The election of the century and what it tells us about the future of American politics / Stephen J. Wayne and Clyde Wilcox, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wayne, Stephen J.

Wilcox, Clyde, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

Presidents--United States--Election--2000.

Presidents.

United States.

United States. Congress--Elections, 2000.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2002]

Summary:

The book places the 2000 presidential and congressional elections into the larger and future context of American politics. Following the introduction by editors Stephen J. Wayne and Clyde Wilcox, the contributors examine a range of topics including "wedge" issues in 2000 -- the economy, foreign policy, and race -- the dimensions of gender, age, and religion; as well as Democratic and Republican party strategies in 2000; the "Clinton effect; " the role of the Internet in campaigns; the future of women in national politics; and political platforms and agendas.

Contents:

Part I. Traditional Wedge Issues and Their Impact

Chapter 1. Is It the Economy, Stupid? The Role of the Economy in the Election / Anne Marie Cammisa 5

Chapter 2. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Campaign: The Attentive and "Apathetic Internationalist" Publics / Andrew Bennett, Troy White 19

Chapter 3. The Incorrigibly White Republican Party: Racial Politics in the Presidential Race / Jeremy D. Mayer 45

Part II. Voting Groups and Their Choices

Chapter 4. Gender As a Political Constant: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same / Melissa Levitt, Katherine C. Naff 67

Chapter 5. Back to the Future: Generation X and the 2000 Election / Molly W. Andolina 86

Chapter 6. Wither the Christian Right? The Elections and Beyond / Clyde Wilcox 107

Part III. The Partisan Perspective

Chapter 7. It's Party Time / Stephen J. Wayne 125

Chapter 8. Standoff in the House: Democrats Come Up Short in the Trenches / Michael A. Bailey, Keiko Ono 140

Chapter 9. The Real "Survivors" of 2000: The House Republican Majority / G. Patrick Lynch, Hayden Milberg 166

Part IV. Legacies

Chapter 10. Women in the 107th Congress: The Past Meets the Future / Sue Thomas, Courtenay Daum, Beth Stark 181

Chapter 11. The Clinton Effect: How a Lame-Duck President Impacted His Vice President's Election Prospects / Margaret Tseng 200

Chapter 12. Election2000.com: Internet Use and the American Voter / Jeffrey A. Wertkin 217

Chapter 13. Platforms, Promises, and the Agenda for the New Government / Lynn C. Ross 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765607425

0765607433

OCLC:

47168773