Electing America's Governors : The Politics of Executive Elections / by D. Leal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leal, David L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Political science.

European Politics.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

European Politics.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book studies the election of American state governors, 'an increasingly important group of political leaders', and makes comparisons with Senate and presidential elections.

Contents:

Cover

Electing America's Governors: The Politics of Executive Elections

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

1 Introduction: Why Study How Governors Are Elected?

2 Election Outcomes: Campaign Expenditures and Candidate Quality

3 Election Outcomes: State and National Economic and Social Conditions

4 Voter Turnout: Competition, Candidates, and Conditions

5 Candidate Quality Revisited

6 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Progressive Ambition

7 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Electoral Competition and Campaign Intensity

8 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Third-Party and Independent Campaigns

9 Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-247)

ISBN:

9786611365875

9781281365873

1281365874

9781403983671

1403983674

OCLC:

567962764