US elections today / Philip John Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Philip, 1948-

Contributor:

Davies, Philip, 1948-

Series:

Politics today (Manchester, England)

Politics today

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--United States.

Elections.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 237 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Other Title:

U.S. elections today

United States elections today

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book gives a thorough account of the electoral process at all levels and in all branches of American government. The book is particularly effective in placing current issues in the American political arena in context, illustrated with much needed and otherwise difficult to find information. In addition to a thorough coverage of recent elections the book gives substantial account to other important related themes. An examination of the historical development of political campaigning over 200 years leads into a study of the genealogy and current status of America's political parties.

Contents:

1 The US ballot: the symbol and reality of participation 1

2 Changing technology and the art of campaign advertising 34

3 Party systems in American history 53

4 The modern political system 77

5 Entrepreneurial campaigns in the present day 98

6 State and local elections 130

7 Congressional elections 164

8 Presidential elections 189.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Elections USA. c1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Davies, Philip, 1948- Elections USA.

ISBN:

071904507X

0719045088

OCLC:

42049322