Enduring controversies in presidential nominating politics / edited by Emmett H. Buell, Jr. and William G. Mayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buell, Emmett H., Jr.

Mayer, William G., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Nomination.

Presidents.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2004]

Summary:

The process of nominating and electing a president is a spectacle that never fails to engage and excite millions of Americans -- and rarely fails to enrage us, as well.Enduring Controversies in Presidential Nominating Politics retraces the more than two hundred-year history of presidential elections in the United States to provide a primer on how the process has evolved from the days of the founders, through the heyday of nominating conventions, to today's overwhelming interest in early primaries.

Contents:

1. Political Parties and Presidential Ambition / James W. Ceaser 7

Part II Presidential Nominations of the Pre-Convention Era / Emmett H. Buell Jr. 31

Evolution of the Presidential Selection Process During the Constitutional Convention / William G. Mayer 40

2. Federalist 68: The Mode of Electing the President / Alexander Hamilton 56

3. The Origin and Development of the Congressional Caucus / William G. Morgan 60

4. State Nominations of 1824 Candidates 75

Part III The National Nominating Convention / Emmett H. Buell Jr. 79

5. The First National Nominating Convention / Samuel Eliot Morison 111

6. Why Great Men Are Not Chosen President / James Bryce 125

7. The National Convention / M. Ostrogorski 132

8. Rationality and Uncertainty at National Nominating Conventions / Eugene B. McGregor Jr. 150

9. The Revolution in the Presidential Nominating Convention / William G. Carleton 164

10. Television's Great Leap Forward / Sig Mickelson 177

Part IV The Rise of a Primary-Dominated Process / Emmett H. Buell Jr. 193

11. Why I Believe in the Direct Primary / George W. Norris 220

12. What the Political Parties Are Not / E. E. Schattschneider 230

13. Party Reform: Revisionism Revised / Kenneth A. Bode, Carol F. Casey 236

Part V Back to the Future? Proposals for Change / Emmett H. Buell Jr. 253

14. Democracy vs. Elections / Michael Walzer 265

15. The Case for a National Pre-Primary Convention Plan / Thomas Cronin, Robert Loevy 271

16. Model Legislation for a Rotating Regional Primary Scheme in 2004 279

17. Two Cheers for the National Primary / Michael Nelson 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-314) and index.

ISBN:

082294233X

082295849X

OCLC:

54487444