The state of American politics / edited by Byron E. Shafer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shafer, Byron E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 192 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]

Summary:

Election 2000: Aberration or paradigm? The essays in this innovative volume combining scholarly and journalistic views, seek to place the extraordinary events of the 2000 presidential election into context with the trends of electoral politics before and after. Originally presented as a series of public lectures at Oxford University, this volume benefits from an international perspective, a stellar lineup of contributors, and a remarkably cohesive analysis that lays the election results (and thus, the current state of American politics) at the feet of a persistent American cultural divide. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Contents:

Part I Politics and Society

1 The Bush Nation and the Gore Nation / Michael Barone 3

2 The Search for a New Center / Byron E. Shafer 17

Part II Elite Strategists and Mass Publics

3 The Invisible Primary and the Hidden Campaign / James A. Barnes 51

4 Dynamics of the 2000 Campaign: Preliminary Soundings / Richard Johnston, Michael G. Hagen, Kathleen Hall Jamieson 73

Part III Governmental Institutions

5 The Presidential Transition into a Fifty-Fifty Government, and Beyond / Charles O. Jones 93

6 The U.S. Congress in 2001: Representation and Process / David R. Mayhew 125

7 Judicial Activism, 1950-2 / Martin M. Shapiro 147

8 How Divided Is America? / William Schneider 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742517632

0742517640

OCLC:

47989959