Warren Magnuson and Nerve Gas
Exploiting the Powell Amendment
Reed and Cannon
Conclusion
“A useful and entertaining informal essay on political tactics that will have direct utility in the classroom.”—Douglas W. Rae, Yale University
William 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 Theory of Political Coalitions, a classic in the field.
"In twelve engrossing stories whose protagonists range from Pliny the Younger to Abraham Lincoln to Adam Clayton Powell, a noted political scientist and game theorist demonstrates how some of our heroes as well as ordinary folk have manipulated their opponents in order to win political advantage. It is "a useful and entertaining informal essay on political tactics that will have direct utility in the classroom."?Douglas W. Rae, Yale University
"The intellectual founding father of positive political theory puts his theoretical principles to work in these marvelous tales of political manipulation. They entertain and amaze while at the same time revealing the substantial richness of the rational choice approach. Professor Riker's insights about the craft of the politician might even give 'manipulation' a good name."?Kenneth A. Shepsle
"Brilliant, learned, and entertaining?only Riker could have written such a book."?Morris Fiorina
"The Art Of Political Manipulation should probably be required reading for serious students of politics."?Gordon Jackson, Wall Street Journal
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