04019nam 22006015 450 991101607420332120250722130254.03-031-87195-210.1007/978-3-031-87195-5(CKB)39698204400041(MiAaPQ)EBC32228480(Au-PeEL)EBL32228480(DE-He213)978-3-031-87195-5(OCoLC)1530384725(EXLCZ)993969820440004120250722d2025 u| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican Politics Film Festival Understanding US Politics through Film /by Thomas E.Cronin, Michael A.Genovese1st ed. 2025.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2025.1 online resource (325 pages)Political Science and International Studies3-031-87194-4 Chapter 1: Heroes and Patriots -- Chapter 2: Capitalism and its Challenges -- Chapter 3: War and Peace -- Chapter 4: Campaigns and Elections -- Chapter -5: Legislating and Lobbying -- Chapter 6: Governing and Leadership -- Chapter 7: Equal Justice Under the Law -- Chapter 8: Human Rights and Protest -- Chapter 9: Labor Unions and Their Challenges -- Chapter 10: The Threat of Authoritarianism -- Chapter 11: Dystopian Nightmares -- Chapter 12: Laughing at Politicians Epilogue: The American Experiment Screened and Streamed.This is an innovative and inspirational examination of films and documentaries that helps us explain the evolution of, struggles of, and aspirations of the American experiment. This book sorts politics into categories and then identifies films, TV shows, and documentaries that illuminate various aspects of that category. For each chapter, the authors list and discuss an impressive variety of films, documentaries, and television shows. This accessible book is designed for course use and general readers interested in how American politics and history has been portrayed in media. Thomas E. Cronin is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Colorado College. He is President Emeritus of Whitman College (1993-2005) and a past Interim President at Colorado College (1991). His publications include Imagining a Great Republic: Political Novels and the Idea of America (2018); Leadership Matters: Unleashing the Power of Paradox (2012); Colorado Politics and Policy: Governing a Purple State, co-authored with Robert D. Loevy (2012); Fireside Chats of a Retired Collee President (2025) and The Paradoxes of the American Presidency, 5th edition, co-authored with Michael A. Genovese (2013). Michael A. Genovese is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and president of Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University. His publications include The Presidency and Domestic Leadership, 3rd Ed (2024), with William W. Lammers and Todd Belt, The Modern Presidency: Six Debates that Define the Institution (2022), and more.In 2017, he received the American Political Science Association's "Distinguished Teaching Award".AmericaPolitics and governmentPolitical scienceMotion picturesTelevision broadcastingAmerican PoliticsPolitical ScienceFilm and Television StudiesAmericaPolitics and government.Political science.Motion pictures.Television broadcasting.American Politics.Political Science.Film and Television Studies.320.9E.Cronin Thomas1834710A.Genovese Michael1834711MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911016074203321American Politics Film Festival4410345UNINA